Midland Starts a First Trenching Program on its Base Metals Projects with Altius and Amended ...
(WorldNews Canada)

MONTREAL, Aug. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Midland Exploration inc. (`Midland`) (TSX-V : MD) and Altius Minerals Corporation (`Altius`) (TSX:ALS) are pleased to announce that summer 2018 exploration work will resume on their James Bay base metals exploration projects, namely Shire (zinc), and Moria (nickel-copper-cobalt. Exploration will consist of mechanical trenching of high-grade showings and geophysical anomalies identified in 2017, soil sampling, as well as prospecting and geological mapping. The Shire Zinc project is located in an underexplored area about 80 kilometers east of Nemaska, Eeyou Istchee, Quebec. The project was initiated following the discovery in July 2017 of a...