Solitario considers silver upside at Lik zinc project

Solitario Zinc Corp. Aug. 31 said it is undertaking metallurgical testing to determine the potential of improved silver recoveries from the zinc deposits at its recently acquired Lik project in Northwest Alaska.

Lik hosts two deposits separated by a fault - the near-surface Lik South and the deeper Lik North.

Lik South has an indicated resource of 16.85 million metric tons grading 8.1 percent zinc...