Zarembo Island geological exploration continues another year

A geological-exploration company based in Wrangell will be taking surface samples on Zarembo Island for the next year. Zarembo Minerals has been exploring the northwest portion of the island for the past 10 years.
Owner, Mark Robinson, said the samples taken from several claims near St. John and Frenchie creeks have shown the area to be geologically similar to the Greens Creek mine near Juneau.
“We’ve been finding zinc, led and gold with minor silver,” said Robinson.
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