Alta Zinc Limited announced the results of drill hole PBD36 and PBD37, which returned multiple intersections of zinc, lead and silver mineralisation from either side of a new drill area, named Pian Bracca South. Pian Bracca South represents both a step out into a new prospective area where no historical exploration has taken place, and a link between the mineralised Pian Bracca Central corridor and the Zorzone Mineral Resource, demonstrating the strong continuity of mineralisation at Gorno. These results are indicative of the significant potential of this new and largely untested southern area (`corridor') of mineralisation. Company recent drilling has succeeded in linking the Pian Bracca mineralised corridor in the south-west to the Zorzone Mineral Resource and extending the distinctive high-grade Pian Bracca mineralisation a further 160m to the south of the nearest previously mineralised drill hole (PBD08) in Pian Bracca Central. As in Pian Bracca Central, the zone appears to be structurally controlled and team is updating structural modelling to understand how that affects the occurrence of mineralisation. The Pian Bracca mineralisation style and rock sequence intersected in PBD36 is very distinct and it matches with the intersections of thrust mineralisation drilled at Pian Bracca Central and also layers of mineralization mapped in nearby underground sidewalls of development. Additional drilling is now planned in this area to expand the footprint and enhance the understanding of high-grade mineralisation trends. Unexpectedly, a recent drill hole (PBD33) intersected a post-mineralisation surface zone of infilled material which appears to show erosion of a portion of the upper mineralised lens. Additional drilling is now being undertaken to enhance the understanding of this area before selected intervals of the drill core are sent to the laboratory for analysis. Alta's drilling and mining contractor, Edilmac, has now successfully rehabilitated the access, installed services and established drilling pads in the Ponente area, located 800m to the north west of Pian Bracca. However, given the successful results at Pian Bracca South have delayed the move of the smaller drill rig to commence the Ponente drilling campaign. Plans are now being made to operate both areas simultaneously with the addition of a second small drill rig. It is hoped that by the end of February the Company will be conducting exploration drilling at both the Ponente and Pian Bracca areas simultaneously.