Zonte Metals Inc. announced it has retained a 25% carried interest in an option agreement for a gold property in western Colombia. Zonte permitted Southern Sky Resources Corp. to enter into a five-year option agreement for the Project X property, which sits in the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia, in return for its retained interest. Both companies have been working together to secure the rights to the property over the last year with Southern Sky securing the five-year option agreement with a Colombian private company. Going forward, Southern Sky will be the operator and Zonte retains a 25% carried interest to a production decision in the option agreement. Zonte personnel have completed a number of due diligence visits to the property over the last 7 years. This included sampling known mineralized structures, confirming drill pads locations and confirming with the local association the previous drilling program. Geologically, the property appears to be a porphyry system with numerous breccia and vein structures. Southern Sky is in the process of mapping and sampling the property with local geological consultants and planning a geophysical survey.