Mineral Resources Increase at Prairie Creek Mine

17 September 2015

•             2015 Drill Program Increases Measured & Indicated Resource Tonnage by 32%

•             Additional Resources From Newly Defined Stockwork Mineralization

Vancouver, British Columbia, September 17, 2015 - Canadian Zinc Corporation (TSX: CZN; OTCQB: CZICF) (“the Company” or “Canadian Zinc”) reports that Mineral Resource tonnages at the Prairie Creek lead, zinc, silver mine, located in the Northwest Territories, have been significantly increased following the incorporation of the results from the 2015 exploration drilling program into a revised geological model and resource estimate.