VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 09/12/13 — Canadian Zinc Corporation (TSX: CZN)(OTCQB: CZICF) ("Canadian Zinc") and Messina Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: MMI) ("Messina") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a binding agreement whereby Canadian Zinc will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Messina in exchange for common shares of Canadian Zinc, and will also purchase the private placement of Messina shares announced August 30, 2013.Under t