NEWS: Donlin Gold 2020 Q3 Update ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Donlin Gold LLC, owned 50/50 by Barrick Gold Corporation (“Barrick”) (TSX: ABX) (NYSE: GOLD) and NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC. (“NOVAGOLD”) (TSX, NYSE American: NG), is pleased to announce the successful completion of its 2020 85-hole drilling program totaling approximately 23,400 meters. The holes were drilled in both the ACMA and Lewis deposit areas of the Donlin Gold project.
- Assay results for the first 25 holes (representing 30% of the length drilled) have been received to date, of which nine were previously released to the market on August 6.
- Assay results show higher grades over thinner intervals compared to those predicted by previous modelling, particularly in sedimentary rocks.
- The Donlin Gold team is wrapping-up site activities with the drill core being logged, cut, sampled, and shipped to assay laboratories. Site activities are now completed.