try this again 24.0G/T OVER 46.0M AND 27.0G/T OVER 30.1M
New Found drills 46 m of 24 g/t Au at Queensway
2021-03-10 08:17 ET - News Release
Mr. Craig Roberts reports
NEW FOUND INTERCEPTS 24.0G/T OVER 46.0M AND 27.0G/T OVER 30.1M AT KEATS, HIGH-GRADE GOLD MINERALIZATION DISCOVERED IN FOOTWALL VEINS
New Found Gold Corp. has provided partial assay results from intervals in five holes drilled at the Keats zone. These holes were drilled as part of the Company's ongoing 200,000m diamond drill program at its 100%-owned Queensway Project ("Queensway"), located on the Trans-Canada Highway 15 km west of Gander, Newfoundland.
Highlights
The drill interval highlights are summarized below:
Hole No. From (m)To (m)Interval (m)*Au (g/t)Zone NFGC-20-52 107.7 109.8 2.1 136.7 Keats And 114.4 128.5 14.1 31.5 Keats And 132.2 137.8 5.6 13.7 Keats NFGC-20-52**107.7 137.8 30.1 27.0 Keats NFGC-21-80 49.5 88.5 39.1 25.8 Keats Including 62.7 72.8 10.1 58.5 Including 78.7 88.5 9.9 39.5 And 93.2 95.5 2.3 41.6 Keats NFGC-21-80**49.5 95.5 46.0 24.0 Keats NFGC-20-49 175.9 180.9 5.0 5.6 Keats FW Including 177.7 178.7 1.0 21.2 NFGC-20-73 25.8 28.0 2.2 7.3 Keats And 191.5 194.0 2.5 21.9 Keats FW Including 191.5 192.2 0.7 83.4 And 292.4 293.8 1.4 2.7 Keats FW
* Note that the host structures are interpreted to be steeply dipping and true widths are estimated to be 70% to 80% of reported intervals. Except as noted, reported intervals are calculated at a 1 g/t Au cut-off grade. Grades have not been capped in the averaging. **Includes intervening intervals assaying below the 1g/t Au cut-off grade.
The 46m interval averaging 24.0g/t Au in NFGC-21-80 is the broadest high-grade drill intercept to date at Keats.
Hole 20-52 intersected three separate high-grade intervals over 30.1m, including an interval of 31.5g/t over 14.1m.
Importantly multiple intervals of high-grade gold mineralization were also intercepted within the Keats Footwall veins which lie between the Keats Baseline Fault and the Appleton Fault Zone. NFGC-20-73 encountered a footwall vein at 191.5m down hole that returned 21.9g/t Au over 2.50m including a 0.65m interval displaying visible gold that assayed 83.4 g/t Au. NFGC 20-49 encountered a footwall vein at 178m down hole that returned 5.55 g/t Au over 4.95m including an interval displaying visible gold that assayed 21.2g/t Au over 1.0m.
NFGC-20-73 was terminated at 293.8m with the final 1.35m interval returning 2.73g/t Au. This hole is now being deepened to test the extent of this gold mineralization.
Greg Matheson, Chief Operating Officer of New Found, stated: "Holes 52 and 80 provide further confirmation of the impressive widths of high-grade, near surface gold mineralization in the Keats Baseline Fault. Drilling is now focused on stepping out to the north, south and to depth. Drilling to date at Keats has also encountered multiple veins in the footwall of the Keats Baseline Fault, typically returning assays in the 0.5 to +3.0g/t range. The high-grade intervals recently encountered in this secondary veining is very encouraging. The initial high-grade discovery hole (92.9g/t over 19m in NFGC-19-01) in the Keats Baseline Fault was drilled below veining that returned multi-gram assays and that occurred within much longer intervals (up to +100m) of halo gold mineralization. In addition to the high-grade assays reported, Hole NFGC-20-73 returned a cumulative 125m that assayed above 0.1 g/t, indicating a broad anomalous gold halo within the Keats Baseline footwall. We will continue to step-out on these intervals to test for additional zones of high-grade gold mineralization between the Keats Baseline fault and the Appleton Fault."
Table 2: Summary of results reported in this news release Hole No. From (m) To (m) Interval (m)*Au (g/t)Zone NFGC-20-48129.0 132.6 3.6 6.39 Keats And 141.0 143.2 2.2 1.15 Keats And 164.5 167.1 2.6 1.38 Keats FW NFGC-20-49175.9 180.9 5.0 5.55 Keats FW Including 177.7 178.7 1.0 21.2 NFGC-20-52107.7 109.8 2.1 136.7 Keats And 114.4 128.5 14.1 31.5 Keats And 132.2 137.8 5.6 13.7 Keats NFGC-20-7325.8 28.0 2.2 7.26 Keats Including 26.6 27.0 0.5 30.1 And 191.5 194.0 2.5 21.9 Keats FW Including 191.5 192.2 0.7 83.4 And 292.4 293.8 1.35 2.73 Keats FW NFGC-21-8049.5 88.5 39.1 25.8 Keats Including 62.7 72.8 10.1 58.5 Including 78.7 88.5 9.9 39.5 And 93.2 95.5 2.3 41.6 Keats
*Note that the host structures are interpreted to be steeply dipping and true widths are estimated to be 70% to 80% of reported intervals. Reported intervals are calculated at a 1 g/t Au cut-off grade. Grades have not been capped in the averaging.
Sampling, Sub-sampling and Laboratory
True widths of the new exploration intercepts reported in this press release have yet to be determined but are estimated to be 70% to 80% of reported core lengths. Assays are uncut, and calculated intervals are reported over a minimum length of 2 meters using a lower cutoff of 1.0 g/t Au with exception of drill hole NFGC-20-73 which terminated in mineralization. All HQ split core assays reported were obtained by either complete sample metallic screen/fire assay or standard 30-gram fire-assaying with ICP finish at ALS Minerals in Vancouver, British Columbia. The complete sample metallic screen assay method is selected by the geologist when samples contain coarse gold or any samples displaying gold initial fire assay values greater than 1.0 g/t Au. Drill program design, Quality Assurance/Quality Control and interpretation of results is performed by qualified persons employing a Quality Assurance/Quality Control program consistent with National Instrument 43-101 and industry best practices. Standards and blanks are included with every 20 samples for Quality Assurance/Quality Control purposes by the Company as well as the lab. Approximately 5% of sample pulps are sent to secondary laboratories for check assays.