Gold Gold and more Gold I noticed that NFG are getting more aggressive with their step out holes to the south on the Keats Zone. This latest step out hole was 65 meters further south from the last hole. So the grade is improving at depth towards the southern end of the Keats Zone and the mineralization is dipping to the south getting deeper down as it gets closer to the highway. I mentioned this before that the drill on the Keats is only about 1500 feet from the highway now. And on the other side of the highway the Knob Zone is about 1 km from the highway but they have put holes in very close (within a couple hundred feet) on the other side of the highway. The Knob Zone had a historical resource of 77k ounces (near surface) and it is dipping to the north getting deeper as it approaches the highway. I'm going out on a limb and say eventually the two zones will come together deep down underneath the highway. Just my own theory. Still a lot of ground between the two zones but hey it's the weekend and it's fun to dream.
Also on the northern end of the Keats Zone the high grade appears to come very near surface. The Lotto Zone is not very deep and they say it's 2km north of the Keats. I often wonder if all of these zones come together at depth or are they all just offshoots from the main Appleton fault. My guess is the fluid come up through the Appleton fault and spread out through
We know based on a news release from back in January that they intersected high grade gold on the Appleton fault itself that they called the Sunday Zone. (See news release below) This is an important news release below. It appears that the Keats Zone and Lotto Zones are parallel structures to the main Appleton fault offset 200 to 400 meters. Still much to learn but the pieces of the puzzle are coming together and I suspect the NFG geologists have got it figured out now and hence the reason for the more aggressive step out holes.
https://stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2021/01/14/new-found-intercepts-18-1-g-t-au-over-6-5m-including-38-7-g-t-over-2-95m-in-new