New Found Gold Corp. (“New Found” or the “Company”) (TSXV: NFG, NYSE American: NFGC) is pleased to provide an update on fieldwork and reporting of drill results from its 100%-owned Queensway Project (“Queensway”), located on the Trans-Canada Highway 15km west of Gander, Newfoundland.
- New Found is pleased to report that it is proceeding immediately with assaying of drill whole-core samples from its Queensway Project utilizing the Chrysos PhotonAssay™ method at Intertek’s facilities in Perth, Western Australia. Novo Resources Corp. (TSX; NVO) ("Novo") a significant shareholder of New Found currently utilizes Intertek’s Chrysos PhotonAssay™ facilities in Perth for production and exploration samples from their Western Australian gold mining and exploration projects and is facilitating priority access for New Found to the Intertek facilities under Novo's arrangement with Intertek.1
- The Company is planning to send the first shipment of Queensway drill core from Gander this coming week, including intervals from recent drilling that were previously designated for conventional assay on a rush basis. Assay results from these samples are anticipated to be received and reported in the coming weeks.