Vancouver, British Columbia, March 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NevGold Corp. (“NevGold” or the “Company”) (TSXV:NAU) (OTCQB:NAUFF) (Frankfurt:5E50) is pleased to announce the initial portion of assays from the Company’s first drill hole (CV22-001) at the Cadillac Valley target area at its Limousine Butte Project, Nevada (the “Project”) located on the southern part of the Carlin Trend. Further assays from the Company’s inaugural 10,000 meter drill program are expected continuously from both the Resurrection Ridge and Cadillac Valley target areas (Figure 4) for the remainder of the first half of 2022.
Key Highlights
- Building a High-Grade, Oxide Gold Resource: after the addition of a second drill rig at the Project in January 2022, drilling commenced on the highly prospective Cadillac Valley target area. The first assays received on CV22-001 include 2.13 g/toxide Auover 58.2 meters including 12.32 g/t oxide Au over 5.9 meters. Further drill holes have been sent to the lab and assays are pending.
- Open Mineralization: the initial assays released are from the first portion of the hole received from the assay lab down to 277.6 meters depth. Assays are pending for the section from 277.7 meters to 403.6 meters depth.
- Highly Oxidized Mineralization: assay results from CV22-001 at Cadillac Valley reported oxidized mineralization throughout the hole. (Figure 3)
- Unlocking the District –New Potential Resource Area at Cadillac Valley: Cadillac Valley is a high-quality target that will have approximately 3,500 meters of the current 10,000 meter drill program. The Company is targeting a near-term resource estimate at Cadillac Valley after the current drill program is completed. There are severaltarget areas around Cadillac Valley that will be drill-tested in the current program.
NevGold CEO, Brandon Bonifacio, comments: “Building on the initial assays from our Resurrection Ridge target area released on February 8, the first hole at Cadillac Valley has drilled an important, highly prospective target zone at Limousine Butte. It is very exciting to see another thick intercept of multi-gram oxide gold material at a location that is over 2km from Resurrection Ridge. We believe that the mineralized horizon may extend between thesetwo areas of the project, and it is very promising to see results aligning with our geological model of the district. We are excited about the remaining assays from this first hole at Cadillac Valley and from some of the subsequent holes that we have sent to the lab.Assays from further holes will be continuously released over the first half of 2022.”
NevGoldChief Geologist, Derick Unger, comments:“We are very encouraged by this initial data from Cadillac Valley, which is another key target area at our district-scale Limousine Butte project. Having results align with our geological model has improved our understanding of the Project and opened up a number of other prospective target areas within the large, consolidated 67 square kilometer land package.We eagerly await the remaining part of CV22-001from Cadillac Valley which is expected shortly. With two drill rigs on site actively drilling both Resurrection Ridge and Cadillac Valley, we expect many more drill results as we advance towards completing a near-surface oxide gold mineral resource estimate.”
Drill Results
| Hole ID |
Length, m* |
g/t Au |
From, m |
To, m |
Material |
Target Area |
| CV22-001 |
58.2 |
2.13 |
212.0 |
270.2 |
Oxide |
Cadillac Valley |
| including |
5.9 |
12.32 |
216.6 |
222.5 |
|
|
| assays pending |
|
|
277.7 |
403.6 |
|
|
*Downhole thickness reported; true width varies depending on drill hole dip and isapproximately 90% of downhole thickness.
Figure 1–Cross-section looking northeast through Cadillac Valley. Redoutlines represent Au zones of 0.1g/t defined from historical drilling. Orange dashed lines represent areas with additional mineralization potential.
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Figure 2–Long-sectionlooking northwestthrough Cadillac Valley mineralization. Red outlines represent Au zones of 0.1 g/t defined from historical drilling.Orange dashed lines represent areas with additional mineralization potential.
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Figure 3 – Photo of oxidized jasperoid breccia from CV22-001, interval 725-730 feet (221.0 -222.5 meters)
returned a value of 16.9 g/t Au.To view image please click here
Figure 4 – Plan view of the Resurrection Ridge and Cadillac Valley mineralized zones at the Limousine Butte project.Both the Resurrection Ridge and Cadillac Valley areasare currently being drilled as per the January 19, 2022 news release.
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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Signed”
Brandon Bonifacio, President & CEO
For further information, please contact Brandon Bonifacio at bbonifacio@nev-gold.com, call 604-337-4997, or visit our website at www.nev-gold.com.
Sampling Methodology, Chain of Custody, Quality Control and Quality Assurance: All sampling was conducted under the supervision of the Company’s geologists and the chain of custody from the Project to the independent sample preparation facility, American Assay Labs in Sparks, NV, was continuously monitored. The samples were crushed, pulverized and sample pulps were analyzed using industry standard fire assay methods. A blank and certified reference material was inserted approximately every 20th sample and duplicates of coarse reject material was analyzed approximately every 20th sample. Data verification of the analytical results included a statistical analysis of the standards and blanks that must pass certain parameters for acceptance to ensure accurate and verifiable results.
Technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Derick Unger, CPG, the Company’s Chief Geologist, who is NevGold’s qualified person under National Instrument 43-101 and responsible for technical matters of this release.
About the Company
NevGold is an exploration and development company targeting large-scale mineral systems in the proven districts of Nevada and British Columbia. NevGold owns a 100% interest in the Limousine Butte and Cedar Wash gold projects in Nevada, and the Ptarmigan silver-polymetallic project in Southeast BC.
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