C:CC - Contact Gold Extends X-Ray Zone by 120 Metres in Step-Out Drilling at Green Springs
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Vancouver, BC - TheNewswire- September 6, 2023- Contact Gold Corp. (the “Company” or“Contact Gold”) (TSXV:C ) ( OTC:CGOLF) is pleasedto announce the third batch of drill results from the 2023 explorationprogram at the Green Springs gold project located on the prolificCortez Trend in northeastern Nevada.
“Today’s drill results from X-Ray significantlyexpand oxide gold mineralization to the west and south, and mostimportantly show that X-Ray remains wide open for growth andexpansion. As of today’s release, Contact Gold has drilled 20holes at X-Ray since 2021, with the vast majority returning thickintervals of oxidized near surface gold mineralization,” commentedMatthew Lennox-King, President & CEO of Contact Gold. “GreenSprings continues to surpass our expectations, with consistentshallow, oxidized gold intercepts coming from across the property. The team is already focused on designing the next phase of drilling,to continue expanding the known zones and to drill the significantWhiskey and Foxtrot targets for the first time.”
X-Ray Zone highlights in thisrelease:
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0.86 g/t Au over 35.05 metres, from a depth of 77.72 metres, in drill holeGS23-13 - oxide
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Including: 1.22 g/t Au over 18.29metres – oxide
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0.80 g/t Au over 48.77metres , from a depth of 64.01 metres, in drillhole GS23-14 – mixed
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Including: 1.91 g/t Au over 15.24metres – oxide
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0.57 g/t Au over 18.29metres , from a depth of 36.58 metres, in drillhole GS23-17 - oxide
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Including: 1.30 g/t Au over 3.05 metres – oxide
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Drill holes GS23-13 and GS23-14 were drilled from thenew drill pad located 100 metres to the south of the X-Ray discoveryzone, with GS23-17 drilled from a location 150 metres to thesouthwest. The X-Ray zone remains wide openfor expansion, especially to the south, west andnortheast.
Gold mineralization at the X-Ray Zone is characterizedby strong grades, oxidation, and continuity, and is hosted at the lower Pilot Shale contact with the underlyingGuilmette limestone, as well as along a thrust fault within the PilotShale. The Pilot Shale is an important regional host unit in easternNevada and is host to the Pan Mine and Alligator Ridge among others. 2023 Drilling has highlighted the high degree of structuralcomplexity in the north of Green Springs, a key for fluid pathways andformation of gold deposits.
The 2023 drill program wrapped up at the Tango Zone,which was also discovered by Contact Gold during the 2021 drillprogram, ( Tango discoveryrelease ) focusing on step-out holesto the north and west of the discovery zone. The 2023 program was carried out as part of a US$ 10 millionearn-in at Green Springs by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centerra GoldInc. (“Centerra”) (TSX:CG; NYSE: CGAU). Contact Gold is the project operator at GreenSprings. A total of 4,028 metres of RC drilling in 29 drill holeswere completed in this year’s program.
2023 Drill Results in thisrelease:
Cross Section - X-Ray Zone Step DrillHoles
Map Showing Location of X-Ray ZoneDrill Holes
Qualified Person and technicaldisclosure
The scientific andtechnical information contained in this news release has been reviewedand approved by Vance Spalding, CPG, VP Exploration, Contact Gold, whois a “qualified person” within the meaning of National Instrument43-101, Standards ofDisclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI43-101”).
Green Springs is strategically located 7 km immediatelyeast of the Gold Rock project operated by Calibre Mining Corp. (TSX:CXB; OTCQX: CXBMF) and 20 km southeast of their Pan Mine.
In December 2022 the Company entered into an earn-inagreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centerra providing Centerra the option to acquire a 70% interest in GreenSprings for cumulative earn-in exploration expenditures of US$10,000,000 and aggregate cash payments to the Company of US$1,000,000. For further details on the earn -inwith Centerra, and an overview of the planned program for 2023 pleasesee Contact Gold news release s dated December 9, 2022 , April 5, 2023 ,and May 31,2023 .
Green Springs is an early-stage exploration propertyand does not contain any mineral resource estimates as defined by NI43-101. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineralresource estimate at Green Springs. Additional information about GreenSprings is summarized in the NI 43-101 Technical Report entitled,“NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Green Springs Project, WhitePine County, Nevada, USA” prepared for Contact Gold, with aneffective date of June 12, 2020, and dated August 5, 2020, by John J.Read, C.P.G; an independent consultant and qualified person under NI43-101, and can be viewed under Contact Gold’s issuer profile onSEDAR at www.sedar.com .
About Contact Gold Corp.
Contact Gold is an exploration company focused onmaking district scale gold discoveries in Nevada. Contact Gold’sextensive land holdings are on the prolific Carlin and Cortez goldtrends which host numerous gold deposits and mines. Contact Gold’sland position comprises approximately 145 km 2 of target richmineral tenure hosting numerous known gold occurrences, ranging fromearly- to advanced-exploration and current gold resources.
Additional information about the Company is availableat www.contactgold.com .
For more information, please contact: +1 (604)449-3361
Matthew Lennox-King – President & CEO
E-mail: info@ContactGold.com
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This news release contains"forward-looking information" and "forward-lookingstatements" (collectively, "forward-lookingstatements") within the meaning of the applicable Canadiansecurities legislation. All statements, other than statements ofhistorical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based onexpectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this newsrelease. Any statement that involves discussions with respect topredictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives,assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always usingphrases such as "expects", or "does not expect","is expected", "anticipates" or "does notanticipate", "plans", "budget","scheduled", "forecasts", "estimates","believes" or "intends" or variations of suchwords and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results"may" or "could", "would","might" or "will" be taken to occur or beachieved) are not statements of historical fact and may beforward-looking statements. In this news release, forward-lookingstatements relate, among other things, to the anticipated explorationactivities of the Company at the Green Springs property, and thecompletion of the earn-in by Centerra at Green Springs.
These forward-looking statements arebased on reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of theCompany at the time such statements were made. Actual future resultsmay differ materially as forward-looking statements involve known andunknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause theactual results, performance or achievements of the Company tomaterially differ from any future results, performance or achievementsexpressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors,among other things, include: fluctuations in general macroeconomicconditions; fluctuations in securities markets; fluctuations in spotand forward prices of gold, silver, base metals or certain othercommodities; fluctuations in currency markets (such as the Canadiandollar to United States dollar exchange rate); change in national andlocal government, legislation, taxation, controls, regulations andpolitical or economic developments; risks and hazards associated withthe business of mineral exploration, development and mining (includingenvironmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpectedformations pressures, cave-ins and flooding); inability to obtainadequate insurance to cover risks and hazards; the presence of lawsand regulations that may impose restrictions on mining; employeerelations; relationships with and claims by local communities andindigenous populations; availability of increasing costs associatedwith mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineralexploration and development (including the risks of obtainingnecessary licenses, permits and approvals from governmentauthorities); and title to properties. Although the forward-lookingstatements contained in this news release are based upon whatmanagement of the Company believes, or believed at the time, to bereasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure shareholders thatactual results will be consistent with such forward-lookingstatements, as there may be other factors that cause results not to beas anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers should not place unduereliance on the forward-looking statements and information containedin this news release. TheCompany assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statementsof beliefs, opinions, projections, or other factors, should theychange, except as required by law.
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