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1911 Gold Intersects 5.99 g/t Gold over 3.3 Metres at the Bidou South Target and Provides Update on the Phase Il Drilling Program
1911 Gold Intersects 5.99 g/t Gold over 3.3 Metres at the Bidou South Target and Provides...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n 1911 Gold Intersects 5.99 g/t Gold over 3.3 Metres at the Bidou South Target and Provides Update on the Phase Il Drilling Program\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n ,\n \n Jan. 18, 2021\n \n /CNW/ -\n \n 1911 Gold\n \n \n Corporation\n \n (\"1911 Gold\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV: AUMB) (OTCQX: AUMBF) is pleased to provide an update on the ongoing 18,000-metre drilling program on the 100% owned Rice Lake properties in\n \n Manitoba\n \n . The Phase II drilling program is primarily focused on testing high-grade targets in the Bidou and Tinney project areas that were identified in first pass drilling during the 2019-2020 Phase I program and were further delineated by 2020 field season results. A total of 6,075 metres in 24 drillholes have been drilled, with assays received for the first 1,779 metres from 6 drillholes, reported below.\n \n \n \n Highlights:\n \n \n \n \n \n Drillhole BL-20-005 returned 5.99 g/t Au over 3.3 metres, including 7.98 g/t Au over 1.5 metres, from the Bidou South Target, followed 10 metres downhole by a second intercept of 1.65 g/t Au over 4.4 metres – indicating stacked zones of gold mineralization in this location\n \n \n \n \n \n Drillhole BL-20-010, drilled on the same section as BL-20-005 to test these zones to depth, also returned two zones of gold mineralization, including 0.59 g/t Au over 2.6 metres, followed 7 metres downhole by 4.52 g/t Au over 1.5 metres, the latter including 6.24 g/t Au over 0.9 metres\n \n \n \n \n \n At the Bidou Shear Target, drillhole BS-20-004 intersected stockwork quartz veins and strong alteration over a core length of 10 metres, returning 4.73 g/t Au over 2.3 metres, including 15.1 g/t Au over 0.5 metres\n \n \n \n \n \n With two drill rigs now turning in the Tinney project area, which was inaccessible until recently pending freeze-up, the Company anticipates strong news flow as it begins follow up drilling of high-grade mineralization discovered in the Phase I drilling program\n \n \n \n \n \n 1911 Gold has a ca...