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Alpha Exploration Completes Diamond Drilling at Kerkasha Project and Announces First Results
Drill Hole at Aburna Gold Returns 20m at 7.73 g/t Gold Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - Se...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Alpha Exploration Completes Diamond Drilling at Kerkasha Project and Announces First ResultsDrill Hole at Aburna Gold Returns 20m at 7.73 g/t GoldCalgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - September 14, 2022) - Alpha Exploration Ltd. (TSXV: ALEX) (\"Alpha\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that it has recently completed the diamond drilling part of the drilling program that was announced on July 7th 2022, and consisted of approximately 1,000 meters of diamond drilling and 3,000 meters of reverse-circulation drilling on three of its most important prospects on its large 100% owned Kerkasha Project, Eritrea. In addition, assay results have been received from the first diamond drill hole (ABD-001) on its Aburna gold prospect.Highlights from ABD-001 Drill hole ABD-001 in the Hill 52 area of Aburna intersected the following best intervals:From 17 to 33 meters, 16 meters averaging 0.46 g/t goldFrom 45 to 59 meters, 14 meters averaging 1.09 g/t goldFrom 66 to 72 meters, 6 meters averaging 6.11 g/t goldFrom 89 to 109 meters, 20 meters averaging 7.73 g/t gold Note: At this early stage of exploration, the true width of the mineralization is uncertain, but it is estimated to be 70% to 80% of reported intervals. Intervals were calculated with a start and finish value of 0.5 g/t gold and a minimum width of 2m and maximum internal dilution of 2 m at >0.2g/t gold. Michael Hopley, Alpha President & CEO said, \"The diamond drilling program on the four prospects on the Kerkasha project is intended to increase understanding of the geology and structural controls of mineralization. At Aburna the assay results from this first diamond drill hole verify the strong gold mineralization previously discovered in this area. The core from this hole is being studied in detail and will be of great help in the planning of future drill programs in the Hill 52 area.\"On July 7th 2022, Alpha announced the start of a drill program consisting of approximately 1,000 meters of diamond drilling and 3,000 meters of reverse-circulation (RC) drilling at three of its prime prospects on its large Kerkasha Project in Eritrea. These prospects are the Aburna orogenic gold prospect, Tolegimja copper-zinc-gold volcanogenic-massive-sulphide (VMS) prospect and the Anagulu gold-copper porphyry prospect. An additional target area known as Kona West, a coppe...