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Beauce Gold Fields Trial of Horizontal Directional Drilling Samples 2.75 G/M3 of Placer Gold
(TheNewswire) January 9, 2025 – TheNewswire - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Beauce Gold Fields Trial of Horizontal Directional Drilling Samples 2.75 G/M3 of Placer Gold\n\n\n (TheNewswire)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n January 9, 2025 –\n \n\n TheNewswire -\n \n\n Montreal, Quebec, Canada -\n \n\n Beauce Gold Fields (Champs D’Or en\nBeauce) (TSX Venture: \"BGF\"),\n \n\n referred\nto as \"BGF\" or the \"Company,\"\n \n\n is\n \n\n pleased\n \n\n to\n \n\n announce the trial results of a modified\nhorizontal directional drilling (HDD) method to drill lengths of the\nauriferous till units\n \n\n of the paleoplacer channel\non the\n \n\n Beauce Gold\n \n\n property located in Saint-Simon-les-Mine, Quebec\n \n\n .\n \n\n\n\n Patrick Levasseur, President and CEO of Beauce Gold\nFields, stated: \"HDD drilling has demonstrated to be an efficient\nfuture method to support or possibly expand upon the Gold Exploration\nTarget for the entire historical placer channel of our Beauce Gold\nproperty, which ranges between 61,000 ounces (2,200,000 m3 @ 0.87g\nAu/m3) and 366,000 ounces* (2,200,000 m3 @ 5.22 g Au/m3).\"\n \n\n *Beauce Gold Fields\n \n\n 43-101\nReport - Beauce July 4\n \n\n th\n \n\n 2018, Author B. Violette\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Click Image To View Full Size\n \n\n Image: Cross\nsection of\n \n\n horizontal directional and overburden\ndrill holes\n \n\n\n\n In the summer of 2023 (see press release August 8,\n2023), the Company tested the use of Horizontal Directional Drilling\n(HDD) as a possible low-cost and efficient method of sampling long\nlengths of placer deposits. From one location, four fanned-out HDD\nboreholes were completed, totaling 321 meters in overburden and\nintersecting portions of the auriferous till (Basal Till) and\nsaprolite layers.\n \n\n\n\n Placer exploration commonly uses vertical overburden\ndrill holes with reverse circulation or sonic drilling. These methods\nprovide shorter-length samples but yield more accurate grades of\nplacer layers. However, they are costlier due to the proportionally\nlonger lengths of sterile overburden that must be drilled through.\nHDD, on the other hand, is commonly used in construction and civil\nengineering projects. The technique is utilized to install utility\nlines (such as pipelines, fiber optic cables, and electrical conduits)\nwithout extensive excavation or disruption to existing infrastructure....