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Contact Gold Adds Second Drill Rig and Stakes Additional Claims at Green Springs Gold Project, Nevada
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 30, 2020) - Contact Gold Corp. (TS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Contact Gold Adds Second Drill Rig and Stakes Additional Claims at Green Springs Gold Project, NevadaVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 30, 2020) - Contact Gold Corp. (TSXV: C) (OTCQB: CGOL) (the \"Company\" or \"Contact Gold\") is pleased to report that it has added a second drill rig to its ongoing drill program at the Green Springs gold property (\"Green Springs\"). One reverse circulation drill rig is now drilling in the past producing Charlie pit, and a core rig is drilling at the Echo Zone.Key Points:A core drill rig has been brought onsite to push drill holes down to the Pilot Shale target beneath known Chainman Shale hosted gold mineralization along the 2.5 km long Mine Trend including the Echo Zone This will be the first ever core drilling program at Green Springs3 drill holes have been completed at the Echo Zone, and 3 holes have been completed at the Zulu Target Assays are pendingAdditional claims added to northern boundary of the project to cover the possible extension of the Tango target\"In over 600 historical drill holes, not a single core hole was completed. Drilling core holes and increasing drill production with two rigs working on site will add a lot of geological value and will enable us to test the next prospective host unit down, the Pilot Shale, beneath the past producing pits and the Echo Zone,\" stated Matt Lennox-King, CEO of Contact Gold. \"As the drill program intensifies, we look forward to our first results from Echo and Zulu and exploring our newly staked claims north of Tango.\"2020 Drilling Summary (all assays are pending):GS20-01 was designed to confirm historical gold mineralization at the Echo Zone, 75m north of Contact Gold's drilling in 2019, which returned highlights of 2.3 g/t Au over 70.1m in GS19-07 (see news release January 28, 2020), and 3.5 g/t Au over 38.1m in GS19-09 (see news release February 12, 2020)GS20-02 & GS20-03 were designed test the southward extension of gold mineralization at the Echo Zone by stepping out 50 and 100 meters from GS19-09GS20-04 -GS-06 are located 200m south of Echo at the Zulu target New Claims:Contact Gold has staked 19 new claims (1.5 km2) immediately north of the Tango target along the Pilot Shale/Guilmette Limestone contact. Previously reported rock and soil results from the Tango target returned up to 1.5 g/t Au (see news rel...