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Contact Gold Completes 2021 Phase 1 Drill Program at Green Springs Gold Project, Nevada
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 1, 2021) - Contact Gold Corp. (TSXV: C)...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Contact Gold Completes 2021 Phase 1 Drill Program at Green Springs Gold Project, NevadaVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 1, 2021) - Contact Gold Corp. (TSXV: C) (OTCQB: CGOL) (the \"Company\" or \"Contact Gold\") is pleased to announce the completion of the first phase of the 2021 drill program at its Green Springs gold project in White Pine County, Nevada. Phase 1 drilling totaled 59 drill holes for 7,511 metres completed from early March to late May. On May 18th Contact Gold announced results from the first six holes of the program with a headline intercept of 1.45 g/t Au over 47.24 metres in hole GS21-05 from the Mine Trend. Results from an additional 53 drill holes are pending as of the date of this news release. Contact Gold continues to focus on expanding the footprint of gold mineralization at Green Springs through systematic step out drilling along the Mine Trend and completing first pass drilling at high potential greenfield targets. Phase 1 drill holes were targeted as follows:Following up on the multiple broad, oxidized, gold intercepts from 2020 drilling along the 3km Mine Trend (15 holes) and at the Alpha Zone (5 holes) located 1.5km northeast of the Mine TrendExpanding the southern end of the Mine Trend by drilling further south, where we have 1.5 km of untested strike extent (13 holes)Drilled 19 holes into the never before drilled Tango target, which is the most robust geochemical, geophysical and surface gold mineralized target on the project 5 Holes drilled into the Connector target between the Mine Trend and the Alpha Zone 2 holes at the Golf Zone following up on shallow oxidized mineralization hosted within the Chainman Shale\"The first phase of drilling in 2021 at Green Springs has gone extremely well. We delivered excellent grades and widths of oxide gold in the Mine Trend in the first 6 holes and completed the program under budget. We drilled 10 holes (1,500 metres) more than originally forecast, testing several additional high-confidence gold targets,\" stated Matt Lennox-King, CEO of Contact Gold. \"With results from 53 holes pending we anticipate a steady flow of drill results from Green Springs over the coming weeks and months. In the meantime, we will be active on the ground, sampling, mapping and upgrading our targeting ahead of the next drill program at Green Springs.\" The Mine Tre...