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Compass Launches Follow-Up Drill Program at Tarabala
Drilling Targeting Deeper Mineralization Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 8, 2023) - C...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Compass Launches Follow-Up Drill Program at TarabalaDrilling Targeting Deeper MineralizationToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 8, 2023) - Compass Gold Corp. (TSXV: CVB) (Compass or the Company) reports that it has launched its previously announced follow-up drilling program on the Tarabala Trend, which consists of reverse circulation drilling at the Tarabala artisanal workings on its Sikasso Property in Southern Mali (Figure 1).HighlightsAn 800-m reverse circulation (RC) drilling program has begun on the Tarabala prospectThe drilling is focused on tracing the down-dip extension of wide zones of shallow gold mineralization identified through earlier Air Core (AC), RC and diamond drilling.Assaying will include cyanide extraction and metallic screen fire assay to accurately determine the extent of nuggety gold previously noted on the Tarabala TrendCompass CEO, Larry Phillips, commented, \"This latest drill program is intended to determine the down-dip extension and width of some of the gold mineralization we've already found at the Tarabala prospect. The different assay methods will also give us critical information on the degree of coarse gold over the 450 m strike length being tested, and will show us which assay method gives the most accurate results in these conditions. Drilling is expected to take one week, and we will report the complete results as soon as they are available.\"Results from Previous Drilling and SamplingAir Core (AC) drilling on the Tarabala Trend first identified bedrock gold at the Tarabala prospect in April 2020 (Figure 1). Subsequent drilling identified shallow gold mineralization at Massala West. This confirmed the presence of a 4-km-long mineralized zone between Tarabala and Massala West (Figure 2). To date, a total of 106 AC holes (4,972 m), 5 RC holes (530 m), and 5 diamond holes (563.6 m) have been drilled at Tarabala over a distance of 1.5 km. An additional 102 AC holes (6,047 m) and 11 RC holes (1,056 m) have been completed at Massala West over 3 km. The deepest drilling has only tested the mineralized zone to a depth of 80 m from surface.AC results at Tarabala included wide intervals of up to 16 m @ 1.51 g/t Au (from 16 m; SAAC02) and 17 m @ 0.73 g/t Au (from 18 m; SAAC109), and included higher grade sub-intervals such as 4 m @ 5.20 g/t Au (from 26 m; SAAC02) and 1 m @ 12.99 g/t Au (from 33 ...