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Desert Gold Activity Update at SMSZ Project in Western Mali; New Artisanal Mining in Priority Exploration Target Area
Delta, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 21, 2023) - Desert Gold Ventures Inc.  (TS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Desert Gold Activity Update at SMSZ Project in Western Mali; New Artisanal Mining in Priority Exploration Target AreaDelta, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 21, 2023) - Desert Gold Ventures Inc. (TSXV: DAU) (FSE: QXR2) (OTCQB: DAUGF) (the \"Company\") is pleased to provide an SMSZ Project update. A total of 445 auger holes totalling 2,067 metres have been completed over priority soil and structural targets proximal to Desert Gold's Mogoyafara South and Gourbassi West North gold deposits. Samples for these holes have been submitted to SGS Laboratories in Bamako.As part of Desert Gold's regular site routine, exploration staff tour our 440 km2 property (see Figure 1 for locations) to document artisanal mining activity. Recently a new zone of artisanal mining activity was observed approximately 500 metres south of our Mogoyafara South gold deposit (Inferred mineral resource estimate comprising 412,800 ounces of gold grading 1.05 g/t gold - see Desert Gold news release Jan. 17, 2022). The new artisanal zone is approximately 400 metres long and 50 to 75 metres wide. Host rocks include sheared conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and shale with both northerly and easterly trending quartz veining with associated albite, sericite and pyrite alteration. The image below shows a narrow, easterly-trending quartz vein with darker pyrite casts in the weathered rock adjacent to the vein. Samples from this site have returned up to 1.55 g/t gold (see Figure 1). Another new area of artisanal mining has open up approximately 1,000 metres to the east of the Mogoyafara South trend (see Figure 2); samples from two, 50 metre long by 2 to 5 metre wide artisanal zones returned grab samples to 5.04 g/t gold. Figure 1 - Mogoyafara South new artisanal mining site - grab sample returned 1.55 g/t goldTo view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/4954/159188_b7779d8f64fb39dc_001full.jpgFigure 2 - Mogoyafara South new artisanal mining sites and 2023 auger drill stationsTo view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/4954/159188_desertgoldimage_2.jpgAnother informal mining area was noted approximately 2 km east of the Kolon Zone (see Figure 1 for locations) located in the central eastern part of the concession area. This area, which has not yet been expl...