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Desert Gold Starts Exploration Program at its SMSZ Project, West Mali; Plans 20,000 Metres of Drilling with Contingency for 20,000 Metres of Additional Drilling
Delta, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 3, 2020) - Desert Gold Ventures Inc. (TS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Desert Gold Starts Exploration Program at its SMSZ Project, West Mali; Plans 20,000 Metres of Drilling with Contingency for 20,000 Metres of Additional DrillingDelta, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 3, 2020) - Desert Gold Ventures Inc. (TSXV: DAU) (FSE: QXR2) (OTC Pink: DAUGF) (the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that it has commenced the Company's largest exploration program to date at its flagship Senegal Mali Shear Zone project in Western Mali (the \"SMSZ Project\"). The 410 km2 SMSZ Project is both named after and overlies a 38 km section of the Senegal Mali Shear Zone (the \"SMSZ\"). The SMSZ is related to 5 large mines located both to the north and south, along strike, including B2 Gold's Fekola Mine, Barrick's Gounkoto and Loulo Mines and Allied Gold's Sadiola and Yatela Mines1. To the Company's knowledge, the SMSZ Project is the largest, contiguous, non-producer land package over this highly prospective structural feature (see Figure 1.).Field work recommenced at the SMSZ Project on December 2, 2020. The goal of the exploration program is to develop/discover a stand-alone deposit(s). Exploration will comprise drilling to advance known gold zones and soil, auger and IP surveys to identify new targets, with real-time follow-up of new drill results and testing of newly developed targets. A summary of the planned program is presented in Figure 2 below. Jared Scharf, President and CEO commented, \"I'm very pleased to begin this work season fully funded with a highly experienced operating team on the ground. The SMSZ project is one of the largest gold exploration projects in West Africa and is ideally situated along the prolific Senegal Mali Shear Zone. This project will be our main focus this year as it hosts a myriad of highly prospective, advanced and early-stage targets in the right regional setting. Looking forward into 2021, we expect consistent news flow throughout the year as results are published while we continue developing new and existing targets.\"Planned Exploration ProgramFully Funded 20,000 metres of drilling with contingency of 20,000 metres of additional drilling - Drilling starts early January 2021Follow-up on Gourbassi West, Gourbassi East and Barani East Zones.Continue to trace gold mineralization from Barani East northeast to Soa and south to Keniegoulou.Follow up drill testing at Gourbas...