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EnGold to Drill Aurizon South Gold Targets and Carry Out Soil Geochemistry Surveys at Scorpio and Aurizon Gold West
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 13, 2019) - David H. Brett, President &a...
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[{"type":"text","content":"EnGold to Drill Aurizon South Gold Targets and Carry Out Soil Geochemistry Surveys at Scorpio and Aurizon Gold WestVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 13, 2019) - David H. Brett, President & CEO, EnGold Mines Ltd. (TSXV: EGM) (\"EnGold\" or the \"Company\") reports that the Company is set to recommence drilling of the Aurizon South Gold zone the first week of September, 2019, with the goal of potentially upgrading and expanding the maiden inferred resource announced in 2018. Also, crews will shortly commence a 1,500 station B-soil sampling program to support new exploration in four areas.Aurizon Gold Deposit DrillingThe Aurizon Gold maiden inferred resource (see details on EnGold's website here) occurs as an intrusion hosted, copper-gold-silver bearing hydrothermal breccia structure related to an alkalic copper porphyry system. The structure is nearly vertical (steeply west dipping) striking 020 degrees with a currently defined strike exceeding 400 m (open), down-dip extent exceeding 700 m below surface (open) and true widths varying from 2 to more than 10 m. Drilling has demonstrated strong continuity of the host breccia, but drill density remains wide-spaced throughout most of the structure, often exceeding 100 m or more between intersections.For example, discovery hole AZS08-07 is one of the better holes at Aurizon (14 meters downhole length grading 10.4 grams per tonne (gpt) gold, 7.2 gpt silver and 1.5% copper from 318 to 332 m, including 6 meters grading 15.5 gpt gold, 7.6 gpt silver and 1.9% copper) but remains completely open to the north, both laterally and vertically. Drilling in 2017 attempted to drill 50 m step-outs from AZS08-07, but none were successfully completed due to poor ground conditions caused by strong faulting west of the Aurizon structure.Drilling to commence early September (2000m in 4-5 holes) will test these highly prospective extensions of AZS08-07 by collaring holes from the east side, similar to AZS08-07 to avoid the faulted ground. B-Soil Program1. ScorpioThis exciting northern target was initially defined in 2012 by a very large (9 square km), multi-site, Ah-horizon soil anomaly featuring high molybdenum (Mo) and tungsten (W) values. Scorpio lies within the Murphy Pluton, believed to be part of the large Takomkane Batholith, host to the Woodjam Southeast Deposit (227.5 milli...