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EXCELLON IS DRILLING KILGORE
EXCELLON IS DRILLING KILGORE Canada NewsWire TORONTO , ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n EXCELLON IS DRILLING KILGORE\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n ,\n \n \n July 25, 2022\n \n \n /CNW/ -\n \n Excellon Resources Inc.\n \n (TSX: EXN) (NYSE: EXN) (FRA: E4X2)\n \n (\"Excellon\" or the \"Company\")\n \n is pleased to announce that is has begun a 5,000 metre diamond drilling program on the Kilgore Project in\n \n Idaho, USA\n \n and to provide an update on 2022 exploration plans.\n \n \n \n Highlights\n \n \n \n \n \n Initial 5,000 meter drill program underway on high-priority targets at Mine Ridge and Prospect Ridge – following up on high-grade gold mineralization encountered in historical drilling and exploring beyond the resource envelope along strike and at depth\n \n \n \n \n Induced Polarization (IP) and Magnetotelluric (MT) surveys over 75 line kilometres planned to image the deposit and all associated high-priority prospects\n \n \n \n \n Property-wide surface sampling focusing on remote sensing targets defined by Aster, Sentinel, and Worldview-3 satellite data analysis\n \n \n \n \n \"We are strategically targeting zones with high-grade potential while looking to expand the resource and further improve understanding of the structural controls of high-grade mineralization at the\n \n Kilgore\n \n deposit,\" stated\n \n Jorge Ortega\n \n , Vice President Exploration. \"Our program utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to exploration through the use of oriented core drilling, subsurface imaging and surface sampling techniques to realize the full potential of the deposit and project.\"\n \n \n \n 2022 Exploration Program\n \n \n \n Extensive core re-logging and resampling and 3D modelling of historical results were completed in preparation for the 2022 Kilgore exploration program. The reinterpreted data identified multiple high-priority near-deposit drill targets (see\n \n Company's press release dated\n \n March 10, 2022\n \n \n ). The objectives of ongoing drilling are to: (i) grow and increase the grade of the existing mineral resource, (ii)...