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Falcon Acquires the Spitfire and Sunny Boy Claims, Merritt B.C.
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 16, 2020) -   FALCON GOLD CORP. (T...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Falcon Acquires the Spitfire and Sunny Boy Claims, Merritt B.C.Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 16, 2020) -  FALCON GOLD CORP. (TSXV: FG), (FSE: 3FA); (\"Falcon\" or the Company\") is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Spitfire and Sunny Boy claims (the \"Project\") in south central British Columbia. The claims are located approximately 16 kilometers east of Merritt and total 502 hectares. The properties are close to excellent infrastructure and access is gained via paved highway and ranch and logging roads.The Merritt district has a lengthy history of mineral exploration and development that began in the late 1800's with first recorded discoveries being made on the Nicola Lake Property in 1908, which location is presently covered by the north east portion of the Sunny Boy claim block. A resurgent focus in the area makes it B.C.'s newest emerging gold belt. The location map included below shows the Project in relation to mines developed in the area. The original exploration and discoveries were of gold, platinum (in tulameenite, a Pt-Cu-Fe metallic mineral) and copper. Numerous copper discoveries became major mines in the area, including Craigmont, Copper Mountain, Afton and Highland Valley.Spitfire-Sunny Boy ProjectTo view an enhanced version of this image, please visit:https://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/4151/54486_6b194139a43b1828_003full.jpgMost of the early exploration at the Project focused on quartz veins that hosted gold, copper and silver. High grade values have been reported at 124 to 127 grams per tonne gold (Au) and 309 to 514 grams per tonne silver (Ag) in quartz vein material from underground workings by Quilchena Mining and Development Company Ltd. The narrow but high-grade veins have been trenched, pitted, blasted, and drilled but have never been commercially mined. The main showing, Master Vein, boasts high-grade gold mineralization up to 50.53 oz/t as sampled by Ken Sanders, P. Eng in 1974. To the south-west of the Sunny Boy Zone in an area referred to as the \"AL\" showing, soil geochemistry, geophysics (magnetometer/VLF), trenching, sampling and diamond drilling have been performed on the mineralized veins. The best drill result was 3.77 grams per tonne gold, 0.24 % copper, and 32.9 grams per tonne silver over 13.4 meters (AR #8494, AR# 15572 AR#1582, AR#18887). The Project ...