Business
First Mining Provides an Exploration Update for the Pickle Crow Gold Project
Multiple Walk-Up Drill Targets Identified by Auteco; Drilling Campaign to Start in Late May ...
About this update from First Mining Gold Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"First Mining Provides an Exploration Update for the Pickle Crow Gold ProjectMultiple Walk-Up Drill Targets Identified by Auteco; Drilling Campaign to Start in Late MayVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / March 30, 2020 / First Mining Gold Corp. (\"First Mining\" or the \"Company\") (TSX:FF)(OTCQX:FFMGF)(FRANKFURT:FMG) is pleased to provide an exploration update on its Pickle Crow Gold Project (\"Pickle Crow\" or the \"Project\") located in Ontario, Canada. Auteco Minerals Ltd (\"Auteco\") (ASX: AUT), First Mining's partner on Pickle Crow, is advancing the Project and may earn up to an 80% interest in the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary PC Gold Inc. (\"PC Gold\"), which owns the Project.Auteco has announced that they have commenced field activities, data compilation and resource modelling, and are currently anticipating minimal impact on their 2020 field objectives from the developing COVID-19 situation. Auteco's review of the available historical drill core has identified multiple shallow, drill-ready, regional targets associated with four major mineralized shear zones within the Project area. Cumulatively, there are more than 110 kilometres of underexplored strike on the structures which are prospective for high-grade orogenic gold.Auteco intends to commence its first diamond drilling campaign at Pickle Crow, totalling 5,000 metres, in late May, and plans to test high potential, walk-up targets regionally and in the surrounding mine area. Auteco also expects to complete a JORC 2012 compliant resource update for Pickle Crow in early Q2. This resource update by Auteco will incorporate their geological review and will focus on the high-grade, underground mineable resource areas at the Project.Dan Wilton, CEO of First Mining, stated \"We are excited that our partner for Pickle Crow, Auteco, is driving forward with exploration at Pickle Crow. The Project is benefiting from a renewed look by the strong technical team at Auteco, including a new geological review. The work the Auteco team is doing provides an opportunity for a better understanding of Pickle Crow's potential, and we look forward to their first set of drill results on the Project this summer.\"Auteco's Executive Chairman, Ray Shorrocks, commented \"Auteco intends to commence an initial shallow 5,000 metre diamond drill program in late May, targeting shallow, high-grade, walk-u...