Galleon Gold Initiates Geotechnical Drilling Program at West Cache Project in the Timmins Gold Camp

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[{"type":"text","content":"Galleon Gold Initiates Geotechnical Drilling Program at West Cache Project in the Timmins Gold CampToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 19, 2022) - Galleon Gold Corp. (TSXV: GGO) (the \"Company\" or \"Galleon Gold\") reports that it has initiated geotechnical drilling in support of permitting initiatives for a planned underground bulk sampling program at its 100% owned West Cache Gold Project (\"West Cache\" or the \"Project\") in Timmins, Ontario. The Company has identified Zone #9 as the initial target for test mining and will utilize the current layout as outlined in its PEA (published in February 2022), while optimizing the development design as needed. Detailed engineering for the proposed portal and decline, will require the completion of eight geotechnical holes. Knight Piesold has been contracted to oversee the geotechnical program. In total, approximately 1,000 meters of core will be drilled: including, three drill holes in the portal and box cut area, three drill holes along the decline, one deeper hole into the Zone #9 bulk sample stopes, and one shallow hole through the planned vent raise. In order to gather the best rock quality designation data (\"RQD\"), the drilling will utilize triple tubing and oriented HQ3 coring. Detailed geotechnical logging and strength testing will be completed to quantify engineering characteristics of rock units to be encountered during development. Collected data will be used to define rock mass quality and structural domains for the development areas and provide input for the detailed design of the bulk sample, including: 1) box cut and portal design, 2) ground support recommendations, 3) stope size and dilution estimation, and 4) rock mechanics design and optimal mining methods. Following completion of geotechnical logging, the Company will internally process the core and sample any mineralized intervals. Oriented structural measurements and detailed lithology will be incorporated into the drill hole database to assist with modelling and exploration planning. Comment from CEOR. David Russell, President and CEO of Galleon Gold, commented, \"We continue to approach the development of West Cache in a systematic manner; completing the necessary steps to submit permit applications for test mining and adding to our knowledge base at the same time. Since the start of 2022, we have e...

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