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Grande Portage Resources Announces Mobilization for Upcoming Drill Program at the Herbert Gold Project in S.E. Alaska
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 3, 2020) -  Grande Portage Resources ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Grande Portage Resources Announces Mobilization for Upcoming Drill Program at the Herbert Gold Project in S.E. AlaskaVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 3, 2020) -  Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (TSXV: GPG) (OTCQB: GPTRF) (FSE: GPB) (\"Grande Portage\" or \"the Company\") is pleased to announce that it has commenced drill and crew mobilization and expects to commence drilling ahead of schedule on its 100% controlled Herbert Gold project located in SE Alaska.Grande Portage intends to drill approximately 15-20 holes from up to four different platforms which will test up to four separate major veins and their satellitic structures. The upcoming drill program is a continuation of previous drilling which successfully tested multiple gold-quartz veins of the Herbert mesothermal vein system with very encouraging results. The current program will further test targets primarily focusing on expansion of the gold bearing Goat, Main, Deep Trench veins and will also test the Elusive vein which has only recently been identified from the Company's LiDAR survey.Ian Klassen, Grande Portage's CEO commented, \"Our geological team has outlined an ambitious program for 2020. This will involve drilling, surface channel sampling and more metallurgical study. Our project is well situated in a historically proven and prolific gold belt. We look forward to building upon the Herbert resource, a high-grade gold asset that has a current NI compliant mineral resource of 606,500 ounces (Indicated) of gold at an average grade of 10.03 g/t Au (1,880,500 tonnes); and an inferred resource of 251,700 ounces of gold at an average grade of 14.15 g/t Au (553,429 tonnes). Past drilling has yielded very encouraging results including numerous multi ounce assays on several veins including those listed below:\"37.07 g/t Au over 15.27 meters (Deep Trench vein)59.91 g/t Au over 8.08 meters (Deep Trench vein)30.24 g/t Au over 9.08 meters (Goat Creek vein)28.41 g/t Au over 11.58 meters (Deep Trench vein)21.55 g/t Au over 6.46 meters (Main vein)15.76 g/t Au over 2.81 meters (Goat Creek vein)21.22 g/t Au over 2.25 meters (Main vein)13.91 g/t Au over 3.12 meters (Main vein)***the above mentioned are reported as true widths***Investors are encouraged to visit our website and corporate presentation for a more detailed summary of past drill results. Please visi...