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Grande Portage Resources Mobilizes for Upcoming Drill Program at the Herbert Gold Project
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 9, 2022) - Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Grande Portage Resources Mobilizes for Upcoming Drill Program at the Herbert Gold ProjectVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 9, 2022) - Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (TSXV: GPG) (OTCQB: GPTRF) (FSE: GPB) (\"Grande Portage\" or \"the Company\") is pleased to announce that it commenced mobilization of crews and equipment for its upcoming drill season at the Herbert Gold project in SE Alaska. The Company has received all permits and all other regulatory approvals to proceed this season. NASCO Industrial Services and Supply (\"NISS\") has been engaged to drill up to 30,000 feet of diamond drill core on the Company's Herbert gold project.The upcoming fully funded drill program, expected to start this month, will test multiple targets from up to three platforms. The Company intends to test the main mineralized structures at depths beyond 500m, while at the same time, penetrating additional structures at shallower levels and along strike. The vein structures and mineralization show no signs of diminishing with depth, therefore the Company's geological team has recommended that further exploration drilling be extended to the deeper regions of the quartz veins. Besides drilling the deeper portions of the Goat, Main, and Deep Trench veins, one of the Company's planned drill sites will test the eastern extension of the Deep Trench, the Floyd and the Elusive Structure, which remains virtually unexplored to date.The main purpose of the 2022 drilling is:Demonstrate that the veins are well mineralized to depths extending two to three times deeper where the resources have been established, andContinue to test numerous eastward extensions of the known veinsIan Klassen, the Company's CEO, remarked, \"We are really looking forward to this upcoming drill season. Every indication we have is that mineralization will extend to depth within the Herbert gold project. We are laser focused in our efforts to expand the Herbert's high grade resource during the 2022 program.\"This news release has been prepared and approved by Carl Hale, CPG, a geologist with more than 40 years of experience and a Qualified Person as defined under NI #43-101. About Grande Portage:Grande Portage Resources Ltd. is a publicly traded mineral exploration company focused on the Herbert Gold discovery situated approximately 25 km north of Juneau, Alaska. The Company...