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Grande Portage Resources Signs Drill Agreement for Upcoming Program at the Herbert Gold Project in S.E. Alaska
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 15, 2023) - Grande Portage Resources Ltd. ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Grande Portage Resources Signs Drill Agreement for Upcoming Program at the Herbert Gold Project in S.E. AlaskaVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 15, 2023) - Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (TSXV: GPG) (OTCQB: GPTRF) (FSE: GPB) (\"Grande Portage\" or \"the Company\") is pleased to announce that it has signed a drill agreement for its upcoming 2023 diamond drill program at the Herbert Gold project in S.E. Alaska. NASCO Industrial Services and Supply, whose clients include Hecla Mining, First Majestic Silver, and Rio Tinto, has been engaged to drill up to 20,000 feet of diamond drill core on the Company's Herbert gold project. The upcoming drill program, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to start within 90 days and will consist of one rig utilizing up to six pads to drill approximately 15 holes. Ian Klassen, the Company's CEO, remarked, \"We are very excited to start this season's drill program. The 2023 drill program will continue to test a mix of infill and new targeted areas. We have prioritized and will target many geologically promising high value targets at the Main, Goat, Deep Trench, Ridge and Sleeping Giant veins from multiple locations. Our geologists have gone to great lengths to ensure that this upcoming program targets the type of success we have enjoyed over many years building the high-grade Herbert Gold Project.\"The Herbert Gold Project is host to abundant composite vein-fault structures containing ribbon structure quartz-sulfide veins and lies prominently within the 100 mile long Juneau gold belt, which has produced millions of ounces of gold through a total depth range of thousands of feet. Individual veins and vein systems can be traced for over 500 m on average along strike and from surface (130 m above mean sea level) to depths of 350 m below sea level (open).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 holds a 100% interest in the Herbert property. The Herbert Gold property system is open to length and depth and is host to at least six main composite vein-fault...