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Irving Resources Updates Omu Exploration; Appoints Project Manager
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Irving Resources Inc. (CSE:IRV) (“Irving” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on ex
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Irving Resources Inc. (CSE:IRV) (“Irving” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on exploration activities at its 100% controlled Omu Gold Project, Hokkaido, Japan and welcomes Dr. Takeshi Uemoto as its new Omu Project Manager. Appointment of Dr. Takeshi Uemoto: Dr. Uemoto holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Hiroshima University and a Ph.D. from the University of Western Australia. Prior to joining Irving, Dr. Uemoto worked as senior exploration geologist for Gold Fields Australasia at its St. Ives and Agnew gold mines, Western Australia. Prior to that, he served as senior geologist for Mitsubishi Materials Corporation exploring for geothermal resources in Japan. “We are delighted to have Dr. Takeshi Uemoto join Irving as Omu Project Manager,” commented Akiko Levinson, President and Director of Irving Resources. “Dr. Uemoto, having extensive exploration experience with Gold Fields Australasia, is exceptionally well-qualified to oversee exploration activities at Omu. We look forward to his guidance as we move this exciting project forward.” Omu Sinter Drilling: Irving recently completed hole 19OMS-008, the southern-most hole of its initial eight-hole, phase one diamond drill program at Omu Sinter. These first eight holes, collectively totaling approximately 3,388.5 m, test approximately one kilometer of strike from north to south along the very large zone of alteration and mineralization underlying the Omu Sinter terrace (Figures 1 and 2). All eight drill holes have intersected long intervals of highly altered volcanic and sedimentary rocks. Notable vein intervals have been intersected in all holes. Sawing of all core has recently been completed. Several batches of samples are currently being dispatched to or are currently in transit from Omu to ALS Global Laboratory, Brisbane, Australia, and several additional batches are currently undergoing analysis. At present, approximately 40% of core has been assayed. As discussed in the Company’s news release dated June 13, 2019, current drilling is believed to be testing a high level within the hot spring system at Omu Sinter. Nevertheless, high-grade mineralization has already been encountered (48.96 gpt Au and 945.4 gpt Ag between 184.93-185.72 m in hole 19OMS-002 discussed in the Company’s news release dated May...