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Japan Gold Announces Positive Results from Geophysical Surveys at the Ohra-Takamine Gold Project
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 8, 2020) - Japan Gold Corp. (the " Comp...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Japan Gold Announces Positive Results from Geophysical Surveys at the Ohra-Takamine Gold ProjectVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 8, 2020) - Japan Gold Corp. (the \"Company\") (TSXV: JG) (OTCQB: JGLDF) is pleased to announce encouraging results from geophysical work programs completed at its Ohra-Takamine Gold Project in southern Kyushu. Comprehensive programs completed during January and February, 2020 covered a substantial portion of the 8-kilometer Ohra-Takamine historic mine corridor and included controlled source audio-frequency magnetotellurics (\"CSAMT\") and detailed ground-gravity geophysical surveys. Highlights:A 35 line-kilometer, grid-based, CSAMT geophysical survey was completed along a 4.2 kilometer portion of the Ohra-Takamine Mine corridorThe CSAMT geophysical survey at the Ohra-Takamine Project was undertaken to identify zones of sub-surface electrical resistivity and conductivity, representing silicification and clay alteration related to epithermal vein systemsResults of the CSAMT survey at Ohra-Takamine are very encouraging and have defined a number of linear kilometric-scale, contiguous resistive zones (CSAMT anomalies), locally extending to depth across the survey areaProspect-scale gravity readings were collected over an 8 by 4 kilometer area with nominal 60 to 100 metre spacings along access roads and ridgelines and merged with Geological Survey of Japan gravity data to produce a new suite of processed gravity imagesResults of the gravity survey define basement uplift or doming along a northeast oriented structural zone along which the mine corridor is hostedGeophysical surveys completed to date are adding a vital third dimension to the epithermal targets at the Ohra-Takamine Project. The Ohra-Takamine Gold Prospect lies within the highly gold endowed Southern Kyushu Epithermal Gold Province, and hosts five historic gold mines, the Matsuno, Urushi, Takamine, Ohra, and Aira Yamada Mines, which define a northeast oriented structural corridor, Figure 1. In excess of 11 million ounces of gold has been produced from high-grade low-sulphidation epithermal gold deposits in the province; notable producers include; the Hishikari Mine with 7.8 million ounces of gold produced to date at average grades of 30-40 g/t Au1; Kushikino Mine, 1.8 million ounces at 6.7 g/t Au; Yamagano Mine, 910,000 ounces...