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Japan Gold Reports High-Grade Rock Samples and Commences Geophysical Exploration Programs over the Kitano-o Gold Prospect
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 29, 2019) - Japan Gold Corp. (TSXV: JG) ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Japan Gold Reports High-Grade Rock Samples and Commences Geophysical Exploration Programs over the Kitano-o Gold ProspectVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 29, 2019) - Japan Gold Corp. (TSXV: JG) (\"Japan Gold\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to report high-grade rock samples collected from historic mine dumps up to 60.8 g/t gold from the eastern side of the Kitano-o Gold Prospect. A prospect-scale gravity survey has commenced and plans for CSAMT geophysical surveys to further refine drill targets within the Kitano-o Gold District are well advanced. The Company announced commencement of Phase 1 scout drilling on the western and central parts of the 3-kilometre-long mineralized Kitano-o prospect in its news release of July 25, 2019.The Kitano-o prospect is located within the Kitano-o Gold District, a 7 x 3 kilometre area which incorporates six old mines and workings, Figure 1. In excess of 96,000 ounces of gold at a grade of 5.9 g/t1 was produced prior to the government-imposed moratorium and mine closure in 1943. Gold was won largely from shallow open-pits in gold-bearing eluvium, and from selective hard-rock mining of narrow sub-sinter quartz veins and stockworks. Subsequently, much of the in-situ high-level quartz vein outcroppings across Kitano-o were mined to depths of 90 metres in underground workings.The presence of outcropping sinter at Kitano-o prospect, implies the entire epithermal system is preserved, the numerous mineralized veins and stockworks excavated directly under the sinter indicate significant amounts of gold has leaked from boiling-zones at depth to the upper parts of the hot-spring system. The target at the Kitano-o prospect are these boiling-zones where most of the gold precipitates in epithermal systems and these generally occur from 150 metres to 250 metres beneath the paleo-water table (sinter level), and downward towards the lower basement contact.Rock Chip ResultsWork to refine drill targets in the eastern part of the Kitano-o prospect has included detailed geological mapping of the historic workings and the majority of samples were sourced from mine dumps and vein sorting areas located around these workings. Samples of quartz vein dump, sub-crop and float material were collected along an 800-metre east-west section of the east Kitano-o workings.Of the 75 rock chips collected from eas...