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Sitka Drills 85.0 Metres of 1.12 Grams per Tonne Gold and Reviews 2024 Highlights at the RC Gold Project in Yukon
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 7, 2025) - Sitka Gold Corp. (TSXV: SIG) (...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Sitka Drills 85.0 Metres of 1.12 Grams per Tonne Gold and Reviews 2024 Highlights at the RC Gold Project in YukonVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 7, 2025) - Sitka Gold Corp. (TSXV: SIG) (FSE: 1RF) (OTCQB: SITKF) (\"Sitka\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to summarize the highly successful 2024 exploration season and announce final results from the 2024 diamond drilling program conducted at its road accessible, 431 square kilometre RC Gold Project (\"RC Gold\" or the \"Project\") located approximately 100 kilometres east of Dawson City in Yukon's prolific Tombstone Gold Belt. The mineralized system at the Blackjack deposit continues to grow well beyond the initial resource announced in January 2023 with the impressive results from the drill campaigns conducted in 2023 and 2024. The Company completed 9,264 metres of drilling this year focused on expanding the Blackjack zone in addition to completing the first ever diamond drilling of the Rhosgobel and Pukelman intrusions with significant gold mineralization intersected in all targeted intrusions. Drill results continue to significantly expand the Blackjack gold deposit area, intersecting strong gold mineralization near surface, at depth, and to the south in holes DDRCCC-24-069 to 072. Initial drilling at the Pukelman intrusion has also returned promising gold values from DDRCCC-24-073 and 074, the first two diamond drill holes completed by Sitka (see Table 2).Select assay highlights from 2024 diamond drilling at RC Gold:191.0 m of 1.16 g/t gold from 327 m in DDRCCC-24-057 including 54.6 m of 2.54 g/t gold from 453.4 m154.0 m of 1.47 g/t gold from 354.0 m in DDRCCC-24-058 including 37.0 m of 3.07 g/t gold from 449.0 m290.5 m of 1.10 g/t gold from 236.0 m in DDRCCC-062 including 105.0 m of 1.68 g/t gold from 421.6 m99.2 m of 1.01 g/t gold from 448.5 m in DDRCCC-24-067678.1 m of 1.04 g/t gold from 4.4 m in DDRCCC-24-068 including 93.0 m of 2.57 g/t gold from 589.5 m85.0 m of 1.12 g/t gold from 433 m in DDRCCC-24-072 (this release)119.0 m of 1.05 g/t gold from 30.0 m in DDRGCC-24-001 including 37.9 m of 2.05 g/t gold from 98.5 m\"Our work at RC Gold this past year continues to demonstrate the vast potential of this district-scale property to host large, economic gold resources,\" said Cor Coe, Director and CEO of Sitka Gold. \"Results from 2024 have highlighted th...