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Sitka Intersects Multiple Occurrences of Visible Gold from near Surface in Initial Six Diamond Drill Holes Completed at the Contact Zone, RC Gold Project, Yukon
Visible gold observed in first six diamond drill holes drilled at the Contact zone Drilling t...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Sitka Intersects Multiple Occurrences of Visible Gold from near Surface in Initial Six Diamond Drill Holes Completed at the Contact Zone, RC Gold Project, YukonVisible gold observed in first six diamond drill holes drilled at the Contact zoneDrilling to date has traced mineralization along a strike of approximately 900 m and to a depth of approximately 430 m from surface at the Contact zoneVisible gold has now been observed in drill core from all five targets drilled within the Clear Creek Intrusive Complex this yearFirst drilling completed since 2010/2011 that produced historical intersections in Contact zone of 38.3 m of 1.54 g/t gold, 74.3 m of 1.01 g/t gold and 43.4 m of 1.20 g/t gold in Holes CC11-043, 044, 045 respectively and 10.7 m of 20.46 g/t gold in CC10-22 Six holes totalling 2,172 m completed as part of the ongoing 5,000 m of drilling planned at Contact-Pukelman targetDrilling has also recently commenced at the Bear Paw targetResults are currently pending for all holes drilled at Contact-Pukelman along with holes completed across Blackjack, Saddle, Eiger, Rhosgobel and Bear PawOver 25,000 metres of the ongoing 30,000 m planned drill program completed with assays currently pending for 52 holesVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 19, 2025) - Sitka Gold Corp. (TSXV: SIG) (FSE: 1RF) (OTCQB: SITKF) (\"Sitka\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that multiple occurrences of visible gold have been observed, beginning near surface, in the first six drill holes to be completed by the Company at the Contact zone. Visible gold has now been observed in the drill core from every target that has been drilled within the Clear Creek Intrusive Complex so far this year, including Blackjack, Saddle, Eiger and Rhosgobel. Up to 5,000 metres of drilling is currently underway at the Contact-Pukelman zone (see Figures 3, 4 and 6) as part of the fully funded 30,000 metre diamond drill program currently underway at Sitka's 100% owned, road accessible RC Gold Project located in the Yukon's prolific Tombstone Gold Belt. Over 25,000 metres of drilling has been completed at RC Gold this year where drilling has focused on growing the Blackjack and Eiger deposits, expanding the mineralized footprint of the Saddle zone, and testing the potential of the Rhosgobel, Contact-Pukelman and Bear Paw targets to host additional intru...