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Maple Gold Appoints Paul Harbidge to Its Technical Committee and Provides Deep Drilling Update
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 7, 2023) - Maple Gold Mines Ltd. (TSXV: ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Maple Gold Appoints Paul Harbidge to Its Technical Committee and Provides Deep Drilling UpdateVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 7, 2023) - Maple Gold Mines Ltd. (TSXV: MGM) (OTCQB: MGMLF) (FSE: M3G) (\"Maple Gold\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Harbidge to its technical committee (the \"Technical Committee\"), which helps guide exploration, drilling and project management at the Company's projects located in Québec, Canada, and to provide an update on the ongoing deep drilling programs at the Douay Gold Project (\"Douay\") and the Joutel Gold Project (\"Joutel\"), which are held by a 50/50 joint venture (\"JV\") between the Company and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited.Mr. Harbidge is an accomplished geologist with more than 25 years of experience and a track record of discovering world-class gold deposits. He is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Faraday Copper Corp., an emerging U.S. copper developer. Mr. Harbidge was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of GT Gold Corp. and led the company to a C$456 million acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. in May 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Harbidge was Senior Vice President of Exploration for Goldcorp Inc. from 2016 until its acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. in April 2019. He also led the exploration team at Randgold Resources Limited that was credited with five major gold discoveries. Mr. Harbidge holds a First-Class Honours Degree in Geology from Kingston University, London (UK) and a Master of Science in Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology from Leicester University (UK).\"We are thrilled to have Paul Harbidge join our Technical Committee, as his experience successfully leading teams to multiple world-class gold discoveries further strengthens our technical group during this critical phase of growth for the Company,\" stated Matthew Hornor, CEO of Maple Gold. \"2023 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the JV as we approach completion of the first phase (~6,000 m) of deep drilling at Joutel and with the planned deep drilling campaign (~10,000 m) at Douay testing beneath the known 6 x 2 km resource footprint already well underway.\"A total of six (6) drill holes and drillhole extensions are planned at Douay, several of which are expected to be drilled to 2,000 metres (\"m\") downhole ...