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NevGold Increases the Size of the Zeus Copper Project by Approximately 50% Or 1,000 Hectares in the Hercules Copper District, Idaho
Vancouver, British Columbia, March 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NevGold Corp. (“ NevGold...
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[{"type":"text","content":"NevGold Increases the Size of the Zeus Copper Project by Approximately 50% Or 1,000 Hectares in the Hercules Copper District, Idaho\n\n\n\n Vancouver, British Columbia, March 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NevGold Corp. (“\n \n NevGold\n \n ” or the “\n \n Company\n \n ”)\n \n (TSXV:NAU) (OTCQX:NAUFF) (Frankfurt:5E50\n \n ) is pleased to announce that it has staked an additional 147 claims, approximately 1,000 hectares or 10 square kilometers, with strong geological prospectivity at the Zeus Copper Project in the emerging Hercules Copper Trend of southwestern Idaho. As highlighted in NevGold’s previous News Releases from 2024 and 2025 to date (\n \n\n see NevGold News Releases\n \n\n )\n \n ,\n \n the\n \n Zeus Copper Project\n \n shares many\n \n geological similarities\n \n with\n \n Hercules Metals Corp.’s (“Hercules Metals”, TSXV:BIG)\n \n copper porphyry discovery at the\n \n Hercules Project\n \n (\n \n\n see Hercules Metals News Releases\n \n\n ), including\n \n comparable soil survey geochemical results (see Figure 1, Figure 4)\n \n .\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Key Highlights\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Zeus Copper Project now encompasses 392 claims, approximately 2,900 hectares or 29 square kilometers\n \n , of highly\n \n strategic\n \n and\n \n prospective\n \n ground in the Hercules Copper Trend\n \n\n\n\n New additional ground staked by the NevGold team is\n \n underlain by the two primary host rocks of copper mineralization in the Hercules Copper Trend, the Lower Huntington Formation and Triassic age intrusive rocks\n \n\n\n\n\n Strong similarities are noted between the Zeus Copper Project and the Hercules Metals copper porphyry discovery at the Hercules Project\n \n\n\n\n\n Field programs will advance including planned geophysical surveys to identify drill targets\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Figure 1 – Zeus Copper Project land position and geology of the Hercules Copper Trend. The\n \n\n\n newly staked claims contain Lower Huntington Formation shown in purple, and Triassic age intrusive rocks (plutons) shown in brown, both are known to host copper mineralization\n \n\n\n on the Hercules Copper Trend. Modified from (Henricksen, 1975), (Fankhauser, 1968), (Skurla, 1974), (Lund, 2021), (Adair, 1985).\n \n\n\n\n To view image please click here\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n NevGold CEO, Brandon ...