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Nexus Gold Appoints Geological Advisor
(via Thenewswire.ca) Vancouver, Canada / TheNewswire / January 18, 2016 - Nexus Gold Corp....
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[{"type":"text","content":"Nexus Gold Appoints Geological Advisor(via Thenewswire.ca)\n\n \nVancouver, Canada / TheNewswire / January 18, 2016 - Nexus Gold Corp. (\"Nexus\" or the \"Company\") (TSX-V: NXS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Donald Birak (Regis. Mem SME), as geological advisor to the Board of Directors and independent consultant to the Company.\n\n\n \nMr. Birak is a geologist with over 37 years of experience in the minerals industry. He served as Senior Vice President of Exploration for Coeur Mining, Inc. (\"Coeur\") from 2004 to October 2013. Previous to his time at Coeur, he served as Vice President of Exploration with AngloGold North America, Independence Mining Company, and Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting. Mr. Birak worked extensively in northern Nevada serving as the first Chief Mine Geologist for the Jerritt Canyon project and mine and then as exploration Manager for northern Nevada. In 2001, Mr. Birak was co-recipient of the 'Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year' award given by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Mr. Birak received his Master of Science in Geology from Bowling Green State University, in Ohio.\n\n\n \nMr. Birak will advise the Company on its Walker Ridge Gold Project located in the Independence/Jerritt Canyon Gold Trend, Nevada, USA as well as other exploration opportunities.\n\n\n \nThe Walker Ridge Gold Project is located 1 mile south of the Big Springs Deposit and 5 miles north of the Jerritt Canyon Deposits, Nevada, USA. It is also 7 miles north of the Jerritt Canyon mill complex. The property consists of a 2 square mile bull's-eye of highly-anomalous, geochemically defined pathfinder elements (antimony, arsenic, mercury), coincident to geophysical anomalies both in gravity and resistivity. A Carlin-age (Eocene) intrusion, as verified through uranium-lead radiometric age dating (35.9m years) has been discovered on the property at the center of the geochemical/geophysical anomalies.\n\n\n \nIn the fall of 2014, the Company employed Vital GeoSURVEYS Ltd to perform a geophysical survey utilizing a leading-edge element detection technology. Prior to the survey on Walker Ridge, the technology had been used primarily in the oil and gas sector for the past five years, accumulating a track record of success. The proprietary nature of the innovative technology allows for the in situ detection an...