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Nexus Gold Commences Drilling At Niangouela Gold Concession, Burkina Faso, West Africa
(via TheNewswire) Vancouver, Canada / TheNewswire / January 31, 2017 - Nexus Gold Co...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Nexus Gold Commences Drilling At Niangouela Gold Concession, Burkina Faso, West Africa(via TheNewswire)\n\n \nVancouver, Canada / TheNewswire / January 31, 2017 - Nexus Gold Corp. (\"Nexus\" or the \"Company\") (TSX-V: NXS, OTC: NXXGF, FSE: N6E) is pleased to report it has commenced phase one drilling at its Niangouela gold project located in Burkina Faso, Africa.\n\n\n \nThe Company has initiated a 1000 meter diamond drill program on its 179 square kilometer Niangouela exploration permit. Crews from Falcon Drilling Burkina SARL have been mobilized to the site and are currently drilling. The 1000 meter phase one drill program is designed to test the primary quartz vein and associated shear at depth and along strike. The program will target areas of gold anomalies identified from rock samples and Rotary Air Blast (RAB) drilling that was conducted by the Company in December 2016 and January 2017. \n\n\n \nAbout the Niangouela Gold Concession\n\n\n \nThe 178 sq km Niangouela gold concession is located on the Boromogreenstone belt (as is the Company's Bouboulougold concession), and is proximal to the Kalsaka deposit and the Sabce shear zone. It is accessible by road and has one major orpaillage (artisanal workings).\n\n\n \nIn December 2016 the Company conducted an 802m rotary air blast (RAB) drill program that delineated an approximately 1,000-meter (1km) quartz vein and a 500-meter secondary strike, running oblique to the main vein. This vein has now been identified in trenches, artisanal workings and through RAB drilling. It remains open in all directions. \n\n\n \nA total of 11 rock chip and grab samples were taken during the initial exploration phase. Eight of the 11 samples returned values of 1 gram-per-tonne (\"g/t\") gold or better. Best results of the 11 include sample NG005, taken directly from the primary quartz vein at 46m depth (accessedvia an artisanal mining shaft), which returned a value of 2,950 g/t gold. Sample NG006 was collected from the artisanal dumps of the sheared intrusive and returned a value of 23.9 g/t gold. Sample NG007 contained coarse visible gold, and was taken from material extracted from the eastern shaft from a depth of approximately 60m, returned a value of 403 g/t gold. Sample NG008 was taken from the western shaft, 10 to 12 meter west of the eastern shaft, and consisted of a single large piece o...