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Nexus Gold Completes RAB Drilling at Niangouela Gold Concession, Burkina Faso, West Africa
(via TheNewswire) Vancouver, Canada / TheNewswire / December 22,2016 - Nexus Gold ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Nexus Gold Completes RAB Drilling at Niangouela Gold Concession, Burkina Faso, West Africa(via TheNewswire)\n\n \nVancouver, Canada / TheNewswire / December 22,2016 - Nexus Gold Corp. (\"Nexus\" or the \"Company\") (TSX-V: NXS, OTC: NXXGF, FSE: N6E) is pleased to announce the completion of its previously announced RAB (Rotary Air-Blast) drilling program at the 178 sq. km Niangouela gold concession, Burkina Faso, West Africa.\n\n\n \nThe RAB drill program consisted of 30 holes totaling 802 meters and was conducted in a grid pattern to test the orientation and extent of a previously identified primary quartz vein. Historical assays of 5.93 g/t Au, 4.83 g/t Au, and 4.12 g/t Au over sample lengths of 2.0 metres respectively have been returned from trenching over the vein. In addition recent rock samples taken from the dumps of local artisanal miners currently working the vein returned 2.49 g/t Au. \n\n\n \nThe program was designed to test the top 30 meters of saprolitic rock. Samples were collected over three meter intervals and were shipped to Actlabs in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. \n\n\n \n\"We are really pleased with the speed and efficiency of this RAB program. The material we observed from the drilling allows us to roughly trace the trend of this vein. Once we get the assays back we hoping to identify potential shoots of higher grade mineralization,\" states Senior Geologist Warren Robb, P.Geo.\n\n\n \nAbout the Niangouela Gold Concession\n\n\n \nThe Niangouela concession is located on the Boromo Greenstone Belt, same as the Company's Bouboulou Gold Concession, and is proximal to the Kalsaka deposit and the Sabce shear zone. It is road accessible and has one major orpaillage (artisanal workings).\n\n\n \nTo date 556 pits and 11 trenches have been excavated, and rock and soil samples have been taken. A total of 1,137 samples have been collected. Previous programs have identified a zone which runs ENE and WSW occurring in the south central part of the concession. This zone has returned gold in soil samples up to 34 g/t Au, rock samples have returned values up to 18 g/t Au, and trenching has returned values of 4.85 g/t Au over 10 meters.\n\n\n \nAbout Burkina Faso\n\n\n \nBurkina Faso is a landlocked nation, located in West Africa. It covers an area of roughly 274,000 square kilometres and has an estimated population of more than 1...