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Nexus Gold Contracts Driller for Upcoming 3000m Dakouli 2 Maiden Drill Program
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[{"type":"text","content":"Nexus Gold Contracts Driller for Upcoming 3000m Dakouli 2 Maiden Drill Program\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vancouver, Canada\n-\n \n \n TheNewswire -\n \n \n October 8, 2020\n \n \n - Nexus\nGold Corp. (\"\n \n \n Nexus\n \n \n \" or the \"\n \n \n Company\n \n \n \")\n(TSXV:NXS\n \n \n ) (\n \n \n OTC:NXXGF\n \n \n ) (\n \n \n FSE:\nN6E)\n \n \n \n \n is pleased\nto announce\n \n \n it has engaged Forage Technic Eau\n(\"FTE\") Drilling to conduct a minimum 3000 meters of Reverse\nCirculation (\"RC\") Drilling on the company's 100% owned\nDakouli 2 Gold Project, located 100 kilometers north of the capital of\nOuagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa.\n \n \n \n \n The maiden Dakouli drill program, scheduled to commence\nin late October, will be testing depth extensions of geochemical gold\nanomalies identified through termite mound sampling, soil grid\ngeochemistry that identified three anomalous gold trends crossing the\nproperty (see Company news release dated June 11, 2019) and finally\nrock geochemistry which has returned higher grade gold results from\nselective grab samples extracted from artisanal mining areas\n(\"Orpaillages\") (see Company news releases dated January 8\nand 15, 2019, June 23, 2020, and September 10, 2020) .\n \n \n \n \n \"We're eager to conduct the first ever drill\nprogram at Dakouli,\" said president & CEO, Alex Klenman. \n\"Dakouli offers a number of compelling attributes you like to see\nprior to drilling. Favourable geology and defined geochemical\nsignatures, strong assay results from subsurface sampling, and a very\nactive artisanal mining presence, all indicate the mineralization is\nabundant across this large main zone. It's basically ripe for\ndiscovery. This round of drilling will focus in this main area, but\nit's also worth noting there are several other hot spots across the\nnearly 10,000 hectares. The project has many layers to peel, we're\nexcited to begin the next phase of more advanced exploration\nactivities,\" continued Mr. Klenman\n \n \n \n \n Exact commencement of the drill program will be\nannounced later in October once crew and drill rig availability are\nfirmed up.\n \n \n \n \n The Dakouli 2 permit is located on the Goren greenstone\nbelt, proximal to Nordgold's Bissa Mine, and is bisected by the gol...