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Nexus Gold Contracts Falcon Drilling for Upcoming Work Program at Bouboulou Gold Concession, Burkina Faso
(via TheNewswire) Vancouver, Canada / TheNewswire / October 6 , 2016 - Nexus Gold Co...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Nexus Gold Contracts Falcon Drilling for Upcoming Work Program at Bouboulou Gold Concession, Burkina Faso(via TheNewswire)\n \n \nVancouver, Canada / TheNewswire / October 6, 2016 - Nexus Gold Corp. (\"Nexus\" or the \"Company\") (TSX-V: NXS) is pleased to announce that the Company has contracted Falcon Drilling Burkina Faso S.A.R.L. (\"Falcon\") for the upcoming drill program at the Bouboulou Gold Concession, Burkina Faso, West Africa.\n\n\n \nFalcon has been previously contracted for its drilling services by other resources companies operating in Burkina Faso such as Roxgold Inc and True Gold Mining. The company therefore has extensive experience drilling in the country and vast knowledge of the area.\n\n\n \nNexus Gold Director, Warren Robb, P.Geo, will plan and oversee a 2000 meter phase one drill program at Bouboulou. Mr. Robb was Chief Geologist for Roxgold in 2012 where he conducted previous drill programs at the property (then called Bissa West). \n\n\n \nBouboulou Gold Concession\n\n\n \nThe Bouboulou Gold concession is a near-surface, advanced stage gold exploration target located in a known gold belt, within a prolific and highly active area. The property has previously been drilled by Roxgold Inc, Riverstone Resources and Boliden. To date four zones of gold mineralization have been identified on the property.\n\n\n \nBouboulou was held by Boliden in 1997 as part of a much larger land package. Boliden completed regional Rapid Air Blast (\"RAB\") drilling, comprising 25,400 meters. Included in this total was infill drilling which defined a northeast trending gold anomaly measuring 13 km by 2 to 6 km wide. The mineralization was described as disseminated sulphides in tuffs and dacites. \n\n\n \nNew Zone at Bouboulou\n\n\n \nAs reported in the September 8, 2016 Nexus Gold news release, a new area of interest has been observed on the property due to an increase in artisanal mining activity. Upon the initial property visit the company geologist noted a large orpaillage (area worked by artisanal miners). The zone being exploited by the orpilleurs is a shear hosted in meta-volcanics and meta-sediments with cross cutting quartz veins and stringers. The orpaillage extends for some 250 meters along strike with the Bouda orpaillage which is adjacent to the property and located along the Sabce shear zone. This same shear zone als...