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Nexus Gold Recovers High-Grade Samples at New Dakouli 2 Project, Burkina Faso, West Africa
Visible Gold and coarse, nuggety samples recovered from new zone Select sample high...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Nexus Gold Recovers High-Grade Samples at New Dakouli 2 Project, Burkina Faso, West Africa Visible Gold and coarse, nuggety samples recovered from new zone Select sample highlights include 29.5 g/t Au, 27.5 g/t Au and 12.4 g/t AuVANCOUVER, CA / ACCESSWIRE / January 8, 2019 / Nexus Gold Corp. (''Nexus'' or the ''Company'') (TSX-V: NXS, OTC PINK: NXXGF, FSE: N6E) is pleased to report initial sampling results from the recently acquired, 100% -owned, 98-sq km Dakouli 2 Gold Project, located on the Boromo-Goren Greenstone Belt, central Burkina Faso, West Africa.Ground reconnaissance conducted recently by the Company to the West and South of the main orpaillage (artisanal zone) identified new near surface workings currently being exploited by artisanal miners. Rock samples collected from these new zones have returned assays up to 29.5 grams-per-tonne (''g/t'') gold (''Au'') with several containing various concentrations of visible gold, including coarse nuggety samples (see Figures 1 and 2).A total of 12 samples were taken from the Northeast Zone. Six of the 12 returned significant grades, with values between 2.90 g/t Au and 29.5 g/t Au (see Table 1), including 27.5 g/t Au and 12.4 g/t Au from samples containing visible gold. The remaining six samples returned values from 0.005 to .192 g/t Au. Samples taken at the Northeast Zone were obtained between 8-18 meters below surface from artisanal shafts and pits.In addition to the higher-grade rock samples, Company geologists have viewed the panned concentrates of these near surface materials being processed by the artisanal miners and noted that the gold being recovered was also coarse and nuggety in nature. Figure 1: Visible gold in quartz sample recovered at the Dakouli 2 concession, November 2018 Figure 2: Close up of coarse gold nugget in quartz recovered at the Dakouli 2 concession, November 2018''The size of the workings and the coarse nature of the gold we have seen from the property so far makes this a very exciting prospect,'' said Vice President of Exploration, Warren Robb, P.Geo.'' These orpaillages were first identified only a year ago and have now expanded to two areas of workings, given the coarse visible gold observed here it is not surprising,'' continued Mr. Robb.''The initial results from our early exploration activity at Dakouli are very encouraging,'' said Alex Klenman,...