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Nortec Minerals commences Phase 1 drilling, TOM-1 Target, Tomboko Gold Property, Northeast Guinea, West Africa
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[{"type":"text","content":"Nortec Minerals commences Phase 1 drilling, TOM-1 Target, Tomboko Gold Property, Northeast Guinea, West Africa(via TheNewswire)\n \n \nVancouver, BC / TheNewswire / October 23, 2017 - Nortec Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: NVT; OTC-PK: NMNZF) (the \"Company\" or \"Nortec\") - Nortec is pleased to announce that Energold Drilling (EMEA) Limited, has commenced diamond core drilling on the TOM-1 Target, Tomboko Project, Northeastern Guinea, West Africa. The program will consist of 19 to 31 drill holes with total meterage ranging between 1700 to 2500 meters on the Tom-1 North, Tom-1 South and Tom-2 targets (figures 1, 2, 3 and 4). \n\n \n \nThe Tomboko Project has been mapped and sampled extensively. The highlights of the work include (Figure 3):\n\n\n \n\n\n- Outcrop grab sampling, consisting of 65 samples, on the Tom-1 North prospect returned high grade gold values of 84.6 g/t, 35.8 g/t, 13.9 g/t, 5.8 g/t, 4.7 g/t, 2.5 g/t to trace.\n\n\n\n- Geochemical soil anomalies were delineated over several kilometres on all three target areas defined by a >100 ppb gold contour. \n\n\n\n- Termite mound sampling returned high gold values of 7.1 g/t, 3.5 g/t, 2.7 g/t 2.3 g/t, 2.2 g/t, 1.8 g/t, 1.7 g/t, 1.6 g/t, 1.5 g/t, 1.4 g/t, 1.2 g/t, 1.1 g/t to trace \n\n\n\n \n \nMohan Vulimiri, CEO and Chairman comments, \"Nortec was an early investor in 'The Golden Rule Limited, (TGR) which staked the Tomboko project and was so pleased with initial results that the company pursued and secured a joint venture to drill and develop the project. The Project lies in the northern part of the Birimian Siguiri Basin, a well-known prolific gold producing area with extensive potential. AngloGold Ashanti operates the SAG multi-million ounce multiple open-pit oxide gold mine next door\".\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\nClick Image To View Full Size\n\n\n\nWork carried out by TGR (2009 - 2012) consisting of termite mound and pit sampling (over 10,000 samples) plus detailed geological mapping delineated three target areas for initial drilling: Tom-1, Tom-2 and Tom-3. Termite mound sampling returned high gold values of 7.1 g/t, 3.5 g/t, 2.7 g/t 2.3 g/t, 2.2 g/t, 1.8 g/t, 1.7 g/t, 1.6 g/t, 1.5 g/t, 1.4 g/t, 1.2 g/t and 1.1 g/t (Figure 3). Geochemical soil anomalies were delineated over several kilometres on all three target areas defined by a >100 ppb gold contour. Outcro...