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North Bay Resources Announces Continuous Operations at Bishop Gold Mill, California; Exploration and Development at Fran Gold Project
North Bay Resources Announces Continuous Operations at Bishop Gold Mill, California; Exploration and Development at Fran Gold Project.
About this update from North Bay Resources, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n North Bay Resources Announces Continuous Operations at Bishop Gold Mill, California; Exploration and Development at Fran Gold Project\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nNorth Bay Resources Announces Continuous Operations at Bishop Gold Mill, California; Exploration and Development at Fran Gold Project\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBISHOP, Calif., June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- North Bay Resources, Inc. (the “Company” or “North Bay”) (OTC: NBRI) is pleased to announce continuous operation at the Company’s Bishop California Gold Mill has been achieved. Upon significant upgrades in April and May the Company has successfully operated the Mill continuously up to 9 hours per day and completed processing of all remaining stockpiles of gold ore. This has resulted in a shipment to the Company’s refinery partner of 543 lbs. of gold concentrate with final assays now pending with ALS Geochemical, Reno, Nevada.   Fran Gold Project https://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/5a8cabec-0411-4c86-ae4a-c39b9fc79fa7/nbr0625photo1.jpg Pic 1. Fran Gold Project looking East from Main Zone to Ridge (DDH-2018-094) along strike. The Company has completed exploration and development at the Fran Gold Project, British Columbia where a recent resource estimate of 474,000 ounces of contained gold was completed (see Press Release dated May 13, 2025). On-site work in June included grade control on approximately 4,200 tons of stockpiled ore in preparation for Summer shipments. Twenty-nine samples were taken at ten meter spacing across and at edges of the stockpiles to approximate both horizontal and vertical grade. Assays are now pending with ALS Global, North Vancouver, British Columbia. Further development work was completed on the initial mining zone located between B and C trenches where consistent grade of 0.5 ounce per ton has been sampled. The area is noted for a massive sulphide intrusion, of notably very hard rock, grading over 1 ounce per ton, This is the primary target in the area. Additional samples were taken primarily along and near trench B and the massive sulphide ore body in preparation for mining. An initial block of 3,250 tons has now been delineated and flagged with operations expected upon depletion of existing stockpiles. The Company has re-established the locations of significant dri...