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Omineca Updates - Readies for Maiden Drill Program and Reopening Placer Recovery Operations at Wingdam
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nOmineca Updates - Readies for Maiden Drill Program and Reopening Placer Recovery Operations at Wingdam\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nSASKATOON, SK, July 31, 2020\n\n\n\nSASKATOON, SK, July 31, 2020 /CNW/ - Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd. (TSXV: OMM) (\"Omineca\" or the \"Company\") reports an update for both its maiden lode gold drilling program at the Wingdam gold project and the recommencement of the placer gold bulk sampling program in the Cariboo Mining District, 25 km west of Barkerville, BC.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nField work for the exploration and drilling program was initiated on May 7th and is ongoing. A diamond drill is now on site and the commencement of drilling will be announced once plans are finalized and permits are confirmed.\nAt the same time, preparations are being finalized to mobilize remaining equipment to site at Wingdam and the crew is now waiting for the water level of Lightning Creek to subside in order to begin dewatering the decline to the underground workings of the placer recovery program, which will also be announced upon commencement.\nLode Gold Exploration DrillingThe central focus of Omineca's lode gold exploration program is to locate the presumed multiple bedrock sources of placer gold recovered by Omineca in the 2012 underground bulk sampling program which yielded 173.5 ounces of gold across the width of the Deep Lead Paleochannel beneath Lighting Creek. The preliminary results from the current field programs are validating Omineca's hypothesis that the sources of the placer gold at Wingdam are likely in very close proximity upstream to where the gold was recovered.\nThe current field program is designed to assist in drill targeting for the 2020 drilling program. Access and drilling permits have been submitted for the first 27 drill holes (~8,000 m) and approval for this work is anticipated within the coming weeks.\nA geological team from Axiom Exploration Group Ltd. (\"Axiom\") alongside Omineca's lead geologist, Stephen Kocsis, have conducted a series of field sampling programs thr...