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MinKap Resources Inc. Announces Commencement of Field Work at Breccia Gold Project, Idaho
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 28, 2020) - MinKap Resources Inc. (TSXV: KAP) ("...
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[{"type":"text","content":"MinKap Resources Inc. Announces Commencement of Field Work at Breccia Gold Project, IdahoToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 28, 2020) - MinKap Resources Inc. (TSXV: KAP) (\"MinKap\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that field crews have been mobilized to the Company's recently acquired Breccia Gold property (\"Breccia Gold Property\" or the \"Property\"), located in Lemhi County, Idaho, USA. The initial 2020 field work will provide the basis for a follow up drill program anticipated to take place prior to year-end, subject to the receipt of all necessary permits and drill availability. Ground work will include the following:Property-wide ground magnetic survey;Soil sampling grid across the Breccia Gold Zone eastwards and across the Musgrove Mine Trend (\"MMT\");Prospecting and geologic mapping of the northern and eastern portions of the Breccia Gold Property.\"Compilation of the historic exploration data from the Breccia Gold Property has been ongoing and the Company is excited to get boots on the ground and work underway,\" stated Jonathan Armes, President and Chief Executive Officer of MinKap. \"Immediate exploration plans are designed to better define the structures associated with drill targets outlined for a phase 1 program.\" The Breccia Gold PropertyThe Breccia Gold Property is situated approximately 40 kilometers southwest of Salmon, Idaho, and is accessible by paved highway and a network of well-maintained gravel roads. The Property consists of 80 claims covering approximately 1,650 acres within the Blackbird Mining District and is host to the historic Gahsmith Gold Mine. Some important highlights of the Breccia Gold Property follow:Covers 1,800 m long portion of the Meadows Fault Zone 2018 - 39 surface grab samples from <0.1 g/t Au to 84.3 g/t Au2019 - 52 surface chip and grab samples from <0.1 g/t Au to 46.8 g/t Au, with surface soil samples anomalous across widths of up to 100 mGold mineralization on the Property occurs within an approximately 1,800-metre portion of the Meadows Fault Zone (\"MFZ\"), with the northernmost showing referred to as the Lee Prospect and the Breccia Gold Zone within the southern portion. Historic and recent exploration focused on an approximately 500 m long by 8 to 20 m wide zone of highly brecciated and oxidized host lithologies, proximal to the MFZ, of which is ...