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Tower Reports First Assays from Thunder Zone, Intersects 25.7 m of 2.04 g/t Au in Hole 039 Significantly Exceeding Average Grade of Lightning Zone with Strong Indicated Continuity
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 30, 2023) -   Tower Resources Ltd. (TS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Tower Reports First Assays from Thunder Zone, Intersects 25.7 m of 2.04 g/t Au in Hole 039 Significantly Exceeding Average Grade of Lightning Zone with Strong Indicated ContinuityVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 30, 2023) -  Tower Resources Ltd. (TSXV: TWR) (\"Tower\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that the first assays have been received from its new Thunder Zone (see press release from March 1, 2023) on the Company's Rabbit North property near Kamloops, British Columbia, between New Gold's New Afton underground Cu-Au mine and Teck's Highland Valley open pit Cu-Mo mine (see Fig. 1), with a 25.7 m section in discovery hole No. RN23-039 returning 2.04 g/t Au.Hole 039 (Discovery Hole)Hole 039 intersected two gold zones (see Fig. 2), a 3.0 m upper zone from 142.7 m down-hole grading 4.02 g/t Au and the targeted Thunder zone starting 17.8 m further down-hole, at 163.5 m, grading 2.04 g/t Au over 25.7 m. The Thunder Zone is split by a barren, 3-m-wide, post-mineralization mafic dyke. The 15.6 m mineralized interval below the dyke includes a higher grade section averaging 3.79 g/t Au over 7.8 metres.The 2.04 g/t grade of the Thunder Zone is significantly higher than the ~1.5 g/t average grade of the Lightning Zone. The Thunder Zone also appears to have much greater continuity, both along strike and to depth, and is less disturbed and thus more easily followed by drilling. It has already been traced 200 m along strike from Hole 39 to Holes 41 and 42 at depths between 100 and 400 m below surface (see press release from March 1, 2023) and remains wide open across substantial widths in all three directions (northwest, southeast and to depth).Stu Averill, P.Geo. and a director of the Company, commented: \"The Thunder Zone is building as expected, with the indicated gold grade double that of most open pit gold mines in B.C. And its relatively undisturbed condition and previously indicated continuity both along strike and to depth make the Thunder Zone more predictable and drill-friendly than the Lightning Zone. Together these features should allow us to build a significant gold resource more quickly.\" The surface footprint of the Thunder Zone may also be larger than suggested by the relatively small size of the gold grain dispersal train (Central Train) emanating from the top of the zone (see Fig. 2) be...