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Final Assay Results from Viva Gold's 2023 RC Drill Program at Tonopah Gold Project, Nevada including 59 meters at 1.9 gpt Au starting at 24 meters
(TheNewswire) VANCOUVER, BC – TheNewswire – July 24 , 2023 ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Final Assay Results from Viva Gold's 2023 RC Drill Program at Tonopah Gold Project, Nevada including 59 meters at 1.9 gpt Au starting at 24 meters\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC –\n \n \n TheNewswire –\n \n \n July\n \n \n 24\n \n \n , 2023\n \n \n –\n \n \n Viva Gold Corp. (\n \n \n TSX\n \n \n V\n \n \n :VAU\n \n \n )\n \n \n ;\n \n \n (\n \n \n OTC:VAUCF\n \n \n ) (the\n“\n \n \n Company\n \n \n ” or “\n \n \n Viva\n \n \n ”)\n \n \n is pleased to\n \n \n provide the final assay results from the\n18-hole, 2,167-meter 2023 reverse circulation (“RC”) drilling\nprogram at its 100%-owned Tonopah gold project (“Tonopah”). Assay\nresults from the first seven holes of the program were announced on\nJune 6, 2023. Tonopah is located on the prolific Walker Lane mineral\ntrend in western Nevada, about 20 minutes’ drive from the town of\nTonopah.\n \n \n \n \n “Our 2022 and 2023 drilling programs have been very\nsuccessful at extending, confirming and discovering new, shallow,\nhigh-grade zones of gold mineralization at our Tonopah gold project.\nMost of the new intercepts are within the limits of the resource pit\nshell as defined in our 2022 Preliminary Economic\nAssessment\n \n \n 1\n \n \n (“PEA”).  These results are very likely to increase the\nsize of the previously identified high-grade starter pit zone for\nearly mining, increase overall contained ounces and reduce stripping\nratio for the project. These assay results will be incorporated into\nin our updated PEA and mineral resource estimate for the project which\nis currently underway as announced on May 18, 2023. Viva is hosting\na\n \n \n webinar\n \n \n call to discuss these results on\n \n \n July 27, 2023 at 11:00am Eastern Time\n \n \n . See\nbelow for call details,\n \n \n ”\n \n \n stated\n \n \n James Hesketh, President & CEO.\n \n \n \n \n 2023 RC Program Highlights\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TG2318\n \n \n intercepted\n \n \n 55 meters\n(“m”) at 1.0 grams per tonnes gold (“gpt Au”)\n \n \n starting at\n \n \n 38m,\nincluding 14m at 1.6 gpt Au and 4.6m at 4.2 gpt Au\n \n \n . TG2318 was drilled perpendicular, in a near westerly\nd...