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Viva Gold Announces Initial Assay Results from 2023 RC Drill Program, Tonopah Gold Project, Nevada
(TheNewswire) Results Confirm the Continuation of Previously Drilled High Grade Structures ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Viva Gold Announces Initial Assay Results from 2023 RC Drill Program, Tonopah Gold Project, Nevada\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 Results Confirm the Continuation of\nPreviously Drilled High Grade Structures\n \n \n \n \n V\n \n \n ancouver\n \n \n , BC -\n \n \n TheNewswire -\n \n \n June 6, 2023\n \n \n -\n \n \n Viva Gold Corp.\n(\n \n \n TSX-V:VAU\n \n \n )\n \n \n (\n \n \n OTC:VAUCF\n \n \n ) (the “\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 initial assay\nresults from the first seven holes of its 2023 reverse circulation\n(“RC”) drilling program at its 100%-owned Tonopah gold project\n(“Tonopah”). A total of fourteen holes have now been drilled in\nthe program and we are waiting on assays for the remainder. Tonopah is\nlocated on the prolific Walker Lane mineral trend in western Nevada,\nabout 20 minutes’ drive from the town of Tonopah.\n \n \n \n \n 2023 RC Program Highlights\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TG 2307\n \n \n intercepted two long zones of mineralization including\n \n \n 11 meters (“m”) of 0.5\n \n \n grams per tonne gold (“gpt Au”) commencing at 79m, and a\nsecond zone of\n \n \n 50m averaging\n1.0 gpt Au\n \n \n commencing at 93m, which included\n \n \n 3.0m at 2.8 gpt Au, 4.6m at\n3.2 gpt Au and 3.0m at 3.1 gpt Au\n \n \n . TG2307 was\ncollared as a 47m step-out to the south of TG2209 which intercepted\n \n \n 86.9 meters at 1.3 gpt\nAu\n \n \n starting at 87m depth (see January 2023\nrelease).\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TG2302\n \n \n intercepted two long zones of gold mineralization including\n \n \n 14m at 0.6 gpt Au\n \n \n commencing at 46m and a second zone of\n \n \n 34m averaging 1.4 gpt Au\n \n \n commencing at 72 meters, including\n \n \n 9.1 meters at 3.9 gpt\n \n \n starting at 85m. TG2302 was drilled from a collar located 40 meters to\nthe south and in a parallel orientation to TG2211 (\n \n \n 57.9 m at 5.0 gpt Au from 40m\ndepth\n \n \n ), confirming an extensive zone of\nhigh-grade mineralization in this area.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TG2306\n \n \n was\ndrilled as a vertical hole from the same collar as TG2307 and\nintercepted two zones of lower-grade mineralization commencing at 35m\ndep...