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Viva Gold Commences Core Drilling; Provides Drill Results and Status of Work at its Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 17, 2020 / Viva Gold Corp. ( TSXV:VAU)(OTCQB:VAUCF...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Viva Gold Commences Core Drilling; Provides Drill Results and Status of Work at its Tonopah Gold Project in NevadaVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 17, 2020 / Viva Gold Corp. (TSXV:VAU)(OTCQB:VAUCF) (the \"Company\" or \"Viva\") is pleased to announce final assay results from its recently completed 11-hole reverse circulation (\"RC\") drill program, and the initiation of core drilling and technical study activities to support a feasibility study and mine permitting at the Tonopah Gold Project located near Tonopah, Nevada.\"With the rise in gold price, we believe now is the time to move the Tonopah project towards gold production. Our 2020 work program was designed to not only increase our resource base, but to prepare the project for initiating a feasibility study and final mine permitting\", stated James Hesketh, President and CEO.\"Our recently completed RC drilling program was successful in demonstrating that the primary mineral trend at the Tonopah project remains open for resource extension along strike in both of its primary northwest and southeast dimensions. The program also confirmed high-grade mineralization in the bottom of the northwest resource pit zone, while also upgrading areas of inferred mineralization. We are following up on this program with a core drilling program designed to capture samples for additional metallurgical and environmental testwork and to add to our database of geotechnical data. In addition, we are moving forward on a series of other technical studies required to support our feasibility study and permitting efforts\", he added.Core Drilling A core rig has been mobilized to the site and has commenced a 5-hole PQ size (85mm) core drilling program. Core samples from this program will be utilized, after assay, for metallurgical optimization and environmental characterization testwork, as well as for geotechnical analysis. This program is targeted for completion before year end 2020.11-Hole RC Program ResultsThis program focused on testing the northwest and southeast extents of the primary North Pit area. Additional goals included testing the east-west extents of the South Pit area, confirmation of inferred mineralization and the testing of high-grade zones near resource pit bottoms. Initial results from this program were previously released on September 9 and October 14, 2020. Overall results...