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Viva Gold Starts Drilling at Tonopah Gold Project, Nevada
(TheNewswire) VANCOUVER, BC – TheNewswire - February 15, 2024 ȁ...

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[{"type":"text","content":"Viva Gold Starts Drilling at 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 VANCOUVER, BC\n \n \n –\n \n \n TheNewswire -\n \n \n February 15,\n2024\n \n \n –\n \n \n Viva Gold Corp.\n(\n \n \n TSXV: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\nannounce that it has commenced drilling at its Tonopah Gold Project\n(“Tonopah”).\n \n \n Tonopah is located on the\nprolific Walker Lane mineral trend in western Nevada, about 20\nminutes’ drive from the town of Tonopah.\n \n \n \n \n The focus of this program will be to conduct both step\nout and infill drilling to support mineral resource development by\noffsetting the relatively shallow high grade gold zones discovered in\nour 2022/23 drill programs. Some of the prior drillhole intercepts\nthat require additional drill hole support for resource definition\ninclude the following:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TG2211\n \n \n intercepted a zone of\n \n \n 57.9\nmeters (“m’)\n \n \n commencing at 40m depth\naveraging\n \n \n 5.0\n \n \n grammes per tonnes gold\n \n \n (“gpt Au”),\n \n \n including\n \n \n 11m at 24.0 g/t Au\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TG2209\n \n \n intercepted a zone of\n \n \n 86.9m at\n1.3 g/t Au\n \n \n starting at 87m depth, including\n \n \n 3.0m at 13.5 g/t Au, and 1.5m\nat 9.2 g/t Au\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TG2219\n \n \n intercepted\n \n \n 18.3m\n \n \n at\n \n \n 4.1\ng/t Au\n \n \n starting at a depth of 73 m\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TG2217\n \n \n intercepted a zone averaging\n \n \n 5.0 g/t Au over 18.2 m, including 4.6 m at\n14.7 g/t Au\n \n \n starting at 76 m depth.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TG2310\n \n \n intercepted four zones of gold mineralization starting\nat\n \n \n 72m with a cumulative total of\n \n \n 48m at 1.9 g/t Au,\n \n \n including\n \n \n 23m at 3.5\ngpt Au\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TG2309\n \n \n intercepted\n \n \n 46m\n \n \n at\n \n \n 1.2\ngpt Au\n \n \n in three zones\n \n \n starting at 58m.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n TG2318\n \n \n intercepted\n \n \n 55m\n \n \n at\n \n \n 1.0 gpt Au\n \n \n starting at\n \n \n 38m,\n \n \n including\n \n \n 14m\n \n \n at\n \n \n 1.6 gpt Au\n \n \n and\n ...