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Xtra-Gold Defines New Gold Zone 300 Metres NW of Double 19 and Expands Boomerang Zone, Kibi Gold Project, Ghana
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 11, 2021) - Xtra-Gold Resources Corp. ( TSX: XTG)...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Xtra-Gold Defines New Gold Zone 300 Metres NW of Double 19 and Expands Boomerang Zone, Kibi Gold Project, GhanaToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 11, 2021) - Xtra-Gold Resources Corp. (TSX: XTG) (OTCQB: XTGRF) (\"Xtra-Gold\" or the \"Company\"), is pleased to announce additional assay results from its current resource expansion target generation program within the Zone 2 - Zone 3 maiden mineral resource footprint area, including a newly defined gold zone (\"Twin Zone\") occupying a parallel fold structure in close proximity to the Double 19 deposit, on the Company's wholly-owned Kibi Gold Project, located in the Kibi - Winneba greenstone belt (the \"Kibi Gold Belt\"), in Ghana, West Africa. Today's drill results correspond to 23 diamond core boreholes totaling 3,739 metres completed by the Company's in-house drilling crews from mid-March to late June 2021; with a total of 121 holes (16,743 metres) drilled to date since the program's initiation in September 2019.Assay results reported are provided in Table 1 below and include the following highlights:65.0 metres grading 1.03 grams per tonne (\"g/t') gold, including 2.42 g/t gold over 13.5 metres, from a down-hole depth of 33 metres in #KBDD21411 and 43.1 metres grading 0.75 g/t gold, including 3.65 g/t gold over 3.0 metres and 1.29 g/t gold over 9.0 metres, from a down-hole depth of 28.5 metres in #KBDD21402 (Boomerang Zone - Fold Hinge)Multiple gold intercepts over 87 metre core-length from a down-hole depth of 68 metres in #KBDD21400, including: 0.59 g/t gold over 7.0 metres, 0.51 g/t gold over 15.0 metres, 1.51 g/t gold over 5.0 metres, and 1.28 g/t gold over 11.0 metres (Boomerang Zone)7.3 metres grading 1.93 g/t gold from a down-hole depth of 70.7 metres in #KBDD21409 and 15.0 metres grading 1.02 g/t gold, including 1.44 g/t gold over 6.2 metres, from a down-hole depth of 99.0 metres in undercut hole #KBDD21410; approximately 50 metres downdip of the #KBDD21409 intercept (New Twin Zone)Gold mineralization now traced over an approximately 215 metre trend-length and 80 metre width of fold structure, and down to 165 metre vertical depth at Boomerang ZoneTypical Kibi-type Granitoid-hosted gold mineralization traced over an approximately 210 metre trend-length of fold structure and down to 105 metre vertical depth at newly defined Twin Zone; with zone occupying ...