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Xtra-Gold intercepts 12 metres of 10.32 g/t gold and 26 metres of 3.06 g/t gold on Zone 3 at its Kibi Gold Project in Ghana, West Africa
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 24, 2012) - Xtra-Gold Resources Corp. (“Xtra-Go...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nXtra-Gold intercepts 12 metres of 10.32 g/t gold and 26 metres of 3.06 g/t gold on Zone 3 at its Kibi Gold Project in Ghana, West Africa\n\nToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 24, 2012) - Xtra-Gold Resources Corp. (“Xtra-Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX: XTG)(OTCBB: XTGR), is very pleased to announce results from 10 additional diamond core holes totaling 2,293 metres (“m”) from the Double 19 Zone on Zone 3 of the Company’s wholly-owned Kibi Gold Project, located in the Kibi – Winneba greenstone belt (“Kibi Gold Belt”), in Ghana, West Africa. Highlights of the drill results and ongoing exploration activities reported today include: 12 m grading 10.32 grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold in #KBDD12198 from 18 m down- hole on newly defined Double 19 Zone (Zone 3 – East); 26 m grading 3.06 g/t gold, including 5.67 g/t gold over 10 m, in #KBDD12205 from 33 m down-hole (Double 19 Zone); Drilling / trenching to date appears to indicate that the Double 19 Zone consists of a ENE-plunging, en-echelon, mineralized vein system traced to date over an approximately 165 m strike length and approximately 150 m down plunge distance from surface; Scout drilling on Zone 4 identifies prominent, pyritic/graphitic shear zone centred on quartz feldspar porphyry (“QFP”) sill; mineralized shear traced over an approximately 300 m strike length and 160 m down-dip extension to date by 5 boreholes (Orange No. 5 Zone); Scout trenching and deep hand auger sampling scheduled to begin this week on newly defined 1,200 m long by 150 m to 250 m wide Akwadum South and Akim Apapam gold-in-soil anomalies identified by the ongoing Phase II Soil Program.Significant Drill Intercepts - Kibi Gold Project Double 19 Zone (Zone 3 - East) Hole ID From (metres) To (metres) Core Length (metres) Gold Grams Per Tonne Comment KBDD12192 56 63 7 2.00 And 110 111 1 23.45 KBDD12194 No Significant Results KBDD12198 18 30 12 10.32 saprolite (oxide) including 24 24.5 1.5 16.93 KBDD12200 19.5 24 4.5 1.82 transition zone Significant Drill Intercepts - Kibi Gold Project Double 19 Zone (Zone 3 - East) Hole ID From (metres) To (metres) Core Length (metres) Gold Grams Per Tonne Comment KBDD12201 86 90 4 5.85 ...