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Xtra-Gold intercepts 17 metres of 5.47 g/t gold, including 4 metres of 12.66 g/t gold; and 24.5 metres of 3.43 g/t gold at its Kibi Gold Project in Ghana, West Africa
Toronto, Ontario--(December 15, 2011) - Xtra-Gold Resources Corp. (“Xtra-Gold” or...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nXtra-Gold intercepts 17 metres of 5.47 g/t gold, including 4 metres of 12.66 g/t gold; and 24.5 metres of 3.43 g/t gold at its Kibi Gold Project in Ghana, West Africa\n\nToronto, Ontario--(December 15, 2011) - Xtra-Gold Resources Corp. (“Xtra-Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX: XTG) (OTCBB: XTGR), is very pleased to announce results from 26 additional diamond core holes totalling 6,713 metres from Zone 2 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 reported today include:\n\n17 metres grading 5.47 grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold, including 12.66 g/t gold over 4 metres, in #KBDD11172 from 127 metres down-hole (Big Bend Zone); \n\n24.5 metres grading 3.43 g/t gold, including 4.70 g/t gold over 17 metres, in #KBDD11176 from 165.5 metres down-hole (East Dyke-North Zone); \n\n20 metres grading 2.82 g/t gold in #KBDD11157 from 92 metres down-hole (Mushroom Zone – Upper Central Granitoid); \n\nNorth Zone now traced approximately 465 metres down plunge from surface within the East Dyke Granitoid body (#KBDD11175); \n\nNew typical Kibi-type granitoid hosted vein system discovered at depth within the apparent fold nose developed within the Central Granitoid (#KBDD11161); \nOn-going follow-up trenching on Double 19 Zone within extensive Zone 3 gold-in-soil anomaly returns channel sample intercept of 2.27 g/t gold over 36 metre trench- length, including 2 metres grading 22.22 g/t gold, in trenches #TAD022 - #ADRS001. Table 1: Significant Drill Intercepts - Kibi Gold Project Mushroom / Big Bend / East Dyke Zones\n\n  \n  \n  \nCore\nGold\n  \nHole ID\nFrom\nTo\n  Length\n  Grams\n  Target Granitoid / Zone   \n(metres)\n(metres)\n   (metres)\n  Per Tonne\n  KBDD11151 \n110 \n125 \n15 \n2.45 \nUpper Central Granitoid - Mushroom Zone KBDD11153 \n3 \n86 \n83 \n1.35 * \nUpper Central Granitoid - Mushroom Zone KBDD11154 \n3 \n84 \n81 \n1.52 * \nUpper Central Granitoid - Mushroom Zone KBDD11157 \n92 \n112 \n20 \n2.82 \nUpper Central Granitoid - Mushroom Zone KBDD11158 \n108 \n122 \n14 \n1.07 \nUpper Central Granitoid - Mushroom Zone KBDD11160 \n13.5 \n28 \n14.5 \n1.70 \nCentral Granitoid - Big...