i-80 Gold Announces Best Results To-Date from Underground Drilling at Cove New Helen Zone Results (3 Holes) Include 22.6 g/t Au over 19.1 m , 32.9 g/t Au over 14.9 m and 23.5 g/t Au over 12.8 m
i-80 Gold Announces Best Results To-Date from Underground
Drilling at Cove
New Helen Zone Results (3 Holes) Include 22.6 g/t Au over
19.1 m
, 32.9 g/t Au over 14.9 m
and 23.5 g/t Au over
12.8 m
RENO, Nev.
,
March 5, 2024
/CNW/ -
i-80 GOLD CORP.
(TSX: IAU) (NYSE: IAUX)
("i-80",
or the
"Company")
is pleased to announce
additional results from 2023 drilling in the Helen Zone that include some of the best results received to-date from the underground drilling
program at the Company's 100%-owned McCoy
Cove Property ("
Cove
" or "
the Property
") located in
Lander County, Nevada
.
The new results are from results that continue to be received from drilling completed in 2023 to define the Helen Zone, the first horizon
expected to be accessed at the Cove Mine. The program is confirming high
grade mineralization over appreciable thickness including
multiple lenses in some parts of the deposit (see Figure 2). The most recently received results from the Helen Zone contain some of the
best results received to-date from the underground program and compare favourably with initial results from the Gap Zone where
previously released results included intercepts of up to
12.9 g/t Au over
36.1 m
in hole iCHU23
04,
14.9 g/t Au over
32.7 m
in hole
iCHU23-10 and
18.9 g/t Au over
29.3 m
in hole iCHU23-11. A complete summary of new results is provided in Table 1.
Highlight new results from drilling at McCoy-Cove include:
Helen Zone
iCHU23-37: 14.4 g/t Au over
9.1 m
And 22.6 g/t Au over
19.1 m
And 55.0 g/t Au over
1.8 m
iCHU23-38: 13.8 g/t Au over
10.1 m
And 32.9 g/t Au over
14.9 m
iCHU23-39: 25.3 g/t Au over
9.4 m
And 30.5 g/t Au over
2.1 m
And 19.7 g/t Au over
2.7 m
And 23.5 g/t Au over
12.8 m
"Results received to-date have met or exceeded our expectations as definition drilling continues to confirm that Cove is one of the
highest-grade, development-stage, gold deposits in
North America
.", stated
Tyler Hill
, Chief Geologist of i-80 Gold. "Deposits with
grades in excess of ten grams per tonne gold over widths frequently in excess of ten metres are rare. Significant upside exists at
McCoy-Cove as mineralization in the main deposit remains open for expansion and multiple high-potential exploration targets have been
identified on the large land package."
The McCoy-Cove Property is strategically located in the prolific Battle Mountain Trend immediately south of
Nevada Gold Mines'
Phoenix Mine and within 83 km (by road) of the Company's
Lone Tree
processing facility (see Figure 1). Cove is one of three projects
being advanced to realize the Company's goal of becoming one of the largest producers in
the United States
.
The underground drill program at Cove is expected to consist of more than
40,000 m
of drilling on approximate 30 metre spacing
focused on the CSD Gap and Helen Zone portions of the deposit while mineralization below the pit in the Cove South Deep and 2201
zones are not being drilled as part of this program (Figure 3) but offer a significant upside opportunity.
Carlin-style mineralization in the Helen and CSD Gap zones is hosted primarily in the Favret limestone rock unit with enhanced grades
and thicknesses of mineralized zones occurring at structural intersections, along the margins of dikes and sills, and within the axis of the
northwest striking Cove anticline.
Figure 1 – Property Location Map (CNW Group/i-80 Gold Corp)
Table 1 – Highlight New Assay Results from Cove Underground Drilling
New 2023 results from McCoy-Cove, estimated true thickness 80-95%
Drillhole ID
Zone
Type
From (m)
To (m)
Length (m)
Au (g/t)
Ag (g/t)
iCHU23-37
Helen
Core
272.7
281.8
9.1
14.1
2.3
and
Helen
Core
291.3
310.3
19.1
22.6
10.8
and
Helen
Core
334.6
336.4
1.8
55.0
8.2
iCHU23-38
Helen
Core
278.6
288.6
10.1
13.8
5.5
and
Helen
Core
323.6
338.5
14.9
32.9
6.0
iCHU23-39
Helen
Core
274.9
285.4
9.4
25.3
4.2
and
Helen
Core
293.2
295.3
2.1
30.5
11.8
and
Helen
Core
309.5
312.1
2.7
19.7
4.2
and
Helen
Core
317.9
330.7
12.8
23.5
5.0
UTM
Drillhole ID
East m
North m
Elevation m
Azimuth
Dip
NAD83 Zone 11
iCHU23-37
481774
4466011
1428
089
-81
iCHU23-38
481773
4466010
1428
098
-87
iCHU23-39
481774
4466010
1428
358
-85
Figure 2 – 3D View of the Cove Deposit and Drill Program (CNW Group/i-80 Gold Corp)
Figure 3 – Surface Plan View of the Cove Deposit (CNW Group/i-80 Gold Corp)
The McCoy-Cove Property comprises a large package of approximately 13,000 hectares covering an area roughly 15 km by 10 km that
offers substantial exploration upside as the bulk of work completed to-date has been focused on the main deposit areas. Earlier
exploration, mostly completed in 20214, resulted in several new discoveries that have received little to no follow-up including polymetallic
mineralization in the 2201 and Davenport targets. One of the primary future targets at McCoy-Cove is the pediment area to the east of
the Cove deposit where only two holes have drilled to a sufficient depth to intersect the favourable Favret limestone unit. Both holes
intersected broad zones of
Carlin
-type alteration with assays of up to
1.7 g/t Au and 364 g/t Ag over
11.4 m
proximal to an interpreted
large untested structural trend that represents a major future exploration target.
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QAQC Procedures
All samples were submitted to ALS Minerals (ALS) of
Sparks, NV
, which is an ISO 9001 and 17025 certified and accredited laboratory,
independent of the Company. Samples submitted through ALS are run through standard prep methods and analysed using Au-AA23
(ALS) (Au; 30g fire assay) and ME-MS61 (35 element suite; 0.4g 4 acid/ICP-AES). ALS also undertakes their own internal coarse and
pulp duplicate analysis to ensure proper sample preparation and equipment calibration. i-80 Gold Corp's QA/QC program includes
regular insertion of CRM standards, duplicates, and blanks into the sample stream with a stringent review of all results.
Qualified Person
Tyler Hill
, CPG-12146, Chief Geologist at i-80 is the Qualified Person for the information contained in this press release and is a
Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101.
About i-80 Gold Corp.
i-80 Gold Corp.
is a Nevada-focused mining company with a goal of achieving mid-tier gold producer status through the development of
multiple deposits within the Company's advanced-stage property portfolio with processing at i-80's centralized milling facilities. i-80
Gold's common shares are listed on the TSX and the NYSE American under the trading symbol IAU:TSX and IAUX:NYSE. Further
information about i-80 Gold's portfolio of assets and long-term growth strategy is available at
www.i80gold.com
or by email at
.
Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" within the meaning of
applicable securities laws, including but not limited to, the expansion or mineral resources at McCoy-Cove and the potential of the Cove
project. Such statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of the company, its projects, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. Such statements can be
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"scheduled", "forecast", "predict" and other similar terminology, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would",
"might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. These statements reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events,
performance and results and speak only as of the date of this release.
Forward-looking statements and information involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future
performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results will be achieved. A number of
factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements or information,
including, but not limited to: material adverse changes, unexpected changes in laws, rules or regulations, or their enforcement by
applicable authorities; the failure of parties to contracts with the company to perform as agreed; social or labour unrest; changes in
commodity prices; and the failure of exploration programs or studies to deliver anticipated results or results that would justify and
support continued exploration, studies, development or operations.
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Ewan Downie - CEO; Matt Gili - President & COO; Matthew Gollat - Executive Vice-President,
1.866.525.6450, [email protected], www.i80gold.com
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