Nevada KING Further Expands Phase Ii Drilling Program to 20,000M at Its 100% Owned Atlanta GOLD MINE Project & Now Plans to Drill Through Winter Months
NEVADA KING FURTHER EXPANDS PHASE II
DRILLING PROGRAM TO 20,000M AT ITS 100%
OWNED ATLANTA GOLD MINE PROJECT &
NOW PLANS TO DRILL THROUGH WINTER
MONTHS
VANCOUVER, BC
,
Nov. 15, 2022
/CNW/ -
Nevada King Gold Corp.
(TSXV: NKG) (OTCQX:
NKGFF) ("
Nevada King
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce a further increase to its 2022
Phase II resource expansion and definition drilling program at its 5,166 hectare (19.94 square mile),
100% owned Atlanta Gold Mine Project, located in the prolific Battle Mountain Trend 264km
northeast of
Las Vegas, Nevada
.
Highlights:
On
November 1, 2022
, the
Company announced
a 20% expansion to its Atlanta Mine Phase II
drill program, from the originally planned
13,100m
(100 holes) to
16,000m
of combined core
and reverse-circulation ("
RC
") drilling.
Drilling productivity has exceeded expectations with the Company having now completed
16,450m
(138 holes).
Based on assay results received to date, drill hole logging and ongoing geological interpretation
based on this work, target areas at
Atlanta
continue to grow and the Company has decided to
again expand the Phase II program another 25% to
20,000m
, and to extend the program into
the winter months.
A track-mounted RC drill capable of accessing and drilling in harder to reach areas is being
added to the program, with this rig scheduled to arrive on site within the next two weeks.
Utilizing equipment already on-site, including the recent addition of water tank heaters,
infrastructure is now in place to keep the drill program running into the winter months, with at
least two rigs active.
To date, the Company has reported assays from
2,455m
of drilling, while
assay results from
13,995m
of drilling are currently pending.
Exploration Manager
Cal Herron
, P.Geo., stated: "Since our last update two weeks ago, the drills
have advanced down the west pit wall stepping closer to the high-grade zone hit in last year's drilling
along the pit floor. Expanding the program and running it into the winter months will allow us to
maintain our current momentum targeting further definition and expansion of the high-grade gold
mineralization targets defined so far which remain open in all directions, as well as to test target
areas not drilled to date. We are continually surprised by the complicated faulting and rapidly
changing alteration patterns revealed with each step-out exploration hole. When examined in detail,
the
Atlanta
gold system is proving to be very complex and difficult to decipher, which in itself is a
hallmark of many large deposits. We anticipate a flurry of assays to start arriving shortly, which will
allow us to update our modelling and continue to fine tune the targeting in on-going drilling program
leading to an updated resource estimate."
Phase II Drilling Highlights:
The Company reported initial assay results on
September 13, 2022
and
October 18, 2022
. The
results included high-grade oxide-hosted intervals of
120.4m
of 1.49 g/t Au
and
57.9m
of 1.38
g/t Au
, located south and southeast of the
Atlanta
pit, and
54.9m
of 3.41 g/t Au
,
50.3m
of 2.65
g/t Au
, and
51.8m
of 2.23 g/t Au
, starting from surface at the bottom of the
Atlanta
pit.
Drilling continues to target high-grade gold mineralization along the Atlanta Mine Fault Zone
("
AMFZ
"), westward and southwestward from last year's drilling. Assays from these target
areas returned high-grade intercepts including
41.2m
of 3.94 g/t Au,
64m
of 3.35 g/t Au,
and
54.9m
of 5.34 g/t Au
, also starting at surface from within the
Atlanta
pit (see
January 20, 2022
, news release
).
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by
Calvin R. Herron
, P.Geo., who is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 ("
NI
43-101
").
About Nevada King Gold Corp.
Nevada King
is the third largest mineral claim holder in the
State of Nevada
, behind
Nevada Gold
Mines
(Barrick/Newmont) and
Kinross Gold
. Starting in 2016 the Company has staked large project
areas hosting significant historical exploration work along the
Battle Mountain
trend located close to
current or former producing gold mines. These project areas were initially targeted based on their
potential for hosting multi-million-ounce gold deposits and were subsequently staked following a
detailed geological evaluation. District-scale projects in
Nevada King's
portfolio include (1) the 100%
owned Atlanta Mine, located 100km southeast of
Ely
, (2) the Lewis and Horse Mountain-Mill Creek
projects, both located between
Nevada Gold Mines'
large
Phoenix
and Pipeline mines, and (3) the
Iron Point project, located 35km east of
Winnemucca, Nevada
.
The Company is well funded with cash of approximately
$14.5 million
as of November 2022.
The Atlanta Mine is a historical gold-silver producer with a NI 43-101 compliant pit-constrained
resource of 460,000 oz Au in the measured and indicated category (
11.0M
tonnes at 1.3 g/t) plus an
inferred resource of 142,000 oz Au (
5.3M
tonnes at 0.83 g/t). See the NI 43-101 Technical Report
on Resources titled "Atlanta Property,
Lincoln County, NV
" with an effective date of
October 6,
2020
, and a report date of
December 22, 2020
, as prepared by Gustavson Associates and filed
under the Company's profile on SEDAR (
www.sedar.com
).
NI 43-101 Pit-Constrained Mineral Resources at the Atlanta Mine
Resource
Category
Tonnes
(000's)
Au Grade
(ppm)
Contained Au Oz
(000's)
Ag Grade
(ppm)
Contained Ag Oz
(000's)
Measured
4,130
1.51
200
14.0
1,860
Indicated
6,910
1.17
260
10.6
2,360
Measured + Indicated
11,000
1.30
460
11.9
4,220
Inferred
5,310
0.83
142
7.3
1,240
Please see the Company's website at
www.nevadaking.ca
.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in
the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward Looking Information
This news release contains certain "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements"
(collectively "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities legislation.
All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, without limitation,
statements relating the future operations and activities of
Nevada King
, are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are frequently, but not always, identified by words such as
"expects", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "potential", "possible", and similar
expressions, or statements that events, conditions, or results "will", "may", "could", or "should"
occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements in this news release relate to, among other
things, exploration plans and the Company's ability to potentially expand mineral resources and the
impact thereon. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and
actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Forward-looking statements reflect the beliefs, opinions and projections on the date the statements
are made and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that, while considered
reasonable by
Nevada King
, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive,
political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors, both known and unknown, could
cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results,
performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements and the parties have made assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of
these factors. Such factors include, without limitation, the ability to complete proposed exploration
work given the global COVID-19 pandemic, the results of exploration, continued availability of
capital, and changes in general economic, market and business conditions. Readers should not
place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements and information contained in this news
release concerning these items.
Nevada King
does not assume any obligation to update the
forward-looking statements of beliefs, opinions, projections, or other factors, should they change,
except as required by applicable securities laws.
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Nevada King Gold Corp.
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