Viva Gold Announces Initial Drill Results at Its Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
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Viva Gold Announces Initial Drill Results at Its Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
VANCOUVER, BC – September 09th, 2020 – Viva Gold Corp. (TSX-Venture: VAU; OTCQB: VAUCF) (the
“Company” or “Viva”) is pleased to announce assay results for the initial three drill-holes of a 19 hole
reverse circulation (“RC”) and core drilling program at its Tonopah Gold Project located near Tonopah,
Nevada.
Drill holes TG2001 and TG2002 were collared in the northwest boundary of the current $1,600 resource
pit shell and extend outside the shell at depth. Both holes were designed to confirm and upgrade existing
inferred mineralization and to test the potential extension of the principal mineralized zone along trend
to the northwest. Drill hole TG2003 was designed to test a gap in mineralization on the southern flank of
the northwest pit zone.
Drill Result Highlights
TG2002: 8.2 meters at 2.7 g/t from 232.9 to 241.1 meters, including 1.6 meters at 7.0 g/t. The bottom of
the northwest pit is supported by high-grade mineralization associated with a number of northwesterly
trending structurally related shears in the Palmetto argillite (OPA). This intercept potentially offsets hole
MW312 (19.8 meters at 1.8 g/t from 226 to 246 meters including 1.6 meters at 11.6 g/t), drilled by
Newmont in 2004. The intercept in hole MW312 is located at approximately the same elevation about 35
meters to the northwest and on structural trend from TG2002. Hole MW312 had previously not
contributed to resource estimation due to its location outside the of the current $1,600 resource pit
boundary.
TG2001: 11.5 meters at 0.4 grams per tonne (g/t) from 134.5 to 146 meters depth confirms and extends
a zone of inferred mineralization in the Tertiary Volcanics (TV) beyond the $1,600 pit shell boundary; and
a second zone of 3.3 meters at 0.6 g/t from 214.8 to 218.1 meters reflecting a continuation, but thinning,
of a lower zone of mineralization in the OPA. This later intercept was a step-out to the northwest of the
pit shell boundary.
TG2003: Intercepted anomalous gold values at or below the 0.25 gram/tonne cut-off grade. This hole
confirmed previously modelled low-grade inferred mineralization in the zone.
“These initial results confirm and are likely to upgrade inferred gold mineralization to indicated and
potentially convert what was previously thought to be waste into inferred resource, in the northwest
sector of the Tonopah resource pit . These results also demonstrate and verify the extension of
mineralization beyond current resource limits along trend to the northwest. Furthermore, they also
indicate that the high-grade structural zones may have stepped (faulted) in a southerly direction in this
sector. Overall, these holes provide positive support for our existing geologic model and warrant further
drilling to extend the northwest trend of the deposit,” remarked James Hesketh, President & CEO. “We
are now drilling hole number 8 of our 19-hole RC and core drill program with further results expected in
the coming weeks”, he added.
Tonopah Project
Drill Results for 2020 RC Drill Program
Hole Azimuth Dip From To Length Gold Grade
Meter Meter Meter Gram/Tonne
TG 2001 225 -85 0.0 249.3
134.5 146.0 11.5 0.4
157.4 159.1 1.6 0.8
214.8 218.1 3.3 0.6
TG2002 295 -80 0.0 262.4
142.7 146.0 3.3 0.3
196.8 198.4 1.6 0.8
201.7 203.4 1.6 0.3
213.2 216.5 3.3 2.4
232.9 241.1 8.2 2.7
including 232.9 234.5 1.6 7.1
including 234.5 236.2 1.6 4.0
TG2003 115 -85 0.0 229.6
155.8 157.4 1.6 0.5
0.25 gram/tonne cutoff grade used throughout
Tonopah Project – Drill hole location map over $1600 Resource Pit Shell and Block Model
James Hesketh, MMSA-QP, has approved the scientific and technical disclosure contained in this press
release. Mr. Hesketh is not independent of the Company; he is an Officer and Director.
About Viva Gold Corp:
Viva Gold is a gold exploration and project development company with a focus on Nevada. Viva
holds 100% of the advanced Tonopah Gold Project, a large land position of approximately 8,800 acres
with demonstrated high-grade measured, indicated and inferred gold resources, located on the prolific
Walker Lane gold trend in Nevada, about 30 kilometers south-east of the Round Mountain mine of Kinross
Gold and 20 kilometers north from the Town of Tonopah. Viva’s management team has extensive
experience in mining exploration, development and production and are supported by a Board of Directors
and advisors who are proven mine finders, deal makers and financiers. Viva trades on the TSX-V as “VAU”,
on the OTCQB in the US as “VAUCF” and on the Frankfurt exchange under “7PB”. For additional
information on Viva Gold and the Tonopah Gold Project, please visit our website: www.vivagoldcorp.com.
For further information please contact:
James Hesketh, President & CEO
(720) 291-1775
Valerie Kimball, Director Investor Relations
(720) 933-1150
Forward-Looking Information:
This news release contains certain information that may constitute forward-looking information or forward-looking
statements under applicable Canadian securities legislation (collectively, “forward-looking information”), including
but not limited to drilling operations and estimates of gold mineral resource at the Tonopah Gold Project. This
forward-looking information entails various risks and uncertainties that are based on current expectations, and
actual results may differ materially from those contained in such information. These uncertainties and risks include,
but are not limited to, the strength of the global economy; the price of gold; operational, funding and liquidity risks;
the potential for achieving targeted drill results, the degree to which mineral resource estimates are reflective of
actual mineral resources; the degree to which factors which would make a mineral deposit commercially viable are
present; the risks and hazards associated with drilling and mining operations; and the ability of Viva to fund its capital
requirements. Risks and uncertainties about the Company’s business are more fully discussed in the Company’s
disclosure materials filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada available at www.sedar.com. Readers
are urged to read these materials. Viva assumes no obligation to update any forward -looking information or to
update the reasons why actual results could differ from such information unless required by law.
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companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can economically and
legally extract or produce. We use certain terms in this report, such as "measured," "indicated," "inferred," and
"resources," that the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit U.S. registered companies from including in their filings with the
SEC.
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