Excellon Resources Inc. announced that is has begun a 5,000 metre diamond drilling program on the Kilgore Project in Idaho, USA and to provide an update on 2022 exploration plans. Highlights: Initial 5,000 meter drill program underway on high-priority targets at Mine Ridge and Prospect Ridge ­ following up on high-grade gold mineralization encountered in historical drilling and exploring beyond the resource envelope along strike and at depth Induced Polarization (IP) and Magnetotelluric (MT) surveys over 75 line kilometres planned to image the deposit and all associated high-priority prospects Property-wide surface sampling focusing on remote sensing targets defined by Aster, Sentinel, and Worldview-3 satellite data analysis. The Kilgore Project totals 6,788 hectares, 33 kilometres northeast of Dubois, Idaho, and hosts a caldera- related, epithermal gold deposit.

The property includes historical mine workings dating back to the early 1900s with further drilling in the 1980s that revealed the potential for mineralization well outside of the existing resource area, with limited follow up to date.