The drilling is planned for 2020 at the
The Phase 2 drilling application will include a series of drill holes east of and along projected strike of the JNZ including areas of high-grade quartz boulders. The JNZ is located approximately 250 meters north of the JMZ. During 2017 Great Atlantic excavated high-grade quartz boulders in trenches east of and along projected strike of the JNZ. Assays of quartz boulder samples excavated during 2017 east of the JNZ included 163.99, 208.51 and 332.67 g/t gold (Great Atlantic News Release of
All rock samples collected during the 2017 trenching program were submitted to Eastern Analytical (
The Phase 2 drilling application will include in-fill drill holes at the JMZ. This will include additional drill holes in the west area of the JMZ within the conceptual open pit area. This area of the JMZ was the focus of the Company's 2019 Phase 1 drilling program which consisted of 10 holes totalling 1,063M. Drill core samples from seven holes exceeded 10 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (Company News Releases of
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