Toronto, Ontario - Xtra-Gold Resources Corp. (TSX: XTG) (OTCQB: XTGRF) ('Xtra-Gold' or the 'Company'), is pleased to announce assay results for an additional 13 diamond core boreholes totalling 3,047 metres from its ongoing Boomerang East resource expansion drilling program on the Company's wholly-owned Kibi Gold Project, located in the Kibi - Winneba greenstone belt (the 'Kibi Gold Belt'), in Ghana, West Africa. With the present drilling, targeting the down-plunge continuity of the recently identified Lower Shoot mineralization zone (see the Company's news release of June 23, 2022), returning multiple, broad intercepts of robust gold mineralization extending from practically surface to a down-plunge depth of approximately 350 metres. The current drilling forms part of an aggressive in-house drilling initiative focussing on multiple resource expansion targets along the southwest (Zone 3) segment of the over three-kilometre-long Zone 2 - Zone 3 anticlinal fold structure; stretching over one kilometre beyond the limits of the current Mineral Resource Estimate (the '2021 MRE', see the Company's news release of November 1, 2021).
Assay results reported are provided in Table 1 below and include the following highlights: Lower Shoot (Expansion Drilling), 50.0 metres ('m') at 1.35 grams per tonne gold ('g/t Au') from 180.2 m in KBDD22484, 45.0 m at 1.32 g/t Au, including 21.0 m at 2.03 g/t Au, from 12.0 m in KBDD22485, 33.0 m at 1.76 g/t Au, including 15.0 m at 2.48 g/t Au, from 233.0 m in KBDD22463 (re-entered / extended hole), 44.0 m at 1.02 g/t Au, including 15.0 m at 1.78 g/t Au, from 176.0 m in KBDD22487, 41.0 m at 1.01 g/t Au, including 22.0 m at 1.48 g/t Au, from 230.0 m in KBDD22494, 47.5 m at 0.86 g/t Au, including 27.0 m at 1.19 g/t Au, from 5.5 m in KBDD22492
New Gold Mineralization (Potential for Stacked Gold Shoot System) 20.0 m at 0.76 g/t Au from 53.0 m; and 11.0 m at 0.97 g/t Au from 117.0 m; and 1.0 m at 7.54 g/t Au from 148.0 m in KBDD22484, 9.0 m at 0.95 g/t Au from 108.0 m; and 10.0 m at 1.01 g/t Au from 169.0 m; and 21.0 m at 0.48 g/t Au from 291.0 m in KBDD22491, 8.0 m at 1.83 g/t Au from 93.0 m; and 6.0 m at 1.56 g/t Au from 114.0 m; and 13.0 m at 0.73 g/t Au from 198.0 m in KBDD22494, 4.5 m at 3.66 g/t Au, including 1.0 m at 7.38 g/t Au, from 241.5 m in KBDD22487
James Longshore, President and CEO remarked: 'The ongoing drilling program continues to grow the mineralized footprint of the Boomerang East gold system, with the latest drilling considerably extending the down-plunge and lateral continuity of the Lower Shoot gold zone, and several boreholes also yielding multiple intercepts of new gold mineralization indicating the potential for an extensive array of stacked gold shoots. The widespread gold mineralization encountered by drilling at Boomerang East over the last year supports our belief that we are dealing with a major multi-shoot gold system, making us confident that the entire extension of the mineralization-controlling anticlinal fold hinge structure represents highly prospective exploration ground for the discovery of additional gold shoots proximal to Boomerang East, as well as potentially new gold systems further to the northeast. With the continuing expansion of the Boomerang East gold system, the Kibi Gold Project is well positioned to grow beyond the current resource.'
Today's Kibi Gold Project drill results correspond to 13 expansion drill holes targeting the down-plunge and lateral continuity of the recently defined Lower Shoot mineralization zone, forming part of the Boomerang East gold system, located along the southwestern (Zone 3) segment of the over three-kilometre-long Zone 2 - Zone 3 anticlinal fold structure. The diamond core boreholes totalling 3,047 m were completed by the Company's in-house drilling crews from mid-May to late August 2022, including: 12 new holes (KBDD22483 - KBDD22494) and one hole extension (KBDD22463). Hole KBDD22463 was originally drilled to 143.0 m in February 2022 and re-entered / extended by 162.3 m to a final depth of 305.3 m in July 2022 to reach the Lower Shoot mineralization zone (see the Company's news release of June 23, 2022). A total of 80 holes (12,198 m) have been completed since the initiation of the ongoing drill program following the database close-out date for the current 2021 MRE. Exploration significant auriferous intercepts are presented in Table 1 below, with a drill plan (Figure 1) and collar details (Table 2), available at:
About Xtra-Gold Resources Corp.
Xtra-Gold is a gold exploration company with a substantial land position in the Kibi Gold Belt. The Kibi Gold Belt, which exhibits many similar geological features to Ghana's main gold belt, the Ashanti Belt, has been the subject of very limited modern exploration activity targeting lode gold deposits as virtually all past gold mining activity and exploration efforts focused on the extensive alluvial gold occurrences in many river valleys throughout the Kibi area.
Xtra-Gold holds 5 Mining Leases totaling approximately 226 sq km (22,600 ha) at the northern extremity of the Kibi Gold Belt. The Company's exploration efforts to date have focused on the Kibi Gold Project located on the Apapam Concession (33.65 sq km), along the eastern flank of the Kibi Gold Belt. The Kibi Gold Project (Zones 1-3) Mineral Resource Estimate, produced by Xtra-Gold on September 30, 2021, represents the only Mineral Resource ever generated on a lode gold project within the Kibi Gold Belt. The NI 43-101 Technical Report entitled 'Xtra-Gold Resources Corporation Kibi Gold Project', jointly prepared by Pivot Mining Consultants (Pty) and Tect Geological Consulting, and dated November 16, 2021, is filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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Cautionary Note to United States Investors
This news release has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the securities laws in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of U.S. securities laws. Unless otherwise indicated, all resource and reserve estimates included in this news release have been prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ('NI 43-101') and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum 2014 Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves. NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators which establishes standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects. Canadian standards, including NI 43-101, differ significantly from the requirements of the SEC, and mineral resource and reserve information contained herein may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by U.S. companies. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term 'resource' does not equate to the term 'reserves'. Under U.S. standards, mineralization may not be classified as a 'reserve' unless the determination has been made that the mineralization could be economically and legally produced or extracted at the time the reserve determination is made. The SEC's disclosure standards normally do not permit the inclusion of information concerning 'measured mineral resources', 'indicated mineral resources' or 'inferred mineral resources' or other descriptions of the amount of mineralization in mineral deposits that do not constitute 'reserves' by U.S. standards in documents filed with the SEC. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into reserves. U.S. investors should also understand that 'inferred mineral resources' have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an 'inferred mineral resource' will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimated 'inferred mineral resources' may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies except in rare cases. Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an 'inferred mineral resource' exists or is economically or legally mineable. Disclosure of 'contained ounces' in a resource is permitted disclosure under Canadian regulations; however, the SEC normally only permits issuers to report mineralization that does not constitute 'reserves' by SEC standards as in-place tonnage and grade without reference to unit measures. The requirements of NI 43-101 for identification of 'reserves' are also not the same as those of the SEC, and reserves reported by the Company in compliance with NI 43-101 may not qualify as 'reserves' under SEC standards. Accordingly, information concerning mineral deposits set forth herein may not be comparable with information made public by companies that report in accordance with U.S. standards.
Contact:
James Longshore
Chief Executive Officer
T: 416-628-2881
E-mail: info@xtragold.com
Website: www.xtragold.com
XTRA-GOLD RESOURCES CORP. 