3,047 g/t AgEq over 11.5m within 110.6m of 388 g/t AgEq discovered in Eagle Deposit
HALIFAX, NS, Nov. 2, 2022 /CNW/ - GoGold Resources Inc. (TSX: GGD) (OTCQX: GLGDF) ("GoGold", "the Company") is pleased to announce the second set of drilling results from the newly acquired Eagle concession, which contains the northern strike extension of the Main Deposit on the Los Ricos South property. Highlights of the drilling include hole LRGAG-22-035, one of the strongest holes drilled to date in the Los Ricos district, which intercepted 21,580 g/t silver equivalent ("AgEq") over 0.9m, contained within 11.5m of 3,047 g/t AgEq within a wider intercept of 110.6m of 388 g/t AgEq. See Table 1 for breakdown of silver and gold values.
Figure 4: Eagle & Main Area Geophysics (CNW Group/GoGold Resources Inc.)
Figure 5: Los Ricos District Overview (CNW Group/GoGold Resources Inc.)
"Drilling along strike on the new Eagle concession continues to return exceptional results in both high grade and very wide widths. Today's release of hole 35, along with hole 14 in our last release represent two of the best holes drilled in the Los Ricos district," said Brad Langille, President and CEO. "With results like this, we are focussing the majority of our exploration on the new Eagle concession along with additional drill targets on the Main zone in Los Ricos South. Additional results are expected shortly."
Table 1: Drill Hole Intersections
Hole ID
Area / Vein
From
To
Length1
Au
Ag
AuEq2
AgEq2
(m)
(m)
(m)
(g/t)
(g/t)
(g/t)
(g/t)
LRGAG-22-032
Eagle
48.1
113.8
65.8
1.36
107.7
2.79
209.6
including
85.8
113.8
28.1
2.96
216.6
5.85
439.0
including
88.5
92.9
4.3
7.17
1,012.8
20.68
1,550.7
including
88.5
89.1
0.6
25.00
3,020.0
65.27
4,895.0
LRGAG-22-033
Eagle
190.9
222.0
31.1
0.66
64.6
1.53
114.4
including
215.5
219.3
3.8
1.92
170.6
4.19
314.5
LRGAG-22-035
Eagle
69.0
179.6
110.6
1.64
264.6
5.17
387.5
including
129.0
140.5
11.5
11.31
2,198.3
40.62
3,046.7
including
130.4
133.8
3.5
30.24
6,392.5
115.48
8,660.8
including
130.4
131.9
1.5
63.24
12,729.3
232.96
17,472.0
including
131.0
131.9
0.9
104.50
13,742.5
287.73
21,580.0
LRGAG-22-036
Eagle
87.0
128.0
41.0
1.26
83.9
2.38
178.5
including
109.0
128.0
19.0
2.11
143.8
4.02
301.8
including
119.5
120.9
1.5
9.00
509.3
15.79
1,184.3
including
119.5
120.3
0.8
12.55
782.0
22.98
1,723.3
LRGAG-22-037
Eagle
122.2
167.8
45.7
0.82
69.9
1.76
131.7
including
146.4
155.0
8.7
3.44
200.5
6.11
458.3
including
149.9
151.6
1.7
12.95
181.7
15.37
1,152.6
including
150.9
151.6
0.7
26.00
115.0
27.53
2,065.0
LRGAG-22-038
Eagle
88.0
124.0
36.0
1.30
75.7
2.31
173.0
including
106.9
116.0
9.2
4.81
256.1
8.23
616.9
including
108.4
109.6
1.3
6.76
1,271.6
23.72
1,778.9
including
108.4
109.0
0.7
7.70
2,030.0
34.77
2,607.5
also including
112.6
115.0
2.4
12.64
163.6
14.82
1,111.7
including
114.2
115.0
0.8
31.60
70.0
32.53
2,440.0
LRGAG-22-039
Eagle
149.7
169.0
19.4
0.93
65.8
1.81
135.7
including
156.8
164.4
7.6
1.87
145.0
3.81
285.6
including
158.0
163.4
5.4
2.37
168.9
4.62
346.6
1.
Not true width
2.
AqEq converted using a silver to gold ratio of 75:1 at recoveries of 100%
3.
Hole LRGAG-22-034 did not intercept significant mineralization
The Eagle concession adjoins the Main Deposit where the Los Ricos South Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") was released on January 20, 2021. This represents an extension to this previously defined Mineral Resource Estimate at Los Ricos South. The concession covers 1,107 hectares, including the area between the Main Deposit and the Company's Jamaica concession located 3km to the northwest, where the Company holds the rights to additional concessions. Due diligence drilling has returned the highest grade intercepts to date in the district. These wide high grade intercepts are consistent with geophysical targets on the new concession. See Figure 1 below which shows a cross section including drill hole LRGAG-22-035.
The Company has completed preliminary geological mapping, sampling, geophysical IP surveying, and has commenced a drill program at the Eagle. Mapping and geophysics indicate the Eagle structure extending in excess of 2.5km to the northwest, at which point it continues onto the Company's previously owned Jamaica concessions. The Main Area was included in the initial Los Ricos South Mineral Resource estimate released on July 29, 2020, which included 1.1 km along strike of the mineralized trend.
While there was some historical underground mining development in the early 1900's on the Eagle concession, there was only one historical void encountered during drilling, which suggest that the mineralization at the Eagle may be intact and not previously mined. The location and high grade intercepts may indicate the presence of a high grade ore shoot that was not previously exploited. This differs from the Main Area which has had portions of it's high grade ore shoots mined out.
The results of the sampling and geophysical IP survey (Figure 4) appear to indicate that the mineralized structure continues in a Northerly direction from the Main Area. Significant geophysical anomalies were identified which will form targets for the drilling campaign.
The Eagle concession connects the Company's concessions held in the southern portion of its Los Ricos South project, including the Main area where the Initial Resource was released, to its northern concessions in Los Ricos South, which includes the Jamaica exploration target. As a result, all of the concessions in Los Ricos South are now contiguous (Figure 5).
The Company exploration team has been completing detailed mapping and sampling at Jamaica over the last year and sees the same structure that was drilled in the main zone at Los Ricos South extending for several kilometres over the Jamaica concessions. This offers the potential for an additional bulk tonnage target in Los Ricos South, with continuity from the Main Area and Eagle.
Table 2: Drill Hole Locations
Hole ID
Easting
Northing
Elevation
Azimuth
Dip
Length
LRGAG-22-032
610059
2328444
1278
50
-70
159
LRGAG-22-033
610057
2328344
1283
0
-90
295
LRGAG-22-034
609857
2328604
1244
50
-45
271
LRGAG-22-035
610058
2328443
1278
0
-90
216
LRGAG-22-036
610026
2328548
1271
0
-90
171
LRGAG-22-037
610090
2328247
1295
0
-90
213
LRGAG-22-038
609977
2328575
1265
50
-50
139
LRGAG-22-039
610087
2328271
1289
50
-65
219
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The Company's two exploration projects at its Los Ricos Property are in Jalisco state, Mexico. The Los Ricos South Project began in March 2019 and an initial Mineral Resource was announced on July 29, 2020 which disclosed a Measured & Indicated Mineral Resource of 63.7 million ounces AgEq grading 199 g/t AgEq contained in 10.0 million tonnes, and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 19.9 million ounces AgEq grading 190 g/t AgEq contained in 3.3 million tonnes. An initial PEA on the project was announced on January 20, 2021 indicating an NPV5% of US$295M.
The Los Ricos North Project was launched in March 2020 and an initial Mineral Resource was announced on December 7, 2021, which disclosed an Indicated Mineral Resource of 87.8 million ounces AgEq grading 122 g/t AgEq contained in 22.3 million tonnes, and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 73.2 million ounces AgEq grading 111 g/t AgEq contained in 20.5 million tonnes. The Company has a drill program for an additional 100,000 metres of drilling for 2022 in place.
Procedure, Quality Assurance / Quality Control and Data Verification
The diamond drill core (HQ size) is geologically logged, photographed and marked for sampling. When the sample lengths are determined, the full core is sawn with a diamond blade core saw with one half of the core being bagged and tagged for assay. The remaining half portion is returned to the core trays for storage and/or for metallurgical test work.
The sealed and tagged sample bags are transported to the ALS Chemex facility in Guadalajara, Mexico. ALS Chemex crushes the samples and prepares 200-300 gram pulp samples with ninety percent passing Tyler 150 mesh (106μm). The pulps are assayed for gold using a 30-gram charge by fire assay (Code AA23) and over limits greater than 10 grams per tonne are re-assayed using a gravimetric finish (Code ME-GRAV21). Silver and multi-element analysis is completed using total digestion (Code ME-ICP61 Total Digestion ICP). Over limits greater than 100 grams per tonne silver are re-assayed using a gravimetric finish (ME-GRA21).
Quality assurance and quality control ("QA/QC") procedures monitor the chain-of-custody of the samples and includes the systematic insertion and monitoring of appropriate reference materials (certified standards, blanks and duplicates) into the sample strings. The results of the assaying of the QA/QC material included in each batch are tracked to ensure the integrity of the assay data. All results stated in this announcement have passed GoGold's QA/QC protocols.
Mr. David Duncan, P. Geo. is the qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information of this release.
About GoGold Resources
GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD) is a Canadian-based silver and gold producer focused on operating, developing, exploring and acquiring high quality projects in Mexico. The Company operates the Parral Tailings mine in the state of Chihuahua and has the Los Ricos South and Los Ricos North exploration projects in the state of Jalisco. Headquartered in Halifax, NS, GoGold is building a portfolio of low cost, high margin projects. For more information visit gogoldresources.com.
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