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The 2020 RC drill program has begun. The work will involve around 60 holes totaling 8000 m. Targets are mainly step-out extensions and exploration drilling on the Nyam, Sewum, and Boin deposits.
Moreover, drilling will be focused at a couple of new zones that lie beyond the Inferred Resource; Kwakyekrom and Kojina Hill, and also Nkwanta—a single gold anomaly that has never been drilled.
All zones denote high-priority targets on the basis of geophysical, geochemical, and geological surface work and historical drilling and trenching.
Newcore Gold will direct a total of 5,400 m (>65% of the program) at extending the prevalent deposits at Nyam, Sewum, and Boin, such as down-dip extensions and holes aimed to extend the zones along strike.
An additional 2,000 m (25% of the program) will be testing the formerly drilled zones with previous gold intercepts, such as 22.0 m grading 0.94 g/t Au at Kwakyekrom and 37.0 m grading 1.34 g/t Au at Kojina Hill.
Initial pass drilling will also be finished on the Nkwanta Anomaly—a 2.5 km x 1.5 km gold-in-soil anomalous zone, where no previous drilling has been performed.
Within the Enchi Gold Project, many additional kilometer-scale surface anomalies have been defined. Additional exploration in 2020 will involve prospecting, trenching, and geochemical sampling.
Owned by Kinross Gold, the Chirano Mine is situated 50 km to the north of the Enchi Gold Project, and in 2019, it produced 201,296 oz of Au equivalent. The Enchi Gold Project is located on the same regional structure as the Chirano Mine with similar mineralization, alteration, and geology.
Enchi Gold Project—Updated Resource Estimate 2020
Newcore Gold has hired WSP Canada, an independent engineering company, to finish an Updated 2020 Mineral Resource Estimate on the Enchi Gold Project.
The results of the drilling program from 2017 to 2018 and several other earlier drill holes, which were not considered in the 2014 Inferred Resource estimate, will now be included in an updated Mineral Resource Estimate. This Mineral Resource Estimate is in process and estimated to be completed in the third quarter of 2020.
Covid-19
The main priority of Newcore Gold is the health and safety of all local communities, contractors, and employees. The company is adhering to all Ghana guidelines and requirements concerning the COVID 19 pandemic.
Newcore Gold has implemented COVID 19 procedures for the 2020 drill program, which include the mandatory use of personal protective equipment, such as facemask, for all the staff, frequent hand washing, maintaining social distancing, and also daily temperature checks at the beginning of every shift.