03:50 PM EST - Marathon Gold Corporation : announced encouraging results from the latest round of shallow exploration drilling in the SW part of the J. Frank Zone, Valentine Lake Project, Newfoundland. The drilling focused along a 230-metre strike length of the Valentine Lake thrust fault; proximal to the Galley Veins area which contained previously reported high-grade gold values from prospecting and channel sampling. The near surface drilling intercepted 6.88 g/t Au over three metres (TT) including 20.61 g/t Au over one metre (TT) in VL-12-483 and 2.18 g/t Au over 7.0 metres (TT) including 11.08 g/t Au over one metre (TT) in VL-12-476. Marathon Gold Corporation
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