11:45 AM EST - Marathon Gold Corporation : announced encouraging results with the intersection of good intervals of gold in near surface drilling at the Valentine East Zone, Valentine Lake Project, Newfoundland. Highlights include: 1.93 grams per ton gold (g/t Au) over 9.50 metres with 14.77 g/t Au over 0.95 m in VE-13-011 and 1.60 g/t Au over 14.0 m with 10.34 g/t Au over one metre in VE-13-010; Additional significant near-surface gold intercepts include 1.58 g/t Au over three m with 4.48 g/t Au over one m in VL-13-007, 2.44 g/t Au over three m in VE-13-009, 1.52 g/t Au over six m in VE-13-010 and 2.28 g/t Au over 2.85 m in VE-13-011. Marathon Gold Corporation
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