12:03 PM EST - Marathon Gold Corporation : announced results from its latest near-surface drilling at Valentine East Hill, Valentine Lake Project, Newfoundland. The drilling focused over a 100-metre strike length area in the southwest end of the Valentine East Hill where previous 2013 drilling intersected narrow high-grade Au intervals. The quartz-tourmaline-pyrite (QTP) and gold-bearing veining at Valentine East is similar to that which characterizes the Leprechaun Gold deposit. Highlights include: High-grade intervals included 4.14 g/t Au over 11.0 meters (TT) with 25.01 g/t Au over 1.0 metres (TT) and 11.71 g/t Au over 3.0 metres (TT) with 24.49 g/t Au over one metre (TT) in VE-13-019. Marathon Gold Corporation
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