09:56 AM EST - Orca Gold Inc. : Announced the commencement of drilling on the Morondo Permit in Côte d'Ivoire. Morondo, a discovery made by Red Back Mining in 2010, is a permit within Orca's 2,890km2 land package in Côte d'Ivoire, 1,826km2 of which the Company is in the process of acquiring from Kinross Gold Corporation pursuant to a share purchase agreement, In anticipation of closing the Transaction, a 2,500-metre drill programme has commenced at Morondo and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2017. Mineralization at Morondo has a current strike length of 600m and true width up to 150m. Orca Gold Inc.
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