03:26 PM EST - Marathon Gold Corporation : announced today the near surface intersection of a wide interval of gold mineralization in the Sprite Zone, located 700 m northeast along strike from the Leprechaun Gold Deposit. Drill hole VL-11-264 intersected 1.85 g/t Au over 20.0m including 16.86 g/t Au over one metre within 20m of the surface. Previous historical drilling in the Sprite Zone had returned additional significant gold values including 2.28g/t Au over 36.51m including 10.6 m unsampled in the interval and including 19.17 g/t over 3.0m in hole VL - 27. As well, VL-35 intersected 3.18 g/m over 4.1m and VL-40 had 3.01 g/t in hole VL-50 in 13 drill holes widely spaced over a 750 strike length. Marathon Gold Corporation
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