03:26 PM EST - Miranda Gold Corp : announced that Agnico-Eagle USA Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (TSX: AEM) is now drilling on the Miranda's Ester Dome project located in the Fairbanks mining district of Alaska. Agnico plans to drill about 4,500 ft (1,370 m) in six holes. Drilling is designed to test an approximately 5,900 ft long by 590 to 1,640 ft wide (1,800 m long by 180 to 500 m wide) northwest trending soil anomaly associated with a cluster of intrusive plugs and dikes cutting quartzite and schist. The soil anomaly is defined by a 20 ppb Au contour and contains surface values in soils from non-detectable to 0.029 oz Au/t (1.0 g Au/t). Assays received from rock samples in the area range from non-detectable to 0.534 oz Au/t (18.3 g Au/t). Miranda Gold Corp
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