11:55 AM EST - Marathon Gold Corporation : announced that it has hit an intersection with thick intervals of near surface gold-bearing quartz-tourmaline-pyrite alteration containing gold during initial drilling at the J. Frank Zone, Valentine Lake Project. Significant new near surface intercepts include: VL-11-366 with 3.49 grams per ton gold (g/t Au) over 3.75 metres including 10.23 g/t Au over 0.75 m; VL-11-376 with 4.47 g/t Au over 2.25 m including 13.30 g/t Au over 0.75 m. Marathon Gold Corporation
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