By Frik Els
MINING.com
Shares in Roxgold Inc (CVE:ROG) gained nearly 6% in massive volumes on Tuesday, after announcing another set of spectacular drill results from its ultra-high grade Yaramoko project in Burkina Faso.
In midday dealings the Toronto-based junior was trading near its highs for the day changing hands at $0.72, up 5.9% on the Toronto Venture Exchange. Around 1 million shares in the $169 million company had changed hands compared to the usual daily average of half that.
Roxgold announced intercepts of 226.76 grams per tonne gold over 3.1 metres (2.7 metres true width) including 442.00 gpt gold over 1.6 metres (1.4 metres true width) from the Bagassi South target of its regional exploration drilling program at Yaramoko.