{"id":1136221,"date":"2019-09-03T17:47:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T22:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1000956"},"modified":"2019-09-03T17:47:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T22:47:18","slug":"marathon-continues-to-drill-good-grades-at-valentine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1136221","title":{"rendered":"Marathon continues to drill good grades at Valentine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marathon Gold is intersecting good grades as it drills to the northeast and southeast of the Main zone at the Valentine gold project 55 km south of Buchans, Newfoundland. <\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The drill campaign is part of the company\u2019s effort to expand the resource estimate at the project. Continuity has been established along the 1,500-metre Main zone strike length and to the depth of the planned open pit. The mineralization below the planned pit bottom is open.<\/p>\n<p>The best results were 3.36 g\/t gold over 13.0 metres, 3.87 g\/t over 11.0 metres, and 1.44 g\/t over 62.0 metres. <\/p>\n<p>Assays are pending for holes that cut quartz-tourmaline-pyrite-gold veins at the northwest end of the pit design and southwest along strike on the Main zone corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Marathon has three drills operating at the Valentine project and plans to complete a 20,000-metre drill program this month. The results will be used to update the resource estimate. The pre-feasibility study is scheduled for Q2 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>(This article first appeared in the <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Canadian Mining Journal (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianminingjournal.com\/\" ><em>Canadian Mining Journal<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/marathon-continues-to-drill-good-grades-at-valentine\/\">Marathon continues to drill good grades at Valentine<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/\">MINING.COM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights include 3.36 g\/t gold over 13.0 metres, 3.87 g\/t over 11.0 metres, and 1.44 g\/t over 62.0 metres.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/marathon-continues-to-drill-good-grades-at-valentine\/\">Marathon continues to drill good grades at Valentine<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" 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