Nevada King Gold Corp. (TSX-V: NKG) (OTCQX: NKGFF) is pleased to announce results from 12 vertical, reverse circulation holes, eight of which were drilled into a new discovery area called the Wild West Zone at its 5,166 hectares (51.6km2), 100% owned Atlanta Gold Mine Project, located in the prolific Battle Mountain Trend 264km northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The WWZ target area is interpreted to have a width of 150m to 200m (east-west, open to the west) over a minimum 500m north-south strike length (open to the south). This new zone is located in an area previously thought to be unmineralized on the west side of the West Atlanta Fault #2, which forms the western boundary of the West Atlanta Graben Zone and the Atlanta resource zone (Figures 1-3).
Wild West Zone Highlights:
Hole No. | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) |
AT24WS-83 | 387.1 | 429.8 | 42.7 | 4.67 | 25.3 |
Includes | 408.4 | 426.7 | 18.3 | 7.94 | 18.3 |
AT24WS-80 | 373.4 | 408.4 | 35.1 | 2.66 | 6.3 |
Includes | 390.2 | 399.3 | 9.1 | 5.06 | 8.4 |
AT24WS-69* | 323.2 | 396.3 | 73.2 | 1.48 | 5.5 |
Includes | 352.0 | 356.6 | 4.6 | 4.97 | 4.6 |
And includes | 304.8 | 306.3 | 1.52 | 11.00 | 4.2 |
AT24NS-193* | 247.0 | 297.3 | 50.3 | 1.29 | 19.2 |
Includes | 280.5 | 283.5 | 3.0 | 3.72 | 16.5 |
AT24NS-194* | 257.6 | 300.3 | 42.7 | 2.08 | 18.5 |
Includes | 266.8 | 272.9 | 6.1 | 6.32 | 40.8 |
Table 1. Highlight holes released today. Mineralization occurs along near-horizontal horizons with true mineralized thickness estimated to be 90% to 100% of reported drill intercept length. *Denotes hole that bottomed in mineralization.
Cal Herron, Exploration Manager of Nevada King, stated, “The 42.7m @ 4.67 g/t Au intercept in AT24WS-83 marks a significant new intercept in an underexplored part of the Atlanta property. This hole comes on the heels of another significant hit in AT24HG-41 (6.28 g/t Au over 54.9m), beneath a barren cap of massive quartzite at the northern end of the South Quartzite Ridge Target (released July 23, 2024). Both holes are located outside of the Atlanta resource zone in areas possessing sparse or no historical drilling and the drill results increase our optimism for further such discoveries at Atlanta. With these higher-grade deeper zones of mineralization developing the Company is now conceptually pursuing the potential for a combination of open pit and underground accessible resources at Atlanta. The Wild West Zone is a new discovery based in large part on drilling a strong geophysical anomaly, and it provides us with new targets to chase southward, southwestward, and to depth — all into untested territory. As a geophysical success story, it bodes well for our current regional reconnaissance drilling program designed to test geophysical targets in previously untested areas. With three new discoveries under our belt – the East Ridge Target, the South Quartzite Ridge Target, and now the Wild West Zone, Nevada King continues to push gold mineralization further north, east, south, and west of the historically-explored Atlanta deposit, and given our drill results to date, the future looks promising for additional discoveries.”
WWZ – CSAMT Geophysical Anomaly
West Atlanta Graben Zone Highlights:
Hole No. | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) |
AT23WS-54 | 301.8 | 343.0 | 41.2 | 1.63 | 17.7 |
Includes | 307.9 | 312.5 | 4.6 | 6.96 | 60.3 |
AT24WS-70 | 250.0 | 317.1 | 67.1 | 1.43 | 17.9 |
Includes | 254.6 | 260.7 | 6.1 | 4.05 | 17.6 |
AT24WS-77* | 307.9 | 365.9 | 57.9 | 0.91 | 9.9 |
Includes | 347.6 | 350.6 | 3.0 | 3.17 | 10.6 |
AT24WS-79* | 317.0 | 353.6 | 36.6 | 1.56 | 3.3 |
Includes | 320.1 | 324.7 | 4.6 | 3.79 | 6.3 |
AT24WS-81 | NSM | NSM | NSM | NSM | NSM |
AT24WS-82 | 289.6 | 294.1 | 4.6 | 0.60 | 14.1 |
AT24WS-083 | 387.1 | 429.8 | 42.7 | 4.67 | 25.3 |
Includes | 408.4 | 426.7 | 18.3 | 7.94 | 18.3 |
AT24WS-80 | 373.4 | 408.4 | 35.1 | 2.66 | 6.3 |
Includes | 390.2 | 399.4 | 9.1 | 5.06 | 8.4 |
AT24WS-69* | 323.2 | 396.3 | 73.2 | 1.48 | 5.5 |
Includes | 352.0 | 356.6 | 4.6 | 4.97 | 4.6 |
Includes | 304.8 | 306.3 | 1.52 | 11.00 | 4.2 |
AT24WS-65 | 355.2 | 382.6 | 27.4 | 1.09 | 16.3 |
AT24NS-193* | 247.0 | 297.3 | 50.3 | 1.29 | 19.2 |
Includes | 277.4 | 283.5 | 6.1 | 3.09 | 15.3 |
AT24NS-194* | 257.6 | 300.3 | 42.7 | 2.08 | 18.5 |
Includes | 266.8 | 272.9 | 6.1 | 6.32 | 40.8 |
Table 2. All holes released today. Mineralization occurs along near-horizontal horizons with true mineralized thickness estimated to be 90% to 100% of reported drill intercept length. AT23 series holes drilled by Nevada King in 2023, AT24 series holes drilled in 2024. *Denotes hole bottoming in mineralization.
Hole No. | NSM |
DHRI-11-20C | Not deep enough |
DHRI-11-15C | Not deep enough |
DHRI-11-NRC01 | Not deep enough |
DHRI-11-18C | Not deep enough |
KR98-13^ | Not deep enough |
AR-26^ | Not deep enough |
AR-25 | Not deep enough |
AR-24 | Not deep enough |
AR-23 | Not deep enough |
AR-22 | Not deep enough |
Table 3. List of historic holes within the WWZ that did not go to depth of mineralization. DHRI series holes drilled by Meadow Bay in 2011, KR series drilled by Kinross in 1998, and AR series drilled by Goldfields in 1991. ^Denotes angled hole.
Hole No. | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | |
DHRI-11-19C | 431.3 | 443.5 | 12.2 | 0.23 | 1.58 | |
DHRI-11-11C | 297.2 | 439.0 | 141.8 | 0.569 | 17.4 | |
Includes | 423.8 | 426.8 | 3.0 | 6.89 | 30.0 |
Table 4. List of historic holes within the WWZ that intersected the mineralized horizon. DHRI series holes drilled by Meadow Bay in 2011.
QA/QC Protocols
All RC samples from the Atlanta Project are split at the drill site and placed in cloth and plastic bags utilizing a nominal 2kg sample weight. CRF standards, blanks, and duplicates are inserted into the sample stream on-site on a one-in-twenty sample basis, meaning all three inserts are included in each 20-sample group. Samples are shipped by a local contractor in large sample shipping crates directly to American Assay Lab in Reno, Nevada, with full custody being maintained at all times. At American Assay Lab, samples were weighted then crushed to 75% passing 2mm and pulverized to 85% passing 75 microns in order to produce a 300g pulverized split. Prepared samples are initially run using a four acid + boric acid digestion process and conventional multi-element ICP-OES analysis. Gold assays are initially run using 30-gram samples by lead fire assay with an OES finish to a 0.003 ppm detection limit, with samples greater than 10 ppm finished gravimetrically. Every sample is also run through a cyanide leach for gold with an ICP-OES finish. The QA/QC procedure involves regular submission of Certified Analytical Standards and property-specific duplicates.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Calvin R. Herron, P.Geo., who is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument.
About Nevada King Gold Corp.
Nevada King holds a 100% interest in the Atlanta Mine, Nevada. The Atlanta Mine is a historical gold-silver producer with a NI 43-101 compliant pit-constrained resource of 460,000 oz Au in the measured and indicated category (11.0M tonnes at 1.3 g/t) plus an inferred resource of 142,000 oz Au (5.3M tonnes at 0.83 g/t). See the NI 43-101 Technical Report on Resources titled “Atlanta Property, Lincoln County, NV” with an effective date of October 6, 2020, and a report date of December 22, 2020, as prepared by Gustavson Associates and filed under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca).
Resource Category | Tonnes
(000s) |
Au Grade
(ppm) |
Contained Au Oz |
Ag Grade
(ppm) |
Contained Ag Oz |
Measured | 4,130 | 1.51 | 200,000 | 14.0 | 1,860,000 |
Indicated | 6,910 | 1.17 | 260,000 | 10.6 | 2,360,000 |
Measured + Indicated | 11,000 | 1.30 | 460,000 | 11.9 | 4,220,000 |
Inferred | 5,310 | 0.83 | 142,000 | 7.3 | 1,240,000 |
Table 5. NI 43-101 Mineral Resources at the Atlanta Mine
Figure 1. Simplified section W-W’ looking north across the AMFZ, WAGZ, and WWZ denoting mineralized horizons in relation to major structures. High-grade zones exceeding 3 g/t Au are shown in dark pattern within the broader blanket. Today’s highlight hole AT24WS-83 shown at far west side within down-dropped graben. (CNW Group/Nevada King Gold Corp.)
Figure 2. Plan view map of structural domains at Atlanta; AMFZ, WAGZ, NET, and the newly defined WWZ. Holes that did not go deep enough to define mineralization are taken off plot for clarity, as are the dump holes. Vector arrows denote directions in which the WWZ mineralization remains open. (CNW Group/Nevada King Gold Corp.)
Figure 3. Plan view map of the WWZ, WAGZ, and NET. Holes that did not go deep enough to define mineralization are taken off plot for clarity, as are the dump holes. Vector arrows denote directions in which the WWZ remains open. (CNW Group/Nevada King Gold Corp.)
Figure 4. Plan view of WWZ drill holes relative to strong CSAMT anomaly interpreted as a deep intrusive stock (green resistivity high) ringed by a low resistivity (red) fragmental blanket. Of the historical holes drilled south of the anomaly, AR-53 did not go deep enough, while AR-50, 51, and 55 hit weak Au-Ag mineralization in silica breccia along the unconformity with underlying dolomite. (CNW Group/Nevada King Gold Corp.)
Figure 5. Simplified Section22 8N(4) looking north across the AMFZ, WAGZ, and WWZ denoting mineralized horizons in relation to major structures. High-grade zones exceeding 3 g/t Au are shown in dark pattern within the broader blanket. (CNW Group/Nevada King Gold Corp.)
Figure 6. Oblique cross section view looking northwest showing downhole assay intervals of holes released across the WWZ. Holes that did not go deep enough to define mineralization are taken off section for clarity, as are the dump holes. (CNW Group/Nevada King Gold Corp.)
Figure 7. Oblique cross section view looking southeast showing downhole assay intervals of holes released across the WWZ on the west side of the WAF2 shown by the grey fault plane. Holes that did not go deep enough to define mineralization are taken off section for clarity, as are the dump holes. (CNW Group/Nevada King Gold Corp.)
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