Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 30, 2020) - HighGold Mining Inc. (TSXV: HIGH) (OTCQX: HGGOF) ("HighGold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the start-up of the 2020 drill program (the "Program") and exploration activities at its flagship Johnson Tract Gold Project in Alaska. Phase I of the Program plans for 7,000 to 10,000 meters of diamond drilling utilizing two drill rigs on five (5) target areas surrounding the Johnson Tract deposit ("JT Deposit") that hosts an indicated resource of 750k ounces gold equivalent ("AuEq") at 10.93 g/t AuEq. Based on the results of Phase I, additional drilling may be undertaken in a second phase during the latter half of 2020 field season.

 

"We are excited to launch on the first serious exploration drill program in 25 years at Johnson," commented President and CEO Darwin Green. "HighGold's work in 2019 generated numerous quality drill targets within an 800-meter radius of the high-grade JT Deposit mineral resource, several of which will be drilled for the first time this year.

Vancouver, BC - TheNewswire - June 29, 2020 - Durango Resources Inc. (TSXV:DGO) (Frankfurt-86A1) (OTC:ATOXF), (the " Company " or " Durango ") is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Julie Lemieux to its board of directors.

 

Ms. Lemieux has over 25 years of experience in team leadership, project management, business development and continuous improvement strategy implementation. A graduate from Laval University, Julie holds a Bachelor of Science in Geomatics.

 

Most recently, Ms. Lemieux has worked as a senior consultant for Planifika Inc., a consulting firm specializing in helping companies develop an asset management mindset based on the Institute of Asset Management principles and ISO 55001 standards. She is also the Vice President of North American Operations for EXMceuticals Inc., an emerging player in the international medical cannabis industry in Europe. Previously Ms. Lemieux managed strategic projects, including working with the Metis Nation of Alberta and its regions through Indigenous consultation, support, and advice on environmental services aligned with community concerns and values.

Mr. Miloje Vicentijevic reports

 

BENZ MINING CORP. STARTS EXPLORATION PROGRAM AT EASTMAIN GOLD PROJECT IN QUEBEC

 

Field crews are being mobilized this week to begin Benz Mining Corp.'s first-phase exploration program on the high-grade Eastmain gold mine project in Quebec.

 

Located 316 km northeast of Chibougamau, Quebec, the Eastmain gold project, including the Ruby Hill West and East concessions, totals more than 22,100 hectares of ground in the highly prospective Upper Eastmain River greenstone belt and is anchored by the past producing Eastmain gold mine.

 

An advance team is mobilized to the Eastmain camp site to complete essential camp upgrades and clean-up in preparation for the start of a 6,000-metre drill program scheduled to begin in early September.

 

Prior to the start of the drill program, Benz plans to complete 110-line kilometers of Time Domain Electromagnetics ("TDEM") ground survey and Bore Hole Electromagnetics ("BHEM") on select drill holes which were completed in 2016 and 2017. The integration of historic exploration data with the objective of prioritizing drill targets is ongoing.

TORONTO, June 29, 2020 -- White Gold Corp. (TSX.V: WGO, OTC – Nasdaq Intl: WHGOF, FRA: 29W) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has commenced drilling on its Titan Project as well as initiated ground surveys on other high priority targets based on the Company’s systematic data-based exploration strategy, including detailed soil sampling, ground geophysical surveys, GT probing, mechanical trenching and detailed geological and structural mapping. This activity marks the initiation of the Company’s fully funded 2020 exploration program backed by partners Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSX: AEM, NYSE: AEM) and Kinross Gold Corp (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) on its extensive 420,000 hectare land package in the emerging White Gold District, Yukon,  Canada.

 

The 2020 exploration program has been designed to further test existing targets and recent new discoveries on the Company’s White Gold, Hen and JP Ross properties, as well as to identify and advance other targets on its regional land package.