i-80 Gold Announces High-Grade Results from Underground Drilling at Cove
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i-80 Gold Corp (TSX: IAU) (NYSE: IAUX) has announced high-grade results from its ongoing 2024 underground drilling program at the McCoy-Cove Property in Nevada. Highlight results include:
- 48.3 g/t Au over 3.0 m and 15.8 g/t Au over 15.8 m (Lower Helen Zone)
- 22.6 g/t Au over 7.1 m (Lower Helen Zone)
- 10.4 g/t Au over 38.8 m and 11.0 g/t Au over 20.6 m (Lower Helen Zone)
The McCoy-Cove Property is part of i-80's 'hub and spoke' plan, with Lone Tree as a central processing facility. CEO Ewan Downie stated that Cove is among the highest-grade, development-stage gold deposits in North America. The property offers substantial exploration upside, including potential for oxide open pit mineralization near the historic McCoy mine.
Positive
- High-grade gold intercepts reported, including 48.3 g/t Au over 3.0 m and 15.8 g/t Au over 15.8 m
- Cove deposit consistently returning results placing it among highest-grade development-stage gold deposits in North America
- McCoy-Cove Property offers substantial exploration upside with 13,000 hectares of land
- Strategic location in the Battle Mountain Trend, near Nevada Gold Mines' Phoenix Mine
- Part of i-80's 'hub and spoke' plan to become one of the largest gold producers in the United States
Negative
- None.
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, IAUX gained 15.93%, reflecting a significant positive market reaction.
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Highlight new results: 22.6 g/t Au over 7.1 m, 15.8 g/t Au over 15.8 m, 10.4 g/t Au over 38.8 m & 11.0 g/t Au over 20.6 m
The ongoing program continues to intersect high-grade zones of mineralization in the multiple horizons that make up the Cove deposit. The new results from the Helen and CSD Gap Zones compliment previously released intercepts from the 2023 program that returned up to 22.6 g/t Au over 19.1 m in hole iCHU23-37, 32.9 g/t Au over 14.9 m in hole iCHU23-38 and 23.5 g/t Au over 12.8 m in hole iCHU23-39 (see Company Press Release dated March 5, 2024). A complete summary of new results is provided in Table 1.
Highlight new results from drilling at Cove include:
- iCHU24-01: 48.3 g/t Au over 3.0 m (Lower Helen Zone)
- and 15.8 g/t Au over 15.8 m (Lower Helen Zone)
- iCHU24-04: 14.3 g/t Au over 13.5 m (Lower Helen Zone)
- iCHU24-08: 15.1 g/t Au over 7.4 m (Lower Helen Zone)
- and 22.6 g/t Au over 7.1 m (Lower Helen Zone)
- iCHU24-12: 7.8 g/t Au over 28.7 m (Lower Helen Zone)
- iCHU24-14: 13.7 g/t Au over 7.2 m (Lower Helen Zone)
- and 10.4 g/t Au over 38.8 m (Lower Helen Zone)
- and 11.0 g/t Au over 20.6 m (Lower Helen Zone)
The McCoy-Cove Property is strategically located in heart of the prolific Battle Mountain Trend, immediately south of Nevada Gold Mines' Phoenix Mine and the Company's Lone Tree Property (see Figure 1). Cove is one of three deposits being advanced in the Company's "hub and spoke" plan, with Lone Tree as a central processing facility, to achieve its goal of building one of the largest gold producers in
"Definition drilling continues to return high-grade mineralization over impressive widths that make Cove an anchor project in the Company's future growth plans.", stated Ewan Downie, Chief Executive Officer of i-80 Gold. "Our delineation program has consistently returned results that place Cove amongst the highest–grade, development-stage, gold deposits in
Carlin-style mineralization in the Helen and CSD Gap zones is hosted primarily in the Favret limestone rock unit with enhanced grades and thicknesses of mineralized zones occurring at structural intersections, along the margins of dikes and sills, and within the axis of the northwest striking Cove anticline.
The McCoy-Cove Property comprises a large package of approximately 13,000 hectares covering an area roughly 15 km by 10 km that offers substantial exploration upside as the bulk of work completed to-date has been focused on the main deposit areas. Earlier exploration, mostly completed in 2014, resulted in several new discoveries that have received little to no follow-up including polymetallic mineralization in the 2201 and
Table 1 – Highlight New Assay Results from Cove Underground Drilling
New 2024 results from McCoy-Cove, estimated true thickness 75 | |||||||
Drillhole ID | Zone | Type | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) |
iCHU23-45 | Upper Helen | Core | 112.8 | 115.2 | 2.4 | 10.2 | 2.6 |
iCHU23-46 | Upper Helen | Core | 136.6 | 138.1 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
iCHU23-47 | Lower Helen | Core | 259.4 | 263.5 | 4.1 | 7.5 | 2.1 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 286.8 | 288.7 | 2.0 | 10.2 | 3.7 |
iCHU24-01 | Lower Helen | Core | 253.8 | 257.9 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 0.8 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 267.9 | 271.0 | 3.0 | 48.3 | 7.8 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 298.7 | 314.6 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 6.0 |
iCHU24-02 | Upper Helen | Core | 172.5 | 175.6 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 267.6 | 270.6 | 3.0 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 283.6 | 288.4 | 4.9 | 13.3 | 5.2 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 314.6 | 318.2 | 3.6 | 16.0 | 6.6 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 321.5 | 323.5 | 2.0 | 14.4 | 5.3 |
iCHU24-03 | Lower Helen | Core | 315.2 | 316.7 | 1.5 | 5.2 | 2.6 |
iCHU24-04 | Lower Helen | Core | 276.0 | 281.3 | 5.3 | 13.3 | 4.8 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 284.7 | 298.2 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 5.4 |
iCHU24-05 | Gap | Core | 317.6 | 323.1 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 1.8 |
iCHU24-06 | Lower Helen | Core | 240.8 | 246.3 | 5.5 | 12.0 | 4.9 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 285.9 | 292.3 | 6.4 | 9.4 | 4.8 |
iCHU24-07 | Gap | Core | 282.5 | 284.5 | 1.9 | 7.9 | 1.3 |
iCHU24-08 | Lower Helen | Core | 243.5 | 250.9 | 7.4 | 15.1 | 3.9 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 265.8 | 272.9 | 7.1 | 22.6 | 3.5 |
iCHU24-09 | Gap | Core | 325.7 | 328.0 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 1.5 |
iCHU24-10 | Upper Helen | Core | 160.1 | 161.2 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 2.3 |
iCHU24-11 | Gap | Core | 360.3 | 361.9 | 1.6 | 22.8 | 10.9 |
iCHU24-12 | Lower Helen | Core | 271.2 | 299.9 | 28.7 | 7.8 | 2.2 |
iCHU24-13 | Gap | Core | NSI | ||||
iCHU24-14 | Lower Helen | Core | 234.1 | 247.8 | 13.7 | 7.2 | 30.0 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 261.2 | 300.0 | 38.8 | 10.4 | 5.2 |
and | Lower Helen | Core | 330.1 | 350.7 | 20.6 | 11.0 | 3.4 |
UTM | Drillhole ID | East m | North m | Elevation m | Azimuth | Dip |
NAD83 Zone 11 | iCHU23-45 | 481766 | 4465977 | 1428 | 269 | -71 |
iCHU23-46 | 481766 | 4465977 | 1428 | 273 | -61 | |
iCHU23-47 | 481767 | 4465978 | 1427 | 309 | -79 | |
iCHU24-01 | 481767 | 4465978 | 1427 | 343 | .85 | |
iCHU24-02 | 481779 | 4465982 | 1427 | 073 | -82 | |
iCHU24-03 | 481828 | 4465945 | 1425 | 289 | -87 | |
iCHU24-04 | 481771 | 4466009 | 1427 | 231 | -82 | |
iCHU24-05 | 482282 | 4465612 | 1419 | 082 | -75 | |
iCHU24-06 | 481771 | 4466009 | 1427 | 247 | -75 | |
iCHU24-07 | 482281 | 4465612 | 1418 | 021 | -88 | |
iCHU24-08 | 481771 | 4466011 | 1427 | 307 | -74 | |
iCHU24-09 | 482281 | 4465612 | 1419 | 101 | -77 | |
iCHU24-10 | 481772 | 4466009 | 1428 | 034 | -74 | |
iCHU24-11 | 482281 | 4465612 | 1419 | 097 | -84 | |
iCHU24-12 | 481773 | 4466009 | 1428 | 035 | -80 | |
iCHU24-13 | 482281 | 4465611 | 1419 | 112 | -74 | |
iCHU24-14 | 481774 | 4466010 | 1428 | 115 | -83 |
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Tyler Hill, CPG-12146, Chief Geologist at i-80 is the Qualified Person for the information contained in this press release and is a Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101.
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Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including but not limited to, the expansion or mineral resources at McCoy-Cove and the potential of the Cove project. Such statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company, its projects, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. Such statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "would", "could", "will", "intend", "expect", "believe", "plan", "anticipate", "estimate", "scheduled", "forecast", "predict" and other similar terminology, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. These statements reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events, performance and results and speak only as of the date of this release.
Forward-looking statements and information involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results will be achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements or information, including, but not limited to: material adverse changes, unexpected changes in laws, rules or regulations, or their enforcement by applicable authorities; the failure of parties to contracts with the company to perform as agreed; social or labour unrest; changes in commodity prices; and the failure of exploration programs or studies to deliver anticipated results or results that would justify and support continued exploration, studies, development or operations.
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