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More drilling for Sunrise gold discovery

Independence Gold Corp. Sept. 1 reported the start of a C$600,000 exploration program at the Sunrise zone of its owned Boulevard gold project, located adjacent to Kaminak Gold Corp.'s Coffee gold project. Independence is currently carrying out detailed ground magnetic surveying and geological mapping, to better define drill targets. The company intends to drill about 1,400 meters to further delineate the newly discovered Sunrise Zone, where RC drill hole BV15-31 recently cut 12.2 meters averaging 7.23 grams per metric ton gold. Hole 31, which was reported in August, ended in mineralization at a depth of 70.1 meters.

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Shane Lasley, Publisher

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Over his more than 16 years of covering mining and mineral exploration, Shane has become renowned for his ability to report on the sector in a way that is technically sound enough to inform industry insiders while being easy to understand by a wider audience.

 

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