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Falcon Gold Corp.: Falcon Receives High Grade Gold Results from Sampling - Backpack Drill Program, Spitfire-Sunny Boy - Merritt BC
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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 3, 2021 / FALCON GOLD CORP. (TSXV:FG)(FSE:3FA)(OTCQB:FGLDF); ("Falcon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of the 2021 prospecting and backpack drilling program at the Spitfire-Sunny Boy Gold Project (the "Property"). Highlights include:
1. Grab samples on the Master Vein ranging from 1.09 g/t Au to 168 g/t Au, 17.5 g/t Ag and 0.7% Cu.
2. Backpack drilling from surface of 68.7 g/t Au and 11.8 g/t Ag over a drilled intersection of 0.47m.
3. A grab sample from Vein 2 reporting 1.52 g/t Au.
4. A grab sample from Vein 3 reporting 2.58 g/t Au and 1.2 g/t Ag.
The program was designed to test the 6 subparallel vein structures identified at Spitfire-Sunny Boy from previous exploration efforts. Results were very positive with anomalous gold values for almost every sample. Geologists and prospectors collected rock samples over 300m strike length along the Master Vein and up to a 250m strike length over other veins at Spitfire-Sunny Boy. Highlights are tabled below:
Sample Number | Vein | Sample Type | Width (m) | Assay |
00843 | Master | Grab | 168 g/t Au, 17.5 g/t Ag, 0.7%Cu | |
SB-06 | Master | Backpack | 0.47 | 68.7 g/t Au, 11.8 g/t Ag |
SB-09 | Master | Backpack | 0.20 | 66.3 g/t Au, 8.3 g/t Ag |
SB-10 | Master | Backpack | 0.86 | 29.7 g/t Au, 2.1 g/t Ag |
00817 | Master | Grab | 24.8 g/t Au, 3.9 g/t Ag | |
00808 | Master | Grab | 24.2 g/t Au, 3.1 g/t Ag | |
00840 | Master | Grab | 22.1 g/t Au, 1.5 g/t Ag | |
00818 | Master | Grab | 18.9 g/t Au, 1.2 g/t Ag | |
00810 | Master | Grab | 13 g/t Au, 5.3 g/t Ag | |
00813 | Master | Grab | 8.73 g/t Au, 1.4 g/t Ag | |
00816 | Master | Grab | 7.34 g/t Au, 5.1 g/t Ag | |
00811 | Master | Grab | 6.22 g/t Au, 1.4 g/t Ag | |
SB-08 | Master | Backpack | 0.75 | 5.13 g/t Au, 1.3 g/t Ag |
00838 | Master | Grab | 5.12 g/t Au | |
43073 | Master | Grab | 4.66 g/t Au, 1.1 g/t Ag | |
00809 | Master | Grab | 4.23 g/t Au, 1.5 g/t Ag | |
00814 | Master | Grab | 3.89 g/t Au, 1.9 g/t Ag | |
SB-03A | Master | Backpack | 0.44 | 3.57 g/t Au |
00846 | Vein 3 | Grab | 2.58 g/t Au, 1.2 g/t Ag | |
SB-02 | Master | Backpack | 0.34 | 1.69 g/t Au |
00836 | Vein 2 | Grab | 1.52 g/t Au | |
00851 | Master | Grab | 1.52 g/t Au, 2.5 g/t Ag | |
00819 | Master | Grab | 1.09 g/t Au |
Table 1. Highlights of the Sunny Boy prospecting and backpack sampling program, 2021.