NxGold Provides Update on the Kuulu and Chicobi Projects

VANCOUVER, Aug. 17, 2017 /CNW/ - NXGOLD LTD. ("NxGold" or the "Company"), (NXN:TSXV) advises that it has yet to receive the required renewal to the existing Land Use Licences KVL311B01 and KVRW12E01 in respect of its Kuulu Project, Nunavut and as a result will not be able to undertake its previously announced proposed drilling program during the summer. The Company is continuing its dialogue with the Kivalliq Inuit Association and remains optimistic that it will be able to secure the required renewals in due course at which time it will resume its maiden drill program at Kuulu.

As previously announced on June 19, 2017, the Company obtained a positive decision from the Nunavut Impact Review Board ("NIRB") for the Kuulu project and has since obtained an "Approval Without a Licence" from the Nunavt Water Board ("NWB") which allows the Company to undertake non-drilling exploration activies on the project.  The Company has also applied for a Type B water licence from the NWB to support drilling activities on the project area and expects to receive the licence in the near-term. 

Chicobi Exploration:

The Company is pleased to announce that it will soon commence exploration activities at its Chicobi project located in the middle of the prolific Abitibi Greenstone Belt in Québec.  The Company has committed to an 11 kilometer high resolution seismic survey as an industry partner to the Seismic Discovery Program co-ordinated by the Mineral Exploration Research Centre at the Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University. The Chicobi seismic survey is expected to be completed by the end of September. 

Following completion of the seismic survey the Company intends to complete VTEM and magnetic surveys over high priority parts of the Chicobi project area and then commence a program of approximately 200 humus, soil and top of bedrock sampling in select areas of the Chicobi property.

Chris McFadden, CEO of NxGold stated; "While we continue to work closely with the Kivalliq Inuit Association and the local community to seek renewal of the licences as soon as we can in order to drill the highly prospective Kuulu Project, we will expedite technical focus onto the Chicobi project for the remainder of summer and into fall. We are excited about the imminent commencement of the seismic survey as well as the geophysical and soil sampling programs planned for Chicobi in order to identify the highest priority drill targets across the approximately 60,000 hectare land package."

About NxGold

NxGold is a Vancouver-based exploration company. NxGold has entered into an earn-in agreement with Meliadine Gold Ltd. to earn up to a 70% interest in the Kuulu Project (formerly known as the Peter Lake Gold Project). Additionally, the Company has entered into an earn-in agreement to earn up to a 100% interest in the Chicobi Project located within the prolific Abitibi Greenstone Belt in Québec.

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SOURCE NxGold Ltd.