Harvest Gold Receives Preliminary 3D IP results at Emerson; Updates the completed RAB drilling at Emerson and the completed 2D IP at Goathorn
Harvest Gold President and CEO, Rick Mark, states: "The exploration programs at our Emerson Property were designed to increase our general understanding of the mineral potential of the property and define precise gold targets under thin glacial cover. Multi-disciplinary geological, geochemical, and geophysical exploration methods have been deployed and today we are providing preliminary results to the market, and they are most encouraging. The Harvest Technical Team met Friday to begin discussions on drill targets and drilling costs. The good news is it appears we will be able to drill into the winter, so hope to be starting in late October of this year."
Emerson 3D IP Survey
The 3D IP survey over the Emerson Property has now been completed with the final results pending.
Daniel Lui, MSc, P.Geo., Senior Project Geologist, Equity Exploration Consultants Ltd. states: "The Dias geophysics team has confirmed that there is a "healthy" and discrete chargeability and coincident conductivity anomaly through the centre of the Emerson IP grid. This chargeability feature continues to the NW of the historically mapped "alteration zone"."
Daniel continues: "Their team is still in the process of extracting the data from the field instruments, but from the data we have received we have confirmed that we have captured the whole anomaly to the west and east of the survey area. Additionally, it appears we have a strong chargeability feature continuing to the NW where we have permitted drill pad locations planned along Road #1. A more complete report with refined figures and images and initial interpretations by Dias is expected within two weeks."
Emerson RAB Program
The preliminary results from the RAB drilling program, which are currently being processed and validated, have helped identify in-situ alteration under cover.
Visual analysis of chip samples from the RAB drilling have shown that some of the historical trenches did not reach bedrock while the current RAB program has been able to better define the actual location of altered intrusive rock under glacial cover. The upcoming analytical work will utilize mineralogy and geochemistry to help Harvest Gold precisely vector into gold targets obscured by glacial cover at the Emerson Property.
Goathorn 2D IP Program
The Company confirms that the 2D IP survey over the Goathorn prospect designed to pursue Gold-Copper porphyry anomalies has been completed.
The preliminary results from the IP survey indicate that the survey successfully tested up to 480 m below surface. The final processing and inversion of the results for interpretations and targeting has begun.
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The disclosure of technical or scientific information in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Warren Bates, P.Geo. Director of Property Investigations for Harvest Gold. Mr. Bates serves as a Qualified Person under the definition of National Instrument 43-101.
About Harvest Gold Corporation
Harvest Gold is focused on the Interior Plateau of British Columbia exploring for near surface Gold deposits and Copper Gold Porphyry deposits. Harvest Gold's board of directors, management team and technical advisors have collective geological and financing experience exceeding 400 years.
Harvest Gold acknowledges that the Emerson and Goathorn Projects are situated in the traditional territory of the Wet'suet'en Nation while the Jacobite Project is situated in the traditional territory of the Lake Babine Nation. Harvest Gold is committed to developing positive and mutually beneficial relationships based on respect and transparency with local Indigenous communities.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rick Mark,
President and CEO
Harvest Gold Corp.
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