-- NeXGold Mining (NEXG.V) 股價今日上漲近 5%，該公司週五公佈了安大略省 Goliath 金礦綜合體正在進行的鑽石鑽探計劃的更多結果。 該公司在一份聲明中列舉了幾個亮點，包括：金品位 1.79 克/噸（25.6 公尺）、金品位 3.22 克/噸（10.5 公尺）和金品位 1.49 克/噸（11.0 公尺）。 NeXGold 表示，這項 25,000 公尺的鑽探計畫主要針對 Goldlund 礦床，鑽孔旨在填充並可能擴大露天礦的礦產資源。該公司補充說，此次公佈的結果包括三個鑽孔（GL-25-015、GL-25-016 和 GL-26-009）共計 777 公尺的鑽石鑽探，這些鑽孔填充並擴大了 Goldlund 礦床 4 區的礦化，特別是位於露天礦場的推斷資源。 「我對這些結果以及先前公佈的該地區勘探結果感到鼓舞，這些結果持續表明，在100米傾斜範圍內存在強烈的金礦化特徵，且礦化深度仍有擴展空間，」總裁兼首席執行官凱文·布洛克表示。 「展望未來，我們該計畫的目標很明確——提升戈爾德倫德礦區的資源分類，並在與露天開採相符的深度範圍內建立礦產資源信心，」布洛克補充道。 “為此，我們正在以與該礦床其他區域指示礦產資源一致的間距，對該推斷礦產資源區域進行鑽探。” NEXG公司股價昨日上漲0.07美元，漲幅4.6%，收在1.59美元。
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