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Drilling is underway on yet another mineral property near Snow Lake. Great Northern Gold Exploration Corp. recently started drilling on its Wekusko Gold Property, 23 kilometres southeast of the town. The drill program of roughly 2,000 metres is expected to comprise 20 to 30 holes. It will test numerous gold targets on a portion of the property known as the McCafferty Grid, a gold-bearing quartz vein. Great Northern Gold said all drill targets are selected based on multidisciplinary techniques, including geological mapping, geochemistry, and data from previous work. Kim Oishi, CEO of Great Northern Gold, said the company's staff 'is working hard to add value to the Wekusko Gold Property, using their extensive knowledge gained over more than 25 years in the region to target drill holes on high priority gold anomalies.' 'This program will help us determine the potential for economic gold mineralization on the McCafferty Grid,' Oishi said. Last November, the company said, 468 geochemistry samples were taken on anomalies and extensions along strike of previously detected anomalous trends. The samples were obtained from the McCafferty Grid. To date, 1,613 geochemical samples have been completed on the Grid, with a total of 2,279 geochemical samples completed on three grids on the overall Wekusko Gold Property. The 468 new samples were analyzed with the results plotted and reviewed in final preparation for the current drill program. The company said the winter program allows for lower drilling costs as equipment and supplies can be transported across the frozen Wekusko Lake to the property, instead of being mobilized by helicopter. Based in Vancouver, Great Northern Gold is a gold exploration company operating in northern Canada. It has an option to earn a 100 per cent interest in the Wekusko Gold Property, which comprises 55 mineral claims totaling roughly 8,880 hectares. The company has also entered into an option agreement to earn a 100 per cent interest in the Ferro Mine Property, also near Snow Lake. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation services provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of information supplied by Great Northern Gold. _ Compiled from a Great Northern Gold Exploration Corp. news release
