i-80 Gold Provides Comprehensive 2023 Exploration & Development Update
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RENO, Nev., April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - i-80 GOLD CORP. (TSX: IAU) (NYSE: IAUX) ("i-80", or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the Company's exploration and development programs at its Ruby Hill, Granite Creek, Lone Tree, McCoy-Cove and Buffalo Mountain Properties as well as the results of the initial cost estimate for the refurbishment of the Lone Tree. Continued success in the early part of the 2023 exploration campaign at the Company's 100%-owned Ruby Hill Property ("Ruby Hill" or "the Property") located in Eureka County, Nevada highlights the substantial upside at the Company's flagship project with multiple new zones of both Carlin-type gold and Carbonate Replacement Deposit (CRD) type mineralization having been discovered in the early part of the program.
Key initiatives for each project include:
- Ruby Hill Property – Major drill program underway, Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) being completed for the underground gold mineralization, permitting ongoing for underground development, detailed metallurgical work and processing plan under development
- Granite Creek Property – Underground development progress, mining rate increasing, economic studies and revised resource estimate being completed
- Lone Tree Property – Cost estimate for the restart of the autoclave facility completed and work on the Class III Engineering (detailed engineering) Study underway, Ongoing residual leach program
- McCoy-Cove Property – Underground development progress to more than 70% completion, ~40,000 metre underground drill program underway
- Buffalo Mountain Property – Drilling program completed in late 2022, assessing potential for an open pit mining operation
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[Blockierte Grafik: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2045937/i_80_Gold_Corp_i_80_Gold_Provides_Comprehensive_2023_Exploration.jpg?w=350]Figure 1 – Hilltop Fault Structure Drilling (CNW Group/i-80 Gold Corp)[Blockierte Grafik: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2045940/i_80_Gold_Corp_i_80_Gold_Provides_Comprehensive_2023_Exploration.jpg?w=350]Photo 1 – East Hilltop CRD Discovery – Massive Sulphide Mineralization in Hole iRH23-10 (CNW Group/i-80 Gold Corp)[Blockierte Grafik: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2045942/i_80_Gold_Corp_i_80_Gold_Provides_Comprehensive_2023_Exploration.jpg?w=350]Photo 2 – Sulphide Breccia in Hole iRH23-09 (CNW Group/i-80 Gold Corp)[Blockierte Grafik: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2045943/i_80_Gold_Corp_i_80_Gold_Provides_Comprehensive_2023_Exploration.jpg?w=350]Photo 3 – Carlin-type mineralization in Hole iRH23-09 (CNW Group/i-80 Gold Corp)[Blockierte Grafik: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2045938/i_80_Gold_Corp_i_80_Gold_Provides_Comprehensive_2023_Exploration.jpg?w=350]Figure 2 – Section Along Hilltop Structure (CNW Group/i-80 Gold Corp)[Blockierte Grafik: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2045944/i_80_Gold_Corp_i_80_Gold_Provides_Comprehensive_2023_Exploration.jpg?w=350]Photo 4 – Massive Sulphide Discovery in Hole iRH23-09 (CNW Group/i-80 Gold Corp)[Blockierte Grafik: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2045939/i_80_Gold_Corp_i_80_Gold_Provides_Comprehensive_2023_Exploration.jpg?w=350]Figure 3 – Granite Creek Property Location (CNW Group/i-80 Gold Corp)[Blockierte Grafik: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2045941/i_80_Gold_Corp_i_80_Gold_Provides_Comprehensive_2023_Exploration.jpg?w=350]Figure 4 – Surface Plan of Buffalo Mountain & Lone Tree (CNW Group/i-80 Gold Corp)