news Ontario launches online tool to help mineral exploration
exploration commences at Bullfrog Gold Project
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s part of its plan to stimulate the mining sector and encourage investment, the Ontario government has launched a new online tool to help companies and prospectors identify areas available for mineral exploration and claim registration. OGS (Ontario Geological Survey) Focus is a new innovative online geoscience tool that consolidates historical exploration information from various databases into a free, publicly-accessible, one-stop, easy to use format. For the first time, prospectors and miners can overlay multiple
sets of data from the Ontario Assessment File Database (OAFD), Ontario Drill Hole Database (ODHD) and Mineral Deposit Inventory (MDI) database. This includes a Data Rating Grid for Open Areas that provides a visual representation of the quantity of available exploration data, and a Data Hot Spots layer that highlights significant contiguous areas with robust data that are available for acquisition. “Our government is committed to ensuring we support our province’s mineral exploration and prospecting industry,” said Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines.
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ugusta Gold has commenced its 110,000 metre exploration program for 2021 at its highly prospective wholly-owned Bullfrog Gold project in Nevada, USA. “We are excited to have commenced our multi-targeted exploration program
significant exploration potential.” There are currently two drill rigs onsite with a total of five expected on-site by April, comprising three diamond drills and two reverse circulation drills. Concurrent with the proposed drilling, a variety of additional exploration and
“With an exploration budget of up to $20 million, we are focused on mineral resource expansion” in the heart of the prolific Bullfrog district,” said Maryse Belanger, President and CEO. “With an exploration budget of up to $20 million, we are focused on mineral resource expansion, increasing the confidence level in our current mineral resource and targeting a brandnew discovery. “The program contemplates two phases on five key exploration targets that have been identified to date, with more expected in the future as we advance our program. With a large land package of approximately 7,800 acres that has three historical operating pits and a current open mineral resource, we see
development activities are planned to help advance the Bullfrog Gold project. These will include archaeological studies, geologic mapping, geotechnical drilling and a geophysics survey. Details of the phase two program will be finalized following a review of the results of the first phase of drilling. The Bullfrog Gold Project is located in the prolific Bullfrog district approximately 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada and four miles west of Beatty, Nevada. The company controls approximately 7,800 acres of mineral rights including the Bullfrog and Montgomery-Shoshone deposits. World Mining Magazine www.ogsmag.com
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