New found intercepts 6.7 g/t au over 24m at keats west & discovers new vein between golden joint and keats north intercepting 50.3 g/t au over 2.5m
Vancouver, british columbia--(business wire)--new found gold corp. (“new found” or the “company”) (tsx-v: nfg, nyse-a: nfgc) is pleased to announce the results from 37 diamond drill holes that were completed as part of a program designed to follow up on newly discovered high-grade gold at keats west located west of the highly prospective appleton fault zone (“afz”) and from expansion drilling at keats north. new found’s 100%-owned queensway project comprises a 1,650km2 area, accessible via the trans-canada highway, 15km west of gander, newfoundland and labrador. keats west and keats north highlights: hole number from (m) to (m) interval (m)1 au (g/t) zone nfgc-22-660 9.00 12.00 3.00 1.97 keats w and 22.20 26.30 4.10 2.22 and 36.45 40.90 4.45 1.27 and 43.90 46.05 2.15 1.67 and 52.25 68.10 15.85 2.01 including 67.45 68.10 0.65 11.30 nfgc-22-759 66.80 80.05 13.25 1.82 keats w nfgc-22-784 13.40 37.40 24.00 6.68 keats w including 18.95 20.45 1.50 37.43 including 20.85 21.55 0.70 14.90 including 26.00 27.50 1.50 24.70 including 36.45 37.40 0.95 12.75 nfgc-22-808 44.00 49.00 5.00 13.90 keats w including 44.00 45.80 1.80 23.40 including 46.95 47.35 0.40 20.10 including 47.70 48.35 0.65 12.05 and 55.00 62.00 7.00 2.01 nfgc-22-868 78.20 94.45 16.25 2.12 keats w nfgc-22-992 17.50 24.15 6.65 2.85 keats w and 27.00 29.00 2.00 1.44 and 32.00 39.20 7.20 1.98 nfgc-22-813 22.00 36.10 14.10 2.13 keats n including 22.55 23.60 1.05 15.67 nfgc-22-855 117.55 121.00 3.45 28.82 keats n including 117.55 118.65 1.10 85.85 and 376.40 378.40 2.00 1.12 nfgc-22-7662 206.85 209.30 2.45 50.30 golden joint and2 207.20 208.15 0.95 129.50 table 1: keats west and keats north drilling highlights 1note that the host structures are interpreted to be shallowly dipping and true widths are generally estimated to be 60% to 95% of reported intervals. infill veining in secondary structures with multiple orientations crosscutting the primary host structures are commonly observed in drill core which could result in additional uncertainty in true width. composite intervals reported carry a minimum weighted average of 1 g/t au diluted over a minimum core length of 2m with a maximum of 2m consecutive dilution. included high-grade intercepts are reported as any consecutive interval with grades greater than 10 g/t au. grades have not been capped in the averaging and intervals are reported as drill thickness. 2 true widths are unknown at this time. at keats west, ongoing drilling up-dip of nfgc-22-960 that intercepted 42.6 g/t au over 32m continues to intersect expansive zones of gold mineralization including 6.68 g/t au over 24.00m in nfgc-22-784, 13.9 g/t au over 5.00m and 2.01 g/t au over 7.00m in nfgc-22-808, and 2.12 g/t au over 16.25m in nfgc-22-868. these intercepts all occur near surface and demonstrate the robustness and continuity of this gold system (figures 2-5). follow-up drilling results exploring along strike and down-dip of nfgc-22-960 are pending. the keats west structure is interpreted to be a thrust fault that dips gently to the south-southwest and hosts both low and high-grade gold mineralization over a considerable thickness with cumulative widths ranging from 10-30m. this fault zone occurs on the west side of the afz and contains a series of stacked veins that contain the gold mineralization. drilling initially focused within a panel of the structure where gold mineralization has been intersected over an area of 280m x 130m and ongoing drilling is designed to extend this zone along strike to the west and down-dip (figures 2-5). across the afz to the east is keats north where an extensive array of brittle faults host to high-grade gold have been discovered and traced over an area 150m wide x 630m in strike. a combination of systematic and targeted drilling is being used to test this area and expand on several gold domains identified to date with a focus on the top 200m of vertical depth. highlight results from this drilling include 28.8 g/t au over 3.45m in nfgc-22-855 and 2.13 g/t au over 14.10m in nfgc-22-813 (figures 1, 2, 3 and 5). a new high-grade vein has been discovered between keats north and golden joint reporting a grade of 50.3 g/t au over 2.45m in nfgc-22-766. the vein occurs at the greywacke-shale contact roughly midway between golden joint and keats north as illustrated in figure 2. limited drilling has been done in this area and follow-up drilling is underway. melissa render, vp exploration of new found, stated: “these latest results into keats west reveal strong continuity of grades and widths within the host structure. intercepts such as 42.6 g/t au over 32.00m (reported on november 28, 2022) and 18.6 g/t au over 15.95m (reported on november 23, 2022), in addition to several hits grading on average, 2 g/t au over 10m and up to 30m, increases our confidence that this fault resembles the strength of the keats-baseline fault. so far, this structure has been tested to just 110m vertical depth and remains open down dip and along strike to the west. identifying this new structural orientation, a low-angle thrust fault, has also influenced the way we explore, particularly on the west side of the afz, where we currently have five drills operating. “east of the afz at keats north we continue to see high-grade intervals with mineralization starting at surface down to vertical depths of 200m and i’m thrilled that further north we’ve now intersected another new vein situated midway between keats north and golden joint that contains coarse gold (figure 1). it is located in an underexplored gap of the project and follow-up drilling is underway to expand this new discovery.” drillhole details cokes results: hole number from (m) to (m) interval (m)1 au (g/t) zone nfgc-22-798 no significant values cokes nfgc-22-811 33.20 37.50 4.30 2.22 cokes and 89.80 92.60 2.80 1.50 and 115.30 119.05 3.75 2.01 nfgc-22-822 no significant values cokes nfgc-22-828 46.00 50.50 4.50 1.20 cokes keats north and keats west results: hole number from (m) to (m) interval (m)1 au (g/t) zone nfgc-22-635 115.00 117.90 2.90 2.78 keats w nfgc-22-659 27.25 29.60 2.35 1.38 keats n and 104.40 106.65 2.25 2.94 including 104.40 104.75 0.35 18.78 and 123.75 126.00 2.25 5.90 including 123.75 124.30 0.55 23.01 nfgc-22-660 9.00 12.00 3.00 1.97 keats w and 22.20 26.30 4.10 2.22 and 36.45 40.90 4.45 1.27 and 43.90 46.05 2.15 1.67 and 52.25 68.10 15.85 2.01 including 67.45 68.10 0.65 11.30 nfgc-22-667 8.00 16.00 8.00 2.74 keats w and 18.10 20.20 2.10 1.10 nfgc-22-683 47.40 52.00 4.60 1.03 keats n nfgc-22-702 6.80 9.00 2.20 1.24 keats n and 16.10 18.10 2.00 1.45 nfgc-22-710 25.00 27.00 2.00 1.14 keats n and 47.90 52.00 4.10 1.09 and 60.45 62.60 2.15 1.32 and 193.80 196.90 3.10 2.15 nfgc-22-718 15.05 18.00 2.95 2.12 keats n nfgc-22-726 111.65 114.00 2.35 1.63 keats w nfgc-22-732 39.00 41.00 2.00 1.06 keats w nfgc-22-738 6.00 8.65 2.65 1.55 keats main and 18.80 21.00 2.20 1.42 nfgc-22-739 99.20 104.30 5.10 1.70 keats w and 108.00 110.75 2.75 1.79 and 153.85 156.35 2.50 2.35 keats n nfgc-22-755 165.40 167.65 2.25 1.62 keats fw nfgc-22-759 66.80 80.05 13.25 1.82 keats w nfgc-22-7622 52.50 54.65 2.15 36.49 keats n including2 53.35 54.00 0.65 115.00 and 125.40 128.00 2.60 2.56 nfgc-22-770 no significant values keats n nfgc-22-780 no significant values keats n nfgc-22-784 9.65 11.90 2.25 1.10 keats w and 13.40 37.40 24.00 6.68 including 18.95 20.45 1.50 37.43 including 20.85 21.55 0.70 14.90 including 26.00 27.50 1.50 24.70 including 36.45 37.40 0.95 12.75 nfgc-22-787 41.55 44.15 2.60 1.10 keats n nfgc-22-799 63.00 65.00 2.00 5.55 keats n including 64.00 65.00 1.00 11.05 and 73.05 76.20 3.15 1.11 and 101.70 104.40 2.70 1.24 nfgc-22-801 22.55 24.60 2.05 5.42 keats w and 30.00 34.00 4.00 1.20 and 37.00 41.00 4.00 1.69 nfgc-22-808 32.85 34.85 2.00 1.07 keats w and 44.00 49.00 5.00 13.90 including 44.00 45.80 1.80 23.40 including 46.95 47.35 0.40 20.10 including 47.70 48.35 0.65 12.05 and 55.00 62.00 7.00 2.01 nfgc-22-809 11.00 13.30 2.30 1.50 keats main and 72.80 75.65 2.85 1.07 nfgc-22-810 251.55 253.90 2.35 4.10 keats fw including 252.45 253.25 0.80 11.90 nfgc-22-813 22.00 36.10 14.10 2.13 keats n including 22.55 23.60 1.05 15.67 nfgc-22-817 no significant values keats w and no significant values keats n nfgc-22-820 57.00 59.90 2.90 1.04 keats n and 72.00 74.10 2.10 2.28 and 77.05 79.55 2.50 1.01 nfgc-22-830 no significant values keats w nfgc-22-855 117.55 121.00 3.45 28.82 keats n including 117.55 118.65 1.10 85.85 and 376.40 378.40 2.00 1.12 nfgc-22-868 78.20 94.45 16.25 2.12 keats w nfgc-22-891 120.45 123.00 2.55 9.56 keats n including 121.45 122.00 0.55 40.32 and 136.10 138.35 2.25 1.13 and 161.50 164.00 2.50 1.36 and 165.00 167.55 2.55 1.05 nfgc-22-992 17.50 24.15 6.65 2.85 keats w and 27.00 29.00 2.00 1.44 and 32.00 39.20 7.20 1.98 golden joint results: hole number from (m) to (m) interval (m)1 au (g/t) zone nfgc-22-7663 21.60 23.90 2.30 1.01 golden joint and3 27.60 29.65 2.05 1.27 and3 61.80 64.55 2.75 2.98 including3 63.35 63.75 0.40 14.10 and3 206.85 209.30 2.45 50.30 including3 207.20 208.15 0.95 129.50 table 2: summary of composite results reported in this press release for cokes, keats west, keats north and golden joint 1note that the host structures are interpreted to be shallowly dipping and true widths are generally estimated to be 60% to 95% of reported intervals. infill veining in secondary structures with multiple orientations crosscutting the primary host structures are commonly observed in drill core which could result in additional uncertainty in true width. composite intervals reported carry a minimum weighted average of 1 g/t au diluted over a minimum core length of 2m with a maximum of 2m consecutive dilution. included high-grade intercepts are reported as any consecutive interval with grades greater than 10 g/t au. grades have not been capped in the averaging and intervals are reported as drill thickness. 2 previously reported interval.3 true widths are unknown at this time. hole number azimuth (°) dip (°) length (m) utm e utm n prospect nfgc-22-635 119 -46 200 657947 5427765 keats west nfgc-22-659 300 -45 279 658327 5427689 keats north nfgc-22-660 57 -45 281 658101 5427993 keats west nfgc-22-667 45 -53 20 658101 5427994 keats fw nfgc-22-683 300 -45 251 658231 5427744 keats north nfgc-22-702 300 -45 176 658205 5427745 keats north nfgc-22-710 300 -45 224 658239 5427711 keats north nfgc-22-718 300 -45 371 658261 5427699 keats north nfgc-22-726 143 -53 185 658052 5427903 keats west nfgc-22-732 92 -45 158 658054 5427905 keats west nfgc-22-738 300 -45 416 658282 5427629 keats north nfgc-22-739 101 -58 158 658053 5427904 keats west nfgc-22-755 300 -45 353 658143 5427624 keats north nfgc-22-759 76 -45 146 658092 5427940 keats west nfgc-22-762 300 -45 245 658261 5427727 keats north nfgc-22-766 230 -45 327 658523 5428283 golden joint nfgc-22-770 300 -45 226 658282 5427715 keats north nfgc-22-780 300 -46 182 658292 5427767 keats north nfgc-22-784 75 -46 230 658098 5428052 keats west nfgc-22-787 300 -45 278 658243 5427752 keats north nfgc-22-798 300 -45 99 657730 5427538 cokes nfgc-22-799 315 -42 143 658243 5427753 keats north nfgc-22-801 70 -45 203 658056 5428077 keats west nfgc-22-808 120 -45 149 658058 5428076 keats west nfgc-22-809 299 -46 356 658236 5427569 keats north nfgc-22-810 120 -46 467 657816 5427711 keats west nfgc-22-811 300 -45 165 657773 5427569 cokes nfgc-22-813 300 -62 159 658243 5427825 keats north nfgc-22-817 87 -45 359 658012 5428102 keats west nfgc-22-820 300 -45 221 658311 5427784 keats north nfgc-22-822 95 -45 141 657671 5427225 cokes nfgc-22-828 45 -45 207 657637 5427314 cokes nfgc-22-830 45 -46 89 658012 5428102 keats west nfgc-22-855 300 -45 410 658180 5427572 keats nfgc-22-868 67 -46 266 658048 5427939 keats west nfgc-22-891 300 -45 296 658305 5427847 keats north nfgc-22-992 35 -45 117 658138 5428009 cokes table 3: details of drill holes reported in this press release queensway 500,000m drill program update the company is currently undertaking a 500,000m drill program at queensway and approximately 51,000m of core is currently pending assay results. sampling, sub-sampling, and laboratory true widths of the intercepts reported in this press release have yet to be determined but are estimated to be 60% to 95% of reported core lengths. infill veining in secondary structures with multiple orientations crosscutting the primary host structures are commonly observed in drill core which could result in additional variability in true width. assays are uncut and composite intervals are calculated using a minimum weighted average of 1 g/t au diluted over a minimum core length of 2m with a maximum of 2m consecutive dilution. high-grade intercepts included are reported as any consecutive interval with grades greater than 10 g/t au. all drilling recovers hq core. drill core is split in half using a diamond saw or a hydraulic splitter for rare intersections with incompetent core. a geologist examines the drill core and marks out the intervals to be sampled and the cutting line. sample lengths are mostly 1.0 metre and adjusted to respect lithological and/or mineralogical contacts and isolate narrow (<1.0m) veins or other structures that may yield higher grades. technicians saw the core along the defined cutting line. one-half of the core is kept as a witness sample and the other half is submitted for analysis. individual sample bags are sealed and placed into totes, sealed and marked with the contents. nfg has submitted samples for gold determination by fire assay to als canada ltd. (“als”) and by photon assay to msalabs (“msa”) since june 2022. als and msa operate under a commercial contract with new found. drill core samples are shipped to als for sample preparation in sudbury, ontario, thunder bay, ontario, or moncton, new brunswick. als is an iso-17025 accredited laboratory for the fire assay method. drill core samples are also submitted to msa in val-d’or, quebec. msa operates numerous laboratories worldwide and maintains iso-17025 accreditation for many metal determination methods. accreditation of the photon assay method at the msa val d’or laboratory is in progress. at als, the entire sample is crushed to approximately 70% passing 2mm. a 3,000-g split is pulverized. “routine” samples do not have visible gold (vg) identified and are not within a mineralized zone. routine samples are assayed for gold by 30-g fire assay with an inductively-couple plasma spectrometry (icp) finish. if the initial 30-g fire assay gold result is over 1 g/t, the remainder of the 3,000-g split is screened at 106 microns for screened metallics assay. for the screened metallics assay, the entire coarse fraction (sized greater than 106 microns) is fire assayed and two splits of the fine fraction (sized less than 106 microns) are fire assayed. the three assays are combined on a weight-averaged basis. samples that have vg identified or fall within a mineralized interval are automatically submitted for screened metallic assay for gold. at msa, the entire sample is crushed to approximately 70% passing 2mm. for “routine” samples that do not have vg identified and are not within a mineralized zone, the samples are riffle split to fill two 450g jars for photon assay. the assays reported from both jars are combined on a weight-averaged basis. if one of the jars assays greater than 1 g/t, the remaining crushed material is weighed into multiple jars and are submitted for photon assay. for samples that have vg identified or are within a mineralized zone, the entire crushed sample is weighed into multiple jars and are submitted for photon assay. the assays from all jars are combined on a weight-averaged basis. all samples prepared at als or msa are also analyzed for a multi-element icp package (als method code me-icp61) at als vancouver. drill program design, quality assurance/quality control and interpretation of results are performed by qualified persons employing a rigorous quality assurance/quality control program consistent with industry best practices. standards and blanks account for a minimum of 10% of the samples in addition to the laboratory’s internal quality assurance programs. quality control data are evaluated on receipt from the laboratories for failures and appropriate action is taken if assay results for standards and blanks fall outside allowed tolerances. all results stated have passed new found’s quality control protocols. new found’s quality control program also includes submission of the second half of the core for approximately 5% of the drilled intervals. in addition, approximately 1% of sample pulps for mineralized samples are submitted for re-analysis to a second iso-accredited laboratory for check assays. the company does not recognize any factors of drilling, sampling or recovery that could materially affect the accuracy or reliability of the assay data disclosed. the assay data disclosed in this news release have been verified by the company’s qualified person against the original assay certificates. the company notes that it has not completed any economic evaluations of its queensway project and that the queensway project does not have any resources or reserves. qualified person the scientific and technical information disclosed in this press release was reviewed and approved by greg matheson, p. geo., chief operating officer, and a qualified person as defined under national instrument 43-101. mr. matheson consents to the publication of this press release dated january 24, 2023, by new found. mr. matheson certifies that this press release fairly and accurately represents the scientific and technical information that forms the basis for this press release. about new found gold corp. new found holds a 100% interest in the queensway project, located 15km west of gander, newfoundland and labrador, and just 18km from gander international airport. the project is intersected by the trans-canada highway and has logging roads crosscutting the project, high voltage electric power lines running through the project area, and easy access to a highly skilled workforce. the company is currently undertaking a 500,000m drill program at queensway and is well funded for this program with cash and marketable securities of approximately $90-million as of january 2023. please see the company’s website at www.newfoundgold.ca and the company’s sedar profile at www.sedar.com. acknowledgements new found acknowledges the financial support of the junior exploration assistance program, department of natural resources, government of newfoundland and labrador. contact to contact the company, please visit the company’s website, www.newfoundgold.ca and make your request through our investor inquiry form. our management has a pledge to be in touch with any investor inquiries within 24 hours. neither the tsx venture exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the tsx venture exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. forward-looking statement cautions this press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of canadian securities legislation, relating to exploration, drilling and mineralization on the company’s queensway gold project in newfoundland and labrador; assay results; the interpretation of drilling and assay results, the results of the drilling program, mineralization and the discovery of zones of high-grade gold mineralization; plans for future exploration and drilling and the timing of same; the merits of the queensway project;; future press releases by the company; and funding of the drilling program. although the company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts; they are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “interpreted”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “aims”, “suggests”, “indicate”, “often”, “target”, “future”, “likely”, “pending”, “potential”, “goal”, “objective”, “prospective”, “possibly”, “preliminary”, and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will, “would”, “may”, “can”, “could” or “should” occur, or are those statements, which, by their nature, refer to future events. the company cautions that forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the company's management on the date the statements are made, and they involve a number of risks and uncertainties. consequently, there can be no assurances that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. except to the extent required by applicable securities laws and the policies of the tsx venture exchange, the company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include risks associated with possible accidents and other risks associated with mineral exploration operations, the risk that the company will encounter unanticipated geological factors, risks associated with the interpretation of assay results and the drilling program, the possibility that the company may not be able to secure permitting and other governmental clearances necessary to carry out the company's exploration plans, the risk that the company will not be able to raise sufficient funds to carry out its business plans, and the risk of political uncertainties and regulatory or legal changes that might interfere with the company's business and prospects. the reader is urged to refer to the company's annual information form and management’s discussion and analysis, publicly available through the canadian securities administrators' system for electronic document analysis and retrieval (sedar) at www.sedar.com for a more complete discussion of such risk factors and their potential effects.
