Source: Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd.
  • Pacific Ridge Exploration’s (PEX) 6,000-metre diamond drill program at the Kliyul copper-gold project in B.C. is underway
  • The Kliyul program is utilizing two diamond drill rigs and will be the largest ever drill campaign at the Project, expanding mineralization at the Kliyul Main Zone (KMZ) laterally and to depth
  • Drilling in 2021 at KMZ returned the longest and highest-grade intersections ever encountered at the project and mineralization remains open in all directions
  • Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. (PEX) is down 4.23 per cent, trading at C$0.34 per share at 4:20 pm ET

Pacific Ridge Exploration’s (PEX) 6,000-metre diamond drill program at the Kliyul copper-gold project is underway.

The Kliyul program is utilizing two diamond drill rigs and will be the largest ever drill campaign at the Project.

The focus of the drill program will be on expanding mineralization at the Kliyul Main Zone (KMZ) laterally and to depth.

Source: Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd.

Drilling in 2021 at KMZ returned the longest and highest-grade intersections ever encountered at the project and mineralization remains open in all directions.

Priority drill holes include:

  • Step-out to the west of hole KLI-21-037 (316.7 metres of 0.75 per cent CuEq or 1.17 g/t AuEq) 
  • Step-outs to the south and east of KLI-21-036 (437 metres of 0.61 per cent CuEq or 0.96 g/t AuEq)
  • Hole KLI-21-38 (342 metres of 0.50 per cent CuEq or 0.78 g/t AuEq)

Pacific Ridge can acquire up to a 75 per cent interest in Kliyul from AuRico Metals Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX:CG).

Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd is an exploration stage company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in Canada and the United States. 

Pacific Ridge’s flagship project is the Kliyul copper-gold project, located approximately 50 km southeast of Centerra Gold Inc’s Kemess mine, in the prolific Quesnel Trough in northcentral B.C.

Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. (PEX) is down 4.23 per cent, trading at C$0.34 per share at 4:20 pm ET.

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