ESGold has drilled more than 4,000 metres at its Montauban project near Québec City, completing over 80% of its planned 5,000-metre program as drilling moves south and deeper beyond the historic mine workings. About 4,074 metres have been drilled so far, with hole MM-26-27 reaching roughly 408 metres and hole MM-26-28 underway toward about 600 metres. Core logging has found quartz veins, altered rock and sulphide minerals, which the company views as positive geological signs, but metal grades will only be known once laboratory assays are complete. Nineteen containers of processing equipment are on the water from China, with the remaining equipment due to leave China this week.
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