Lode Gold Resources has completed the first six of 20 holes in its expanded drilling campaign at the Fremont Gold Mine in Mariposa County, California, which represent half of a planned 12-hole metallurgical program. The company has added ten holes, bringing the program to 4,200 meters, and samples from the first two holes have been sent to the lab while it awaits assay results. Each hole yields PQ-diameter core, with one quarter sent for gold assay and another quarter reserved for metallurgical testing, and target depths range from about 105 to 171 metres. The company expects further drilling and news from Q4 2026 through Q1 2027, including hydrogeological holes and step-out exploration in untested zones.
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