Cerrado Gold, an emerging mid tier Gold miner in Latin America, owns Minera Don Nicolas, located in Santa Cruz, Argentina, a newly producing high-grade gold mine with significant optimization, expansion, and exploration potential.
In Brazil, the Company is focused on expanding the resource base at its prolific, high-grade Monte do Carmo gold project in Tocantins State.
The company completed its Phase 1 Drill Program in Brazil
CERRADO GOLD (TSX.V:CERT) REPORTS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ITS PHASE I DRILL PROGRAM AT ITS MONTE DO CARMO PROJECT IN BRAZIL
Results of the Drill Program expected to support original target of 1.2 – 1.6 million ounces at the Serra Alta Deposit.
New Mineral Resource Estimate targeted for late June and new Preliminary Economic Assessment for end of July.
TORONTO, ONTARIO - Cerrado Gold Inc. ("Cerrado" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that is has completed its Phase I Drill program of exploration and infill definition drilling at the Serra Alta deposit, at its Monte do Carmo ("MDC") Project located in Tocantins State, Brazil. The final drill program saw 55 holes completed totaling 18,998 metres. The additional metres drilled, relative to the original targeted metres, were drilled to ensure Cerrado hit disclosed targets of upgrading and expanding the Company's maiden mineral resource estimate.
Drill Program Highlights:
— 34 (62%) out of the 55 holes have intersected visible gold (VG)— 16 holes with complete assays and have been reported.— 8 holes have partial results, 2 of which have partial results reported, remainder 31 holes are pending results.
