Program Commences At The Dakouli 2 Gold Concession

VANCOUVER - Nexus Gold Corp. announced a reconnaissance and sampling program is underway at the Company’s 100%-owned, Dakouli 2 Gold Concession, located in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

Recent site visits have shown an increase in artisanal mining activity along strike at the main mineralized zone. The increased strike activity now extends the limits of the eastern zone some 200 meters to the east, thus expanding the zone of mineralization to over 400 meters along an east-west trend while also measuring over 200 meters in a north-south direction.  Company geologists are currently at the Dakouli 2 site to both determine drill pad sites for the upcoming maiden drill program, scheduled for the fall, and to conduct sampling in and around the expanded artisanal zone.

President & CEO, Alex Klenma, said, “The project has never been drilled, and with what we’ve seen in samples and the level of artisanal activity, there is no doubt it’s a compelling target.  Mineralization appears to be abundant. This current recon program will provide updates on the scope of current artisanal activity, the length and depth of their efforts, some sample numbers from newly broken ground of the orpaillage, and most importantly, drill targets and drill pad locations.”

The Dakouli 2 exploration permit is a 98-sq km (9,800 hectares) gold exploration property located approximately 100 kilometers due north of the capital city Ouagadougou. In late 2018 Company geologists conducted a comprehensive ground reconnaissance program to the west and south of the main orpaillage (artisanal zone) and identified new near surface workings being exploited by artisanal miners.  Rock samples collected from these new zones contained various concentrations of visible gold, including coarse nuggety samples.