Smooth Rock Ventures Announces Upcoming Diamond Drill Program At Palmetto Gold Project

VANCOUVER - Smooth Rock Ventures Corp. reported an upcoming diamond drill program at the Palmetto Gold project scheduled to begin mid January 2021 following the Christmas holiday break. Smooth Rock owns a 100% undivided interest in the Palmetto Project (subject to no outstanding royalties), consisting of 116 unpatented mining claims totaling 2217 acres located in Esmeralda County, Nevada, within the southern portion of the Walker Lane gold trend, easily accessible on a 12 month basis.

Smooth Rock's field crews completed a detailed ground land survey of the claim blocks and located most of the historical drill holes completed by the previous operators of the exploration programs on the Palmetto Project. Smooth Rock's geologists completed an extensive review of all available historical technical data including, historical drill logs and reports. The results from this detailed technical data review, the ground survey and 3D modeling data from WSP Canada Inc.'s Resource Estimation and Technical Report have all been compiled together. This compilation was essential, in preparation of the upcoming diamond drill program, to determine drill collar locations, construction of drill pads and access roads, which have now been fully completed.

The diamond drill program is designed to expand the current resource by drilling the mineralized zones laterally and drilling at depth below the present mineralization, targeting the high grade feeder chutes, as well as exploring other areas of the project outside of the known resource area.