Northgold announces initial drill results confirming shallow, high-grade gold at Kopsa, within a broad interval of 3.90 g/t gold over 98.7m

Highlights

Highlighted gold assays from drill hole NGKOP22001 (copper assays are still pending) include:

• 3.90 g/t gold (“Au”) over 98.7m from 6.1m depth along hole (4.2m vertical depth), including:
  • 5.15 g/t Au over 14.4m from 29.4m (20.4m vertical), which includes:
    • 7.91 g/t Au over 5.1m from 37.8m (26.3m vertical), which includes:
      • 14.93 g/t Au over 2.1m from 38.8m (27.0m vertical).
  • 10.51 g/t Au over 11.4m from 56m (38.9m vertical), which includes:
    • 30.25 g/t Au Over 1.55m from 65.85m (45.7m vertical).
  • 11.05 g/t Au over 14.1m from 70.9m (49.3m vertical), which includes:
    • 48.72 g/t Au over 2.5m from 74.5m (51.8m vertical).

DD hole NGKOP22001 was drilled broadly perpendicular to the main structure of the mineralization (see Figures 1 and 2), and confirms the presence of both discrete and broad intervals of high-grade gold in the central, main portions of the Kopsa deposit, which appears to be generally consistent with historic DD assay data from nearby and adjacent historic drill hole BELKOPDD043 (see Figure 2), which returned 3.31 g/t Au and 0.26% Cu over 87.63m from 12.9m depth along hole.

Highlighted gold assays from drill hole NGKOP22002 (copper assays are still pending) include:

• 1.18 g/t Au over 17.45m from 78.2m depth along hole (57.2m vertical), including
  • 2.19 g/t Au over 4.15m from 83.85m (61.3m vertical).

DD hole NGKOP22002 helps expand low- to moderate-grade gold in southern portions of the Kopsa deposit.

Drill hole locations are shown in Table 1 and Figure 1.

Gold assay results are shown in Table 2 and in Figures 2 and 3.

Mitch Vanderydt, CEO, comments: “We are proud to deliver these initial drill assay results after only recently listing the Company on 24 March 2022. And we are encouraged that our team has not only successfully replicated some of the historic, high-grade results in the heart of the Kopsa deposit, but also expanded lower-grade zones near its peripheries, and we look forward to also receiving the copper assays which can only strengthen the combined assay results for these holes. The consistency between gold assays returned for NGKOP22001 and our historic information increases our confidence in our historic data company-wide, which was generated by many of the same parties. These initial drill holes also allowed our exploration team to improve their understanding of the mineralization and rock types at Kopsa, to help guide them through the rest of the ongoing program, which continues to shift more towards resource expansion. Once drilling concludes at Kopsa, the rig is scheduled to move over to southern portions of our Kiimala Trend project to test some early-stage targets.”

Update on 2022 Exploration Program
A total of 13 DD holes for more than 2,400m (as of 1 August 2022) have now been completed at Kopsa (see Table 3) as part of the planned and ongoing, company-wide 5,000m DD program (see releases dated 7 June 2022 and 27 April 2022 for more details on exploration plans). Today’s announced gold assays represent two holes. Gold assays are pending on another three holes, with copper assays pending on five holes, with another eight holes being logged, sampled and cut.

The results of the Induced polarization (“IP”) geophysical surveys completed at Kopsa have now been received and are helping to generate new targets for initial drill testing as part of the ongoing program. The results of IP surveys completed at our neighbouring, earlier-stage Kiimala Trend project are currently being processed and will be used to refine our plans for the 500-1000m of DD scheduled for completion there, following the ongoing 3,500-4,000m at Kospa. IP survey results from both Kopsa and Kiimala Trend projects along with associated drilling plans will be announced in the coming weeks. DD activities as part of the ongoing 2022 exploration program are scheduled to conclude by the end of the third quarter of this year, as planned.

Table 1: Collar locations of new drill holes at Kopsa

Table 2: New gold assay results from Kopsa

1. A lower gold cutoff grade of 0.5 g/t Au was applied
2. Bold intervals are highlighted in the text of the release
3. True widths are estimated to be 50-80% of the reported core length intervals
4. All core loss is assigned a 0 value. Core loss (0.1 – 0.2 m) occurs only at four depths

Table 3: Completed core drilling at Kopsa as part of the ongoing 2022 exploration program (as of 1 August 2022)

Figure 1: Locations of drill holes completed at Kopsa project
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Figure 2: Cross section showing gold assay results for new drill hole NGKOP22001 (50m wide slice)
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Figure 3: Cross section showing gold assay results for new drill hole NGKOP22002 (50m wide slice)
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Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC)
Drill core is logged, sampled and cut in half by a diamond saw in a secure core storage facility located in Pyhäsalmi Mine site, Finland. The core samples were sent to Eurofins Mineral Testing laboratory in Oulu, Finland, for sample preparation. From Oulu, the samples were sent to Eurofins Mineral Testing laboratory in Sodankylä for PbO fire assay and ICPOES analysis (method code: 705P). Certified reference standards and blanks were included in the sample batches and their values allow the public disclosure of the assay results. No QA/QC issues were noted with the results reported herein. Eurofins Mineral Testing Finland is accredited according to ISO/IEC 17025 by FINAS.

Qualified person
The technical information in this press release has been reviewed by Dr Hannu Makkonen from Suomen Malmitutkimus Oy. He has over 40 years of experience in mineral exploration in Finland, he is a European Geologist (EurGeol) and a Competent/Qualified Person as defined by the PERC Reporting Standard 2021, JORC Code, 2012 Edition, and by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Dr Makkonen owns no shares in Northgold AB, or its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Fennia Gold Oy or Lakeuden Malmi Oy.

For additional information, please contact the CEO:
“Mitch Vanderydt”
Mitchell J. Vanderydt, P.Eng, MBA
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.northgoldab.com
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About Northgold
Northgold is a Swedish gold exploration and development Company with multiple resource-stage projects in the Middle Ostrobothnia Gold Belt (MOGB) of Central Finland, including the Kopsa Gold-Copper project and the Kiimala Trend Gold project. The Company strives to find and ultimately extract gold from under-prospected areas in Finland. Visit www.northgoldab.com for more information.
Augment Partners AB, tel. +46 8-604 22 55 [email protected], is acting as the Company's Certified Adviser.

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