Xtra-Gold Resources Inc. Intersects Gold Mineralization in Several Holes Including Near-Surface Intercepts of 17 Metres Grading 2.42 g/t, 23 Metres Grading 1.74 g/t, 19.5 Metres Grading 1.52 g/t and 25.5 Metres Grading 1.50 g/t.
Including Near-Surface Intercepts of 17 Metres Grading 2.42 g/t, 23 Metres Grading 1.74 g/t, 19.5 Metres Grading 1.52 g/t and 25.5 Metres Grading 1.50 g/t.
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 01/24/11 -- Xtra-Gold Resources Corp. ('Xtra' or the 'Company') (TSX: XTG)(TSX: XTG.S)(OTCBB: XTGR) is pleased to announce further encouraging gold assay results from an additional nine (9) diamond core holes (1,809 metres) on Zone 2 from the Phase III drill program at its wholly-owned Kibi Gold Trend Project, located in the Kibi - Winneba greenstone belt ('Kibi Gold Belt'), in Ghana, West Africa.
Drilling highlights from the South Ridge Granitoid of Zone 2 include surface or near surface granitoid-hosted gold mineralization intercepts of 19.5 metres grading 1.52 grams per tonne ('g/t') gold in drill hole #KBDD10085; 25.5 metres grading 1.50 g/t in hole #KBDD10086 and 23 metres grading 1.74 g/t gold in hole #KBDD10090. Hole #KBDD10091 encountered a 17.0 metres intersection grading 2.42 g/t. Drilling is continuing.
Seven (7) out of the 9 holes targeted gold mineralization in the South Ridge Granitoid body located at the north-western extremity of the approximately 1,200 metre long by 500 metre to 800 metre wide Zone 2 gold-in-soil anomaly. This drilling was designed to follow-up on reverse circulation hole #KBRC09068 which returned a 76.0 metre mineralized intercept grading 1.62 gold, including 20.0 metre grading 3.36 g/t gold, from surface (see October 28, 2009 Press Release), and to test mineralization exposed in recent trenching in the area. The remaining two (2) holes targeted the Central Granitoid and the Upper Central Granitoid bodies, respectively.
Six (6) out of the present 7 holes targeting the South Ridge Granitoid yielded significant gold intercepts, with all mineralized intercepts consisting of granitoid - hosted gold mineralization spanning from 2 metre to 72 metre in core length (see Significant Drill Intercept Table). Drilling and trenching to date have traced an extensive system of en echelon extension vein arrays across an approximately 440 metre distance along the SE-trending South Ridge Granitoid body. Gold mineralization is associated with quartz-albite-carbonate-sulphide veining developed within a rock body of quartz diorite to tonalite composition. Additional trenching/drilling is required to further define the extent and strike length of the quartz vein arrays, the structural controls of the mineralization, and the contacts of the host granitoid body.
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Kibi Gold Project - Zone 2 - Significant Drill Intercepts
(Phase III Diamond Drilling Program)
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Core
From To Length Gold Grams Target
Hole ID (metres) (metres) (metres) Per Tonne Granitoid
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KBDD10074 23 35.5 12.5 1.70 Central
Granitoid
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including 24 26 2 5.64
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KBDD10085 3.0 22.5 19.5 1.52 South Ridge
Granitoid
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including 9.0 16.5 7.5 2.83
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KBDD10085 52.0 59.0 7.0 6.18
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including 54.0 55.0 1.0 29.50
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KBDD10085 106.0 107.0 1.0 6.08
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KBDD10085 146.0 177.0 31.0 1.37
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including 146.0 163.0 17.0 2.13
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KBDD10085 186.0 195.0 9.0 0.57
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KBDD10085 232.0 244.0 12.0 0.75
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KBDD10086 3.0 28.5 25.5 1.50 South Ridge
Granitoid
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including 3.0 22.5 19.5 1.91
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KBDD10086 58.5 72.0 13.5 1.12
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KBDD10086 91.0 121.0 30.0 0.93
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including 92.0 103.0 11.0 1.50
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KBDD10086 148.0 158.0 10.0 0.88
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KBDD10086 168.0 176.0 8.0 1.27
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KBDD10086 186.0 233.0 47.0 0.58
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and including 215.0 226.0 11.0 0.92
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KBDD10090 0 23 23 1.74 South Ridge
Granitoid
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including 0 15 15 2.50
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KBDD10090 49 69 20 0.95
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including 59 69 10 1.41
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KBDD10090 77 82 5 1.78
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KBDD10090 111 183 72 0.93
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including 111 120.5 9.5 1.57
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including 133 140 7 1.80
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including 174 183 9 1.64
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KBDD10090 220 250 30 0.73
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including 229 244.5 15.5 1.00
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KBDD10091 105 122 17 2.42 South Ridge
Granitoid
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including 114 121 7 4.96
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and including 118 119 1 16.55
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KBDD10095 29 31 2 3.97 South Ridge
Granitoid
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KBDD10096 60 64 4 4.84 South Ridge
Granitoid
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KBDD10096 90 115 25 0.73
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Notes:
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Reported intercepts are core - lengths; true width of mineralization is
unknown at this time.
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Intercepts constrained with a 0.25 g/t gold minimum cut-off grade at top and
bottom of intercept, with arbitrarily set 30 g/t gold upper cut-off grade
applied, and maximum of five (5) consecutive metres of internal dilution
(less than 0.25 g/t gold). All internal intervals above 15 g/t gold
indicated.
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Yves P. Clement, P. Geo, Vice President, Exploration for Xtra-Gold is acting as the Qualified Person in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 ('NI 43-101') with respect to this announcement. He has prepared and or supervised the preparation of the scientific or technical information in this announcement and confirms compliance with NI 43-101. The NI 43-101 Technical Report entitled 'Kibi Project, Eastern Region, Ghana', prepared by Simon Meadows Smith and Joe Amanor of SEMS and dated July 12, 2010 is filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Xtra-Gold has implemented a rigorous quality assurance / quality control (QA/QC) program to ensure best practices in sampling and analysis of drill core, reverse circulation ('RC') samples, and trench channel samples, the details of which can be viewed on the Company's website at www.xtragold.com.
About Xtra-Gold Resources Corp.
Xtra-Gold is a gold exploration company with a land position in the Kibi greenstone belt ('Kibi Gold Belt') located in Ghana, West Africa. The Kibi Gold Belt, which exhibits many similar geological features to Ghana's main gold belt, the Ashanti Belt has been the subject of very limited modern exploration activity targeting lode gold deposits as virtually all past gold mining activity and exploration efforts focused on the extensive alluvial gold occurrences in many river valleys throughout the Kibi area.
Xtra-Gold holds five (5) Mining Leases totalling approximately 226 sq km (22,600 ha) at the northern extremity of the Kibi Gold Belt. The Company's exploration efforts to date have focussed on the Kibi Project located on the Apapam Concession (33.65 sq km), along the eastern flank of the Kibi Gold Belt. Xtra-Gold's Kibi Project consists of an over 5.5 km long mineralized trend delineated from gold-in-soil anomalies, geophysical interpretations, trenching and drilling along the northwest margin of the Apapam Concession.
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Contacts:
Xtra-Gold Resources Corp.
Paul Zyla
Chief Executive Officer
416-366-4227
pzyla@xtragold.com
www.xtragold.com