Japan Gold Receives First Drilling Permit and Commences Drilling

Japan Gold Corp. (TSX-V: JG) (OTCQB: JGLDF) (“Japan Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has been granted a drilling permit for the Akebono prospect at the Company’s Ikutahara Project in Hokkaido, Japan, and the drilling program has commenced.
As quoted in the press release:

John Proust, Chairman and CEO of Japan Gold, stated, “Award of our first drilling permit is a significant milestone for Japan Gold. Since the Japan Mining Act was amended in 2012, Japan Gold has blazed a trail as the first foreign mineral exploration company to apply for prospecting rights in historic mining districts in Japan, as well as the first to be granted Prospect Rights. The Company has now been awarded its first drilling permit and we are very excited to begin the drilling program at the Akebono prospect.”

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