Skeena Resources Drills 2 Meters Grading 74.5 Grams per Tonne of Gold at Spectrum

Skeena Resources (TSXV:SKE) released results from a further 15 drill holes from its 2015 drill program at its Spectrum gold project in northwest British Columbia. Highlights included intercepts of 2 meters grading 74.5 grams per tonne of gold and 2.9 meters grading 38.5 grams per tonne of gold.
As quoted in the press release:

• Hole S15-15 intersected 26.15 m grading 8.21 g/t Au, including 2.0 m grading 74.5 g/t Au. A photo onSkeena’s website shows an impressive section of visible gold from this high-grade interval.
• Hole S15-016 intersected 61 m grading 1.62 g/t and 0.14% Cu, including 2.0 m grading 9.18 g/t Au and 0.22% Cu.
• Hole S15-018 intersected 2.3 m grading 11.1 g/t Au, and 2.0 m grading 13.2 g/t Au and 63.8 g/t Ag.
• Hole S15-022 intersected 14.9 m grading 8.97 g/t Au, including 2.9 m grading 38.5 g/t Au.
• Holes S15-024 intersected 9.64 m grading 6.81 g/t Au, 20.7 g/t Ag and 0.09% Cu, including 1.7 m grading 14.1 g/t Au, 20.4 g/t Ag and 0.14% Cu.
• Hole S15-026 intersected 8.0 m grading 5.67 g/t Au and 0.15% Cu, including 2.0 m grading 8.9 g/t Au, 8 g/t Ag and 0.27% Cu and 2.0 m grading 10.1 g/t Au and 0.14% Cu.
• Hole S15-028 intersected 44.0 m grading 1.17 g/t Au.

Skeena chairman, Ron Netolitzky, said:

Over 80% of the 2015 holes for which we have assays have yielded high-grade gold intervals. Due to the positive results, the 2015 drilling campaign will be expanded to 16,000 m from the original plan of 10,000 to 12,000 m.

Click here for the full press release.