Delta Adds up to an Additional 3000 metres to its current Drill Program at Delta-1 in Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Kingston, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 7, 2024) - Delta Resources Limited (TSXV: DLTA) (OTC PINK: DTARF) (FSE: 6GO1) ("Delta" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it will add up to 3000 additional metres to its previously announced 5000 metre drill campaign at the Delta-1 Project in Thunder Bay.
Initial results from the first four (4) drill holes and one (1) drill hole extension were announced on March 1, 2024 including 15.94 g/t over 10 metres. The 2024 drill campaign is ongoing with final assay results still pending.
This drilling program and Delta's future exploration programs in 2024 are fully funded.
In 2023, Delta completed sixty (60) drill holes for a total of 19620 metres at the Delta-1 project. This brings the total drilling at the property to eighty-six (86) drill holes or 26288 metres, since Delta's 2019 acquisition of the project. Other exploration work at the property in 2023 included a geological mapping, prospecting and sampling program that covered approximately ten (10) square kilometres as well as a 3D induced polarization geophysical survey and a high-resolution drone magnetic survey.
Qualified Persons
Daniel Boudreau, P.Geo. and Manager of Exploration at Delta Resources Limited, is the Qualified Persons as defined by NI-43-101. He has supervised the drilling program in the field and reviewed the technical information presented in this press release.
Ontario Junior Exploration Program
Delta would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by the Ontario Government via the Ontario Junior Exploration Program ("OJEP"). Delta will be receiving up to $200,000 upon completion of its exploration program at Delta-1.
About Delta Resources Limited
Delta Resources Limited is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on growing shareholder value through the exploration of two very high-potential gold and base-metal projects in Canada.
DELTA-1 is Delta's flagship project, where the company is building gold ounces 50 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, Ontario, at surface and adjacent to the Trans-Canada highway. To date, the gold mineralization is defined over 1.8 km from surface to a vertical depth of 250 m. Highlights include drill intercepts such as 5.92 g/t Au over 31 m (incl. 14.8 g/t Au over 11.9 m), and 1.79 g/t Au over 128.5 m. The property covers 107 square kilometres and Delta has identified a 5 km long corridor of intense alteration and deformation at the property, on strike with the gold zone, that has yet to be thoroughly explored.