GT Gold CEO talks maiden drill program at Tatogga

VANCOUVER — A new era of exploration in British Columbia’s historic Golden Triangle hasn’t yet resulted in much exciting greenfield discovery, but GT Gold (TSXV: GTT; US-OTC: GTGDF) hopes its Tatogga project can change that narrative. The company’s founders privately funded a variety of target generation work at the property – located on the Klastline plateau in northwestern B.C. – over the past few years in anticipation of a maiden drill program expected to kick-start early this summer. GT Gold completed its qualifying transaction, alongside a $2.5-million private placement, in mid-2016. The 310 km² project lies roughly 14 km due west of Imperial Metals‘ (TSX: III) Red Chris copper-gold mine, and less than one km west of the town of Iskut. GT Gold’s wholly owned subsidiary, New Chris Minerals, acquired Tatogga in late 2011, and subsequently completed an airborne magnetic survey and 1,800 geochemical soil samples. Continue reading at The Northern Miner.