COMPANY PLANNING TO MINE GOLD IN CLONTIBRET REPORTS FURTHER POSITIVE SAMPLING RESULTS

Exploration and development company Conroy Gold last week announced further positive sampling results from a section of the Longford- Down Massif, which includes the location at Clontibret, Co Monaghan where Conroy is proposing to establish its first gold mine. Conroy said 23 of the 65 samples collected recorded values of more than 500 parts of zinc per million over an area of around 0.8 by 0.9 kilometres at Aughnagurgan.

It said 10 of the samples were reported as being greater than 1,000 parts per million, with the overall range being from 74 to 3,700 parts of zinc per million. The results also indicated the presence of a range of associated elements, including lead, cadmium, manganese and nickel. Conroy said the zinc zone discovered lay to the south of the district-scale gold trend it…