07:51 AM EST, 11/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- First Mining Gold ( FFMGF ) on Thursday said it has further defined Buzz Zine and North Zine expansion targets at its Duparquet project in Quebec.

The phase 3 diamond drilling program returned positive drill intercepts over a strike length of 170 m between the newly drilled holes at the Buzz zone. Highlights include 1.55 g/t gold over 15.4 m including 3.08 g/t gold over 5.3 m.

Further drilling at the North Zone also continued to return positive drill intercepts with highlights including 4.00 g/t gold over 5.7 m including 6.65 g/t gold over 2.0 m.

"We are pleased to announce these new positive drilling results from our Phase 3 diamond drilling program at Duparquet," said Dan Wilton, CEO of First Mining. "Exploration at Duparquet is a high priority focus for First Mining and these results continue to demonstrate the potential at the project outside of our current mineral resource estimate."