05:35 PM EDT, 05/14/2024 (MT Newswires) -- i-80 Gold ( IAUX ) on Tuesday released additional high-grade results from the ongoing drill program to define mineralization in the upper part of the South Pacific Zone at the company's Granite Creek Property in Nevada.

The new results are from seven new holes drilled in the underground campaign focused on the delineation of mineralization within the South Pacific Zone (SPZ). The SPZ is located immediately north of the current mine workings and is expected to become the primary zone for mining.

Best results included 22 grams per tonne of gold over 29 meters and 18.1 gpt of gold over 14.4 meters.

The underground drill program is focused on the southern and upper part of the deposit, where initial mining is planned. Results from the underground program "continue to demonstrate continuity of high-grade mineralization with some of the best results received to-date in the South Pacific Zone," states a company press release.

"The ongoing surface and underground drilling program at Granite Creek continues to confirm impressive high-grade gold mineralization, including over substantial widths," said Tyler Hill, chief geologist of i-80 in a statement.