09:27 AM EDT, 03/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- NevGold ( NAUFF ) on Thursday said it staked an additional 147 claims, about 1,000 hectares or 10 square kilometers, with strong geological prospectivity at the Zeus Copper Project in the emerging Hercules Copper Trend of southwestern Idaho.

Among highlights, the company in a statement noted the Zeus Copper Project now encompasses 392 claims of "highly strategic and prospective ground" in the Hercules Copper Trend. The new staked additional ground is underlain by the two primary host rocks of copper mineralization in the Hercules Copper Trend, the Lower Huntington Formation and Triassic age intrusive rocks.

NevGold ( NAUFF ) said strong similarities are noted between the Zeus Copper Project and the Hercules Metals copper porphyry discovery at the Hercules Project. Field programs will advance including planned geophysical surveys to identify drill targets, it added.

"After our recent soil survey results, it is positive we were able to acquire more ground adjacent to our initial claim block, in an area that looks to be an emerging copper trend. The recently staked ground is also adjacent to a large claim block that Barrick Gold Corp. ( GOLD ) has established on the trend," said NevGold ( NAUFF ) Chief Executive Brandon Bonifacio.