en.Wedoany.com Reported - Golden Goose Resources Corp. has announced the initial trench sampling results from its Gran Esperanza project in Río Negro Province, Argentina, confirming multiple gold-bearing structures, expanding the known mineralization footprint, and identifying several new exploration targets. The project, located in the Los Menucos district of the North Patagonian Massif, covers 44,400 hectares, and the company has the right to acquire a 100% interest.
Highlights from the reported samples include 0.70 meters at 8.84 g/t gold from the Bonanza vein, 1.14 meters at 3.99 g/t gold from the Chapita vein, and 0.72 meters at 4.19 g/t gold from the Genaro target. Other notable samples include 0.70 meters at 2.40 g/t gold from Felisa, 0.64 meters at 2.49 g/t gold plus 49.6 g/t silver from Chapita West, and additional high-grade gold-equivalent results from the Genaro and Camino vein systems. The company noted that 11 trench samples returned between 0.5 and 1.0 g/t gold equivalent, most spatially associated with the Bonanza main zone.
The 2026 exploration program at the Gran Esperanza project focused on geological mapping across the entire property, detailed geological and structural work, and systematic trench sampling. The company stated that the program confirmed multiple gold-bearing structures, with the Bonanza, Dorada, and Chapita trends identified as the highest-priority exploration corridors to date. High-grade gold mineralization has been confirmed in several parallel structures, while new targets were identified in the western and eastern sectors of the property. Veins exposed in the western part of the project occur in multiple segments associated with granitic intrusions and regional shear zones, forming en echelon and S-shaped geometries with an average apparent thickness of approximately 0.5 meters and local widths up to 6 meters.
CEO Dustin Nanos stated that these results met or exceeded geological objectives for this phase of work, increasing confidence in the scale and continuity of the gold system while pointing to new targets. Regional geological mapping identified several previously unrecognized quartz vein systems in the eastern part of the project area, a region with no known historical exploration activity. A rock chip sample from a newly identified quartz vein between the Bonanza Norte and Genaro systems in the western area returned 2.65 g/t gold.
The company provided important technical details of the sampling program. A total of 324 trench samples were collected from 264 trenches (correcting the previously disclosed figure of 341 samples from 265 surface trenches on April 22), and noted that this correction has no impact on the sample analysis results, interpretations, or other technical information in the news release. Samples were analyzed by Alex Stewart International Argentina in Mendoza (an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited independent analytical laboratory), with blanks, certified reference materials, and field duplicates inserted into the analytical batches. The technical content of the news release was reviewed and approved by Marie-Pier Boivin, P.Geo., a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. The company emphasized that true widths of the mineralized zones and veins described in the trench cuts have not yet been confirmed.
In the broader gold exploration market, high-grade exploration results and ongoing project advancements are keeping several junior companies in focus. Aya Gold & Silver Inc. recently reported high-grade exploration drilling results near the depth of the Zgounder mine; GoldMining Inc. reported new drilling results from the São Jorge project; Dryden Gold Corp. is attracting interest due to trench sampling work and drill-ready target generation; Tocvan Ventures Corp. maintains visibility through ongoing drilling at the Gran Pilar project. Golden Goose Resources remains in the early exploration stage, and surface trenching does not equate to resources, but the latest results provide investors with multiple mineralized structures, identifiable corridors, new target generation, and a clearer path toward the first drilling program.
Golden Goose Resources also stated that it has the right to acquire a 100% interest in the Goldfire claim block (comprising 83 claims covering 4,680 hectares, near Gold Fields' Windfall project), as well as a controlling interest in the El Quemado project in Salta Province, Argentina (consisting of 20 mining concessions totaling 8,000 hectares). The company's current work is helping to prepare for the first drilling program, which aims to test mineralization at depth and along strike to determine the depth and lateral extent of the gold system that has shown encouraging scale and continuity at surface.
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