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The Drill Down: Best Gold Assays Oct. 20-27

This week’s top gold assays (Oct. 20-27). Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by Costmine Intelligence.

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#1) Osisko’s Windfall

Osisko Mining Inc. (OSK:TSX) provided an update from the ongoing drill program at its 50% owned Windfall gold project located in the Abitibi greenstone belt, Urban Township, Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Québec.

#2) Southern Cross’ Sunday Creek

Southern Cross Gold Ltd. (ASX:SXG) announced it the best hole drilled to date, SDDSC082, a long and high-grade intersection of gold-antimony mineralisation 331.5 m @ 6.8 g/t Au from 413.6 m (uncut) in a 180 m to 290 m (average 200 m) down dip extension of a previous drilled mineralised zone at the 100%-owned Sunday Creek Project in Victoria

#3) Ora Gold’s Crown prince

Ora Gold Ltd. (ASX: OAU) announced significant high-grade gold mineralisation in its ongoing exploration at the Crown Prince Prospect, underscoring its potential as a key growth area within the Garden Gully Project.

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