PREMIER GOLD MINES LIMITED ( Premier , the Company ) (TSX: PG) (OTCPK: PIRGF)
is pleased to announce that a large-scale drill program, with more than 20,000 metres of surface and underground drilling planned, has commenced at the Company s Getchell Project ( Getchell or the Property ) in Nevada.
The Getchell Project hosts both open pit and underground resources and is strategically located proximal to Nevada Gold Mines Twin Creeks and Turquoise Ridge mines at the north end of the Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend at its intersection with the Getchell gold belt in Nevada. The resources at Getchell include 1.464 Million ounces of gold in the Measured and Indicated category and 0.646 Million ounces in the Inferred category.