Nighthawk Gold Corp. reports assay results from drilling at the Cass Deposit and Albatross Zone target, which are located within 15 kilometres (?km?) from the Colomac Centre Area. The Cass Deposit is located 15 km southwest of the Colomac Centre Area.

The deposit is characterized by higher-grade, near-surface mineralization. The Company completed 5,442 m of drilling to test new mineralized zones parallel and along strike from the Cass Deposit. These zones have the potential to significantly expand the open-pit mineralization at the deposit.

The target areas were chosen based on a new geological interpretation and structural model, as well as historical trenching and soil anomalies. Drill holes CM23-08, CM23-09 and CM23-11 confirmed the extension of mineralization along strike of a parallel gabbroic intrusion to the northwest of the Cass Deposit. Drill hole CM23-06 confirmed the continuity of mineralization between the Cass Deposit estimated pit-shell bottom (as part of the Colomac Gold Project PEA) and deeper drillhole intercepts.

Drill holes CM23-12 and CM23-14 intercepted narrow high-grade mineralization in a previously untested area between the main Cass Deposit pit-shell and the smaller pit-shell to the east. These mineralized intercepts confirm that mineralization and the host geology continue across structural boundaries identified in the new structural model. Coarse gold samples were intersected in 9 of the 19 drill holes.

The Albatross Zone is a grassroots exploration target to the west of the Cass Deposit. Historical, widely spaced drilling over a 4.6 km trend confirmed the extension of the Cass Deposit mineralization at narrower widths. Nighthawk completed 1,974 m of drilling at the Albatross Zone, confirming the gabbro lithological package with veining and some coarse gold showings.

Additional structural mapping and surface work is required to understand the potential of this zone.