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Drilling Update

1 Dec 2021 07:00

RNS Number : 1126U
Lexington Gold Limited
01 December 2021

1 December 2021

Lexington Gold Ltd

("Lexington Gold" or the "Company")

RC Drilling Programme Completed at the

Carolina Belle Project

Lexington Gold (AIM: LEX), the gold exploration and development company with projects in North and South Carolina, USA,is pleased to announce that its maiden drilling programme at the Carolina Belle Project ("Carolina Belle") has now been completed, and the drill rig moved to the Jones-Keystone-Loflin Project ("JKL"). The reverse circulation ("RC") drilling programme at Carolina Belle forms part of the Company's larger ongoing 5,000m RC drilling programme.

Highlights

A total of 32 drill holes for an aggregate of 2,630m were drilled at Carolina Belle

Includes two additional drill holes at Carolina Belle than originally envisaged due to highly encouraging visible observations from the RC drill chips

Detailed logging and sampling of all the holes has been completed and several intersections containing quartz veining, sulphides and alteration were noted

A total of 738 samples comprising of 4 metre sample composites as well as standards, blanks and duplicates have been dispatched to SGS Canada's ("SGS") Vancouver based laboratory for gold assaying as well as whole-rock geochemistry analyses

No amended timeline has been received from SGS for the first batch of samples previously submitted such that initial assay results are still expected to be received between mid-December 2021 and mid-January 2022

Bernard Olivier, Lexington Gold's CEO, commented:

"We are delighted to have successfully completed our maiden drilling programme at Carolina Belle and are very pleased with the initial visual indicators. Drilling intersected various quartz and alteration zones and showed good levels of geological continuity and consistency. Based on these findings we decided to drill two additional holes at Carolina Belle both of which also intersected the targeted zones.

"We eagerly await the assay results from the completed drilling programme at Carolina Belle and look forward to further updating the market on progress at JKL in due course where the rig has been moved and drilling has commenced on the Loflin side."

Additional information

Carolina Belle comprises exploration and mining rights over a total of 391.98 acres, covering both the historical Iola and Uwarra mining areas. Discovered in 1901, the area was mined almost continuously until 1916, collectively producing approximately 50,000oz of gold until a dispute between the neighbouring mines of Iola and Uwarra prevented continued mining activities. Recentsurface rock chip and grab samples from a newly identified mineralised zone returned 10 samples with gold grades in excess of 1g/t including: 17g/t; 5.1g/t; 3.5g/t, 3.2g/t; 2.7g/t; and 2.2g/t.

Table 1: Lexington Gold - RC Drilling Summary to Date (Drilling from surface)

Hole ID No.

Project

Dip (degrees)

Azimuth (degrees)

Final depth (m)

CBRC-001

Carolina Belle

-60

122

60

CBRC-002

Carolina Belle

-59

118

52

CBRC-003

Carolina Belle

-60

119

60

CBRC-004

Carolina Belle

-60

121

60

CBRC-005

Carolina Belle

-59

125

65

CBRC-006

Carolina Belle

-60

124

70

CBRC-007

Carolina Belle

-60

119

90

CBRC-008

Carolina Belle

-60

122

60

CBRC-009

Carolina Belle

-60

126

132

CBRC-010

Carolina Belle

-60

126

60

CBRC-011

Carolina Belle

-61

141

158

CBRC-012

Carolina Belle

-61

128

97

CBRC-013

Carolina Belle

-60

126

85

CBRC-014

Carolina Belle

-60

124

67

CBRC-015

Carolina Belle

-60

123

61

CBRC-016

Carolina Belle

-60

125

60

CBRC-017

Carolina Belle

-60

122

60

CBRC-018

Carolina Belle

-60

123

60

CBRC-019

Carolina Belle

-60

122

60

CBRC-020

Carolina Belle

-90

290

187

CBRC-021

Carolina Belle

-60

128

70

CBRC-022

Carolina Belle

-60

125

79

CBRC-023

Carolina Belle

-60

127

90

CBRC-024

Carolina Belle

-60

128

120

CBRC-025

Carolina Belle

-61

129

80

CBRC-026

Carolina Belle

-61

120

80

CBRC-027

Carolina Belle

-60

127

100

CBRC-028

Carolina Belle

-58

127

80

CBRC-029

Carolina Belle

-59

136

67

CBRC-030

Carolina Belle

-59

133

60

CBRC-031

Carolina Belle

-62

132

120

CBRC-032

Carolina Belle

-61

124

80

Total (metres):

2,630

Assaying

Four metre composite samples were collected throughout each hole and a total of 738 samples, including standards, duplicates and blanks were dispatched to SGS Canada's Vancouver based laboratory for gold assaying as well as whole rock chemistry XRF analysis. The initial 4m composites will be further refined to 1m composites and submitted for gold assaying for all intersections of gold interest.

The initial assay results are currently expected to be received in approximately 3 to 5 weeks, but this is subject to change by SGS and could be affected by public holidays over the Christmas and New Year period.

Figure 1: RC Drilling at Carolina Bell:聽

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1126U_1-2021-11-30.pdf

Figure 2: RC drill chips with quartz veins and alteration zones:聽

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1126U_1-2021-11-30.pdf

Enquiries:

Lexington Gold Ltd

Bernard Olivier (Chief Executive Officer)

Edward Nealon (Chairman)

Mike Allardice (Group Company Secretary)

www.lexingtongold.co.uk

via Yellow Jersey

Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser)

Matthew Chandler / James Bellman / James Harris

www.strandhanson.co.uk

T: +44 207 409 3494

Peterhouse Capital Limited (Broker)

Duncan Vasey / Lucy Williams (Broking)

Eran Zucker (Corporate Finance)

www.peterhousecap.com

T: +44 207 469 0930

Yellow Jersey PR Limited (Financial Public Relations)

Tom Randell / Matthew McHale

www.yellowjerseypr.com

T: +44 7948 758 681

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended.

Note to Editors:

Lexington Gold Ltd (AIM: LEX) is focused on the exploration and development of its four diverse gold projects, covering a combined area of approximately 1,675 acres in North and South Carolina, USA. The projects are situated in the highly prospective Carolina Super Terrane ("CST"), which has seen significant historic gold production and is host to a number of multi-million-ounce mines operated by majors and was also the site of the first US gold rush in the early 1800s, before gold was discovered in California.

Further information is available on the Company's website: www.lexingtongold.co.uk. Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

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