Arkle Resources announced the latest results of the winter trenching programme at Inishowen Co. Donegal, which was completed in December 2020. Of the eight trenching locations that were identified from the recent soil sampling survey, four located bedrock, with two sites returning gold grades of significance. Recent excavations at the farm and nearby quarry have also revealed new quartz vein outcrops which were all analysed for gold by ALS Laboratories using the fire assay method. The trenching was conducted over soils which contained high levels of indicator minerals such as lead and zinc. Trenches were dug to a maximum depth of 2m with rock identified including shales and grits with quartz veins running parallel to the bedding. The quartz veins identified, have a pinch and swell nature that extends along strike and at depth. Widths quoted are average widths that were observed. In total 14 rock chip samples were collected containing 3kg of representative material. The higher grade sample returned 40.7g/t gold which was retrieved from a 10cm quartz vein found in trench 3. This same vein was excavated at deeper levels down a further 50cm and 70cm where it was observed to be 7cm and 12cm wide grading at 4.18 and 3.63g/t gold respectively. This demonstrates that the vein is not consistent with grade or width and that there are high grade and low grade zones where a "nugget affect" may be at play. About 85m along strike to the north east of trench 3, the 2016 drillhole: 16-MR-07, intercepted 10cm at 74.5g/t gold at 8.38m and 24cm grading 69g/t gold at 9.14m. Arkle Geologists believe that the new vein in trench 3 is connected with the veins in 16-MR-07 due to the orientation measurements obtained. Sampling in trench 4 returned gold grade of 0.27g/t gold from a 70cm wide grey clay shear zone. If this structure also exhibits high-and-low grade zones, this may pose a significant target going forward with the potential for other such shear zones in the vicinity. It is worth noting that the Cavanacaw Gold Mine and the Curraghinalt Gold deposit which lie about 80km and 60km south respectively also exhibit shear hosted gold within the Dalradian rocks. The drilling at Inishowen will be planned along with the drilling at the Mine River project in Co. Wicklow/Wexford with the aim to move operations swiftly between the two projects as they develop in 2021.