Showcase Minerals Inc. announced that it has contracted with Envirotech Drilling of Winnemucca, Nevada, for its planned 12-hole 3,653 meters drill program on its Dixie Flats-North Star Gold Project located in Elko County, Nevada. Two holes (457 meters) are initially planned, and the remaining 10 holes will be drilled pending results. Drilling is anticipated to begin in April.

The North Target area is where most of the historic drillholes on the Dixie along faults and at fault intersections. Five planned holes test the contact of Webb Formation shales with the underlying Devils Gate Limestone and a primary NNE-SSW oriented fault. This primary structure is also along trend with Orla Mining's Dark Star Gold deposit.

The South Target is located at the intersection of the primary fault and an E-NE cross-cutting structure and the Webb-Devils Gate contact with seven planned drillholes. If ore bearing mineralization is encountered in both faults, a previously unknown foci of mineralization will be identified. This expands the mineralization envelop along the main NNE-SSW trend.

The drill targets have been identified using analysis of 53 historic drillholes, localized geologic mapping, surface sampling Controlled Source Audio Magnetotelluric (CSAMT) surveys, seismic, and gravity surveys. A clear trend of mineralization near to historic drilling has been identified, which aligns with the regional trend of mineralization of the Rain Mine to the northwest and the Dark Star Deposit approximately 1.5 miles south of the southwest end of the Dixie Flats-North Star claim block. This drill program is designed to expand the known ore body near previous high-grade intercepts and then extend the ore body along strike of identified structures.