IAMGOLD Corporation (TSX: IMG) has announced results from the ongoing exploration drilling program on the Côté Gold Joint Venture Project, located 125 km southwest of Timmins and 175 km north of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The Côté Gold Project is a 70:30 joint venture between IAMGOLD Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd (SMM Gold Côté Inc.).

The company is reporting assay results from 14 diamond drill holes (including the deepening of a historical drill hole) totaling 7,452 metres completed as part of its 2017-2018 exploration drilling program, which has led to the discovery of intrusive-hosted mineralization referred to as the Gosselin Zone. In addition, the Company is reporting assay results from a drill core re-logging and sampling program of historical drill holes located along a potential south-west extension of this discovery, referred to as the Young- Shannon Zone.