Canada Gold Corporation is doubling the size of its drilling program taking place at the Tartan Mine near Flin Flon.

The new development will now total approximately 8,000 metres of diamond drilling. This comes after an equity investment from Toronto based McEwen Mining of 5.9 percent.

The Tartan Mine project has also been approved for a $300,000 grant from the Manitoba Mineral Development Fund; whose goal is to facilitate economic growth and employment in Northern  Manitoba.

The MMDF funding qualifies the Tartan Mine project to be eligible for tax credits for future investors. The drilling program is expected to be completed by early summer.