Otis Gold Corp. said June 1 that it staked 52 federal lode mining claims adjacent and interior to its current land holdings comprising the Kilgore gold project in Idaho, expanding the project area to 9,080 acres.

The claims were staked to secure a 300-meter by 180-meter structural corridor on the edge of the company's current property, where its recent magnetic survey and fieldwork identified a silica-flooded breccia and altered sulfide stockwork.

Otis also located several claims that closed small interior fractions occurring within its existing claim group, and the company continues to review additional opportunities to expand its Kilgore project as a result of continuing regional exploration efforts.