The Kena Property hosts several large gold and copper zones. The Kena Gold and Gold Mountain Zones contain the recent gold resource estimate, hosting 2.77 million ounces of gold inferred and 0.56 million ounces of gold indicated at 0.25 g/t cutoff (Bird, 2021; see News Release dated
The 2022 drilling program totalled 2400 metres in 9 diamond drill holes. All holes were drilled toward azimuth 060o and with dips of -50o or -60o. The best results were obtained from the final drill hole GM22-09 with 8.04 g/t gold over 2 metres (at 173.75 metres downhole) and 9.63 g/t gold over 2 metres (at 225.80 metres downhole). The following table summarizes several of the gold intercepts from the 2022 drilling program.
HOLE ID | EAST | NORTH | FROM (m) | TO (m) | WIDTH (m) | GOLD (g/t) |
GM22-01 | 479334 | 5476110 | 40.40 | 42.40 | 2.00 | 1.29 |
GM22-03 | 479235 | 5476073 | 25.40 | 27.59 | 2.19 | 0.92 |
GM22-04 | 479285 | 5476020 | 22.50 | 24.50 | 2.00 | 1.19 |
30.50 | 40.50 | 10.00 | 0.75 | |||
Including | 30.50 | 32.50 | 2.00 | 1.49 | ||
140.50 | 142.50 | 2.00 | 2.47 | |||
GM22-05 | 479055 | 5475935 | 11.00 | 13.00 | 2.00 | 0.87 |
45.00 | 55.00 | 10.00 | 0.62 | |||
85.00 | 87.00 | 2.00 | 0.94 | |||
125.00 | 137.00 | 12.00 | 0.91 | |||
Including | 133.00 | 135.00 | 2.00 | 3.25 | ||
155.00 | 157.00 | 2.00 | 0.90 | |||
169.00 | 173.00 | 4.00 | 1.17 | |||
299.40 | 315.40 | 16.00 | 0.80 | |||
Including | 299.40 | 301.40 | 2.00 | 2.36 | ||
339.40 | 347.40 | 8.00 | 0.76 | |||
Including | 339.40 | 341.40 | 2.00 | 1.32 | ||
GM22-06 | 479028 | 5475977 | 94.50 | 136.40 | 41.90 | 0.64 |
Including | 94.50 | 95.50 | 1.00 | 1.40 | ||
Including | 97.50 | 99.50 | 2.00 | 1.20 | ||
Including | 116.50 | 117.50 | 1.00 | 1.45 | ||
Including | 125.50 | 126.50 | 1.00 | 1.56 | ||
Including | 134.50 | 136.40 | 1.90 | 1.98 | ||
153.40 | 155.40 | 2.00 | 1.02 | |||
358.40 | 360.40 | 2.00 | 2.17 | |||
GM22-07 | 478849 | 5476109 | 226.00 | 228.00 | 2.00 | 1.11 |
240.00 | 254.00 | 14.00 | 0.57 | |||
Including | 246.00 | 248.00 | 2.00 | 1.78 | ||
GM22-08 | 478909 | 5475784 | 114.00 | 118.00 | 4.00 | 0.80 |
GM22-09 | 478893 | 5475921 | 58.90 | 60.90 | 2.00 | 1.21 |
161.72 | 177.75 | 16.03 | 1.51 | |||
Including | 173.75 | 175.75 | 2.00 | 8.04 | ||
225.80 | 227.80 | 2.00 | 9.63 | |||
291.30 | 293.30 | 2.00 | 1.03 |
Note: Drill widths approximate true thicknesses.
Holes GM22-01 to 04 were designed to test a newly identified north-south trending geophysical structure (magnetic gradient). Gold values were returned from several of drill core samples in these holes, however, the anticipated higher grades along this structure were not obtained.
Drill holes GM22-05 to 09 were step out and infill holes up to 300 metres to the north and west of the core of the
These results indicate continued expansion of the gold mineralization to the west and north of the gold resource. Strong gold soil geochemical and induced polarization geophysical anomalies also indicate that the resource area is also open to the south. Additional database compilation and 3D modelling work is currently underway. A detailed geologic block model, combined with the gold resource shells and geophysical anomalies will be used to guide expanded drilling in 2023.
The Company also announces that
“With each drill result our flagship Kena project continues to grow. The consistent nature of the ever expanding gold and copper zones bodes well for the Company,” states
I would also like to thank my fellow directors, Management and Geological team for the support they have shown me over the last two years as I step away from my role with the Company, and take this opportunity to welcome Mr.
Quality Assurance/Quality Control (“QA/QC”)
West Mining’s QA/QC procedures for diamond drill core sampling include insertion of one each of blank, field duplicate, and standard into the sample stream for every 20 drill core samples. At site, core samples are sawed in half, with one half bagged. labelled, zip-tied and trucked directly to
In the laboratory, the samples are dried, crushed to 2mm, then 500 g is split off and pulverized to 75μm. A 50 g pulp is then analyzed for gold by fire assay with an atomic absorption finish, plus 41 additional elements by 4-acid digestion and ICP-AES/MS method.
The QA/QC results confirm analytical accuracy and precision.
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