White Gold Corp. (TSX.V: WGO, OTCQX: WHGOF, FRA:
29W) (the "Company") is pleased to report assay results
from its rotary air blast (RAB) drilling program on its White Gold
property located in west-central Yukon, Canada. The program
comprised of 11 holes totalling 937m, with 8 holes drilled at the
Ulli’s Ridge target and 3 holes at the Minneapolis Creek target.
These targets are located 3 km southwest and 4 km west-northwest
respectively of the Company’s flagship Golden Saddle & Arc
deposits, which have a combined mineral resource of 1,139,900
ounces Indicated at 2.28 g/t Au and 402,100 ounces Inferred at 1.39
g/t Au, and remains open for expansion. The drilling forms part of
the Company’s fully funded 2021 exploration program backed by
partners Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSX: AEM, NYSE: AEM) and
Kinross Gold Corp (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) on its extensive 420,000
hectare land package in the emerging White Gold District, Yukon.
Highlights include:
- 3 RAB holes
drilled at the Ulli’s Ridge target intersected significant gold
mineralization including:
- 4.67 g/t Au
over 6.10m in hole WHTULR21RAB006
- 1.35 g/t Au
over 21.33m in hole WHTULR21RAB005, and
- 4.43 g/t Au
over 1.52m, 1.53 g/t Au over 4.57m & 2.26 g/t Au over 9.14m in
hole WHTULR21RAB009
- Gold
mineralization encountered extends over a 500m strike length which
remains open along strike to the southeast and northwest and makes
up part of a 6.5km long x 1km wide gold in soils trend
- Encouraging
results were followed up with diamond drilling at the Ulli’s Ridge,
with all assays pending.
- Additional
results from 2021 diamond drilling and other exploration activities
forthcoming in due course.
Figures accompanying this news release can be
found at:
https://whitegoldcorp.ca/investors/exploration-highlights/, and
assay results are summarized in Tables 1 and 2 below.
“We are very encouraged by these drill results
at Ulli’s Ridge as they continue to demonstrate the extensiveness
of gold mineralization in this area, which is located on
multi-kilometre gold in soil geochemical anomaly located in close
proximity to our flagship deposits.” stated David D’Onofrio, CEO.
“Ulli’s Ridge also lies immediately south of the Ryan’s Surprise
target which has been a focus of diamond drilling over the past two
field seasons. Our focus on Ryan’s Surprise and more recently
Ulli’s Ridge has been designed to identify new areas of gold
mineralization with the potential to increase the project’s overall
resource base. Diamond drill results from both targets are expected
in the coming months.”
Ulli’s Ridge Target
The Ulli’s Ridge target is located approximately
3 km southwest of the Company’s flagship Golden Saddle & Arc
deposits and 1 km south of the Ryan’s Surprise target. The area is
underlain by metasedimentary rocks comprising interbedded
metaquartzite and biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss. Several
interpreted structures cut through the area including a
northwest-southeast trending thrust fault that marks the contact
between the metasediments and overlying amphibolite.
Ulli’s Ridge is characterized by a large
northwest-southeast trending coincident gold and arsenic soil
anomaly measuring some 1,500m long by 600m wide with gold values up
to 1585 ppb Au and arsenic values up to 2484 ppm As. Previous
trenching and drilling at Ulli’s Ridge have encountered significant
gold mineralization including 1.38 g/t Au over 20m in trench
WGUR12TR01, 2.58 g/t Au over 3.05m and 6.27 g/t Au over 1.52m in
hole WHTULR17RC-001, 9.70 g/t Au over 1.52m in hole WHTULR17RC-002,
and 1.40 g/t Au over 7.62m in hole WHTULR19RAB-001. In addition,
the 2020 GT Probe sampling program at Ulli’s encountered a 25m wide
zone (6 samples) averaging 2.119 g/t Au including 8.516 g/t Au
approximately 200m west of the Ryan’s Surprise.
This field season 8 holes totalling 742m were
drilled at the Ulli’s Ridge target to test soil and/or GT probe
gold geochemical anomalies. All holes were drilled to the
north-northeast (015°) at a dip of -50°, and all reached target
depths with hole lengths ranging from 71m to 100m.
Three holes intersected significant gold
mineralization including 1.35 g/t Au over 21.33m in hole
WHTULR21RAB005, 4.67 g/t Au over 6.10m in hole WHTULR21RAB006 and
2.26 g/t Au over 9.14m in hole WHTULR21RAB009. These results
indicate gold mineralization over an approximately 500m strike
length which remains open along strike both to the southeast and
northwest. Holes WHTULR21RAB004 and WHTULR21RAB007 intersected gold
mineralization (0.25-0.50 g/t Au) over more narrow (1.5-4.5m)
widths. Significant results have been summarized in Table 1.
A preliminary structural analysis of the RAB
drilling suggests the Ulli’s Ridge target hosts three or more
steeply southwest-dipping and southeast-striking gold-bearing
structures. Overall, results from the RAB drilling continue to
support the GT probe geochemical anomalies which overlie the
target, and when combined suggest the Ulli’s Ridge mineralization
remains open along strike in both directions and at depth.
The area of gold mineralization outlined by
holes WHTULR21RAB005, 006 and 009 was followed up with diamond
drilling, with all assays still pending and will be announced once
final assays are received and interpreted.
Table 1: Summary of 2021 RAB Drilling Gold Assay Results
at the Ulli’s Ridge Target.
Hole ID |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Length (m)* |
Au (g/t) |
WHTULR21RAB004 |
65.53 |
70.10 |
4.57 |
0.47 |
WHTULR21RAB005 |
67.06 |
88.39 |
21.33 |
1.35 |
Inc. |
71.63 |
85.34 |
13.71 |
1.93 |
Inc. |
71.63 |
79.25 |
7.62 |
2.42 |
WHTULR21RAB006 |
6.10 |
12.19 |
6.10 |
4.67 |
Inc. |
9.14 |
12.19 |
3.05 |
9.01 |
WHTULR21RAB007 |
6.10 |
7.62 |
1.52 |
0.25 |
WHTULR21RAB009 |
35.05 |
36.58 |
1.52 |
4.43 |
|
42.67 |
47.24 |
4.57 |
1.53 |
Inc. |
42.67 |
45.72 |
3.05 |
2.20 |
|
51.82 |
60.96 |
9.14 |
2.26 |
Inc. |
53.34 |
56.39 |
3.05 |
6.01 |
|
|
|
|
|
* Note: All widths
are reported as measured interval lengths as insufficient drilling
has been carried out to determine true widths. All
reported assay values are uncapped. |
Minneapolis Creek Target
The Minneapolis Creek target is located 4 km
west-northwest of the Golden Saddle deposit on a relatively steep
east-facing slope. The geology is generally similar to Ulli’s Ridge
with underlying metasedimentary rocks comprising interbedded
metaquartzite and biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss.
The target is associated with a large
northwest-southeast trending coincident gold and arsenic soil
anomaly measuring 900m long by 400m wide with gold values up to
1590 ppb Au and arsenic values up to 1658 ppm As. The soil anomaly
appears to be terminated to the northwest by a northeast striking
sinistral fault. Three of 4 RAB holes drilled in 2019 at
Minneapolis Creek encountered anomalous gold (0.69 – 2.66 g/t Au)
in the top 1.5m to 3.0m of the holes, confirming the surficial gold
anomaly but suggesting that soil creep has occurred and the holes
may have been collared too far downslope to test the zone.
Additionally, two of the RAB holes failed at shallow depths (<
26m) due to hole collapse in fault zones.
This field season 3 holes totalling 195m were
drilled at the Minneapolis Creek target, with all holes drilled to
the southwest (215°) at a dip of -50°. Hole WHTMCR21RAB006 was
terminated early at 25m due to poor ground conditions and failed to
reach the target depth. All 3 RAB holes intersected narrow
(1.5-3.0m) zones of gold mineralization ranging from 0.40-1.50 g/t
Au. Significant results have been summarized in Table 2.
Table 2: Summary of 2021 RAB Drilling Gold Assay Results
at the Minneapolis Creek Target.
Hole ID |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Length (m)* |
Au (g/t) |
WHTMCR21RAB006 |
0.00 |
3.05 |
3.05 |
0.91 |
Inc. |
0.00 |
1.52 |
1.52 |
1.20 |
|
7.62 |
9.14 |
1.52 |
1.46 |
WHTMCR21RAB007 |
10.67 |
12.19 |
1.52 |
0.41 |
|
22.86 |
24.38 |
1.52 |
0.46 |
|
|
|
|
|
* Note: All widths are reported as measured interval lengths as
insufficient drilling has been carried out to determine true
widths. All reported assay values are uncapped. |
About RAB Drilling
The Company successfully utilizes rotary air
blast (RAB) drilling as an efficient and cost effective first-pass
exploration drilling technique on its White Gold District projects,
Yukon. The RAB drill rig is an ultra-portable, wireless
remote-controlled rubber tracked drill that uses compressed air to
actuate a downhole hammer and can drill holes at a wide range of
angles (50-90°) and to a length of approximately 100 meters. Rock
cuttings are returned to surface under pressure between the drill
pipe and wall of the open hole, so samples may under certain
circumstances incur cross contamination. Once completed each RAB
hole is surveyed with a borehole optical televiewer which provides
high-resolution digital imagery of the hole walls and key
structural orientation data on lithological contacts, fractures,
foliations, veins, etc. The Company views RAB drill results as an
indication of the presence and general grade of gold at a given
target, and encouraging results are followed up with either reverse
circulation (RC) or diamond drilling in order to quantify grades
and thicknesses of mineralized zones.
About White Gold Corp.The
Company owns a portfolio of 21,111 quartz claims across 31
properties covering over 420,000 hectares representing over 40% of
the Yukon’s emerging White Gold District. The Company’s flagship
White Gold property hosts the Company’s Golden Saddle and Arc
deposits which have a mineral resource of 1,139,900 ounces
Indicated at 2.28 g/t Au and 402,100 ounces Inferred at 1.39 g/t
Au(1). Mineralization on the Golden Saddle and Arc is also known to
extend beyond the limits of the current resource estimate. The
Company’s recently acquired VG Deposit also hosts a historic
Inferred gold resource of 230,000 ounces at 1.65 g/t Au(2).
Regional exploration work has also produced several other new
discoveries and prospective targets on the Company’s claim packages
which border sizable gold discoveries including the Coffee project
owned by Newmont Corporation with Measured and Indicated Resources
of 2.17 Moz at 1.46 g/t Au, and Inferred Resources of 0.50 Moz at
1.32 g/t Au(3), and Western Copper and Gold Corporation’s Casino
project which has Measured and Indicated Resources of 14.5 Moz Au
and 7.6 Blb Cu and Inferred Resources of 6.6 Moz Au and 3.3 Blb
Cu(4). For more information visit www.whitegoldcorp.ca.
(1) See White Gold Corp. technical report titled
“Technical Report for the White Gold Project, Dawson Range, Yukon
Canada”, dated July 10, 2020, prepared by Dr. Gilles Arseneau,
P.Geo., and Andrew Hamilton, P.Geo., available on SEDAR.(2) See
Comstock Metals Ltd. technical report titled “NI 43-101 TECHNICAL
REPORT on the QV PROJECT”, dated August 19, 2014, prepared by Jean
Pautler, P.Geo., and Ali Shahkar, P.Eng., available on SEDAR.(3)
See Newmont Corporation press release titled “Newmont Reports 2019
Gold Mineral Reserves of 100 Million Ounces, Largest in Company
History”, dated February 13, 2020, available on SEDAR.(4) See
Western Copper and Gold Corporation press release titled “Western
Copper and Gold Announces Significant Resource Increase at Casino”,
dated July 14, 2020, available on SEDAR.
Qualified Person Terry Brace,
P.Geo. and Vice President of Exploration for the Company is a
“qualified person” as defined under National Instrument 43-101 –
Standards of Disclosure of Mineral Projects and has reviewed and
approved the content of this news release.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward
Looking InformationThis news release contains
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(collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of
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forward-looking statements relate, among other things, the
Company’s objectives, goals and exploration activities conducted
and proposed to be conducted at the Company’s properties; future
growth potential of the Company, including whether any proposed
exploration programs at any of the Company’s properties will be
successful; exploration results; and future exploration plans and
costs and financing availability.
These forward-looking statements are based on
reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of the Company
at the time such statements were made. Actual future results may
differ materially as forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to
materially differ from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Such factors, among other things, include: the
expected benefits to the Company relating to the exploration
conducted and proposed to be conducted at the White Gold
properties; the receipt of all applicable regulatory approvals for
the Offering; failure to identify any additional mineral resources
or significant mineralization; the preliminary nature of
metallurgical test results; uncertainties relating to the
availability and costs of financing needed in the future, including
to fund any exploration programs on the Company’s properties;
business integration risks; fluctuations in general macroeconomic
conditions; fluctuations in securities markets; fluctuations in
spot and forward prices of gold, silver, base metals or certain
other commodities; fluctuations in currency markets (such as the
Canadian dollar to United States dollar exchange rate); change in
national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls,
regulations and political or economic developments; risks and
hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration,
development and mining (including environmental hazards, industrial
accidents, unusual or unexpected formations pressures, cave-ins and
flooding); inability to obtain adequate insurance to cover risks
and hazards; the presence of laws and regulations that may impose
restrictions on mining and mineral exploration; employee relations;
relationships with and claims by local communities and indigenous
populations; availability of increasing costs associated with
mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineral
exploration and development (including the risks of obtaining
necessary licenses, permits and approvals from government
authorities); the unlikelihood that properties that are explored
are ultimately developed into producing mines; geological factors;
actual results of current and future exploration; changes in
project parameters as plans continue to be evaluated; soil sampling
results being preliminary in nature and are not conclusive evidence
of the likelihood of a mineral deposit; title to properties;
ongoing uncertainties relating to the COVID-19 pandemic; and those
factors described under the heading "Risks Factors" in the
Company's annual information form dated July 29, 2020 available on
SEDAR. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this
news release are based upon what management of the Company
believes, or believed at the time, to be reasonable assumptions,
the Company cannot assure shareholders that actual results will be
consistent with such forward-looking statements, as there may be
other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated,
estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements and information. There can
be no assurance that forward-looking information, or the material
factors or assumptions used to develop such forward-looking
information, will prove to be accurate. The Company does not
undertake to release publicly any revisions for updating any
voluntary forward-looking statements, except as required by
applicable securities law.
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For Further Information, Please
Contact:
Contact Information:David
D’OnofrioChief Executive OfficerWhite Gold Corp.(647) 930-1880
ir@whitegoldcorp.ca
To Book a Meeting with Management:
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