Western Gold Ltd. announced results from the first phase of surface sampling and re-assay of historic drilling on its Ardlochan Prospect in Argyll, Scotland. The prospect lies along a prospective and largely untested geological corridor, termed the Lorne Fault Zone, which promoted mineralization within the Lorne Porphyry Complex, such as at Ardlochan and Lagalochan. Gold was never comprehensively assayed.

The Company was granted partial access to c. 31m of historic core from the BGS archives. Re-assay of the limited sample set revealed a moderate correlation between new and historic assay results for copper and the presence of sporadic gold, although the results are not conclusive. A detailed campaign of geological mapping and surface sampling, including 101 rock chips, 47 backpack drill core (from 31 sites), and 53 pit (from 44 pits), cumulatively totaling 201 samples.