WESTERN GOLD EXPLORATION LTD. This 2021 drilling program is a follow up to scout drilling completed in 2017-2018 and deep overburden (DOB) geochemical surveys undertaken in 2020.
Highlights of the 2021 drilling program
Intersection in SD20-13 of 19.20 g/t gold + 1.19 g/t silver over 1.00m (true width 0.80m) from 88.15m. The area extending north of SD20-13 for 250m towards hole SD20-12 is still regarded as a priority area for development of high-grade quartz-gold-base metal veins with the highest ranked DOB gold and base metal anomaly remaining untested.
Extension of quartz-gold-base metal vein mineralisation from hole SD17-6 to hole SD20-14 was confirmed with an intersection of 12.20 g/t gold + 20.4 g/t silver accompanied by highly anomalous base metal values over 1.00m (true width 0.80m) from 56.90m. DOB sampling defined a subdued gold-bismuth anomaly which indicates a possible continuation of the vein system for 150-200m south of SD20-14. Combined with 2017-2018 drilling, 3 out of the 4 holes completed in the southern portion of Stronchullin, SD17-6, SD20-13 and SD20-14 intersected high grade (>10g/t) gold veins and the potential strike length of the inferred contiguous mineralized vein system south from hole SD20-12 is approximately 900m.
Drilling to date in the immediate vicinity of the historic Stronchullin gold mine has confirmed continuity of the lode structure over a strike length of 100m and over a 100m vertical interval, however gold and base metal mineralization is erratically developed.
The results help support the Company's understanding of the Knapdale area. It now intends to review all the Stronchullin data from the current and previous campaigns, including from the recent geochemical surveys. Once this has been completed it will update shareholders with future activities. The Company expects to announce the next stage of its activity at its adjacent Gossan Burn prospects within the Knapdale Property.
Drilling concentrated over a 500m strike extension of the main lode structure in the vicinity of the historic Stronchullin gold mine. Holes SD20-9, 10 and 11 intersected the main lode and footwall structures at their predicted positions although gold and base metal values were a magnitude lower than those previously intersected in holes SD17-2 and SD17-3. There is a direct relationship between base metal content and elevated gold values at the Stronchullin mine. The northern extension of the Stronchullin lode structure to the north of Stronchullin Burn as indicated by the DOB geochemical survey was also confirmed by hole SD20-11.
Holes SD20-7, 8, 12, 13 and 14 were drilled along an 800m strike extension southward from the historic mining area, testing strong coincident gold-bismuth-lead DOB anomalies to confirm continuity along strike from the high grade intercept previously reported in hole SD17-3. Significant intercepts were reported in hole SD20-14 (1.00m @ 12.20 g/t Au + 20.4 g/t Ag from 56.90m) and hole SD20-13 (1.00m @ 19.20 g/t Au + 1.19 g/t Ag from 88.15m).
The stratigraphy in the mine area southward to hole SD20-14 is now well defined and the sub-surface geometry of the Upper Erins Quartzite Formation and the black graphitic phyllite member of the Stronchullin Phyllite Formation are reasonably well constrained which will enable deeper drilling to more accurately target auriferous quartz veins within preferred host rocks.
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