White Gold Corp. (TSX.V: WGO, OTC – Nasdaq Intl: WHGOF,
FRA: 29W) (the "Company") is pleased to announce Rotary
Air Blast (RAB) drill results on multiple newly identified drill
targets located on the road accessible JP Ross property, in the
prolific White Gold District, Yukon, Canada. Generated through the
Company’s methodical data driven exploration strategy, the
Company’s first ever drilling on these targets was performed as
follow up to the previously announced results from 2019 exploration
including detailed soil sampling, GT Probe, trenching, geophysical
and other prospecting activities. High-grade gold was intercepted
of 5 newly identified drill targets located within close proximity
to the Company’s Vertigo and Titan discoveries. These targets have
unique geochemical signatures and distinct geologic anomalies and
include the Stage Fright, North Frenzy, Sabotage, Vertigo and
several others. White Gold Corp’s fully-funded $13 million 2019
exploration program backed by partners Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
(TSX: AEM, NYSE: AEM) and Kinross Gold Corp (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC)
included diamond drilling on the Vertigo target (JP Ross property),
Golden Saddle & Arc deposits (White Gold property) as well as
soil sampling, prospecting, GT Probe, trenching and RAB/RC drilling
on various other properties across the Company’s expansive land
package located in the prolific White Gold District, Yukon, Canada.
Highlights Include:
- White Gold Corp’s data
driven exploration methodology successfully confirms gold
mineralization across multiple additional target areas on JP Ross
property with first drilling by White Gold Corp.
- JP Ross targets drilled are
all associated with regional scale structures, and indicate strong
potential for additional discoveries on trend, further enhancing
the Company’s exploration pipeline.
- Stage Fright target drill
hole JPRSF19RAB-005 intersected 2.31 g/t Au over 16.76m from 30.48m
depth, including 5.44 g/t Au over 4.57m.
- North Frenzy target drill
hole JPRNF19RAB-002 intersected 5.45 g/t Au over 4.57m from 13.72m
depth, including 12.95 g/t Au over 1.52m.
- Sabotage target drill hole
JPRSAB19RAB-011 intersected 3.42 g/t Au over 7.62m from 6.1m
depth.
- Lifeboat target drill hole
JPRLB19RAB-001 intersected 5.41 g/t Au over 3.05m of Au from 3.05m
depth.
- Vertigo target drill hole
JPRVER19RAB-022 intersected 6.33 g/t Au over 3.05m from 62.48m
depth including 11.5 g/t Au over 1.53m representing a newly
discovered East-West structure located 150m South of the main
Vertigo target.
- Drill results further
extend and validate multiple recognised gold trends over a 15 km by
15 km area, including the Vertigo, Stage Fright, Sabotage, Frenzy
and Lifeboat targets, as well as additional emerging targets on
underexplored portions of the property, located in a prolific
placer mining camp.
- Additional regional drill
results from the other properties to be released in due
course.
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“We are very excited by these new discoveries in such close
proximity to the Vertigo and Titan in our initial drill campaign on
these targets. These drill results continue to validate the
abundance of high-grade mineralization on the road accessible JP
Ross Property, and the regional scale of the mineralized system.
Furthermore, the quick and accurate delineation of these anomalies
through our disciplined and systematic exploration methodologies
including detailed soil sampling, GT probe, trench, prospecting and
geophysical evaluation is a testament to our scientific and data
driven approach and provides additional confidence in the
prospectivity for our follow up exploration on these and our many
other regional targets,” stated Shawn Ryan, Chief Technical
Officer.
2019 RAB Drilling on JP Ross Property
A total of 1,644m of RAB drilling over 27
shallow holes was conducted on the JP Ross property in 2019,
evaluating 8 target areas with a few initial holes drilled on each
target. The targets were generated from soil sampling, prospecting
and geologic mapping, GT Probe sampling, trenching, and geophysical
data. Assay values for the drilling ranged from trace to
12.95 g/t Au. There is not currently enough information to
determine true thickness of the reported results. Notable
mineralization was encountered in the majority of the holes with
highlights from the RAB drill program detailed below.
Stage FrightThe Stage Fright is
located 9.2km to the NW of Vertigo and covers multiple gold in soil
anomalies over a 2,700m x 400m, NE trending zone. RAB drilling on
the target followed up on GT Probe and prospecting results that
included multi-station GT Probe hits >1 g/t Au and prospecting
samples up to 94.2 g/t Au associated with E-W and NE trending
structures. Highlights of the RAB drilling include:
JPRSF19RAB-005 was drilled at
an azimuth of 130° and a dip of 50°. The hole targeted a NNW
trending structure highlighted by gold anomalies in soil samples,
GT probe samples and prospecting samples (up to 80.6 g/t Au) and
returned 16.76m of 2.31 g/t Au from 30.48m depth including 4.57m of
5.44 g/t Au.
JPRSF19RAB-004 was drilled 250m
to the NW of JPRSFRAB19-005 at an azimuth of 180° and dip of 50°.
The hole targeted anomalous gold in soils, GT probe samples, and
prospecting samples (up to 94.4 g/t Au); intersecting 13.72m of 0.2
g/t Au from 67.06m depth, ending in mineralization.
Mineralization in both holes is associated with
a NE-SW trending zone of anomalous soils which remains
underexplored and is open in both directions.
SabotageThe Sabotage is located
approximately 7.8km NW of the Vertigo and covers an area of
multiple gold in soil anomalies over a 5,800m x 3,600m NE trending
area. RAB drilling focused on the central portion of the target and
followed up on soil, prospecting, GT Probe, and trenching on the
target. Highlights of the RAB drilling include:
JPRSAB19RAB-011 was drilled at
an azimuth of 025° and dip of 60°. The hole targeted anomalous Au
in soil samples, prospecting samples and several anomalous trench
samples showing grades up 14.4 g/t Au and 31.1 g/t Ag. The hole
returned 7.62 m of 3.42 g/t Au from 6.1m depth.
Results suggest that Au Is associated with
increased Pb, As and Ag values in a NW-SE trending system which
remains under explored and open in multiple directions.
FrenzyThe North and South
Frenzy areas are located 9.2km and 7.6km N of the Vertigo,
respectively, and cover multiple soil anomalies over a 3,400m x
2,700m N-S area. Individual soil assays range from trace to 2,964
ppb Au. Anomalous zones at the north end of the area (North Frenzy)
generally trend N-S and have a strong associated with anomalous As,
Ag, Bi, & Pb. The best-defined anomaly consists of a N-S
trending zone of >100 ppb Au, traceable for 950m. Anomalous
zones on the southern end of the area (South Frenzy) appear to be
associated with NW and NE oriented structural corridors and are
typically gold only anomalies. The most significant RAB results
were returned from the North Frenzy area and highlights
include:
JPRNF19RAB-002 was drilled at
an azimuth of 270° and a dip of 60°. The hole targeted a
North-South trending structure traceable for over 1,100m along
strike; identified in both air and ground geophysical surveys; soil
sampling GT probe sampling, prospecting, and trenching. The hole
returned 4.57m of 5.45 g/t Au from 13.72m depth; including 1.52m of
12.95 g/t Au.
Drilling results indicate the mineralization is
related to a N-S striking, steeply east dipping, structural zone
associated with quartz-sericitie alteration, brecciation, minor
quartz veining and anomalous As-Pb. The mineralization is open down
dip and along strike in both directions.
LifeboatThe Lifeboat target is
located 7km NW of Vertigo between the Sabotage and Frenzy target
areas. It consists of a 450m x 500m gold in soil anomaly that lies
on the intersection of NE and E-W oriented structural trends
defined by geophysical and LiDAR surveys of the area. RAB drilling
targeted discreet structural trends on the target highlighted by
soil, GT Probe, trench, and geophysical data. Highlights from the
drilling include:
JPRLB19RAB-001 was drilled at
an azimuth of 180° and dip of -50°. The hole targeted heavily
altered, oxidized and mineralized trench samples associated with
400m, E-W trending, gold in soil anomaly. The hole returned 3.05m
of 5.41 g/t Au from 3.05m depth.
The system remains underexplored and open for
additional drilling to the both the east and west.
VertigoRAB holes were drilled
on the Vertigo target stepping out 900m to the West from the
previously explored footprint and up to 400m to the SE of the heart
of the anomaly. Mineralization at the Vertigo is hosted within a
network of WNW trending, moderate to steeply south dipping, shallow
structures that are subparallel to topography. Individual
structures are typically up to 3m and host high-grade
mineralization associated with quartz veining, brecciation, and
strong sericite-quartz alteration with local fine-grained visible
gold, disseminated to locally massive arsenopyrite, galena,
chalcopyrite and pyrite.
The high-grade intervals pinch and swell both
laterally and vertically with the strongest mineralization
occurring where the structures cross lithologic contacts;
particularly fine-grained amphibolite and felsic gneiss. The
high-grade mineralization occurs within broader envelopes of lower
grade mineralization (<0.1 g/t Au) that define a SE plunge to
the overall system. Highlights from the drilling include:
JPRVER19RAB-022 was drilled at
an azimuth of 020° and a dip of 60°. Drilling targeted a secondary
East-West structure located 150m South of the main Vertigo target
identified by GroundMag geophysics and highlighted by gold
anomalies in soil samples, prospecting samples. Drilling
successfully returned 3.05m of 6.33 g/t Au from 62.48m depth
including 1.53m of 11.5 g/t Au representing a newly discovered high
grade structure on the Vertigo Target.
JPRVER19RAB-023, JPRVER19RAB-024,
JPRVER19RAB-025 stepped out approximately 400m southeast of the
main Vertigo target. Drilling targeted additional structures
highlighted by Ground Mag geophysics, anomalous gold in soil
samples and prospecting samples. All three holes did not reach
target depth due to ground conditions, but all ended in alteration
and gold mineralization, leaving this area open for extension.
The system also currently appears to have been
cut by at least 3, late, NE oriented structures which have locally
truncated and offset the mineralization.
QA/QCThe analytical work for
the 2019 drilling program was performed by ALS Canada Ltd. an
internationally recognized analytical services provider, at its
North Vancouver, British Columbia laboratory. Sample
preparation was carried out at its Whitehorse, Yukon facility. All
RC chip and diamond core samples were prepared using procedure
PREP-31H (crush 90% less than 2mm, riffle split off 500g, pulverize
split to better than 85% passing 75 microns) and analyzed by method
Au-AA23 (30g fire assay with AAS finish) and ME-ICP41 (0.5g, aqua
regia digestion and ICP-AES analysis). Samples containing >10
g/t Au were reanalyzed using method Au-GRAV21 (30g Fire Assay with
gravimetric finish).
The reported work was completed using industry
standard procedures, including a quality assurance/quality control
(“QA/QC”) program consisting of the insertion of certified
standard, blanks and duplicates into the sample stream.
About White Gold Corp. The
Company owns a portfolio of 21,207 quartz claims across 33
properties covering over 422,730 hectares representing over 40% of
the Yukon’s White Gold District. The Company’s flagship White Gold
property has a mineral resource of 1,039,600 ounces Indicated at
2.26 g/t Au and 508,800 ounces Inferred at 1.48 g/t Au.
Mineralization on the Golden Saddle and Arc is also known to extend
beyond the limits of the current resource estimate. Regional
exploration work has also produced several other prospective
targets on the Company’s claim packages which border sizable gold
discoveries including the Coffee project owned by Newmont Goldcorp
Corporation with a M&I gold resource(1) of 3.4M oz and Western
Copper and Gold Corporation’s Casino project which has P&P gold
reserves(1) of 8.9M oz Au and 4.5B lb Cu. For more information
visit www.whitegoldcorp.ca.
(1) Noted mineralization is as disclosed by the
owner of each property respectively and is not necessarily
indicative of the mineralization hosted on the Company’s
property.
Qualified PersonJodie Gibson,
P.Geo., Technical Advisor, and Andrew Hamilton, P.Geo., Exploration
Manager, for the Company are each a “qualified person” as defined
under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for
Mineral Projects, and each has reviewed and approved the content of
this news release.
Potential quantity and grade is conceptual in
nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral
resource at the JP Ross property, and it is uncertain if further
exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral
resource.
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Company’s objectives, goals and exploration activities conducted
and proposed to be conducted at the Company’s properties; future
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exploration programs at any of the Company’s properties will be
successful; exploration results; and future exploration plans and
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These forward-looking statements are based on
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benefits to the Company relating to exploration conducted and
proposed to be conducted at the Company’s properties; 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
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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; and those
factors described in the most recently filed management’s
discussion and analysis of the Company. 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
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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
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securities law.
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Contact Information:David D’OnofrioChief
Executive OfficerWhite Gold Corp.(647)
930-1880ir@whitegoldcorp.ca
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