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WestKam Provides Shareholder Update
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WestKam Gold Corp. (TSX-V: WKG) (the “Company” or “WestKam”) has provided the following sharehold
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WestKam Gold Corp. (TSX-V: WKG) (the “Company” or “WestKam”) has provided the following shareholder update from President and CEO Matt Wayrynen regarding the Company’s direction and vision for the future—particularly regarding WestKam’s Bonaparte property near Kamloops, BC. WestKam’s Vision and Focus: Realizing the Exceptional Potential at BonaparteThe Bonaparte gold property remains an exceptional gold prospect, and we have renewed our focus on realizing the property’s potential. Our vision is to explore and develop the property to the point where we can either vend it to a major mining company or put it into production ourselves. To realize this vision, we are developing a long-term plan for exploring not only the Discovery Zone, but other targets discovered through the successful exploration programs in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Recent Work on the Discovery ZoneOur work over the past two years has centered on the high-grade Discovery Zone. We attempted to reach the next target, primarily in the Grey Jay, Crow, Owl and Nutcracker vein structures, through another bulk sample program. This program was unsuccessful in reaching the zone and was suspended in 2018. We followed up with a program of eight drill holes in September, aimed at the same target zone. We expect to have results from the 2018 drilling later this year. Where We’re Going: Exploration Plans for 2019 and BeyondThe Discovery Zone has produced significant high grades in the past, especially in two bulk sampling programs. The first program, conducted in 1994, averaged 25.4 g/t gold (0.74 oz/ton gold) while a smaller sample in 2010 averaged 16.3 g/t gold (0.475 oz/ton gold). These are strong results, highlighting the potential of the Discovery Zone and illustrating why we are enthused about continuing our exploration. Looking ahead to 2019, results of the 2018 drill program will inform a planned NI 43-101 Technical Report on Bonaparte and follow-up field program of exploration. We want to further investigate the magnetic and IP surveys completed in 2013 and 2014, initiating a drill program to test the various geophysical signatures resulting from those surveys. We also want to follow up on drill hole 2015-05 which intersected a new vein to the east of the discovery zone returning 7.88g/...