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Wesdome Gold Mines Expands Folded Kiena Deep A Zones Down Plunge and Confirms Mineralization in a Second Limb at Depth
TORONTO, June 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) (“Wesdome” or the “Company”) today announces underground exploration drilling resu
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[{"type":"text","content":" TORONTO, June 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: WDO) (“Wesdome” or the “Company”) today announces underground exploration drilling results from the Kiena Deep A Zone at the Company’s 100% owned Kiena Mine Complex in Val d'Or, Quebec. Since the completion of the PFS for Kiena in 2021, underground drilling has been focussed on exploration proximal to the Kiena Deep A Zones. As part of this exploration focus, early success discovered the Footwall Zones last year, and drilling continues to expand these zones down plunge. Most recently, underground exploration drilling at the Kiena Deep A Zones area has discovered a new mineralized interval (hole 6752W10) located 100 metres below of the known limit of A zone resource (Figure 1). Additional drilling will be needed to link this new mineralization to the existing lenses. Technical services are currently developing a hanging wall exploration drift (116 level) to establish more optimal drilling platforms. This new access will allow additional exploration drilling at depth in order to increase resources. Previously, exploration drilling has focused in the North limb area of the A Zones, along the sub-vertical contact between mafic and ultramafic rocks (Figure 2). More recently, drilling has discovered the lateral extension of the A Zone along the South limb of the fold (Figure 2). This area remains open along strike and down dip. A similar mineralization along the limbs was known at higher elevations of the A Zone and represents an excellent target for the exploration drilling at depth. Highlights of the recent drilling are listed below and are summarized in Table 1. Hole 6796W6: 92.1 g/t Au over 50.7 m core length (23.3 g/t Au capped, 5.5 m true width) A1 Zone Hole 6796W4: 18.7 g/t Au over 48.0 m core length (9.0 g/t Au capped, 5.0 m true width) A1 Zone Hole 6752W10: 13.9 g/t Au over 83.2 m core length (9.9 g/t Au capped) New deep Zone. True width is unknown at this time. All assays capped at 90.0 g/t Au. True widths are estimated based on 3D model construction. Mr. Duncan Middlemiss, President and CEO commented, “We are pleased with the recent underground drilling which continues to expand the high grade A Zones and Footwall Zones. We are also very pleased with the discovery of the South limb of the A Zone that could significantly add to the resource base. Just ...