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West Point Gold Drills 32.0m of 1.05 g/t Au from 9.1m at Sheep Trail, 600m Step-Out Supports Third Potential Resource Area at Gold Chain
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 9, 2026) - West Point Gold Corp. (TSXV:...
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[{"type":"text","content":"West Point Gold Drills 32.0m of 1.05 g/t Au from 9.1m at Sheep Trail, 600m Step-Out Supports Third Potential Resource Area at Gold ChainVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 9, 2026) - West Point Gold Corp. (TSXV: WPG) (OTCQB: WPGCF) (FSE: LRA0) (\"West Point Gold\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce initial drill results from its Sheep Trail and South Tyro targets. Shallow gold mineralization was intersected at the Sheep Trail target, which is located about 600 metres (\"m\") south of the Tyro Main Zone, at the Company's Gold Chain Project in Arizona. The initial results across the upper portions of the Sheep Trail target are consistent with historical mining activities and surface sampling, which suggests that the Sheep Trail mine area likely represents a third area where a resource could be defined at the Gold Chain Project. The Sheep Trail and South Tyro targets are two of several gold targets tested in early 2026. This press release includes drill results from 4,517m; to date, 15,173m of the ongoing 20,000m drill program at the Gold Chain project have been completed. Results are pending from 32 holes or 5,859m from the Tyro Main and NE zones, Black Dyke, and Bull 8 targets.Highlights:Sheep Trail is defined by a strike length greater than 1km and hosts between 1 and 3 zones of gold-bearing quartz veinlets and breccia in a rhyolite dike complex.Hole GC26-106 intersected 32.0m of 1.05 grams per tonne (\"g/t\") gold (\"Au\") starting 9.1m from surface. In the same zone, Hole GC26-105 intersected 15.3m of 1.24 g/t Au from 19.8m, including a historical stope (no sample) from 19.8 to 21.3m.Hole GC26-111 intersected 19.8m of 1.42 g/t Au from 51.8m. Hole GC26-113 intersected 7.6m of 2.41 g/t Au from 61.0m.The South Tyro target was tested, intersecting broad zones of quartz veining and associated alteration with anomalous arsenic and antimony values, suggesting mineralization may be deeper than tested.The Company currently has 3 rigs operating at Gold Chain, with one core rig and two RC rigs focused on expanding the NE Tyro and the Main Tyro zones to depth.\"Sheep Trail has delivered meaningful grades over a strike length exceeding one kilometre at shallow depths, confirming it as a third potential resource area at Gold Chain. Results like these underscore the district-scale opportunity that West...