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West Red Lake Gold Mines Intersects 17.77 g/t Au over 5.5m at McVeigh and 7.35 g/t Au over 12.12m at Austin – Madsen Mine
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (“West Red Lake Gold” or “WRLG” or the “Company”) (TSXV: WRLG) (OTC
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (“West Red Lake Gold” or “WRLG” or the “Company”) (TSXV: WRLG) (OTCQB: WRLGF) is pleased to report drill results from its 100% owned Madsen Mine located in the Red Lake Gold District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The drill results featured in this news release are focused on the high-grade Austin and McVeigh Zones. The Austin Zone currently contains an Indicated mineral resource of 914,200 ounces (“oz”) grading 6.9 grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold (“Au”), with an additional Inferred resource of 104,900 oz grading 6.5 g/t Au. The McVeigh Zone currently contains an Indicated mineral resource of 79,800 oz grading 6.4 g/t Au, with an additional Inferred resource of 14,300 oz grading 6.9 g/t Au. These results follow-up on the significant intercepts previously announced on August 12, 2024, where drilling returned 107.61 g/t Au over 2.5 meters (“m”) at Austin and 106.99 g/t Au over 2.35m at McVeigh. The purpose of this drilling was definition within priority areas of Austin and McVeigh to continue building an inventory of high-confidence ounces to support the restart of production at the Madsen mine, which is expected to commence in H2 2025. The Company expects to complete a pre-feasibility study in support of that restart goal in the coming months. MCVEIGH ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Hole MM24D-01-4081-025 Intersected 5.5m @ 17.77 g/t Au, from 44.5m to 50.0m, Including 2.2m @ 38.56 g/t Au, from 45.0m to 47.2m, Also Including 0.5m @ 19.15 g/t Au, from 49.5m to 50.0m. Hole MM24D-01-4081-028 Intersected 2m @ 36.62 g/t Au, from 51.5m to 53.5m, Including 0.6m @ 100.44 g/t Au, from 52.4m to 53.0m. Hole MM24D-01-4081-027 Intersected 5m @ 10.82 g/t Au, from 43m to 48m, Including 1m @ 11.44 g/t Au, from 44m to 45m, Also including 0.5m @ 64.71 g/t Au, from 46.6m to 47.1m. Hole MM24D-01-4081-039 Intersected 0.6m @ 89.93 g/t Au, from 50.0m to 50.6m. AUSTIN ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Hole MM24D-09-4796-025 Intersected 12.12m @ 7.35 g/t Au, from 92.88m to 105.00m, Including 2.5m @ 19.39 g/t Au, from 93.5m to 96.0m. Hole MM24D-09-4796-023 Intersected 7m @ 11.06 g/t Au, from 85.5m to 92.5m, Including 0.51m @ 15.72 g/t Au, from 87.09m to 87.60m, Also including 1.87m @ 28.14 g/t Au, from 90.63m to 92.50m. Hole MM24D-09-4796-029 Intersected 6.3m @ 6.04 g/t Au, from 77.0m to 83.3m, I...