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Western Alaska Minerals Reports First Assays from 2023 Drilling - Drill Hole WPC23-0029 (Infill)
TUCSON, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / July 24, 2023 / Western Alaska Minerals (the "Company" or "WAM") (TS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Western Alaska Minerals Reports First Assays from 2023 Drilling - Drill Hole WPC23-0029 (Infill)TUCSON, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / July 24, 2023 / Western Alaska Minerals (the \"Company\" or \"WAM\") (TSXV:WAM) is pleased to report its first assay results from the initial phase of its second-year drilling program on the 100% owned Waterpump Creek (\"WPC\") Carbonate Replacement Deposit (\"CRD\").HighlightsInfill drill hole WPC23-0029 intersected two high grade zones (Table 1):19.4 meters of 158 gpt Ag (5.1 opt), 5.3% Pb and 11.5% Zn from 145.1 to 164.5 meters;Including 3.0 meters of 253 gpt Ag (8.1 opt), 9.7% Pb and 15.9 % Zn from 145.1 to 148.1 meters.2.9 meters of 173 gpt Ag (5.6 opt), 6.7% Pb and 13.9% Zn from 176.0 to 178.9 meters.The hole was lost due to (sandy, dolomitic) drilling conditions and left in mineralization.2023 drilling at Waterpump Creek confirms continuous mantos of massive sulfide. (Figure 1).Infill drilling will provide sufficient data points to enable (the Company) to move toward a preliminary resource estimate at WPC (subject to independent review).\"Drilling at Waterpump Creek continues to produce impressive assay results that reinforce the high-grade nature of this part of the CRD system,\" states Kit Marrs, CEO of Western Alaska Minerals. \"This infill hole in particular, expands the width by 28 meters, and contains grades and textures that closely resemble those found in WPC22-18, suggesting continuity of a major system\".SummaryHole WPC23-0029 was part of a 3-drill hole in-fill program at WPC which intersected two zones of CRD style mineralization (Figure 2). Detailed description of these intercepts were previously reported (see Press Release of July 6, 2023).This hole was completed 28 meters east of hole WPC22-18, which intersected what is believed to be a feeder chimney with multiple high-grade zones of mineralization (see Press Release of September 22, 2022).Hole WPC23-0029 ended in an 8 cm section of (open) mineralization, consisting of sphalerite and galena, hosted within recrystallized dolostone at 279.2 meters. At this point, the hole was lost, and it is unknown whether this mineralization continues at depth. Assay results are pending for the core recovered at the end of the hole. (Figure 2).Table 1. Drill intercepts within hole WPC23-0029.HoleFromToThicknessAgAgZnPb(meters)(meters)(meters)g/toz/t%%WPC...