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Western Exploration Announces Commencement of Drill Program at Doby George in Nevada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia / Jul 26, 2022 / Business Wire / Western Exploration Inc. (TSXV: WEX; OTCQX: WEXPF) (the "Company" or "Western Exploration") is plea
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[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, British Columbia / Jul 26, 2022 / Business Wire / Western Exploration Inc. (TSXV: WEX; OTCQX: WEXPF) (the \"Company\" or \"Western Exploration\") is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2022 diamond drill program (the \"Drill Program\") at its 100% owned Aura project, located in Elko County, Nevada (the \"Aura Project\"). The Drill Program forms a part of the recommended two-phase exploration program as outlined in the Company's technical report on the Aura Project, entitled \"2021 Updated Resource Estimates and Technical Report for the Aura Gold-Silver Project in Elko County, Nevada\" and dated October 20, 2021 (with an effective date of October 14, 2021), which was prepared for Western Exploration by Mine Development Associates (the \"Aura Technical Report\"). The Phase 1 Drill Program provides, among other things, for approximately 2,000 meters of large diameter core drilling in 10 to 12 drill holes at the Doby George mineral deposit. The purpose of the Phase 1 Drill Program is to evaluate areas within, and adjacent to, the current resource boundary to: validate and delineate current mineral resources; locally test for the expansion potential and structural controls on mineralization; provide samples for metallurgical test work to outline leach kinematics, as well as ore and waste rock characteristics; and expand upon geotechnical studies through additional test work. The results of the Drill Program, including all metallurgical testing and other exploration activities completed at the Aura Project, will be used to determine the basis for completing Phase 2 of the exploration program on the Aura Project, which is expected to focus on advancing the Doby George deposit towards the completion of a pre-feasibility study (\"PFS\"). Following the commencement of drilling at Doby George, Western Exploration's Chief Executive Officer, Darcy Marud, commented: \"The Aura Technical Report recognized Doby George as an undeveloped high-grade oxide resource located in one of the most favorable mining jurisdictions in the world. We see the execution of the Drill Program as the first step towards unlocking the full potential of the Aura Project and towards the completion of a PFS at Doby George.\" About Doby George Doby George is one of the highest grade, undeveloped open pit heap leach resources in northeast Nevada and one...