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Westhaven Gold Drills 5.66 Metres of 6.83 g/t Gold and 1.90 Metres of 21.15 g/t Gold at the Skoonka Creek Gold Property
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Westhaven Gold Corp. (TSX-V:WHN) is pleased to announce initial drill results from its recently c
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Westhaven Gold Corp. (TSX-V:WHN) is pleased to announce initial drill results from its recently completed drill campaign at its 100% owned Skoonka Creek gold property. Skoonka Creek is located within the prospective Spences Bridge Gold Belt (SBGB), a four-hour drive from Vancouver, and 12 km northeast of Lytton, BC. Westhaven is reporting assays for 11 holes from its Fall drill campaign at Skoonka Creek. An additional 5 holes are in the lab pending assay. Gareth Thomas, President & CEO, comments: “Westhaven’s inaugural drill program at Skoonka Creek has surpassed our expectations, not only where gold was drilled historically, but in areas that had not previously been drill-tested. Both high-grade gold mineralization, and broad, lower-grade gold zones were encountered. This bodes well for future targeting on what is a prospective property within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt and strengthens management’s belief in the district-scale potential of this largely untested gold belt.” Thomas goes on to add, “Westhaven is starting 2023 with a strong treasury and planning has begun for a follow-up exploration program at Skoonka Creek.” Skoonka Creek Highlights: SC22-006: 1.90 metres (m) of 21.15 g/t Au (gold) and 13.65 g/t Ag (silver) was intercepted within 48.05m of 1.28 g/t Au and 1.29 g/t Ag starting near surface. SC22-005: 5.66m of 6.83 g/t Au and 4.60 g/t Ag, including 2.77m of 12.35 g/t Au and 7.75 g/t Ag was intercepted within 48.00m of 1.07 g/t Au and 1.11 g/t Ag. Extended the previously known gold-silver mineralization along strike by 900m (Please see plan map below). Peter Fischl, Exploration Manager, comments: “The 2022 drilling at Skoonka Creek confirmed the bonanza gold grades previously encountered in historic drilling at the JJ target. The higher-grade intercepts are contained in epithermal quartz veins comprising the JJ vein zone. The historic and 2022 drilling targeting the JJ vein zone has also intersected gold mineralization contained in up to four discrete gently south dipping horizons varying from several metres to about 40 metres in thickness proximal to the JJ vein zone (see cross-sections below). This mineralization lies mostly in the vein zone footwall at shallower depths above 1450m elevation, and in the vein zone hanging wall at dep...