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Westhaven Reports Final 2025 Drilling Results From the Shovelnose Gold Project, British Columbia, Including 8.05m Grading 6.18 g/t Au and 89.7 g/t Ag at South Zone Deposit
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Westhaven Gold Corp. (TSX-V: WHN)...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Westhaven Reports Final 2025 Drilling Results From the Shovelnose Gold Project, British Columbia, Including 8.05m Grading 6.18 g/t Au and 89.7 g/t Ag at South Zone Deposit\nVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Westhaven Gold Corp. (TSX-V: WHN) (“Westhaven” or the “Company”) is pleased to report results from the final five drill holes of its 2025 drilling program at the Shovelnose Gold Project (“Shovelnose”), located within southern British Columbia’s Spences Bridge Gold Belt (“SBGB”). Highlights of this work include: SN25-442 (South Zone) assays returned 70.79m grading 1.13 g/t Au and 14.1 g/t Ag, including 8.05m grading 6.18 g/t Au and 89.7 g/t Ag. Potential hosts for additional gold-bearing epithermal veins, drill holes SN25-440 and -441 have identified new northwest-trending structural zones to the north and northeast of the South Zone deposit and the main Shovelnose structural trend, including a 36m zone in SN25-441 characterized by a distinctive breccia unit containing broken fragments of quartz veins and quartz infill with a strong adularia alteration signature comparable to that associated with the South Zone deposit. Drill holes SN25-438 and -439 located 3km west of the South Zone, encountered silicification, elevated gold and pathfinder elements including 0.32 g/t Au over 1.7m in SN25-439.Planning is well underway for a 2026 drilling program, including up to four drills and expected to focus on dedicated infill drilling of the South Zone and exploration drilling targeting new gold mineralization across the property. 2026 drilling is expected to start in mid-February, funded through the recently announced CDN$85 million Earn-in Agreement with Dundee Corporation. Ken Armstrong, President & CEO of Westhaven, stated, “Westhaven’s final 2025 drill results reinforce the value of a systematic approach to exploration at the Shovelnose Gold Project. This year’s program has significantly advanced our understanding of the structural and geochemical controls on gold mineralization, outlining several new areas with strong potential to host epithermal veining and associated gold mineralization beyond the established South Zone, FMN, and Franz deposits. Backed by the combined expertise and financial strength of our technic...