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Westward Gold Expands Flagship Toiyabe Hills Project Footprint by 43%, Bolstering its Emerging District-Scale Exploration Play in Nevada
Vancouver, British Columbia, June 4, 2024 – TheNewswire – Westward Gold Inc. (CSE: WG, OTCQB: WGLIF, FSE: IM50) (“Westward” or the “Company”) is pleased to anno
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[{"type":"text","content":"Vancouver, British Columbia, June 4, 2024 – TheNewswire – Westward Gold Inc. (CSE: WG, OTCQB: WGLIF, FSE: IM50) (“Westward” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of 202 unpatented mining claims, adjacent to and contiguous with its Turquoise Canyon and East Saddle Properties along the Cortez Gold Trend in Lander County, Nevada. The claims (the “ES Extension”) were acquired through open staking in April 2024, increasing the Company’s total footprint in the area to approximately 55 square kilometers, a significant increase of 43%. Westward continues to reinforce its status as the dominant exploration company in the area, and is ideally positioned to strategically apply district-scale exploration techniques to its sizeable property package. Moving forward, Westward’s consolidated flagship asset will be referred to as the Toiyabe Hills Project – the combination of several 100%-owned claim blocks acquired since the Company’s entrance into Nevada in April of 2021. Figure 1 below illustrates the systematic growth of Westward’s exploration ground, accomplished via a combination of corporate transactions and direct claim-staking. Colin Moore, President and CEO, commented: “In the span of three years, Westward has grown from a company with an option agreement on 165 claims – to one with 100% ownership of 776 claims across two consolidated land packages on each of the two most productive gold trends in Nevada. While we have been busy accumulating prospective exploration ground, we have also been persistent in attracting the vital technical talent necessary to unlock its discovery potential. Our expert team with multiple Carlin-type gold discoveries to their credit has been instrumental in guiding our growth story, and this most recent land acquisition will enable them to apply their skills with even greater impact.” Robert Edie, Vice President Exploration, noted: “Combining 2023 geochemical results with other available datasets revealed that key markers for Carlin-type mineralization on our property trend to the south and east. The additional ground acquired has the necessary scale – and prospective geologic setting – to host a potential major new discovery in its own right; it will form a key piece of our camp-scale land package. I’m excited to systematically evaluate this surprisingly underexplored ground on a major gol...