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Westward Gold Provides Update on 2024 Exploration Activities at Toiyabe Hills
Vancouver, British Columbia, August 1, 2024 – TheNewswire – Westward Gold Inc. (CSE: WG, OTCQB: WGLIF, FSE: IM50) (“Westward” or the “Company”) is pleased to pr
About this update from Westward Gold Inc
[{"type":"text","content":"Vancouver, British Columbia, August 1, 2024 – TheNewswire – Westward Gold Inc. (CSE: WG, OTCQB: WGLIF, FSE: IM50) (“Westward” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on 2024 exploration activities at its flagship Toiyabe Hills consolidated land package, situated along the Cortez Trend in Lander County, Nevada. The primary goal of the programs – designed by Westward’s technical team with a history of significant Carlin-type gold discoveries to their credit – is to define new high-priority drill targets on the Company’s 55-square kilometer property. The highlights of ongoing and upcoming field programs are as follows: 1:5000 district-scale, Anaconda-style geological mapping continues, led by Vice President Exploration Robert Edie and Technical Advisor Steven Koehler A rock-chip sampling program is ongoing, focused on areas of interest identified during mapping; to date, 143 samples have been submitted for assays, and collection will continue throughout the season Collection of soil samples began in July, across a grid designed to fill in data on previously-unsampled ground, notably, the newly-acquired East Saddle Extension Claims (see Figure 1 below) Engaged MWH Geo-Surveys International Inc. to conduct a gravity survey across the entire property, improving upon inherited data with tighter station spacings; program will commence in early August Following completion of the programs outlined above, Westward’s technical team will consolidate and analyze all available data to rank drill targets using both a proprietary scoring system, and their vast personal experience working on Carlin-type gold systems. Investors can expect these top target areas to be discussed in detail in the coming months. Figure 1: Westward’s Toiyabe Hills Project Westward Strategic Advisor Kelly Cluer recently returned from a site visit to Toiyabe Hills, and noted the following: “Having completed structural transects across this large, consolidated land package, the district-scale opportunities now available to the Company become readily apparent. From the known gold mineralization at Toiyabe on our west flank – adjacent to a past-producing open-pit mine – across to the central and eastern sectors, there is a repetition of both structure and stratigraphy. Indications are that the previously-identified “Hilltop Corridor” is a f...