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Highlights:
Drill permit received for the Munro Lake Project, authorizing exploration over a three-year period
Phase 1 of the 2026 program to include up to 2,000 metres of helicopter-supported diamond drilling, expected to commence in the coming weeks
Drilling to follow up high-grade gold intercepts from the 2013 drill program in the southeast zone, including 67.1 g/t gold over 1.00 metre in drill hole EXML-002 and 7.1 g/t gold over 1.02 metres in EXML-001, by testing mineralization down-dip and along strike
Drilling to also follow up multiple high-grade surface grab samples, assaying up to 38 g/t gold, collected across a prospective strike length of approximately 7 kilometres spanning three principal mineralized areas*
UAV-based magnetic and LiDAR surveys contracted with Tuzo Geo Surveys to refine structural interpretation and drill targeting
Munro Lake is located approximately 7 kilometres northeast of SSR Mining's Seabee mine and mill complex, Saskatchewan's only producing gold operation**
Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. engaged to support the design and execution of Wescan's exploration programs
SASKATOON, SK, July 8, 2026 /CNW/ - Wescan Goldfields Inc. (TSXV: WGF) ("Wescan" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received a drill permit for its Munro Lake Project in northern Saskatchewan, marking a key operational milestone as the Company advances its 2026 exploration program.
The permit authorizes exploration on the Munro Lake Project for a period of three years, providing Wescan with the flexibility to advance exploration in a phased and systematic manner. Phase 1 of the 2026 exploration program is planned to include up to 2,000 metres of diamond drilling. The Munro Lake Project is located approximately 7 kilometres northeast of SSR Mining's Seabee mine and mill complex in northern Saskatchewan, within the same broader structural corridor that hosts the Seabee/Santoy mining camp, the province's only producing gold operation**. As shown in Figure 1, the favourable mineralization corridor that hosts the Seabee and Santoy mines, highlighted in red, extends northwest onto the Munro Lake property**.
Phase 1 of Wescan's 2026 summer diamond drilling program will consist of up to 2,000 metres of helicopter-supported diamond drilling and is expected to commence in the coming weeks, with a small fly camp to be mobilized to support the program. The main objective of the program is to follow up the high-grade gold intercepts in the southeast zone from Wescan's 2013 diamond drilling program by testing the extent of mineralization down-dip and along strike. Highlights of the 2013 drill campaign, which totaled 1,052 metres, include 67.1 g/t gold over 1.00 metre in drill hole EXML-002 and 7.1 g/t gold over 1.02 metres in EXML-001 (see Company news release dated June 17, 2013). Additional objectives include testing high-grade gold outcrop grab samples generated through historic work. Multiple mineralized grab samples have been collected across a prospective strike length of approximately 7 kilometres, with the highest assaying 38 g/t gold (collected in 2019), defining three principal mineralized areas on the property*.