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Westward Gold Details Drilling Plans at El Segundo Target, Toiyabe Hills Property, Nevada
Following 2 years of detailed target development, the El Segundo area is primed for Phase 1 drilling in 2026 El Segundo is underpinned by robust Carlin-suite
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Following 2 years of detailed target development, the El Segundo area is primed for Phase 1 drilling in 2026 El Segundo is underpinned by robust Carlin-suite surface geochemistry, strong sub-surface alteration zones identified via geophysical surveys, and favourable surface alteration and structural settings recognized through mapping The El Segundo area has seen no historical drilling and will be tested with both RC and core across 8 planned sites totaling approximately 6,000 metres Vancouver, British Columbia, July 20, 2026 – TheNewswire - Westward Gold Inc. (CSE: WG, OTCQB: WGLIF, FSE: IM50) (“Westward” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide additional details surrounding its planned Phase I drilling campaign at the El Segundo Target (“El Segundo”), one of three target areas slated for testing with reverse circulation (“RC”) and core drilling in 2026 at the Company’s Toiyabe Hills Property in Lander County, NV (“Toiyabe Hills”, or the “Property”). This target has been developed over several field seasons through the application of Westward’s systematic, multi-disciplinary approach to greenfield gold exploration, and is now primed for its initial drill test. El Segundo is located approximately 4 km south-southeast of the SSD Target (“SSD”) and 3 km south of the Campfire Target; it sits in the footwall of the district-scale north-striking Hilltop Structural Corridor, and favourable lower-plate carbonate host rocks of the Wenban Formation are exposed at surface across most of the target area. Multiple robust datasets support this year’s decision to allocate a portion of the Company’s drilling budget to further advance and define El Segundo, including the following (see Figures 1 through 3 for visual representations of the various datasets): Surface Geochemistry: A large plume of elevated Carlin-suite elements (notably arsenic) lies over and outboard of the target area – as indicated by a gridded soil survey – coincident with anomalous gold in rock-chip samples (up to 1.6 g Au/t) and the strongest antimony on the Property in rock-chip samples (up to 589 ppm Sb). Geophysical Surveys: Robust geophysical datasets have been acquired through a gravity survey (2024), an airborne magnetic survey (2025), and a controlled-source audio-frequency magnetotelluric (“CSAMT”) survey (2026) – and point to gravity-interpreted alteration (decalcification) in lower-pl...