White Gold Corp. Commences Diamond Drilling on the Ryan’s Surprise Target Located 2 km West of its Flagship Golden Saddle Deposit
TORONTO, Aug. 06, 2020 - White Gold Corp. (TSX.V: WGO, OTC – Nasdaq Intl: WHGOF, FRA: 29W) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has commenced its diamond drilling program on the Ryan’s Surprise (“Ryan’s”) target located approximately 2 km west of the Company’s flagship Golden Saddle deposit and 11 km south of the Company’s VG deposit. The current drilling forms part of the Company’s fully funded 2020 exploration program backed by partners Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (TSX: AEM, NYSE: AEM) and Kinross Gold Corp (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) on its extensive 420,000 hectare land package in the prolific White Gold District, Yukon, Canada. Images to accompany this news release can be found at http://whitegoldcorp.ca/investors/exploration-highlights/.
The close proximity of Ryan’s to the Company’s existing mineral resources at Golden Saddle and Arc makes it a strategic target for these projects. The Golden Saddle and Arc deposits have a mineral resource of 1,139,900 ounces Indicated at 2.28 g/t gold and 402,100 ounces Inferred at 1.39 g/t gold and the VG deposit hosts a historic Inferred gold resource of 230,000 ounces at 1.65 g/t gold(1).
“We are excited to follow up on the successful drill results from 2019 on the Ryan’s Surprise Target. Its close proximity to our existing resources has an immediate potential to add additional `ounces, and continues to demonstrate the prospectively of the targets in this area,” stated David D’Onofrio, Chief Executive Officer.
The Ryan’s target is associated with a large (>500 m long) gold-in-soil anomaly with values ranging from trace to 1,576 ppb Au. The newly discovered mineralized zone is associated with an east-west orientated, steeply south dipping, structure which remains open along strike and at depth, demonstrating the potential for multiple mineralized zones.
Exploration drilling in this general area had previously been with holes drilled primarily to the south. A revised geological interpretation in 2019 indicated that the mineralized zone may strike west-southwest and dip steeply to the south-southeast, and the two diamond drill holes in 2019 drilled to the north to test this interpretation both intersected mineralization. Hole WHTRS19D012 intersected 2.85 g/t Au over 4.14 m from 142.22 m downhole and 2.07 g/t over 21.0 m from 154.00 m downhole, including 3.55 g/t Au over 8.42 m. This latter higher grade zone appears to correlate with a mineralized zone intersected by the Company in hole WHTRYN18RC0002 which returned 5.02 g/t Au over 13.72 m from 121.92m downhole, indicating a steep (70?) southerly dip. Hole WHTRS19D0012 also intersected a second mineralized zone higher up the hole in the hanging wall which returned 2.66 g/t Au over 11.00 m from 93.0 m downhole. This hanging wall mineralization may represent a subparallel zone which to date has only been tested by this single hole. Gold mineralization is hosted by banded quartzites in brecciated and fractured zones containing quartz veins and minor (generally < 1%) pyrite and anomalous arsenic. The current diamond drilling program totals 1,500 m in 5-6 holes which are designed to test the down-dip and strike extent of the mineralized zones.
Note: All assay intervals are reported as core widths. True widths are not known at this time.
About White Gold Corp.
The Company owns a portfolio of 21,207 quartz claims across 33 properties covering over 420,000 hectares representing over 40% of the Yukon’s prolific White Gold District. The Company’s flagship White Gold property hosts the Company’s Golden Saddle and Arc deposits which have a mineral resource of 1,139,900 ounces Indicated at 2.28 g/t gold and 402,100 ounces Inferred at 1.39 g/t gold. Mineralization on the Golden Saddle and Arc is also known to extend beyond the limits of the current resource estimate. The Company’s recently acquired VG Deposit also hosts a historic Inferred gold resource of 230,000 ounces at 1.65 g/t Au(1). Regional exploration work has also produced several other new discoveries and prospective targets on the Company’s claim packages which border sizable gold discoveries including the Coffee project owned by Newmont Corporation with Measured and Indicated Resources of 2.17 Moz at 1.46 g/t Au, and Inferred Resources of 0.50 Moz at 1.32 g/t Au(2), and Western Copper and Gold Corp.’s Casino project which has Measured and Indicated Resources of 14.5 Moz Au and 7.6 Blb Cu and Inferred Resources of 6.6 Moz Au and 3.3 Blb Cu(2). For more information visit www.whitegoldcorp.ca.
(1) See Comstock Metals Ltd. technical report titled “NI 43-101 TECHNICAL REPORT on the QV PROJECT”, dated August 19, 2014, available on SEDAR.
(2) Noted mineralization is as disclosed by the owner of each property respectively and is not necessarily indicative of the mineralization hosted on the Company’s property.
Qualified Person
Terry Brace, P.Geo. and Vice President of Exploration for the Company is a “qualified person” as defined under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure of Mineral Projects and has reviewed and approved the content of this news release.
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Contact Information:
David D’Onofrio
Chief Executive Officer
White Gold Corp.
(647) 930-1880
ir@whitegoldcorp.ca
