Shovelnose Gold Drilling Continues To Expand Known Area Of Mineralisation
Westhaven Gold Corp.’s (TSXV:WHN) final drill results from its 2020 drill campaign from its 17,623-hectare Shovelnose gold property have confirmed that the company is on target to reach stronger mineralisation.
Shovelnose is located within the prospective Spences Bridge Gold Belt (SBGB), which borders the Coquihalla Highway 30 kilometres south of Merritt, British Columbia.
Highlights of the final results include:
- 5.99m of 2.36 g/t gold (Au) and 98.42 g/t silver (Ag), including: 1.19m of 11.25 g/t Au and 430.00 g/t Ag.
- 0.58m of 6.05 g/t Au and 148.00 g/t Ag.
President and CEO, Gareth Thomas, said continued intersection of veining at FMN and Franz Zones confirms the vectoring towards stronger mineralisation.
“Drilling at the FMN Zone has encountered more significant veining. It appears this zone strengthens as drilling continues along strike testing the present 600m gap between the FMN and Franz zones. The current drilling at the FMN Zone is expanding on the narrow but high-grade gold and silver intercepts first drilled in late 2020,” Mr Thomas said.
“In addition, the first two holes completed in the South Zone (SN21-152 and SN21-154) on the southwestern edge of the previous drilling has intersected Vein Zone 1 down dip by an additional 140m from previous drilling. This demonstrates that there is significant potential to increase the size of the South Zone vein system through exploration drilling.
“This bodes well for the company as we move towards completing a maiden resource estimate for the South Zone in 2021.”
Exploration Manager, Peter Fischl, added that drilling at Shovelnose in the latter part of 2020 has been primarily focused on testing vein continuity along the 4km strike length of Vein Zone 1, the most significant mineralised structure defined to date on the Shovelnose Gold Project.
“This programme has extended the known vein system northwest into the gap between the FMN and Franz targets and has confirmed the vein system remains open to the northwest at Franz. Vein Zone 1 will continue to be the focus for the coming year, including step out and infill drilling at South Zone.
“Other targets tested last year, such as the Romeo target, where drilling encountered significant gold pathfinders, remain to be tested further. Prospecting and mapping in 2020 has also drawn attention to several targets within 2km southwest of Vein Zone 1, proximal to the Brookmere showing.”
