White Gold Corp. (TSX.V: WGO, OTC: WHGOF, FRA:
29W) (the “
Company”) is pleased to announce
significant soil geochemistry results from 2020 sampling and
completion of a new structural geological interpretation at its
Bonanza property, which is located approximately 10 km south of
Dawson City, Yukon. This work formed part of the Company’s 2020
exploration program backed by strategic partners Agnico Eagle Mines
Limited (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.
Highlights Include:
- The Bonanza property is situated in
close proximity to the richest placer mining sites in the Yukon
with over 5 Moz of gold produced to date.
- Infill soil geochemistry sampling
has outlined multiple property-scale linear WNW- to NW-trending
gold in soil anomalies.
- A new structural geological
interpretation based on airborne magnetics and electromagnetics
(EM), and high-resolution drone LiDAR data, has significantly
improved the understanding of structural controls on gold
mineralization.
- The combined strike length of the
multiple gold in soil anomalies and interpreted controlling
structures is more than 6km kilometers and remains untested by
trenching and/or drilling.
- These results will be combined with
historic data over the coming months to define targets for drilling
later in the year.
- A video overview from management
discussing the Bonanza property, 2020 results and future plans can
be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XViwbru0AoY
Shawn Ryan, Chief Technical Advisor of the
Company commented, “In 2004 when I first staked the Bonanza
property, I was struck by the lack of exploration in an area that
had been the epicentre for the Klondike Gold Rush and had produced
so much placer gold”. “Back then I was intrigued by the new GSC
airborne magnetic survey maps indicating a distinct north-south
trending magnetic lineament that I felt could represent an
important mineralizing structure. Since then, we have carried out
intermittent exploration on the property but only this past year
with a larger soil sampling program, adding 3,645 samples to the
database, combined with magnetics and LiDAR have we been able to
clearly see property-scale linear trending gold anomalies
correlating perfectly with Matias Sanchez’s structural
interpretation of the property. His interpretation work clearly
indicates a fault system, which just so happens to be anomalous in
gold and all ironically trending towards Bonanza Creek. I always
felt with so much placer gold in Bonanza Creek, there could be a
few potential sources. With Klondike Gold Corp.’s Lone Star zone to
the south representing one potential source, we may be looking at
another. This year we’ll continue to refine our interpretation and
advance targets to the drill-ready stage for testing.”
Figures accompanying this news release can be
found at:
http://whitegoldcorp.ca/investors/exploration-highlights/
Bonanza Property
The Bonanza property covers an area of 2,250
hectares located immediately east of Bonanza Creek and 5 km
north-northwest of Klondike Gold Corp.’s Lone Star and Stander
zones which are currently being advanced towards a maiden mineral
resource estimate expected in 2022 (Figure 1). Bonanza Creek, and
its main tributary Eldorado Creek to the south, were the most
prolific placer gold producers in the historic Klondike Goldfields
having collectively produced just over 25% (minimum 5.4 Moz) of the
Klondike’s estimated 20 Moz of placer gold. Surprisingly, only
limited exploration has been carried out on the Bonanza property in
search of a potential bedrock source of the gold, or additional
mineralization in the area.
The Bonanza property was originally staked in
2004 and since that time has seen intermittent exploration. From
2004 through 2019, exploration work included geological mapping and
prospecting, soil geochemistry surveys (50m spaced samples on 100m
spaced lines) and an airborne frequency domain EM and magnetic
survey. More recent detailed exploration in 2017-2018 was
restricted to short segments of anomalous gold in soil anomalies
and included limited GT Probe soil-bedrock interface sampling (301
samples on 5 lines), IP-resistivity surveys (5 lines totalling 2
line km) and 5 rotary air blast (RAB) holes totaling 445m.
The geology of the Bonanza property is poorly
known due to a lack of outcrop which is generally restricted to
creeks and access roads. Based on current understanding, the
northern and central portions of the property appear to be
underlain by Late Permian quartz-feldspar augen schist, whereas the
southern part of the property is dominated by rocks of the Klondike
Schist. As described below, multiple interpreted faults are
recognized on the property with steeply dipping WNW- and
NW-trending faults being the most significant in terms of gold
mineralization.
2020 Exploration Program
The 2020 exploration program included 159 line
km of ground magnetics and VLF-EM surveys, and extensive infill
soil geochemistry sampling at 25m spacings on 100m spaced survey
lines, as well as extension of soil sampling in several other
areas. A total of 3,645 soil samples were collected in 2020,
bringing the total soil geochemistry database to 8,377 samples.
This year’s results have outlined and significantly enhanced a
number of WNW- to NW-trending gold ± arsenic soil anomalies as
shown in Figures 2 and 3 respectively. Gold in soil background
values are relatively low in the Bonanza area, and anomalies are
generally defined by gold values greater than 12 ppb Au with a
maximum of 373 ppb Au reported.
The most pronounced and continuous gold in soil
anomalies are located in the southern part of the property, south
of Queen Gulch. In particular, the WNW-trending (290°-300°) anomaly
associated with 18 Gulch, and a second subparallel anomaly located
750m to the south are continuous across the entire property and
collectively represent approximately 6 km of strike length. Two
additional linear gold in soil anomalies with the same orientation,
with a strike length of 0.9-1.3 km, are located northeast of the 18
Gulch anomaly with the one furthest northeast having no anomalous
arsenic association. Between Queen Gulch and Mosquito Gulch located
approximately 1.5 km to the north, gold in soil anomalies are
NW-trending (315°) and appear to be truncated by post-mineral
faults associated with the Queen and Mosquito Gulches (see below).
A detailed review and characterization of the various soil
anomalies, including differing metal associations with other
elements (e.g. As, Sb, Ag, Pb), is ongoing.
Structural Geological
Interpretation
A new structural geological interpretation was
recently completed on the Bonanza property by consulting structural
geologist Dr. Matias Sanchez of Fault Rocks Inc., by integrating
airborne magnetics and electromagnetics (EM), and high-resolution
drone LiDAR data. Key findings are summarized below, and
interpreted structures and gold in soil data are shown in Figures
4-6.
The oldest recognized structure is the Bonanza
Fault, a 1st order N- to NNW-trending lineament defined by the
Bonanza Creek valley. This structure is interpreted to be a
regional scale thrust fault which dips to the west, placing
Klondike Schists (hanging wall) over quartz-feldspar augen gneiss
(footwall). A series of similarly oriented 2nd and 3rd order
magnetic and resistivity lineaments recognized elsewhere across the
property are interpreted to possibly represent the principal
metamorphic fabric and/or compositional banding.
The most important structures controlling gold
mineralization, based on their excellent spatial correlation with
anomalous gold and arsenic in soils, are 1st and 2nd order
NW-trending faults and fractures which are well-defined by
magnetic, resistivity and LiDAR lineaments. These structures are
best defined in the southern portion of the property south of
Mosquito Gulch, where at least 10 such lineaments have been
interpreted. These structures and/or associated splays are
continuous across the property and collectively represent a
significant strike length of untested potential.
In the Queen Gulch area, a principal NE-trending
post-mineral steeply dipping fault is interpreted based on
geophysical and topographic features, as well as the abrupt
truncation of anomalous soil geochemistry. The subparallel Mosquito
Gulch located approximately 1.5 km to the north may represent a
similar post-mineral fault.
Exploration Plans for 2021
Exploration work planned for the 2021 season
will focus on refining geological and structural interpretations
and advancing targets to the drill-ready stage for testing. Ground
surveys will include detailed structural mapping and GT Probe
sampling across gold in soil anomalies, augmented by mechanical
trenching in areas of the highest gold values. High resolution
IP-resistivity surveys are also planned in select areas to aid in
defining the targets at depth for drill testing.
Acknowledgements
The Company acknowledges and thanks the
Government of Yukon for funding a portion of the 2020 exploration
program on the Bonanza property through the Yukon Mineral
Exploration Program (“YMEP”).
QA/QC
Analytical work for the 2020 soil sampling
program on the Bonanza property was performed by Bureau Veritas
Canada Ltd., an internationally recognized analytical services
provider, at its Vancouver, British Columbia laboratory. Sample
preparation was completed at its Whitehorse, Yukon facility, using
procedure SS80 (dry at 60° C and sieve 100g to -80 mesh). The
analytical procedure used was AQ-201 (15g, aqua regia digestion and
ICP-ES/MS analysis).
About White Gold Corp.The
Company owns a portfolio of 21,207 quartz claims across 32
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 Au and 402,100 ounces Inferred at 1.39 g/t
Au(1). 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(2).
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(3), and Western Copper and Gold Corporation’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(4). For more information visit www.whitegoldcorp.ca.
(1) See White Gold Corp. technical report titled
“Technical Report for the White Gold Project, Dawson Range, Yukon
Canada”, dated July 10, 2020, prepared by Dr. Gilles Arseneau,
P.Geo., and Andrew Hamilton, P.Geo., available on SEDAR. (2) See
Comstock Metals Ltd. technical report titled “NI 43-101 TECHNICAL
REPORT on the QV PROJECT”, dated August 19, 2014, prepared by Jean
Pautler, P.Geo., and Ali Shahkar, P.Eng., available on SEDAR. (3)
See Newmont Corporation press release titled “Newmont Reports 2019
Gold Mineral Reserves of 100 Million Ounces, Largest in Company
History”, dated February 13, 2020, available on SEDAR.(4) See
Western Copper and Gold Corporation press release titled “Western
Copper and Gold Announces Significant Resource Increase at Casino”,
dated July 14, 2020, available on SEDAR.
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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These forward-looking statements are based on
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expected benefits to the Company relating to the exploration
conducted and proposed to be conducted at the White Gold
properties; the receipt of all applicable regulatory approvals for
the Offering; failure to identify any additional mineral resources
or significant mineralization; the preliminary nature of
metallurgical test results; uncertainties relating to the
availability and costs of financing needed in the future, including
to fund any exploration programs on the Company’s properties;
business integration risks; fluctuations in general macroeconomic
conditions; fluctuations in securities markets; fluctuations in
spot and forward prices of gold, silver, base metals or certain
other commodities; fluctuations in currency markets (such as the
Canadian dollar to United States dollar exchange rate); change in
national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls,
regulations and political or economic developments; risks and
hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration,
development and mining (including environmental hazards, industrial
accidents, unusual or unexpected formations pressures, cave-ins and
flooding); inability to obtain adequate insurance to cover risks
and hazards; the presence of laws and regulations that may impose
restrictions on mining and mineral exploration; employee relations;
relationships with and claims by local communities and indigenous
populations; availability of increasing costs associated with
mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineral
exploration and development (including the risks of obtaining
necessary licenses, permits and approvals from government
authorities); the unlikelihood that properties that are explored
are ultimately developed into producing mines; geological factors;
actual results of current and future exploration; changes in
project parameters as plans continue to be evaluated; soil sampling
results being preliminary in nature and are not conclusive evidence
of the likelihood of a mineral deposit; title to properties;
ongoing uncertainties relating to the COVID-19 pandemic; and those
factors described under the heading "Risks Factors" in the
Company's annual information form dated July 29, 2020 available on
SEDAR. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this
news release are based upon what management of the Company
believes, or believed at the time, to be reasonable assumptions,
the Company cannot assure shareholders that actual results will be
consistent with such forward-looking statements, as there may be
other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated,
estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements and information. There can
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factors or assumptions used to develop such forward-looking
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voluntary forward-looking statements, except as required by
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For Further Information, Please
Contact:
Contact Information:David
D’OnofrioChief Executive OfficerWhite Gold Corp.(647) 930-1880
ir@whitegoldcorp.ca
To Book a Meeting with Management:
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