White Gold Corp. (TSX.V: WGO, OTC – Nasdaq Intl: WHGOF,
FRA: 29W) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the
commencement of the maiden diamond drilling program and the
completion of a structural Geological interpretation at its Betty
Property, contiguous to and 15km northeast of Western Copper and
Gold Corporation’s Casino deposit (14.5 Moz gold & 7.1 Blbs
copper of Measured & Indicated and 6.6 Moz gold and 3.3 Blb
copper of Inferred), and 40km east of Newmont Corporation’s Coffee
Gold deposit (2.17 Moz Indicated & 0.50 Moz Inferred gold).
This is the second diamond drilling campaign of the company’s fully
funded 2021 exploration program on its district scale 420,000
hectare land package, representing over 40% of the emerging White
Gold District in Yukon, Canada, backed by strategic partners Agnico
Eagle Mines Limited (TSX: AEM, NYSE: AEM) and Kinross Gold
Corporation (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC).
Highlights Include:
- The maiden
diamond drilling program on the property is comprised of 2,000 to
2,500m in 10-12 holes on the Betty Ford and Betty White targets. At
Betty Ford, drilling will test the target over an approximately
500m strike length, including the zone which returned 1.08 g/t Au
over 50.29m in 2018 RAB drilling.
- The Betty
property is located on the eastern extension of the Coffee Creek
Fault, which hosts Newmont’s Coffee deposit containing gold
resources of 2.17 Moz Indicated and 0.50 Moz Inferred.
- A new structural geological
interpretation based on airborne magnetics, high-resolution LiDAR
data, and soil geochemistry has significantly improved the
understanding of structural controls on gold mineralization.
- Gold mineralization is noted on
second and third order W and NE trending faults as seen at
Newmont’s Coffee Gold Deposit.
- Geochemistry analysis and
interpretation has also revealed a zone of possible porphyry style
mineralization identified with elevated Copper, Molybdenum and
Silver values on the property.
“We are excited to commence the maiden diamond
drill program on our Betty Property. This program has been designed
to test several of the prospective gold anomalies on the property
which are located in close proximity to existing large gold and
copper deposits situated along the same fault structure. The
diamond drill program has been designed based on the recently
completed structural interpretation in addition to the soil
geochemistry and other exploration results from previous seasons,”
stated David D’Onofrio, CEO of the Company.
Figures accompanying this news release can be
found at:
https://whitegoldcorp.ca/investors/exploration-highlights/
Betty Property
The Betty property comprises of 860 claims which
covers an area of 17,127 hectares and is strategically located
contiguous to and 15km northeast of Western Copper and Gold
Corporation’s Casino deposit (14.5 Moz gold & 7.1 Blbs copper
of Measured & Indicated and 6.6 Moz gold and 3.3 Blb copper of
Inferred), and 40km east of Newmont Corporation’s Coffee Gold
deposit which hosts gold resources of 2.17 Moz Indicated & 0.50
Moz Inferred (Figure 1). The Betty covers the strike extension of
the east-trending Coffee Creek Fault which exerts important
structural controls on mineralization at the Coffee deposit. A
diamond drilling program comprising 2,000 to 2,500m in 10-12 holes
has recently begun at the Betty Ford and Betty White targets, which
marks the commencement of the first ever diamond drilling program
on the property. At Betty Ford, drilling will test the target over
an approximately 500m strike length, including the zone which
returned 1.08 g/t Au over 50.29m in 2018 RAB drilling.
The property hosts several early-stage exploration targets
including the Betty Ford, Betty White, Betty Grable, Betty Black
and Mascot targets. The Betty property is located approximately
65km southeast of the Company’s flagship Golden Saddle and Arc
Deposits, which have a combined 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.
The Betty property was originally staked in 2010 and since that
time has seen intermittent exploration. Early work from 2010 to
2013 was carried out by Ethos Gold Corp. which completed soil
geochemistry surveys (coarse grid), airborne magnetic and
radiometric surveys, the acquisition of high-resolution satellite
imagery, trenching and RC drilling. The majority of Ethos’ work was
focused in the Mascot area leaving large portions of the property
underexplored. More recent work has included mapping and
prospecting, infill soil geochemistry, 27 IP lines totalling 11.2km
line km, LiDAR imagery, GT probe sampling and RAB drilling in 2018,
with BETFRDRAB18-002 returning 1.08 g/t Au over 50.29m from 4.57m
depth, including 2.24 g/t Au over 9.41m from 19.81m depth. A
summary of all significant historical drill intercepts from the
Company and Ethos Gold Corp. can be found in Figure 2.
The property is underlain primarily by Late Devonian
metasedimentary rocks of the Snowcap Assemblage which have been
intruded by the Middle Cretaceous Dawson Range granodiorite and
diorite in the southern portion of the property. The Snowcap
Assemblage rocks consist of a folded package of quartzite, biotite
gneiss/schist, quartz feldspar gneiss, augen gneiss, and minor
marble and hornblende gneiss. The units form an open, east-west
trending, isoclinal antiform with units on the southern limb having
a gentle dip to the south and units on the northern limb having a
moderate to steep dip to the north.
The structural and geological framework of the Betty and Hayes
property located immediately to the east is characterized by 4
major fault arrays: 1) WNW-trending Yukon River Shear Zone (YRSZ);
2) E-W trending Coffee Creek fault; 3) NW-trending Big Creek fault;
and 4) NE-trending Dip Creek fault. The Coffee Creek and Big Creek
fault systems are highly prospective structures that, respectfully,
control orogenic gold at Newmont's Coffee Gold deposit and porphyry
and epithermal gold mineralization at Triumph Gold Corp.’s Nucleus
and Revenue deposits to the southeast. Furthermore, the YRSZ
constitutes a major crustal break within the Yukon-Tanana terrane,
while the Dip Creek fault develops southeast of the Casino Cu-Au-Mo
porphyry deposit transecting the Dawson Range in a NE-orientation.
Additional information on the Betty property can be found in the
Company’s press release dated May 19, 2021.
Structural Geological InterpretationA new
structural geological interpretation was recently completed on the
Betty and Hayes properties by consulting structural geologist Dr.
Matias Sanchez and Dr. Thomas Bissig of Fault Rocks Inc., by
integrating airborne magnetics and electromagnetics (EM),
high-resolution drone LiDAR data and soil geochemistry. Key
findings are summarized below and interpreted structures and soil
geochemistry data are shown in Figures 3-5.
The earliest fault systems are W to WNW trending, southerly
verging thrust faults (later movement is dextral strike slip)
including the Coffee Creek Fault and Yukon River Shear Zone, and NW
trending oblique second order faults. Principal foliation and
layering dips to the north. Later fault systems include the
NW-trending Big Creek Fault and the NE-trending Dip Creek Fault.
Additional 2nd and 3rd order faults also developed at this time,
possibly in the Mid to Late Cretaceous.
The most important structures controlling gold mineralization as
outlined by soil geochemistry appear to be 2nd and 3rd order NE
trending and W trending structures. These areas include the Betty
Ford, Betty White, Betty Grable and Mascot zones. More rarely gold
mineralization appears to be associated with regional scale
structures as is the case with the Betty Black zone on the Coffee
Creek Fault.
The geochemical interpretation has also illustrated the presence
of possible porphyry style mineralization in the NE portion of the
property where elevated Cu, Mo, Ag and S values are present in soil
samples. Mineralization in the Mascot area as defined by elevated
Au-As-Pb-Zn appears to be intrusion-related and may represent
distal mineralization associated with a porphyry system at
depth.
About White Gold Corp.The
Company owns a portfolio of 21,111 quartz claims across 31
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 Andrew
Hamilton, P.Geo. and Exploration Manager 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.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward
Looking InformationThis news release contains
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be forward-looking statements. In this news release,
forward-looking statements relate, among other things, the
Company’s objectives, goals and exploration activities conducted
and proposed to be conducted at the Company’s properties; future
growth potential of the Company, including whether any proposed
exploration programs at any of the Company’s properties will be
successful; exploration results; and future exploration plans and
costs and financing availability.
These forward-looking statements are based on
reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of the Company
at the time such statements were made. Actual future results may
differ materially as forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to
materially differ from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Such factors, among other things, include: the
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
be no assurance that forward-looking information, or the material
factors or assumptions used to develop such forward-looking
information, will prove to be accurate. The Company does not
undertake to release publicly any revisions for updating any
voluntary forward-looking statements, except as required by
applicable securities law.
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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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