White Gold Corp. (TSX.V: WGO, OTCQX: WHGOF, FRA:
29W) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has
filed a technical report in accordance with National Instrument
43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects to update the
mineral resource estimate on its 100% owned VG gold deposit. The
technical report entitled “Technical Report for the QV Project,
Yukon, Canada” and dated November 15, 2021 (effective date October
15, 2021) has been prepared for the Company by Dr. Gilles Arseneau,
P.Geo. of ARSENEAU Consulting Services Inc. (“ACS”). The technical
report is available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) under the Company’s
issuer profile.
The updated mineral resource for the VG deposit
comprises near-surface Inferred Resources of 267,600 ounces of gold
(5,264,000 tonnes at an average grade of 1.62 g/t gold),
representing a 16% increase in Inferred Resources compared to a
historical 2014 resource estimate(1) which remains open in multiple
directions. The VG deposit is located approximately 11km north of
the Company’s flagship White Gold property hosts the Company’s
Golden Saddle and Arc deposits which have a combined 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 at the Golden
Saddle and Arc is also known to extend beyond the limits of the
current resource estimate.
Highlights Include:
- The VG deposit is located on the QV property and 11km north of
the Company’s Golden Saddle and Arc deposits.
- Gold mineralization at the VG deposit appears very similar to
that at the Company’s Golden Saddle deposit.
- Opportunities exist at the VG deposit to quickly upgrade a
significant portion of Inferred Resources to Indicated, as well as
for expansion of mineralization at depth and along strike.
- Several other prospective targets on the property have received
limited exploration work and offer potential for additional
discoveries.
- The 2021 work program continues to demonstrate extensive gold
mineralization in the White Gold district and the potential for new
discoveries and continuing to increase the Company’s significant
defined resource base.
Figures accompanying this news release can be
found at:
https://whitegoldcorp.ca/investors/exploration-highlights/
“We are very pleased to have increased the
resources at the VG deposit with very limited drilling since
acquiring the project in 2019, and feel confident that excellent
opportunities exist to quickly upgrade and further expand the
resources, further increasing our already significant and growing
defined resource base in the White Gold District.,” stated David
D’Onofrio, CEO.
Resource Estimate Details
The current resource estimate for the VG deposit
was carried out by Arseneau Consulting Services (“ACS”) and is
reported in accordance with the guidelines of the Canadian
Securities Administrators National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”)
and has been estimated in conformity with generally accepted CIM
“Estimation and Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Best
Practices” guidelines. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves
and do not have demonstrated economic viability.
The current resource estimate incorporates assay
results from 23 diamond drill holes (4,324m) and 8 reverse
circulation (RC) drill holes (870m). An additional 24 rotary air
blast (RAB) drill holes totalling 1,758 m were utilized to assist
modelling the mineralized zones, but were not used in grade
estimation. All drilling except for the 8 RC holes drilled by the
Company in 2019 was completed between 2012 and 2017 by the previous
owner, Comstock Metals Ltd. (“Comstock”, TSX-V: CSL). This compares
to 16 diamond drill holes (3,278m) having been used for the
historical 2014 resource estimate.
The Mineral Resource Estimate for the VG
deposit, with an effective date of October 15, 2021, is summarized
in Table 1 below. The resources are situated near-surface and are
potentially amenable to open pit mining methods. The Company’s
updated total mineral resources for on its Yukon projects is
summarized in Table 2 below.
Table 1. VG Deposit Mineral Resource
Statement, Effective Date October 15, 2021.
Classification |
Cut-Off Grade |
Tonnes |
Grade |
Contained Au |
|
(g/t Au) |
|
(g/t Au) |
(ounces) |
Inferred |
0.5 |
5,264,000 |
1.62 |
267,600 |
Notes:
- The Mineral Resource Estimate has been constrained to a
preliminary optimized pit shell, using gold recovery of 92%,
operating costs of CDN$33.50/tonne, pit slope=50 degrees, SG=2.65,
and a gold price of US$1,600 per troy ounce.
- Mineral Resources were estimated by Ordinary Kriging in 20m by
20m by 10m blocks.
- Top cuts to each of the estimated zones were applied with
capping values between 3 g/t to 10 g/t Au.
- A fixed bulk density of 2.65 t/m3 was assigned to the model
based on the average of all density measurements collected from the
mineralized zones.
- Mineral resources were prepared in accordance with NI 43-101,
Companion Policy 43-101CP, and the CIM Definition Standards for
Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves. Mineral resources that are
not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic
viability.
- Rounding may result in apparent summation differences between
tonnes, grade, and contained metal content.
Table 2. Summary of Mineral Resources,
White Gold Corp., Yukon, Canada
|
|
Indicated Resource |
|
Inferred Resource |
Deposit |
|
Tonnage |
Grade |
Contained Gold |
|
Tonnage |
Grade |
Contained Gold |
|
|
(000's) |
(g/t) |
(ounces) |
|
(000's) |
(g/t) |
(ounces) |
Golden Saddle - Near Surface |
|
14,815 |
2.31 |
1,098,300 |
|
3,454 |
1.43 |
159,100 |
Golden Saddle - Underground |
|
143 |
4.53 |
20,800 |
|
326 |
4.33 |
45,300 |
Arc - Near Surface |
|
613 |
1.06 |
20,800 |
|
5,221 |
1.18 |
197,700 |
TOTAL |
|
15,571 |
2.28 |
1,139,900 |
|
9,001 |
1.39 |
402,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indicated Resource |
|
Inferred Resource |
Deposit |
|
Tonnage |
Grade |
Contained Gold |
|
Tonnage |
Grade |
Contained Gold |
|
|
(000's) |
(g/t) |
(ounces) |
|
(000's) |
(g/t) |
(ounces) |
VG - Near Surface |
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
5,264 |
1.62 |
267,600 |
The Mineral Resource estimate is based on the
combination of geological modeling, geostatistics, and conventional
block modeling using the Ordinary Kriging method of grade
interpolation in Geovia GEMS software. Four mineralization solids
were created to outline mineralization domains greater than 0.5 g/t
Au. The solids constrained drill hole intercepts were composited
into 2.0 m lengths with all unsampled values assigned zero grade.
Gold grades for the model were estimated in three successive
passes. The first pass used a search ellipse with dimensions of 95
m X 30 m X 9 m in the X, Y, and Z directions respectively which
represents 80% of the correlogram ranges. Pass two used the full
correlogram range of 120 m X 37 m X 11 m in the X, Y, and Z
directions respectively. The third pass search ellipse doubled the
correlogram range in the Y and Z directions. For all three passes a
minimum of 6 and maximum of 20 composites were required to generate
a resource block, with no more than 5 composite allowed from any
one drill hole. Resources were estimated into non rotated blocks
with dimensions of 20 m X 20 m X 10 m in the X, Y and Z dimensions
respectively. Top cuts to each of the estimated zones were applied
with capping values ranging from 3 g/t to 10 g/t Au.
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 emerging White Gold District.
The Company’s flagship White Gold property hosts the Company’s
Golden Saddle and Arc deposits which have a combined 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 at the Golden
Saddle and Arc is also known to extend beyond the limits of the
current resource estimate. The Company’s VG deposit acquired in
March 2019 hosts an Inferred Resource of 267,600 ounces of gold at
1.62 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 2.14 Moz at 1.20 g/t Au, and Inferred
Resources of 0.23 Moz at 1.07 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
White Gold Corp. technical report titled “Technical Report for the
QV Project, Yukon Canada”, dated November 15, 2021, prepared by Dr.
Gilles Arseneau, P.Geo., available on SEDAR.(3) See Newmont
Corporation press release titled “Newmont Reports 2020 Mineral
Reserves of 94 Million Gold Ounces Replacing 80 Percent of
Depletion”, dated February 10, 2021:
https://www.newmont.com/investors/news-release/default.aspx(4) See
Western Copper and Gold Corporation technical report titled
“Preliminary Economic Assessment, Yukon Canada”, dated August 2,
2020, prepared by M3 Engineering & Technology Corp., available
on SEDAR.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward
Looking Information
This news release contains "forward-looking
information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively,
"forward-looking statements") within the meaning of the applicable
Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and
are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date
of this news release. Any statement that involves discussions with
respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections,
objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but
not always using phrases such as "expects", or "does not expect",
"is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans",
“proposed”, "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts", "estimates",
"believes" or "intends" or variations of such words and phrases or
stating that certain actions, events or results "may" or "could",
"would", "might" or "will" be taken to occur or be achieved) are
not statements of historical fact and may 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; 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.
Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation
Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the
TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
news release.
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:
https://whitegoldcorp.ca/contact/request-information/
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