- Westhaven Gold’s (WHN) Shovel Nose property continues to intersect high-grade gold near surface at the Franz Zone
- Shovel Nose consists of 17,623-hectare and is in the Spences Bridge Gold Belt
- On site the company focused on three targets, the Franz target, the Kirton target and the Hydrothermal Breccia No. 2 target
- Several showings at the Kirton target to the west are currently being tested by drilling on two sections
- Westhaven Gold (WHN) is up 3.23 per cent, trading at C$0.32 at 11:31 am EST
Westhaven Gold’s (TSXV:WHN) Shovel Nose property continues to intersect high-grade gold near surface at the Franz Zone.
Shovel Nose consists of 17,623-hectare and is in the Spences Bridge Gold Belt (SBGB), which borders the Coquihalla Highway, near Merritt, British Columbia.
Gareth Thomas, Westhaven’s President & CEO, spoke about the program and what is to come. “Drilling is planned to the northwest of these intercepts as we continue to chase this mineralization along strike. A drill is currently turning at the new and undrilled Kirton target, which is located 2 kilometers from the zone one trend.”
“Westhaven’s fully financed 2023 exploration program includes testing targets off the main Zone One Trend, including the Kirton, Romeo and Hydrothermal Breccia No.2 targets,” added Thomas.
Westhaven is reporting assays for 4 holes from its drill campaign at Shovelnose. An additional 6 holes are in the lab pending assays.
On site the company focused on three targets, the Franz target, the Kirton target and the Hydrothermal Breccia No. 2 target.
Several showings at the Kirton target to the west are currently being tested by drilling on two sections, including the Brookmere East / YJ Vein, a prominent zone of veining that has been traced northwest for 200 meters in outcrop.
Three holes drilled here so far have successfully encountered zones of quartz veining below mapped vein outcrops.
The next steps for the Franz Zone will be to follow up detailed surface sampling to compliment previous work. The company will be establishing a resource and will implement preliminary metallurgical test work and enhanced environmental baseline studies.
As for the Hydrothermal Breccia No.2 Target, three out of four holes found quartz veining similar to gold bearing vein zones in last years holes.
Westhaven is a gold-focused exploration company advancing the high-grade discovery on the Shovelnose project in Canada’s newest gold district, the Spences Bridge Gold Belt.
Westhaven Gold (WHN) is up 3.23 per cent, trading at C$0.32 at 11:31 am EST.
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