Wesdome releases further drill results from the Kiena Deep A Zone

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   Wesdome Gold {TSX: WDO}

Announced further drill results from the Kiena Deep A Zone downplunge.

Included was an intersect of 10.5 m of 106.3 g/t Au.

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Wesdome Gold drills 10.5 m of 106.3 g/t Au at Kiena

2020-02-19 04:37 ET – News Release

Mr. Duncan Middlemiss reports

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WESDOME ANNOUNCES THE CONTINUATION OF THE KIENA DEEP A ZONE DOWN PLUNGE TO 830 METRES LONG, INCLUDING DRILL RESULTS CONTAINING 106.3 G/T AU OVER 10.5 METRES, AND DRILLING UP PLUNGE COMMENCES FROM THE NEW EXPLORATION RAMP

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Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. has provided additional results from the continuing underground definition and exploration drilling at its 100-per-cent-owned Kiena mine complex in Val d’Or, Que.

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Seven underground drills are now in operation completing the infill and up and down plunge extension drilling of the Kiena Deep A zone. This drilling has continued to confirm the overall continuity of the geometry and the high-grade gold mineralisation of the Kiena Deep A zone and identify additional mineralisation outside of the most recent resource estimate.

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Recent drilling, including hole 6580 and its associated wedge holes, has extended the gold mineralisation of the A zone an additional 100 metres down plunge and now extends a total in excess of 830 m. A total of 40,850 m in 136 new drill holes have now been drilled since the latest resource estimate, which is expected to be updated later in 2020.

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Kiena Deep A zone — down plunge

Highlights of the down plunge drilling follow and are summarised in the “Kiena complex drilling assay and composite results” table.

  • Hole 6580: 114.8 grams per tonne Au over 10.0 m core length (32.8 g/t Au cut, 5.6 m true width);
  • Hole 6580W1: 25.3 g/t Au over 17.2 m core length (21.0 g/t Au cut, 11.6 m true width);
  • Hole 6580W2: 86.5 g/t Au over 9.7 m core length (31.7 g/t Au cut, 4.2 m true width);
  • All assays cut to 90.0 g/t Au. True widths are estimated.

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Kiena Deep A zone — definition drilling

Highlights of the definition drilling follow and are summarised in the “Kiena complex drilling assay and composite results” table.

  • Hole 6592: 66.8 g/t Au over 9.2 m core length (16.8 g/t Au cut, 7.0 m true width);
  • Hole 6593: 106.3 g/t Au over 10.5 m core length (37.8 g/t Au cut, 8.5 m true width);
  • Hole 6606: 30.5 g/t Au over 10.9 m core length (19.0 g/t Au cut, 8.0 m true width);
  • All assays cut to 90.0 g/t Au. True widths are estimated.

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79-level exploration ramp

The 79-level drift, consisting of 576 m of down ramp development and drill platforms, has now been completed and two drills have been mobilized to commence drilling of the potential up plunge extension of the Kiena Deep A zone. Previous limited drilling into the up plunge area from 67 level returned a number of good intersections that require follow-up. In addition, drilling from this ramp will allow drilling of the down-dip extension of the VC zones. Based on recent drilling from 67 level, it is interpreted that the VC zones are folded as they extend down plunge to connect with the Kiena Deep A zone.

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Additionally, a new zone has been discovered on 79 level between the S50 and VC zones. As the 79-level exploration ramp was being finalised, there was an opportunity to place the drill part way down the ramp to test the potential extension of the previously mined S50 zone northward toward the VC zones. This area has never been tested and of the three holes drilled, one hole intersected two zones of gold mineralisation in the footwall mafic volcanics. The drilling intersected quartz plus or minus tourmaline plus or minus fuchsite veins within sheared basalt near the contact with basaltic komatiite and quartz-carbonate stockwork and although not a focus at this time, the intersection does represent additional mineralisation for follow-up drilling.

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