White Gold Corp. (TSX.V: WGO, OTCQX: WHGOF, FRA:
29W) (the "Company") is pleased to announce an updated
mineral resource estimate for the VG deposit on its QV project
which is located approximately 85 km south of Dawson City and 11 km
north of the Company’s flagship Golden Saddle and Arc deposits
(Figure 1) which contain 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) in west-central Yukon, Canada. This work forms part of
the Company’s fully funded 2021 exploration program backed by
partners Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSX: AEM, NYSE: AEM) and
Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) on its extensive
420,000 hectare land package in the emerging White Gold District,
Yukon.
Highlights Include:
- 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 (Figures 2 & 3).
- 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.
- Results from diamond drilling on
the Betty and Ulli’s Ridge Targets and other exploration activities
will be forthcoming in due course.
- The Company is pleased to announce
its attendance at the Mines and Money London conference from
December 1st to 2nd, 2021 and invites interested parties to
register to learn more about the Company’s unique district-scale
gold exploration opportunity with significant defined resources,
recent discoveries and new discovery potential in the prolific
White Gold District, Yukon, Canada. Register here:
https://minesandmoney.com/london/register
Figures accompanying this news release can be
found at:
https://whitegoldcorp.ca/investors/exploration-highlights/
“When we strategically acquired the QV Project
in 2019 we believed that there was a significant opportunity to
increase the size of the resource in addition to the immediate
increase of our total resource base in the area, and were very
interested in the prospectively of several untested targets on the
property. We are very pleased to have already increased the
resources at the VG deposit with very limited drilling and feel
confident that excellent opportunities exist to quickly upgrade and
further expand the resources, further increasing our already
significant defined resource base,” 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.
Qualified Persons, Technical Information and Quality
Control
The Mineral Resource Estimate for the QV Project
was prepared by Dr. Gilles Arseneau of Arseneau Consulting Services
(ACS), an Independent Qualified Person (“QP”) as defined under NI
43-101, who has reviewed and approved the contents of this news
release. The technical content of this news release has also been
reviewed and approved by Terry Brace, P.Geo. and Vice President of
Exploration for the Company who is also a QP as defined under NI
43-101 – Standards of Disclosure of Mineral Projects.
A technical report to support the Mineral
Resource Estimate for the QV project, prepared in accordance with
NI 43-101, will be filed on SEDAR (https://www.sedar.com/) and the
Company’s website (https://www.whitegoldcorp.ca/) within 45 days of
the issuance of this news release.
QA/QC
All sample analytical work from the VG deposit
diamond drilling (Comstock) and RC drilling (the Company) programs
was carried out at either ALS Global Laboratories of North
Vancouver or Bureau Veritas Laboratories of Vancouver, BC, both of
which are fully accredited analytical facilities. All programs have
been completed following CIM best practices including the
implementation of QA/QC sampling protocols and the submission of
standards, blanks, and duplicate samples. All samples were assayed
for gold via fire assay along with multi-element ICP-MS
(Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry). Diamond drill core
sampling protocols consisted of the collection of 0.5-2.0 m samples
over the entire length of the drill hole with sample length varying
based upon lithology and mineralization style. All drill core was
cut in half with a diamond saw, with half of the core placed in
sample bags and the remaining half securely retained in core boxes
at the Project’s core storage yard. For RC holes, continuous
samples were collected at 1.5m intervals. Returned rock chips were
run through a 3-tiered riffle splitter and approximately 1/8th of
the returned chips was collected for assay. For both RC and diamond
drill core, all samples were organized into secure batches which
included the insertion of standards, blanks and duplicate material.
Samples were then delivered securely to the chosen laboratory by
chartered flight or courier.
About the QV Project
The QV project is located approximately 85 km
south of Dawson City and 11 km north of the Company’s flagship
Golden Saddle and Arc deposits in west-central Yukon, Canada. The
Company acquired the project in early 2019 through a purchase
agreement with Comstock – see Company news release dated March 1,
2019 for details.
The VG deposit is underlain by a NNW-striking
and ENE-dipping package of predominantly felsic
(biotite-quartz-feldspar) gneiss, commonly interlayered with
biotite schist and less abundant mafic gneiss. The VG deposit is
interpreted to represent an orogenic gold deposit, with
mineralization hosted along west-southwest striking (250°) and
gently north-northwest dipping (20°) shear zones. Mineralization is
hosted in quartz ± carbonate veins, stockwork and breccia zones, as
well as pyrite veinlets, including cubic pyrite and occasionally
visible gold, associated with intense quartz-carbonate-sericite
alteration.
The VG deposit was discovered by Comstock in
2012 through a program of mechanical trenching and subsequent
diamond drill testing of a gold-in-soil anomaly. Drilling to date
has outlined mineralization for a minimum of 450m along strike and
for 350m down dip. Mineralization is divided into 4 separate
subparallel zones with the bulk of the mineralization hosted in
zone 2000. The current mineral resource comprises near-surface
Inferred Resources of 267,600 ounces of gold contained in 5,264,000
tonnes at an average grade of 1.62 g/t gold.
In addition to the VG deposit, the QV property
hosts several other prospective targets including from southeast to
northwest, the Stewart, Tetra and Shadow zones which have received
limited exploration work and offer potential for future
discoveries.
Figure 1 – White Gold Corp. VG Deposit Regional
Location Map
Figure 2 – White Gold Corp. VG Deposit Cross
Section
Figure 3 – White Gold Corp. VG Deposit
Isometrics of VG Zone
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(2). 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 (this news release). 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 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.(2) 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.(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, 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.
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
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"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; 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.
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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