Westhaven Drills 30.58 Metres of 1.06 G/T GOLD and 4.09 G/T Silver and 21.90 Metres of 1.84 G/T GOLD and 4.79 G/T Silver at FMN Zone; Drills 6.00 Metres of 1.23 G/T GOLD and 0.48 G/T Silver at Newly Discovered Zone at the
WESTHAVEN DRILLS 30.58 METRES OF 1.06 G/T GOLD AND 4.09 G/T SILVER AND 21.90
METRES OF 1.84 G/T GOLD AND 4.79 G/T SILVER AT FMN ZONE; DRILLS 6.00 METRES OF
1.23 G/T GOLD AND 0.48 G/T SILVER AT NEWLY DISCOVERED ZONE AT THE
SHOVELNOSE GOLD PROPERTY
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Vancouver, B.C. – September 8th, 2022 – Westhaven Gold Corp. (TSX-V:WHN) is pleased to announce
drill results from its ongoing drill campaign at its 100% owned 17,623- hectare Shovelnose gold
property. Shovelnose is located within the prospective Spences Bridge Gold Belt (SBGB), which borders
the Coquihalla Highway 30 kilometres (km) south of Merritt, British Columbia.
Highlights include:
FMN Zone
o SN22-278 intersected 1.84 g/t gold (Au) and 4.79 g/t silver (Ag) over 21.90 metres (m)
starting 44m downhole and 3.90m of 4.33 g/t Au and 9.61 g/t Ag starting 62m downhole
(Section FMN F0525).
o SN22-281, an undercut to SN22-278, intersected 30.58m of 1.06 g/t Au and 4.09 g/t Ag.
o SN22-263 intersected 0.60m of 3.11 g/t Au and 287.00 g/t Ag, and 1.13m of 2.31 g/t Au
and 173.44 g/t Ag.
o Current drilling (Section FMN F0900) continues to expand the main mineralized
structure, Vein Zone 1, along strike to the northwest.
Discovery of a new gold bearing zone situated 1.2 km northeast of the South Zone (HydBx-02)
o SN22-249 intersected 3.28 g/t Au over 0.9m.
o SN22-257 intersected 1.39 g/t Au over 1.2m and another 1.23 g/t Au over 6m.
o Two holes are 380m apart indicating a potential northwest-southeast trending
mineralized zone that is open in both directions.
Westhaven has drilled approximately 31,000m in 108 holes (to SN22-302) at Shovelnose in 2022.
Gareth Thomas, President & CEO, comments: “ Drilling at the Shovelnose Gold Project continues to
increase the size and scale of mineralization on this largely underexplored property. The newly
discovered Hydrothermal Breccia No.2 target (6.00m of 1.23 g/t gold and 0.90m of 3.28 g/t Au) is very
significant as it is located approximately 1.2 kilometres from and parallel to Vein Zone 2 and remains
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open both to the northwest and southeast. Follow-up work is ongoing to test the potential of this new
area of interest.”
Peter Fischl, Exploration Manager adds: “Recent drilling at FMN continues to encounter broad
intervals of mineralization hosted in heterolithic breccia containing quartz fragments derived from
Vein Zone 1. These near surface intercepts, as seen in holes SN22-278 and SN22-281 on section F0525,
add a "bulk tonnage" component to the economic potential at FMN. Vein Zone 1 at FMN continues to
be traced to the northwest, with recent intercepts on section F0850 in holes SN22 -298 and 299 (assays
pending).
Drilling on peripheral targets off the main northwest trending 4km-long gold-bearing structure hosting
Vein Zone 1 has encountered a new subparallel vein zone at the Hydrothermal Breccia No. 2 target. A
series of east-northeast directed drill holes on tw o sections spaced 300 metres apart has intersected a
west-northwest striking zone of quartz -carbonate veining in the granodiorite basement over a strike
length of 400 metres in holes SN22-249 and SN22-257. This zone is 1.2km east-northeast of Vein Zone
2 at South Zone. The zone remains open along strike.”
Exploration Targets
At the Shovelnose gold property, the primary focus of Westhaven’s 2022 drilling is to test the potential
for additional gold and silver mineralization along the 4km ‘main mineralized’ structure hosting the
South, Tower, FMN and Franz Zones. However, a component of the 2022 work program is designed
to evaluate geologic al, geochemical and geophysical targets elsewhere on the 17,623ha property. As
assay wait times continue to grow, and as the C ompany waits to receive assays to assist for targeting
purposes for drilling along the main mineralized structure, Westhaven has t aken the opportunity to
test exploration targets off trend. Of the holes being reported today, 14 are associated with testing three
exploration targets.
Surface exploration has identified several hydrothermal breccias, quartz veining and alteration halos
in outcrop that are reminiscent of those associated with gold mineralization at the South Zone (791,000
ounces of gold and 3,894,000 ounces of silver Indicated plus 263,000 ounces of gold and 1,023,000
ounces of silver Inferred; see Press Release January 10, 2022).
Hydrothermal breccias are typical of low sulphidation epithermal systems and develop where mineral
rich fluids interact with fractured rock. During work in 2020 and 2021, Westhaven identified 15 zones
of hydrothermal brecciation, with surface assays returning up to 0.5g/t gold in select grab samples.
The 14 holes being reported today were completed to test three exploration targets. One of these three
exploration targets tested has lead to the discovery a new gold bearing zone. HydBx-02, situated 1.2km
northeast of the South Zone, and off the main mineralized trend (see map), was tested by seven drill
holes. Full results are provided in table below. The best gold intersections occur in hole SN22-249 (3.28
g/t Au over 0.9m) and SN22-257 (1.39 g/t Au over 1.2m and 1.23 g/t Au over 6m).
These intersections are significant because:
(1) this is a new gold bearing area, confirmed by drilling, and offset some 1.2km from the main
mineralized structure,
(2) veining was encountered in both the traditional felsic volcanic host rocks as well as in the
granodiorite unit - thought to be the local ge ologic basement at Shovelnose and potentially
opening up new areas for exploration,
(3) alteration haloes – derived from pathfinder elements in drill core (not reported herein) -
suggest development of a low sulphidation epithermal system offset from the main trend
(relationship, if any, unclear at the present time)
(4) drilling coverage at HydBx-02 is limited, with upside potential above, below and between
the current drill intersections,
(5) HydBx-02 remains open to both the northwest and southeast, and
(6) additional similar surface exposures of hydrothermal brecciation elsewhere on the property
remain to be tested by drilling.
Westhaven’s ongoing mapping, prospecting and rock sampling are currently focussed in areas burned
by the 2021 July Mountain wildfire, which exposed previously unknown outcrop s. This geological
program will be expanded elsewhere on the property later in the season. Other components of the 2022
program at Shovelnose include stream sediment sampling following up anomalous results from an
earlier program indicative of potential gold mineralization at sites up to 10km from the main
mineralized trend. Westhaven expects to develop new target areas from this work, as well as additional
exploration activities in progress.
FMN Zone
The drilling of two holes on section F0525, holes SN22 -278 and 281, has intersected wide intervals of
mineralized quartz -bearing breccia . The shallow nature of these intercepts adds to the “open -pit”
potential of the breccia target at FMN.
Hole SN22-263 was drilled on section F0300 and targeted the southeastern extension of a deeper zone
of silver-rich mineralization at FMN centred at 1190m elevation. This hole intersected Vein Zone 1 at
211.6 to 284m and included quartz vein intercepts of up to 6.0m (e.g. at 212.42 to 218.42m). Several of
these veins returned gold-silver assays with significant silver as follows; 1.43 g/t Au and 146.18 g/t Ag
over 1.50m (213.5-215.0m) and 2.31 g/t Au and 173.44 g/t Ag over 1.13m (248.05-249.18m). Vein Zone
1 continues to be traced to the northwest, being recently intersected on section F0850 at FMN in holes
SN22-298 and 299 (awaiting assays).
Alpine Zone
5 drillholes were completed on section S0500, the furthest northwest section completed to date at th e
Alpine zone. Anomalous gold associated with Vein Zone 2 was intersected in four of the five holes
drilled on this section. Zone 2 remains open to the northwest, where there is an additional 150 metres
of untested strike length before linking up with the Tower Showing, an area of historic drilling dating
back to 2011 that tested the surface outcropping of Vein Zone 2. The zone remains a potential open pit
target here due to its shallow nature and flat lying geometry at Alpine and Tower.
Recent drill results are summarized here:
Grade Summary
Hole_ID Zone From
(m)
To (m) Int (m) Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) High
Au
(ppb)
SN22-247 Alpine 77.50 78.00 0.50 0.77 2.92 771
and 94.00 95.00 1.00 0.45 1.41 450
SN22-248 Alpine 127.02 129.00 1.98 0.27 3.62 269
SN22-272 Alpine 42.00 42.97 0.97 0.70 4.44 701
SN22-274 Alpine 27.45 41.00 13.55 0.30 1.84 1115
and
81.00 83.02 2.02 0.32 1.35 558
and 90.00 97.00 7.00 0.28 2.18 639
SN22-275 Alpine 45.00 46.00 1.00 0.59 2.80 585
and
113.02 114.00 0.98 0.37 1.81 368
and 156.00 156.84 0.84 0.44 1.16 440
SN22-277 Alpine 104.73 108.98 4.25 0.29 2.83 651
SN22-279 Alpine no significant assay 226
SN22-246 FMN 408.79 409.63 0.84 0.28 0.69 277
SN22-250 FMN 318.00 324.02 6.02 0.26 30.19 925
including 320.00 321.00 1.00 0.93 110.00 925
SN22-253 FMN 100.00 101.65 1.65 0.34 1.13 338
and
191.00 194.00 3.00 0.41 0.19 412
and 253.00 254.00 1.00 0.37 9.23 372
SN22-255 FMN 367.71 371.78 4.07 0.43 62.48 702
SN22-259 FMN no significant assay 223
SN22-261 FMN 118.00 119.00 1.00 0.30 1.66 302
SN22-263 FMN 213.50 215.00 1.50 1.43 146.18 3110
including
213.50 214.10 0.60 3.11 287.00 3110
and 248.05 249.18 1.13 2.31 173.44 2560
SN22-265 FMN no significant assay 190
SN22-267 FMN no significant assay 35
SN22-269 FMN no significant assay 247
SN22-271 FMN no significant assay 74
SN22-273 FMN 134.98 143.00 8.02 0.29 1.45 417
SN22-276 FMN no significant assay 66
SN22-278 FMN 44.00 65.9 21.90 1.84 4.79 10700
including
62.00 65.90 3.90 4.33 9.61 10700
including 62.00 63.00 1.00 10.7 8.39 10700
SN22-280 FMN 310.00 322.17 12.17 0.85 55.13 2590
SN22-281 FMN 33.05 77.97 44.92 0.54 3.08 6710
including
65.69 67.58 1.89 4.11 16.83 6710
including
66.68 67.58 0.90 6.71 27.60 6710
and
97.00 127.58 30.58 1.06 4.09 7160
including
109.04 112.00 2.96 3.69 14.40 7160
including
111.03 112.00 0.97 7.16 32.30 7160
including
116.65 123.34 6.69 1.98 5.81 3370
and
165.70 194.55 28.85 0.36 2.46 3350
including
165.70 168.36 2.66 0.86 6.32 1165
including 174.85 185.41 10.56 0.59 2.91 3350
SN22-260 Othello no significant assay 58
SN22-262 Othello 126.00 129.00 3.00 0.32 0.04 316
SN22-
262b
Othello no significant assay 36
SN22-249 HYD BX 02 239.08 240.00 0.92 3.28 0.90 3280
SN22-251 HYD BX 02 no significant assay 44
SN22-252 HYD BX 02 no significant assay 57
SN22-254 HYD BX 02 no significant assay 21
SN22-256 HYD BX 02 no significant assay 21
SN22-257 HYD BX 02 138.86 140.06 1.20 1.39 0.76 1385
and 153.00 159.00 6.00 1.23 0.48 1310
SN22-258 HYD BX 02 no significant assay 51
SN22-264 HYD BX 04 no significant assay 32
SN22-266 HYD BX 04 no significant assay 33
SN22-268 HYD BX 04 no significant assay 4
SN22-270 HYD BX 04 no significant assay 6
Please click the following link to the 2021 & 2022 drill database tables of assay results:
2021 & 2022 drill database: https://www.westhavengold.com/projects/shovelnose-gold/maps/
On behalf of the Board of Directors
WESTHAVEN GOLD CORP.
"Gareth Thomas”
Gareth Thomas, President, CEO & Director
Qualified Person Statement
Peter Fischl, P.Geo., who is a Qualified Person within the context of National Instrument 43 -101 has
read and takes responsibility for this release.
QA/QC
Core samples were prepared using the PREP-31 package in ALS’s Kamloops facility. Each core sample
is crushed to better than 70 % passing a 2 mm (Tyler 9 mesh, US Std. No.10) screen. A split of 250 g is
taken and pulverized to better than 85 % passing a 75-micron (Tyler 200 mesh, US Std. No. 200) screen.
0.75g of this pulverized split is digested by Four Acid and analyzed via ICP -MS (method code ME -
MS61m (+Hg)), which reports a 49-element suite of elements. All samples are analyzed by Fire Assay
with an AES finish, method code Au -ICP21 (30g sample size). Additional Au screening is perform ed
using ALS’s Au-SCR24 method, select samples are dry screened to 100 microns. A duplicate 50g fire
assay is conducted on the undersized fraction as well as an assay on the entire oversize fraction. Total
Au content, individual assays and weight fractions are reported. All analytical and assay procedures
are conducted in ALS’s North Vancouver facility. A QA/QC program included laboratory and field
standards inserted every 25 samples. At least one field blank is inserted in every batch of 25 samples,
with a dditional blanks inserted following samples with visible gold. Westhaven’s ongoing Quality
Assurance and Quality Control programs include auditing of all exploration data. Any significant
changes will be reported when available.
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About Westhaven Gold Corp.
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 controls 37,000 hectares (370 square
kilometres) with four 100% owned gold properties spread along this underexplored belt. The Shovelnose property
is situated off a major highway, near power, rail, large producing mines, and within commuting distance from
the city of Merritt, which translates into low-cost exploration. Westhaven trades on the TSX Venture Exchange
under the ticker symbol WHN. For further information, please call 604 -681-5558 or visit Westhaven’s website
at www.westhavengold.com.
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