West Red Lake Gold Intersects 23.81 g/t Au over 5.4m, 30.16 g/t Au over 4.3m and 12.43 g/t Au over 10.5m at Austin – Madsen Mine
April 1, 2025
Vancouver, BC
West Red Lake Gold Intersects 23.81 g/t Au over 5.4m, 30.16
g/t Au over 4.3m and 12.43 g/t Au over 10.5m at Austin –
Madsen Mine
West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (“West Red Lake Gold” or “WRLG” or the “Company”) (TSXV:
WRLG) (OTCQB: WRLGF) is pleased to report drill results from its 100% owned Madsen Mine
located in the Red Lake Gold District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada.
The drill results featured in this news release are focused on the high -grade Austin Zone. The
Austin Zone currently contains an Indicated mineral resource of 914,200 ounces (“oz”) grading
6.9 grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold (“Au”) , with an additional Inferred resource of 104,900 oz
grading 6.5 g/t Au.
The purpose of this drilling was definition and expansion within priority areas of Austin to
continue building an inventory of high -confidence ounces to support the restart of production
at the Madsen mine , which is expected to commence in 2025. The Company recently filed a
Technical Report for its Pre-Feasibility Study for Madsen on February 18, 2025.
AUSTIN ZONE HIGHLIGHTS:
• Hole MM25D-12-4848-005 Intersected 10.5m @ 12.43 g/t Au, from 48.6m to 59.1m,
Including 0.6m @ 106.06 g/t Au, from 49.4m to 50.0m, Also including 0.7m @ 49.53 g/t
Au, from 53.9m to 54.6m.
• Hole MM25D-12-4848-050 Intersected 4.3m @ 30.16 g/t Au, from 51.0m to 55.3m,
Including 1.1m @ 106.10 g/t Au, from 51.9m to 53.0m.
• Hole MM25D-12-4848-022 Intersected 5.4m @ 23.81 g/t Au, from 54.1m to 59.5m,
Including 0.5m @ 212.13 g/t Au, from 54.9m to 55.4m, Also including 0.5m @ 30.14 g/t
Au, from 56.3m to 56.8m.
• Hole MM25D-12-4848-025 Intersected 9.6m @ 10.98 g/t Au, from 53.0m to 62.6m,
Including 0.5m @ 45.34 g/t Au, from 53.0m to 53.5m, Also including 0.8m @ 36.90 g/t
Au, from 57.5m to 58.3m.
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• Hole MM25D-12-4848-045 Intersected 5.85m @ 17.29 g/t Au, from 43.75m to 49.60m,
Including 1.5m @ 45.31 g/t Au, from 45.5m to 47.0m, Also including 0.6m @ 27.15 g/t
Au, from 49.0m to 49.6m.
Shane Williams, President & CEO, stated, “It’s a huge advantage that our team has been active
underground at the Madsen mine for almost two years, because we have been able to get drills
to many high priority areas of the deposit ahead of mine restart . This includes deeper portions
of the resource that possess very attractive tonnage and grade profiles - many of these deeper
areas were never accessed by the two previous operators. High grade panels in Austin, like the
one highlighted in this update, are currently within the life -of-mine plan and are expected to
deliver meaningful, high -margin tonnes during the first eighteen to twenty -four months of
production. We fully expect the Austin and South Austin zones to continue producing impressive
grades over significant widths as we continue to access and define these high-grade shoots at
depth.”
Plan maps and sections for the Austin drilling highlighted in this release are provided below in
Figures 1 through 13.
TABLE 1. Significant intercepts (>3 g/t Au) from drilling at Austin Zone.
Hole ID Target From (m) To (m) Length (m)* Au (g/t)
MM25D-12-4848-001 Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-12-4848-002 Austin 58.60 61.50 2.90 3.61
AND Austin 63.60 65.50 1.90 5.13
AND Austin 67.70 69.20 1.50 5.16
MM25D-12-4848-003 Austin 54.60 57.00 2.40 4.20
Incl. 54.60 55.10 0.50 16.64
AND Austin 59.00 61.00 2.00 4.53
Incl. 60.50 61.00 0.50 15.15
MM25D-12-4848-004 Austin 52.00 56.00 4.00 4.88
Incl. 54.00 55.00 1.00 14.26
AND Austin 57.40 60.40 3.00 11.37
Incl. 58.30 59.00 0.70 25.73
MM25D-12-4848-005
Austin
48.60 59.10 10.50 12.43
Incl. 49.40 50.00 0.60 106.06
Also Incl. 53.90 54.60 0.70 49.53
MM25D-12-4848-006 Austin 34.00 35.00 1.00 5.48
AND Austin 48.50 49.80 1.30 3.39
AND Austin 56.20 60.50 4.30 19.64
MM25D-12-4848-007 Austin 44.90 48.70 3.80 4.19
Incl. 47.30 47.90 0.60 12.83
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Hole ID Target From (m) To (m) Length (m)* Au (g/t)
MM25D-12-4848-008 Austin 47.50 48.50 1.00 4.26
AND Austin 49.50 51.00 1.50 4.76
MM25D-12-4848-009 Austin 48.80 53.30 4.50 5.32
Incl. 52.30 52.80 0.50 30.57
MM25D-12-4848-010 Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-12-4848-011 Austin 59.05 61.60 2.55 6.26
Incl. 60.10 60.60 0.50 28.90
MM25D-12-4848-012 Austin 60.40 63.40 3.00 5.63
Incl. 60.40 61.40 1.00 10.37
AND Austin 66.70 71.70 5.00 5.39
Incl. 68.70 70.70 2.00 12.64
MM25D-12-4848-013 Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-12-4848-014 Austin 67.40 68.00 0.60 3.41
AND Austin 76.50 78.00 1.50 3.74
AND Austin 79.00 80.00 1.00 3.08
MM25D-12-4848-015 Austin 33.50 34.00 0.50 3.99
AND Austin 51.50 57.00 5.50 5.36
Incl. 51.50 53.10 1.60 14.50
MM25D-12-4848-016 Austin 57.40 58.60 1.20 5.96
Incl. 57.40 58.00 0.60 11.33
AND Austin 61.30 62.40 1.10 8.00
MM25D-12-4848-017 Austin 57.70 58.70 1.00 3.55
AND Austin 69.30 71.80 2.50 3.28
AND Austin 72.80 74.00 1.20 3.66
MM25D-12-4848-018 Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-12-4848-019 Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-12-4848-020 Austin 58.00 61.00 3.00 5.38
Incl. 60.00 61.00 1.00 12.82
MM25D-12-4848-021 Austin 57.30 58.50 1.20 3.71
MM25D-12-4848-022
Austin
54.10 59.50 5.40 23.81
Incl. 54.90 55.40 0.50 212.13
Also Incl. 56.30 56.80 0.50 30.14
MM25D-12-4848-023 Austin 48.00 49.00 1.00 3.58
MM25D-12-4848-024 Austin 30.50 31.50 1.00 5.00
AND Austin 48.50 51.00 2.50 6.75
Incl. 49.00 50.20 1.20 12.62
AND Austin 53.70 54.20 0.50 10.97
MM25D-12-4848-025
Austin
53.00 62.60 9.60 10.98
Incl. 53.00 53.50 0.50 45.34
Also Incl. 57.50 58.30 0.80 36.90
MM25D-12-4848-026 Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
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Hole ID Target From (m) To (m) Length (m)* Au (g/t)
MM25D-12-4848-027 Austin 45.00 49.20 4.20 6.69
AND Austin 54.20 54.80 0.60 3.43
MM25D-12-4848-028 Austin 44.20 46.00 1.80 7.09
AND Austin 50.00 54.50 4.50 14.99
MM25D-12-4848-029 Austin 45.20 48.80 3.60 15.71
Incl. 47.50 48.10 0.60 76.32
AND Austin 56.00 57.50 1.50 4.68
MM25D-12-4848-030 Austin 50.00 52.80 2.80 7.38
Incl. 51.00 52.10 1.10 16.48
AND Austin 59.50 61.00 1.50 5.67
MM25D-12-4848-031 Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-12-4848-032 Austin 52.00 54.20 2.20 4.45
Incl. 53.70 54.20 0.50 18.48
MM25D-12-4848-033 Austin 45.20 48.00 2.80 4.58
Incl. 46.50 47.00 0.50 17.36
MM25D-12-4848-034 Austin 40.00 41.00 1.00 4.44
AND Austin 49.70 51.00 1.30 3.75
MM25D-12-4848-035 Austin 44.60 50.00 5.40 3.37
Incl. 44.60 45.15 0.55 10.03
MM25D-12-4848-036 Austin 31.00 33.00 2.00 4.62
AND Austin 43.30 49.60 6.30 6.02
Incl. 44.00 45.00 1.00 28.59
MM25D-12-4848-037 Austin 44.00 47.00 3.00 4.42
Incl. 44.00 45.00 1.00 10.74
AND Austin 56.20 57.50 1.30 3.51
MM25D-12-4848-038 Austin 42.50 45.50 3.00 3.89
Incl. 43.00 43.63 0.63 11.29
AND Austin 50.70 53.40 2.70 4.47
Incl. 52.10 52.79 0.69 11.32
MM25D-12-4848-039 Austin 44.10 48.00 3.90 4.53
Incl. 45.30 45.80 0.50 18.25
MM25D-12-4848-040 Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-12-4848-041 Austin 43.00 47.00 4.00 10.41
Incl. 43.50 44.00 0.50 55.45
MM25D-12-4848-042 Austin 44.00 47.50 3.50 3.90
MM25D-12-4848-043 Austin 32.00 34.00 2.00 7.85
Incl. 32.00 33.00 1.00 13.10
AND Austin 46.73 47.35 0.62 4.16
MM25D-12-4848-044 Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-12-4848-045 Austin 36.00 36.80 0.80 3.54
AND Austin 43.75 49.60 5.85 17.29
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Hole ID Target From (m) To (m) Length (m)* Au (g/t)
Incl. 45.50 47.00 1.50 45.31
Also Incl. 49.00 49.60 0.60 27.15
MM25D-12-4848-046 Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-12-4848-047 Austin 47.50 48.85 1.35 3.49
MM25D-12-4848-048 Austin 45.95 47.60 1.65 9.15
Incl. 45.95 46.50 0.55 11.22
MM25D-12-4848-049 Austin 65.05 67.00 1.95 4.91
MM25D-12-4848-050 Austin 51.00 55.30 4.30 30.16
Incl. 51.90 53.00 1.10 106.10
MM25D-12-4848-051 Austin 61.75 64.85 3.10 3.12
AND Austin 65.35 65.85 0.50 3.04
AND Austin 67.60 68.55 0.95 3.62
*The “From-To” intervals in Table 1 are denoting overall downhole length of the intercept. True thickness has not
been calculated for these intercepts but is expected to be ≥ 70% of downhole thickness based on intercept angles
observed in the drill core. Internal dilution for composite intervals does not exceed 1m for samples grading <0.1 g/t
Au.
TABLE 2: Drill collar summary for holes reported in this News Release.
Hole ID Target Easting Northing Elev
(m)
Length
(m) Azimuth Dip
MM25D-12-4848-001 Austin 435845 5646715 -151 96.00 83 12
MM25D-12-4848-002 Austin 435845 5646715 -151 90.00 88 12
MM25D-12-4848-003 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 85.70 94 12
MM25D-12-4848-004 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 81.00 100 12
MM25D-12-4848-005 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 81.00 105 12
MM25D-12-4848-006 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 81.00 112 12
MM25D-12-4848-007 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 50.50 119 12
MM25D-12-4848-008 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 51.00 125 13
MM25D-12-4848-009 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 53.30 133 12
MM25D-12-4848-010 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 54.60 140 12
MM25D-12-4848-011 Austin 435844 5646713 -151 90.00 146 12
MM25D-12-4848-012 Austin 435844 5646713 -151 90.00 153 12
MM25D-12-4848-013 Austin 435846 5646715 -151 65.00 85 17
MM25D-12-4848-014 Austin 435846 5646715 -151 90.00 84 6
MM25D-12-4848-015 Austin 435845 5646715 -150 57.00 91 28
MM25D-12-4848-016 Austin 435845 5646715 -151 62.40 91 17
MM25D-12-4848-017 Austin 435845 5646715 -151 87.00 90 6
MM25D-12-4848-018 Austin 435845 5646715 -150 61.00 94 22
MM25D-12-4848-019 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 75.00 97 28
MM25D-12-4848-020 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 81.00 97 17
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Hole ID Target Easting Northing Elev
(m)
Length
(m) Azimuth Dip
MM25D-12-4848-021 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 85.00 97 6
MM25D-12-4848-022 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 78.00 100 22
MM25D-12-4848-023 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 75.00 103 28
MM25D-12-4848-024 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 78.00 103 17
MM25D-12-4848-025 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 86.30 103 6
MM25D-12-4848-026 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 71.10 106 34
MM25D-12-4848-027 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 75.00 106 22
MM25D-12-4848-028 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 75.00 108 28
MM25D-12-4848-029 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 78.00 109 17
MM25D-12-4848-030 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 83.30 109 6
MM25D-12-4848-031 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 72.00 112 34
MM25D-12-4848-032 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 75.00 113 23
MM25D-12-4848-033 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 78.00 115 20
MM25D-12-4848-034 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 54.10 115 6
MM25D-12-4848-035 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 75.00 116 28
MM25D-12-4848-036 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 49.60 119 23
MM25D-12-4848-037 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 72.00 120 35
MM25D-12-4848-038 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 75.00 122 29
MM25D-12-4848-039 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 48.90 122 17
MM25D-12-4848-040 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 53.30 122 6
MM25D-12-4848-041 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 48.47 126 23
MM25D-12-4848-042 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 72.00 127 35
MM25D-12-4848-043 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 51.10 129 17
MM25D-12-4848-044 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 55.00 129 6
MM25D-12-4848-045 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 49.60 133 25
MM25D-12-4848-046 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 60.00 136 6
MM25D-12-4848-047 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 52.30 137 18
MM25D-12-4848-048 Austin 435845 5646714 -150 51.80 142 25
MM25D-12-4848-049 Austin 435845 5646714 -151 67.50 143 6
MM25D-12-4848-050 Austin 435844 5646714 -151 55.30 145 18
MM25D-12-4848-051 Austin 435844 5646713 -151 96.00 150 6
DISCUSSION
The Austin zone is currently a ccessed through the Madsen Mine West Portal . Like the other
mineralized domains that comprise the Madsen Mine, the Austin structures are hosted within
broad, kilometer-scale planar alteration and deformation corridors that have been repeatedly
reactivated during gold mineralization and subsequent deformation and metamorphism.
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At the deposit scale the Austin, South Austin, North Austin, and McVeigh Zones are locally folded
and structurally dismembered by transposition and rotation into the penetrative S2 Foliation. In
addition to this intense deformation overprint, the mineralized veins and alteration have been
subjected to the relatively high temperatures of amphibolite facies metamorphism, which led to
extensive recrystallization and growth of the skarn -like replacement mineral assemblage of
diopside-amphibole-quartz-biotite.
All significant gold mineralization on the mine property is demonstrably early relative to the most
significant, penetrative deformation (D2) and metamorphic events. The North Austin Zone
displays ‘mine-style’ alteration and mineralization and consists of multiple mineralized domains
defined over a strike length of 0.5km. Mineralization remains open at depth and along strike to
the northeast.
In drill core, or at underground face exposures, gold-bearing zones at the Madsen Mine are best
identified visually by fine (sub-millimetre) grains of free gold within strong alteration and veining.
All high-grade intervals generally contain visible gold o n drill core exteriors, although numerous
examples exist of high-grade assays where visible gold was only identified within the interior (cut
surface) of the core samples. Apart from the presence of free gold, pervasive silicification (locally
accompanied by discrete quartz veining) and quartz -carbonate or diopside veining are the best
indicators that a given interval is within a high-grade zone along/within the mineralized structure.
The current underground drilling program at the Madsen Mine is focused on further definition
of near-term mining inventory , as well as growth of the current mineral resource. Drilling has
been focused on the more continuous and higher -grade portions of the Austin, South Austin,
North Austin and McVeigh Zones. This will continue to be the strategy through 2025.
High resolution versions of all the figures contained in this press release can be found at the
following web address: https://westredlakegold.com/april-2025-nr-figures/.
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FIGURE 1. Madsen Mine long section showing location of 12-4848 Drill Bay in the Austin Zone.[1]
[1] Mineral resources are estimated at a cut-off grade of 3.38 g/t Au and a gold price of US1,800/oz. Please refer to the technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical
Report and Prefeasibility Study for the Madsen Mine, Ontario, Canada”, prepared by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. and dated January 7, 2025. A full copy of the SRK
report is available on the Company’s website and on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.