West Red Lake Gold Intersects 48.97 g/t Au over 18.7m, 52.86 g/t Au over 4.5m and 25.49 g/t Au over 7.5m at South Austin – Madsen Mine
May 13, 2025
Vancouver, BC
West Red Lake Gold Intersects 48.97 g/t Au over 18.7m, 52.86
g/t Au over 4.5m and 25.49 g/t Au over 7.5m at South 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.
“As the underground definition drill program at Madsen advances at depth we continue to
unlock significant value within the orebody,” stated Shane Williams, President & CEO. “While the
life-of-mine resource model accurately informs metal content throughout the deposit, it is tight-
spaced drilling provid es the resolution needed to properly quantify and realize further upside
potential from the very high-grade pockets of gold mineralization ahead of stope design. The area
highlighted in this update sits just beneath Stope 6 from our recent bulk sampling program and
demonstrates the growth potential and increased continuity we are seeing in the deposit at
depth. Having just reported excellen t reconciliation results from our bulk sampling campaign,
and with strong tailwinds from a rising gold market, the team’s confidence level is high as we
move towards ramping up production at Madsen in the second half of 2025.”
The drill results featured in this news release are focused on the high -grade South Austin Zone,
which currently contains an Indicated mineral resource of 474,600 ounces (“oz”) grading 8.7
grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold (“Au”), with an additional Inferred resource of 31,800 oz grading 8.7
g/t Au.
These drill results are located directly below Stope 6 from the recent bulk sampling campaign
(Figure 2) and have defined the Stope 6 mining panel an additional 40 metr es (“m”) down
plunge. This area is also approximately 300m down plunge from the exceptional South Austin
intercepts previously announced on February 26, 2025 , where drilling returned 114.26 g/t Au
over 10.6m, 77.90 g/t Au over 3m and 24.48 g/t Au over 8.5m. The South Austin zone continues
to demonstrate significant grade and thickness potential at depth, which is being fully realized
and accurately defined through definition drilling.
The purpose of this drilling was definition and expansion within priority areas of South Austin to
continue adding to an already substantial inventory of high-confidence ounces to support the
restart of production at the Madsen mine , w ith ramp -up to commence during H2 2025. The
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Company reported positive results from its recently completed bulk sampling campaign on May
7, 2025, and also filed a Technical Report for its Pre-Feasibility Study for Madsen on February 18,
2025.
SOUTH AUSTIN ZONE HIGHLIGHTS:
• Hole MM25D-12-4669-024 Intersected 18.7m @ 48.97 g/t Au , from 5.3m to 24.0m,
Including 2m @ 428.83 g/t Au, from 20.5m to 22.5m, Also including 0.5m @ 16.06 g/t Au,
from 23.5m to 24.0m. This high-grade intercept was complimented by visible gold hosted
within highly deformed quartz-carbonate-diopside veinlets (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Impressive visible gold showings in hole MM25D-12-4669-024.
• Hole MM25D-12-4669-011 Intersected 4.5m @ 52.86 g/t Au , from 25.0m to 29.5m,
Including 1m @ 213.62 g/t Au , from 26.5m to 27.5m. This high -grade intercept was
complimented by visible gold hosted within quartz -carbonate and quartz -diopside
veinlets.
• Hole MM25D-12-4669-004 Intersected 7.5m @ 25.49 g/t Au , from 15.0m to 22.5m,
Including 0.85m @ 20.38 g/t Au, from 16.15m to 17.00m, Also including 1m @ 159.88 g/t
Au, from 21m to 22m.
• Hole MM25D-12-4669-021 Intersected 20.05m @ 8.94 g/t Au, from 6.00m to 26.05m,
Including 0.5m @ 109.58 g/t Au, from 14.4m to 14.9m, Also including 1m @ 75.58 g/t Au,
from 16.5m to 17.5m.
• Hole MM25D-12-4669-019 Intersected 5.1m @ 22.79 g/t Au , from 13.9m to 19.0m,
Including 0.5m @ 196.19 g/t Au, from 16.5m to 17.0m.
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• Hole MM25D-12-4669-025 Intersected 20.2m @ 5.52 g/t Au , from 9.8m to 30.0m,
Including 0.5m @ 10.65 g/t Au, from 10.5m to 11.0m, Also including 0.5m @ 13.31 g/t
Au, from 20.5m to 21.0m, Also including 1m @ 47.76 g/t Au, from 28m to 29m.
• Hole MM25D-12-4669-015 Intersected 2m @ 47.14 g/t Au, from 16m to 18m, Including
1m @ 93.98 g/t Au, from 17m to 18m.
• Visible gold was also observed in holes MM25D -12-4669-012, -013 and -018 within
significant intercepts as outlined below in Table 1.
TABLE 1. Significant intercepts (>3 g/t Au) from drilling at South Austin Zone.
Hole ID Target From (m) To (m) Length (m)* Au (g/t)
MM25D-12-4669-001 South Austin 9.20 11.50 2.30 3.19
MM25D-12-4669-002 South Austin 7.80 11.40 4.24 3.61
Incl. 7.80 8.30 0.50 10.08
MM25D-12-4669-003 South Austin 22.00 26.00 4.00 3.12
AND South Austin 32.25 34.00 1.75 3.55
AND South Austin 36.00 39.50 3.50 12.66
Incl. 37.00 38.50 1.50 25.49
AND South Austin 45.90 50.00 4.10 4.65
AND South Austin 62.00 65.00 3.00 12.27
Incl. 62.65 65.00 2.35 14.89
MM25D-12-4669-004
South Austin
15.00 22.50 7.50 25.49
Incl. 16.15 17.00 0.85 20.38
Also Incl. 21.00 22.00 1.00 159.88
AND South Austin 30.15 30.90 0.75 4.51
MM25D-12-4669-005 South Austin 12.65 17.00 4.35 3.59
Incl. 14.50 15.10 0.60 10.23
MM25D-12-4669-006 South Austin 6.00 7.00 1.00 3.39
AND South Austin 18.90 20.35 1.45 3.96
AND South Austin 21.85 22.35 0.50 3.14
AND South Austin 25.00 27.50 2.50 9.32
Incl. 27.00 27.50 0.50 42.81
AND South Austin 30.00 31.00 1.00 4.01
AND South Austin 39.65 40.90 1.25 6.66
AND South Austin 55.00 57.80 2.80 11.09
Incl. 57.05 57.80 0.75 40.11
MM25D-12-4669-007 South Austin 7.40 8.95 1.55 9.46
Incl. 8.15 8.95 0.80 17.89
AND South Austin 19.55 21.05 1.50 3.96
AND South Austin 26.00 26.50 0.50 4.96
MM25D-12-4669-008 South Austin 26.00 29.95 3.95 8.11
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Hole ID Target From (m) To (m) Length (m)* Au (g/t)
Incl. 26.50 27.50 1.00 29.42
MM25D-12-4669-009 South Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-12-4669-010 South Austin 34.00 34.60 0.60 3.09
MM25D-12-4669-011 South Austin 25.00 29.50 4.50 52.86
Incl. 26.50 27.50 1.00 213.62
MM25D-12-4669-012 South Austin 33.87 35.90 2.03 3.17
AND South Austin 38.00 42.18 4.18 5.43
Incl. 40.18 41.18 1.00 15.39
AND South Austin 44.90 46.00 1.10 4.06
MM25D-12-4669-013 South Austin 34.50 37.00 2.50 18.32
AND South Austin 40.00 41.20 1.20 6.68
Incl. 40.55 41.20 0.65 11.60
AND South Austin 47.00 48.00 1.00 75.70
AND South Austin 60.35 61.70 1.35 3.18
MM25D-12-4669-014 South Austin 25.80 28.00 2.20 4.85
Incl. 26.30 27.00 0.70 10.24
AND South Austin 39.85 40.35 0.50 6.80
MM25D-12-4669-015 South Austin 16.00 18.00 2.00 47.14
Incl. 17.00 18.00 1.00 93.98
AND South Austin 27.00 35.00 8.00 7.63
Incl. 31.00 32.55 1.55 33.82
MM25D-12-4669-016 South Austin 41.50 43.50 2.00 4.52
Incl. 42.00 42.50 0.50 10.12
AND South Austin 44.50 46.00 1.50 3.28
AND South Austin 50.05 53.15 3.10 5.31
Incl. 51.45 52.45 1.00 12.48
MM25D-12-4669-017 South Austin 28.00 32.90 4.90 3.04
MM25D-12-4669-018 South Austin 39.30 48.00 8.70 9.35
Incl. 47.00 48.00 1.00 67.31
AND South Austin 55.00 58.00 3.00 4.69
MM25D-12-4669-019 South Austin 8.25 12.00 3.75 5.21
Incl. 10.00 10.50 0.50 13.75
AND South Austin 13.90 19.00 5.10 22.79
Incl. 16.50 17.00 0.50 196.19
MM25D-12-4669-020 South Austin 9.00 10.50 1.50 37.18
Incl. 9.00 10.00 1.00 55.67
AND South Austin 14.00 16.00 2.00 3.32
MM25D-12-4669-021
South Austin
6.00 26.05 20.05 8.94
Incl. 14.40 14.90 0.50 109.58
Also Incl. 16.50 17.50 1.00 75.58
AND South Austin 29.55 34.10 4.55 6.73
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Hole ID Target From (m) To (m) Length (m)* Au (g/t)
Incl. 29.55 30.10 0.55 36.88
Also Incl. 32.05 32.55 0.50 14.25
AND South Austin 43.00 47.00 4.00 3.29
Incl. 43.00 44.00 1.00 11.01
AND South Austin 59.10 60.10 1.00 3.00
MM25D-12-4669-022
South Austin
4.00 14.00 10.00 6.53
Incl. 4.00 5.00 1.00 25.48
Also Incl. 9.00 10.00 1.00 10.94
MM25D-12-4669-023 South Austin 3.50 13.00 9.50 3.29
Incl. 7.05 8.00 0.95 11.50
AND South Austin 20.00 21.00 1.00 3.18
MM25D-12-4669-024
South Austin
5.30 24.00 18.70 48.97
Incl. 20.50 22.50 2.00 428.83
Also Incl. 23.50 24.00 0.50 16.06
AND South Austin 32.00 37.00 5.00 3.23
MM25D-12-4669-025
South Austin
9.80 30.00 20.20 5.52
Incl. 10.50 11.00 0.50 10.65
Also Incl. 20.50 21.00 0.50 13.31
Also Incl. 28.00 29.00 1.00 47.76
AND South Austin 33.05 34.00 0.95 5.67
*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-12-4669-001 South Austin 435780 5646547 -135 78.00 119 -7
MM25D-12-4669-002 South Austin 435780 5646547 -134 51.00 126 6
MM25D-12-4669-003 South Austin 435780 5646547 -136 65.01 129 -34
MM25D-12-4669-004 South Austin 435780 5646547 -135 52.80 130 -22
MM25D-12-4669-005 South Austin 435780 5646546 -135 90.00 137 -6
MM25D-12-4669-006 South Austin 435780 5646546 -136 58.31 140 -25
MM25D-12-4669-007 South Austin 435780 5646546 -135 51.00 147 4
MM25D-12-4669-008 South Austin 435780 5646546 -135 63.00 148 -20
MM25D-12-4669-009 South Austin 435780 5646546 -136 75.00 155 -23
MM25D-12-4669-010 South Austin 435779 5646546 -135 81.00 157 -15
MM25D-12-4669-011 South Austin 435780 5646546 -135 87.00 159 3
MM25D-12-4669-012 South Austin 435779 5646546 -135 66.00 162 -14
MM25D-12-4669-013 South Austin 435779 5646546 -136 83.00 165 -20
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Hole ID Target Easting Northing Elev
(m)
Length
(m) Azimuth Dip
MM25D-12-4669-014 South Austin 435779 5646546 -134 99.00 169 7
MM25D-12-4669-015 South Austin 435779 5646546 -135 111.00 170 -4
MM25D-12-4669-016 South Austin 435779 5646546 -135 130.00 171 -12
MM25D-12-4669-017 South Austin 435779 5646545 -135 75.00 172 1
MM25D-12-4669-018 South Austin 435779 5646545 -135 78.00 177 -10
MM25D-12-4669-019 South Austin 435786 5646555 -134 70.66 142 -19
MM25D-12-4669-020 South Austin 435786 5646555 -135 72.00 137 9
MM25D-12-4669-021 South Austin 435786 5646555 -136 62.80 134 -32
MM25D-12-4669-022 South Austin 435786 5646555 -135 42.00 131 -10
MM25D-12-4669-023 South Austin 435786 5646555 -136 50.00 121 -20
MM25D-12-4669-024 South Austin 435785 5646556 -136 68.50 114 -39
MM25D-12-4669-025 South Austin 435785 5646556 -136 89.30 95 -45
DISCUSSION
Accessed through the Madsen Mine West Portal, the South Austin Zone sits south in the hanging
wall of the main Austin Zone. Like the other mineralized domains that comprise the Madsen
Mine, the South Austin structure is hosted within broad, kilometer -scale planar alteration and
deformation corridors that have been repeatedly reactiv ated during gold mineralization and
subsequent deformation and metamorphism.
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.
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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 link: High Resolution Figures - May 13th News Release.
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FIGURE 2. Madsen Mine long section showing location of 12-4669 Drill Bay in the South Austin Zone relative to Stope 6 from recently
completed Bulk Sample Reconciliation.[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.