West Red Lake Gold Intersects 61.51 g/t Au over 12.1m, 43.54 g/t Au over 8.35m and 24.61 g/t Au over 11.2m at South Austin – Madsen Mine
May 27, 2025
Vancouver, BC
West Red Lake Gold Intersects 61.51 g/t Au over 12.1m, 43.54 g/t Au over 8.35m and 24.61
g/t Au over 11.2m 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.
Shane Williams, President & CEO, stated, “ The South Austin zone has been producing very high
grades and impressive widths in the definition drilling program to begin 2025 – often associated
with the presence of visible gold. The team is successfully defining a panel of very high -grade
mineralization in South Austin between 8L and 12L of the mine. It is becoming apparent that a
lot of high-grade material was left behind in this area by historic operators and we are taking full
advantage of this low hanging fruit that sits immediately adjacent to our existing underground
development. These organic growth opportunities are excit ing because they represent high
margin ounces that can be sequenced into our mine plan very efficiently. As drilling progresses
at depth we expect to uncover more areas of untapped potential and look forward to providing
further updates as assay results continue to be received.”
These drill results are located approximately 50 meters (“m”) up-dip from the South Austin
intercepts previously announced on February 26, 2025, where drilling returned 114.26 grams per
tonne (“g/t”) gold (“Au”) over 10.6m, 77.90 g/t Au over 3m and 24.48 g/t Au over 8.5m (Figure
3). This area is also approximately 300 m up plunge from the drill results recently announced on
May 13, 2025 where drilling returned 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 (Figure 3). The South Austin zone continues to demonstrate significant grade
and thickness potential at depth and along strike , 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, which was announced on May 22, 2025. The 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.
The South Austin Zone currently contains an Indicated mineral resource of 474,600 ounces (“oz”)
grading 8.7 g/t Au within 1.7 million tonnes (“Mt”), with an additional Inferred resource of 31,800
oz grading 8.7 g/t Au within 0.1 Mt.
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SOUTH AUSTIN ZONE HIGHLIGHTS:
• Hole MM25D-08-4380-011 Intersected 12.1m @ 61.51 g/t Au , from 11.0m to 23.1m,
Including 1m @ 725.00 g/t Au, from 12m to 13m, Also including 0.5m @ 16.06 g/t Au ,
from 23.5m to 24.0m . This high-grade intercept was complimented by a band of visible
gold hosted within foliation adjacent to deformed blue-grey-quartz and diopside veinlets
(Figure 1).
Figure 1. Visible gold showings in hole MM25D-08-4380-011.
• Hole MM25D-08-4380-003 Intersected 8.35m @ 43.54 g/t Au, from 8.50m to 16.85m,
Including 1m @ 347.81 g/t Au , from 8.5m to 9.5m. This high -grade intercept was
complimented by a large bleb of visible gold associated with quartz -tourmaline and
quartz-diopside veinlets (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Visible gold showings in hole MM25D-08-4380-003.
• Hole MM25D-08-4380-026 Intersected 11.2m @ 24.61 g/t Au , from 7.8m to 19.0m,
Including 1.5m @ 166.36 g/t Au, from 15.5m to 17.0m.
• Hole MM25D-08-4380-024 Intersected 3.2m @ 16.46 g/t Au , from 9.3m to 12.5m,
Including 0.6m @ 75.44 g/t Au, from 9.9m to 10.5m.
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• Hole MM25D-08-4380-006 Intersected 3m @ 16.96 g/t Au, from 6m to 9m, Including 1m
@ 48.47 g/t Au, from 7m to 8m.
• Hole MM25D-08-4380-022 Intersected 3.3m @ 15.16 g/t Au , from 33.0m to 3 6.3m,
Including 0.9m @ 46.01 g/t Au, from 33.6m to 34.5m.
• Visible gold was also observed in hole MM25D-08-4380-010 within a significant intercept
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-08-4380-
001 South Austin 22.00 25.50 3.50 12.21
Incl. 24.50 25.50 1.00 39.58
MM25D-08-4380-
002 South Austin 3.45 4.00 0.55 10.46
MM25D-08-4380-
003 South Austin 8.50 16.85 8.35 43.54
Incl. 8.50 9.50 1.00 347.81
MM25D-08-4380-
004 South Austin 17.50 19.00 1.50 3.43
MM25D-08-4380-
005 South Austin 22.60 23.60 1.00 3.26
MM25D-08-4380-
006 South Austin 1.00 3.00 2.00 3.82
AND South Austin 6.00 9.00 3.00 16.96
Incl. 7.00 8.00 1.00 48.47
MM25D-08-4380-
007 South Austin
13.00 18.60 5.60 7.23
Incl. 14.50 15.50 1.00 19.96
Also Incl. 16.70 17.20 0.50 15.63
AND South Austin 20.10 22.60 2.50 3.00
MM25D-08-4380-
008 South Austin 24.80 25.80 1.00 3.74
MM25D-08-4380-
009 South Austin 13.50 16.50 3.00 12.99
Incl. 15.50 16.50 1.00 34.20
MM25D-08-4380-
010 South Austin 13.30 16.00 2.70 3.57
AND South Austin 17.00 19.00 2.00 3.51
MM25D-08-4380-
011 South Austin 11.00 23.10 12.10 61.51
Incl. 12.00 13.00 1.00 725.00
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Hole ID Target From (m) To (m) Length (m)* Au (g/t)
MM25D-08-4380-
012 South Austin
24.50 29.20 4.70 6.98
Incl. 26.25 26.75 0.50 15.78
Also Incl. 28.45 29.20 0.75 25.91
MM25D-08-4380-
013 South Austin 12.35 20.60 8.25 3.93
Incl. 14.35 15.35 1.00 10.98
MM25D-08-4380-
014 South Austin 4.00 5.00 1.00 4.88
AND South Austin 25.50 26.40 0.90 4.83
MM25D-08-4380-
015 South Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-08-4380-
016 South Austin 22.00 25.00 3.00 4.32
AND South Austin 27.50 28.10 0.60 3.77
MM25D-08-4380-
017 South Austin 14.50 16.50 2.00 3.49
AND South Austin 20.70 22.00 1.30 3.57
MM25D-08-4380-
018 South Austin No Assays > 3 g/t Au
MM25D-08-4380-
019 South Austin 8.00 12.00 4.00 11.34
Incl. 10.00 11.00 1.00 30.25
MM25D-08-4380-
020 South Austin 18.40 20.15 1.75 8.52
Incl. 19.50 20.15 0.65 15.52
MM25D-08-4380-
021 South Austin 7.40 9.00 1.60 3.85
AND South Austin 12.00 20.25 8.25 5.18
Incl. 14.20 15.00 0.80 23.76
MM25D-08-4380-
022 South Austin 17.50 21.00 3.50 5.28
Incl. 18.40 19.25 0.85 14.36
AND South Austin 33.00 36.30 3.30 15.16
Incl. 33.60 34.50 0.90 46.01
MM25D-08-4380-
023 South Austin 2.75 6.40 3.65 4.25
Incl. 5.00 5.50 0.50 13.57
MM25D-08-4380-
024 South Austin 6.00 8.00 2.00 6.52
AND South Austin 9.30 12.50 3.20 16.46
Incl. 9.90 10.50 0.60 75.44
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Hole ID Target From (m) To (m) Length (m)* Au (g/t)
MM25D-08-4380-
025 South Austin 10.00 14.00 4.00 3.28
MM25D-08-4380-
026 South Austin 7.80 19.00 11.20 24.61
Incl. 15.50 17.00 1.50 166.36
MM25D-08-4380-
027 South Austin 9.00 11.00 2.00 4.21
AND South Austin 17.00 18.90 1.90 3.19
MM25D-08-4380-
028 South Austin 17.80 18.50 0.70 9.51
AND South Austin 22.00 23.50 1.50 21.56
Incl. 22.00 22.95 0.95 33.01
*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. Composite grades reported are
uncapped. 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-08-4380-
001 South Austin 435579 5646330 31 26.0 93 -14
MM25D-08-4380-
002 South Austin 435579 5646329 31 17.8 99 0
MM25D-08-4380-
003 South Austin 435579 5646329 32 18.6 105 14
MM25D-08-4380-
004 South Austin 435579 5646329 31 22.0 110 -19
MM25D-08-4380-
005 South Austin 435579 5646329 30 27.7 111 -32
MM25D-08-4380-
006 South Austin 435579 5646328 33 12.0 121 27
MM25D-08-4380-
007 South Austin 435579 5646328 32 102.0 123 2
MM25D-08-4380-
008 South Austin 435579 5646328 30 25.8 124 -31
MM25D-08-4380-
009 South Austin 435576 5646327 30 22.2 127 -19
MM25D-08-4380-
010 South Austin 435576 5646327 31 36.0 129 3
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Hole ID Target Easting Northing Elev
(m)
Length
(m) Azimuth Dip
MM25D-08-4380-
011 South Austin 435577 5646327 33 33.5 130 32
MM25D-08-4380-
012 South Austin 435576 5646327 30 29.2 138 -32
MM25D-08-4380-
013 South Austin 435576 5646327 31 20.6 141 -8
MM25D-08-4380-
014 South Austin 435576 5646327 32 36.0 146 15
MM25D-08-4380-
015 South Austin 435576 5646327 33 14.1 153 45
MM25D-08-4380-
016 South Austin 435575 5646327 31 39.0 156 3
MM25D-08-4380-
017 South Austin 435575 5646327 32 36.0 163 28
MM25D-08-4380-
018 South Austin 435570 5646311 30 19.0 107 -20
MM25D-08-4380-
019 South Austin 435569 5646311 31 15.0 117 -11
MM25D-08-4380-
020 South Austin 435569 5646311 32 26.5 118 23
MM25D-08-4380-
021 South Austin 435567 5646311 33 36.5 145 60
MM25D-08-4380-
022 South Austin 435568 5646310 30 45.0 146 -24
MM25D-08-4380-
023 South Austin 435568 5646311 33 33.0 139 30
MM25D-08-4380-
024 South Austin 435568 5646310 32 33.0 157 30
MM25D-08-4380-
025 South Austin 435567 5646310 32 33.0 175 29
MM25D-08-4380-
026 South Austin 435567 5646311 33 33.0 166 48
MM25D-08-4380-
027 South Austin 435569 5646312 33 36.0 101 27
MM25D-08-4380-
028 South Austin 435569 5646312 32 35.3 95 10
DISCUSSION
Accessed through the Madsen Mine East 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
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deformation corridors that have been repeatedly reactivated 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 al teration 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 link: https://westredlakegold.com/may-27-2025-nr-figures/.
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FIGURE 3. Long section highlighting Top Three (3) intercepts announced in 2025 from infill drilling stations in the South Austin, Austin
and McVeigh Zones[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.