West Red Lake Gold Outlines 2024 Regional Exploration Strategy for Madsen and Rowan
April 29, 2024
Vancouver, BC
West Red Lake Gold Outlines 2024 Regional
Exploration Strategy for Madsen and Rowan
West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (“West Red Lake Gold” or “WRLG” or the “Company”) (TSXV:
WRLG) (OTCQB: WRLGF) is pleased to announce its 2024 strategy for regional exploration
activities across its 100% owned Madsen and Rowan Properties, both located in the Red Lake
Gold District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Regional mapping and geochemical sampling at Madsen with a focus on the
Confederation Assemblage of rocks , which has seen very little exploration work since
2014 (Figures 1 & 2).
o Expected to commence in May 2024.
• Up to 15,000m of surface drilling to be completed at the Rowan Mine deposit with focus
on growth and expansion on the existing high -grade mineral resource ( Figure 4) - as
previously announced on April 26, 2024.
o This drill program is fully funded up to C$4.5M and is expected to commence in
early June.
• Regional mapping and geochemical sampling across Rowan property to start generating
new targets for potential future drill testing.
o Expected to commence in June 2024.
Will Robinson, Vice President of Exploration, stated, " Our team is very excited to get back out
into the field in 2024 at our Madsen and Rowan properties. The underground drills at Madsen
will continue de -risking the resource while taking full advantage of near -mine expansion
opportunities, while our field crews will be focused on reconnaissance -level work within the
greater Madsen land package to continue generating and advancing new targets for the
exploration pipeline. Of particular interest is the exploration potential that could exist within the
Confederation package of rocks which remains mostly unexplored but represents approximately
50% of the land package at Madsen. We have enough geologic evidence from previous work to
demonstrate the prospectivity within the Confederation rocks and we aim to gain a better
understanding of the mineralizing controls and economic potential over this part of the Madsen
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land package. With drills soon to be turning at both of our Red Lake properties we look forward
to delivering a steady stream of positive results throughout 2024.”
FIGURE 1. Plan map showing density of surface sampling data collected during 2014 -2022
across the Madsen property. Note the paucity of data within the Confederation Assemblage of
rocks leaving this area mostly unexplored.
DISCUSSION
Most historic exploration work and drilling across the Madsen property, and within the greater
Red Lake district, has been almost exclusively focused on the Balmer Assemblage of rocks. The
Confederation rock package was mostly ignored and considered non -prospective for hosting
significant gold mineralization. The discovery of the LP Fault and Hinge Zones at Dixie Lake in
2016 (24km SSE of Madsen) forced the geologic community to re-evaluate this narrative, and the
WRLG exploration team is taking full advantage of the exploration potential that still exists within
the Confederation rocks at Madsen – which cover approximately 50% of the 47 square kilometer
(“sq. km.”) land package and remain mostly unexplored.
A full-scale regional program over the Confederat ion rocks has been planned for the 2024 field
season which will include detailed geologic mapping and geochemical sampling to begin
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unlocking the full exploration potential of the entire Madsen property (Figure 2). Mapping and
sampling within the Confederation will be focused on three main areas:
1) North Shore
• Poorly mapped area in highly favorable geologic setting between Russet Lake
ultramafic and Balmer-Confederation unconformity.
• South of this zone, multiple mineralized shears crosscut stratigraphy (eg. Austin
Zones, Starratt, Wedge, Fork, etc.).
• Focus will be on exploration for additional similar shear zones.
2) Confederation North
• This area remains mostly untested.
• Hosts some known mineral occurrences such as the high-grade #1 Vein, which was
the original area being mined at Madsen before discovery of the surface expression
of the Austin Zone.
• Objective will be to search for manifestation of known shear zones in the Balmer (eg.
Starratt, Madsen, Derlak, etc.) projected into favorable contacts and geologic settings
within the Confederation.
3) Confederation South
• Hosts some known occurrences such as historic Faulkenham shaft.
• Focus will be on mafic-felsic contact areas.
This strategy is representative of WRLG’s systematic and disciplined approach to exploration and
target generation.
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Figure 2. Plan map showing the proposed layout of soil sampling and reconnaissance grids at
Madsen. The North Shore grid area is denoted by green sample sites. The Confederation North
grid a rea is denoted by red sample sites. The Confederation South grid area is denoted by
purple sample sites.
At the Rowan property, there has been very little regional exploration work completed since the
1980’s and early 1990’s when Gold quest Exploration, Inc. (which eventually amalgamated with
Goldcorp, Inc.) conducted a number of regional exploration campaigns that included mapping,
sampling, dozer stripping and drilling. Since that time, most of the work completed on the
property has consisted of various drill programs at the Rowan Mine, Mount Jamie Mine, Red
Summit Mine and along the NT Zone.
WRLG completed a preliminary orientation till sampling survey at Rowan in 2023 that consisted
of 334 till samples collected on 50m spaced north -south lines, and 100m spaced east-west lines
(Figure 3). Samples were collected using “Dutch” style hand augers with a maximum 2m sampling
depth possible. OREAS 46 certified reference material (CRM) and duplicate field samples were
inserted into the sequence at a 5% rate for each QA/QC sample type in the field. Post- field
collection, samples were transported to ALS Vancouver for preparation and analysis. All samples
were dried to 60°C to reduce loss of volatile mercury and arsenic, sieved to -180 +63 micron (µm)
and -63 µm fraction data subsets before undergoing AR_ICP-MS digestion and analysis.
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Review of assay data shows both datasets returned high quality, usable data, with the - 63 µm
dataset returning a preferential return in quality based on cumulative frequency probability plots
and Tukey plotting of gold and pathfinders in parts per million (ppm) values. Exploratory Data
Analysis via PCA was conducted on both data subsets and the components display both
geochemical associations that reflect local geology and also zones o f exploration potential.
Glacial drift is proposed to be in the magnitude of 100m to 300m towards south by southwest
across the Property based on the geological associations shown in the PCA compared to mapped
lithologies. Based on the positive results of the initial 2023 soil sampling survey, the grid will be
expanded in 2024 to cover more prospective areas across the Rowan property.
For more information on the exploration history at the Rowan Property p lease refer to the
technical report entitled “Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Rowan Property, Ontario,
Canada” dated April 26, 2024 prepared for WRLG by Sims Resources, LLC.
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FIGURE 3. Thematic map showing Au-in-till results from 2023 orientation till sampling program at Rowan.
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FIGURE 4. Rowan Deposit longitudinal section showing high-priority expansion target areas for 2024 drill program[1]. Drill intercepts shown
in this figure have been composited to 2m intervals.
1 Mineral Resources are estimated at a cut-off grade of 3.8 g/t Au and using a gold price of US$1,800/oz. Please refer to the technical report entitled “Updated Mineral
Resource Estimate for the Rowan Property, Ontario, Canada” dated April 26, 2024 prepared for WRLG by Sims Resources, LLC.
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QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL
The technical information presented in this news release has been reviewed and approved by
Will Robinson, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration for West Red Lake Gold and the Qualified
Person for exploration at the West Red Lake Project, as defined by NI 43 -101 “Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects”.
ABOUT WEST RED LAKE GOLD MINES
West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. is a mineral exploration company that is publicly traded and
focused on advancing and developing its flagship Madsen Gold Mine and the associated 47 k m2
highly prospective land package in the Red Lake district of Ontario. The highly productive Red
Lake Gold District of Northwest Ontario, Canada has yielded over 30 million ounces of gold from
high-grade zones and hosts some of the world's richest gold deposits. WRLG also holds the wholly
owned Rowan Property in Red Lake, with an expansive property position covering 31 k m2
including three past producing gold mines - Rowan, Mount Jamie, and Red Summit.
ON BEHALF OF WEST RED LAKE GOLD MINES LTD.
“Shane Williams”
Shane Williams
President & Chief Executive Officer