WEST Kirkland to Complete Surface Purchase FOR Three Hills MINE Heap Leach and Expansion Drilling Underway at Three Hills
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News Release No. 88-2017
January 12, 2017
WEST KIRKLAND TO COMPLETE SURFACE PURCHASE FOR THREE HILLS MINE
HEAP LEACH AND EXPANSION DRILLING UNDERWAY AT THREE HILLS
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, January 12, 201 7 – West Kirkland Mining Inc.
(WKM:TSXV) (“West Kirkland” or the “Company”) announces that it has given notice to Eastfield
Resources (USA) Inc. (“Eastfield”) of West Kirkland’s election to purchase 7 pa tented mining
claims comprising approximately 140 acres over a portion of the Hasbrouck and Three Hills
Project. On September 11 , 2014 , the Company entered a mining lease and purchase
agreement with Eastfield for the patented mining claims , including surface rig hts. Total
consideration to be paid is CDN$285,000, of which CDN$155,000 has already been paid,
leaving a balance due of CDN$130,000. The legal process to close the purchase has been
initiated by the Company. Closing and registration of title are expect ed to be completed by the
end of January.
The purchase of the Eastfield patented claims and surface rights is consistent with the fully
permitted Plan of Operations for the Three Hills gold mine. Federal permits for the construction
and operation of Three Hills as an open pit, run-of-mine, heap leach gold extraction operation
were obtained in November, 2015.
The Company also announces that a t Three Hills a 1,300 meter reverse circulation (“RC”) drill
program has now commenced. Drilling will initially explore targets east of the permitted open pit
by stepping out from hole MW14 -01 (40 meters @ 1.36 g/t, 55 meters below collar), and
TH12R-15 (66 meters @ 3.3 g/t, 76 meters below collar). Drill targets at Three Hills are
adjacent to some of the best intercepts on the property. The earlier holes referenced above are
located within the permitted open pit boundary, but are not located within the current reserve
boundary.
After the planned RC drilling at Thre e Hills is complete , the Company also intends to perform
step-out and infill RC drilling at the newly acquired Hill of Gold property , which lies three
kilometers south of Three Hills and between the Three Hills and Hasbrouck Mines. Earlier
drilling at the Hill of Gold by past operators totals 29,926 feet from 83 reverse circulation holes
and 6 core holes. A small historical resource was estimated at Hill of Gold. Core crushed to 1 -
1/2 inch was tested by McClelland Laboratories Inc. in columns with gold recovery from cyanide
leaching projected at 81.0% and 86.7% after 62 to 79 days.
Drilling performed at Hill of Gold in 1993 in the area currently targeted by WKM includes hole
93-63 (32 meters of 0.5 g/t gold , 58 meters below collar ), and hole 93 -61 (41 meters of 1 g/t
gold, 70 meters below collar ). Drilling in this same area in 1996 included hole HG96 -5 (29
meters of 1.2 g/t gold, 55 meters below collar) and hole HGC96-6 (17 meters of 2.9 g/t gold, 59
meters below collar). Modelling by West Kirkland suggests these intercepts are open for further
expansion near-surface at potential open -pit depths. The Hill of Gold host rocks and geological
setting of gold mineralization are similar to the Three Hills deposit.
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About West Kirkland Mining Inc.
West Kirkland owns a 75% interest in the Hasbrouck Gold Project in Tonopah, Nevada. A Pre -
Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment with construction -level drawings and all
federal and state permits for the phase-one Three Hills Mine provides an advanced project with
the potential for expansion from current drilling. West Kirkland also holds a 60% interest in the
open pit heap-leach TUG Gold Project in Utah in Joint Venture with Newmont.
On behalf of West Kirkland Mining Inc.
“R. Michael Jones”
Chief Executive Officer
For more information, contact:
Kris Begic, Investor Relations, at (604) 685-8311
www.wkmining.com
Quality Assurance and Quality Control , Authors and Qualified Persons Statement
The historical drill hole information reported here is from well-known professional operators.
These assays are prior to the establishment of NI 43-101. The author is aware of the companies
involved in the work and has reviewed the historical reports.
R. Michael Jones, P. Eng., Chief Executive Officer for West Kirkland, and a non -independent
Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed the information contained in this news
release and has verified the data.
Disclaimer for Forward-Looking Information
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(collectively "forward -looking information") within the meaning of applicable securities laws.
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their nature, refer to future events. Forward -looking information in this news release includes,
without limitation, the statements regarding the use of proceeds and the holdings of the
Company’s major shareholders and other statements that are not historical facts. Information
concerning mineral resource/reserve estimates and the economic analysis the reof contained in
the prefeasibility study are also forward-looking statements in that they reflect a prediction of the
mineralization that would be encountered, and the results of mining it, if a mineral deposit were
developed and mined. Although West Kir kland believes that such timing and expenses as set
out in this press release are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations and
estimates will prove to be correct. The Company cautions investors that any forward -looking
information provided by the Company is not a guarantee of future results or performance, and
that actual results may differ materially from those in forward -looking information as a result of
various factors, including, but not limited to, the state of the financial market s for the Company's
equity securities, the state of the market for gold or other minerals that may be produced
generally, significant increases in any of the machinery, equipment or supplies required to
develop and operate a mine, a significant change in t he availability or cost of the labor force
required to operate a mine, a significant increases in the cost of transportation for the
Company’s products, variations in the nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that
may be located, the Company 's ability to obtain any necessary permits, consents or
authorizations required for its activities, to raise the necessary capital or to be fully able to
implement its business strategies and other risks associated with the exploration and
development of mineral properties. The reader is referred to the Company's public filings for a
more complete discussion of such risk factors and their potential effects which may be accessed
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