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West Red Lake Gold Highlights New Exploration Targets at Rowan Property

Apr 17, 2025


West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. has announced positive results from the 2024 regional surface mapping, geochemical sampling and core re-logging program at its 100% owned Rowan Property located in the Red Lake Gold District of Northwestern Ontario. 

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • The Program at Rowan in 2024 consisted of a diamond drill core re-logging and sampling program, expansion of the 2023 till sampling grid, and compilation of a new deposit-scale 3D geologic model to enhance targeting of favorable structural and lithologic settings for gold mineralization at Rowan.

     

  • The re-logging program included 50 diamond drill holes for a total of 16,830 meters (“m”) of drill core – this core was predominately from historic drilling campaigns (Figure 2). A total of 3,070 samples were collected over 4,604m of core to fill analytical gaps in the historic data set and update mineralized domains at Rowan.

     

  • A total of 984 till samples were collected in 2024 with an emphasis on prospective geology and interpreted structural trends that are believed to be important controls for gold mineralization at Rowan. This was in addition to the 344 till samples collected during 2023 (Figure 3).

     

  • Geochemical data from 2023-2024 till sampling campaigns were integrated to refine what is interpreted to be the main mineralized structural trend at Rowan, which has been folded and conforms to a regional-scale east verging antiform (Figure 1). This structural trend is constrained geochemically by strong potassic (“K”) alteration and Ag-Cd-Zn loading. Visible gold in drill core at Rowan is often associated with the presence of sphalerite (Zn-sulphide).

     

  • Two (2) new till anomalies were defined at Rowan that also align spatially with deflections and folding in the main regional shear. These two newly defined target areas have seen very little previous drilling. The areas immediately northeast and southwest along strike from the main Rowan deposit, and the Mount Jamie area also remain highly prospective for expansion and discovery potential.

Will Robinson, Vice President of Exploration, stated, "The 2024 exploration program at Rowan achieved a number of key objectives in advancing our understanding of the geological controls on mineralization in this part of the Red Lake District. We now have a succinct and systematic logging convention for Rowan to pair with a high-confidence and detailed deposit-scale 3D geologic model, which will prove invaluable for targeting and data processing in future drilling programs. Many of the common themes we see at Madsen associated with gold are also present at Rowan, which further substantiates our regional targeting model. The till sampling program was highly successful in mapping out the footprint of the main controlling mineralized shear at Rowan, while also defining two high caliber gold-in-till anomalies at Big Bend and Apex. Inflections and folds in mineralized shears are great places to look for high-grade gold and we are excited to test these new targets with future drilling campaigns.” 

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Figure 1. Map showing new target areas defined through 2023-2024 surface till sampling and characterized by strong K-alteration and Ag-Cd-Zn loading. The areas immediately northeast and southwest of the main Rowan deposit remain high-priority expansion targets.

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Figure 2. Map showing location of drill collars for re-logged holes relative to known gold deposits and mineral occurrences. Newly interpreted 2025 geology map shown as underlay.

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Figure 3. Map showing location of 2023-2024 till sampling grid with sampled and non-sampled sites displayed. Non-sampled sites were due to lack of viable sample material and/or swampy terrain.

 

DISCUSSION

Drill Core Re-logging and Sampling Program

The re-logging program included 50 diamond drill holes for a total of 16,830m of drill core – this core was predominately from historic drilling campaigns from Rowan, Mount Jamie, Red Summit and the NT Zone (Table 1). A total of 3,070 samples were collected over 4,604m of core to fill analytical gaps in the historic data set and update mineralized domains at Rowan. Sample preparation and gold analysis were conducted at SGS in Red Lake, subsequent to which the master analytical pulps were picked up by WRLG contract employees and transported to ALS Minerals in Thunder Bay for multi-element ICP analysis.



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