Samples from the Denise, Gratien, Grey Cat, and Team gold zones were tested by gravity, flotation and leaching.

The best intersection was 373 metres grading 0.25% nickel.

One drill hole cut 16.7 metres grading 36.2 grams gold per tonne from 45.3 metres depth.

Kinross has been granted the option to earn up to a 75% interest in Riley's PWC project for minimum expenditures of $20 million.

Northwest Expo holds 40.3 million indicated tonnes grading 0.1% copper and 0.7 g/t gold for 100 million lb. copper and 871,000 oz. of gold.

The project has total probable reserves of 11.3 million oxide tonnes grading 0.63 g/t gold, 7.9 million transition tonnes at 0.63 g/t gold, and 155.1 million fresh tonnes at 0.73 g/t gold.