Wesdome drills 68.2 g/t over 19 metres at Kiena

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 1, 2019 | 2:48 pm Exploration Canada Gold 
Wesdome produces 25,142 oz. in Q2, on track to meet guidance
Kiena Complex. Image from Wesdome Gold Mines.

Wesdome Gold Mines (TSE: WDO) of Toronto has released more results from the underground definition and exploration drilling at the Kiena Deep A zone at the Kiena mine complex in Val d’Or, Quebec.

With assays cut to 90.0 g/t gold, the grades are in the bonanza territory:

  • Hole 6456: 68.2 g/t gold over 19.0-metre core length (28.1 g/t cut, 14.4 metres true width);
  • Hole 6450 (A2 zone): 126.3 g/t gold over 4.3-metre core length (23.6 g/t cut, 3.8 metres true width);
  • Hole 6449: 44.5 g/t gold over 9.0-metre core length (17.0 g/t cut, 7.3 metres true width);
  • Hole 6449 (A1 zone): 37.6 g/t gold over 4.6-metre core length (28.5 g/t cut, 4.5 metres true width); and
  • Hole 6505: 52.7 g/t gold over 4.7-metre core length (32.0 g/t, 4.3 m true width).

Four drills are operating on the 1050-metre level exploration ramp. Definition drilling has confirmed the overall continuity of the geometry and the high grade of the deep mineralization. The Deep A zone is now known to extend over 700 metres along plunge. A fifth drill is working from the 670-metre level.

Wesdome plans to have an updated Kiena resource by the end of this year. Consideration is also being given to an exploration drift to be driven to the 790-metre level.

(This article first appeared in the Canadian Mining Journal)

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