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Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. Confirms New Parallel Zone At Kiena Deep and Extends Mineralization At Depth Across Multiple Eagle River Zones
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. provided an update on its exploration drilling activities completed at its wholly-owned Eagle River mine ("Eagle River") near Wawa, Ontario, Canada and Kiena mine ("Kiena") near Val-d'Or, Quebec . Anthea Bath, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Our initial phase of step-out drilling at both Kiena and Eagle River delivered exciting results, underscoring the significant potential that remains to be unlocked. Drilling at depth intersects a new mineralized zone 40 metres into the Norbenite Footwall, beyond the Norbenite Fault, which correlates geologically with intercept of historic hole 6752W10. The new intercept flags a 150-metre vertical mineralized zone, hosted in basaltic rock, that remains open up-plunge, laterally and at depth: N134-7152W1: 6.9 g/t Au uncapped over 42.1 m core length, (6.9 g/t Au capped, 42.1 m core length) including, 8.3 g/t Au uncapped over 29.5 m core length, (8.3 g/t Au capped over 29.5 m core length). Exploration holes confirm continuity of A and A2 Zones, and A1 and A2 extensions by 20 metres and 30 metres, respectively, to the east: N134-7152: 33.9 g/t Au uncapped over 3.4 m core length (33.9 g/t Au capped, 3.0 m true width), N134-7152: 52.2 g/t Au uncapped over 4.3 m core length (32.7 g/t Au capped, 3.8 m true width), N134-7152: 8.5 g/t Au uncapped over 4.7 m core length (8.5 g/t Au capped, 4.1 m true width), N134-7152W1: 67.9 g/t Au uncapped over 3.3 m core length (44.8 g/t Au capped, 2.7 m true width). New lens confirmed A2 223 Zone and up-dip extension from delineation drilling: N134-K022: 124.1 g/t Au uncapped over 2.5 m core length (64.5 g/t Au capped, 0.7 m true width), N134-K023: 49.7 g/t Au uncapped over 3.6 m core length (26.9 g/t Au capped, 1.6 m true width), Kiena Deep Norbenite Footwal Two drill holes completed from the Level 134 exploration drive have provided compelling new evidence of a new gold- bearing zone on the far side of the Norbenite Fault, a major geological boundary that runs through the Kiena deposit at depth. The first hole (N134-7152W1) returned a broad, high-grade intercept of 6.9 g/t Au over 42.1 metres, including 8.3 g/t Au over 29.5 metres, hosted within a quartz vein system in basalt. The basalt host rock is significant, as it may provide more favourable mining conditions than the schist mineralization that characterizes much of Kiena Deep. Significantly, this intercept sits approximately 40 metres beyond the Norbenite Fault, which was previously interpreted as barren footwall. The new mineralized intercept, and its structural setting, suggests that meaningful gold mineralization may exist beyond existing geologic and structural interpretations of the Norbenite Fault. The intercept potentially links geologically to a significant historic intercept from 2022 located approximately 150 metres vertically at depth, which returned 9.9 g/t Au over 83.2 metres. The historical drill hole 6752W10 was completed by Wesdome and has been reviewed by a Qualified Person. The drilling, sampling, and analytical procedures are considered consistent with current industry practices, and the Qualified Person considered the results sufficiently reliable for the purposes of this news release. The second hole (N134-7207) was drilled to test the ground between the N134-7152W1 and historic 6752W10 drill holes to test the continuation of basalt host rock and evidence of mineralization. Hole N134-7207 intersected a 65-metre interval of the same basalt rock type with quartz veining and local observations of visible gold encountered in both above- mentioned W1 and W10 drill holes. While assay results are pending, the observations are encouraging and suggest this may represent the same emerging mineralized zone. The second hole (N134-7207) was drilled to test the ground between the N134-7152W1 and historic 6752W10 drill holes to test the continuation of basalt host rock and evidence of mineralization. Hole N134-7207 intersected a 65-metre interval of the same basalt rock type with quartz veining and local observations of visible gold encountered in both above- mentioned W1 and W10 drill holes. While assay results are pending, the observations are encouraging and suggest this may represent the same emerging mineralized zone. Now referred to as the Norbenite Footwall, this newly identified zone has been flagged across 150 vertical metres and remains open in all directions. Notably, the N134-7152W1 and historic hole 6752W10 intercepts suggest the mineralized zone is potentially as thick as the existing A Zone and Footwall Zone mineralized lenses, though further drilling is required to delineate the geometry and extent. Above the new zone lies approximately 300 metres of ground reaching the upper levels of the existing Footwall Zone mineralization, which remains relatively untested by drilling to date with holes terminating within the Norbenite Fault structure. This ground beyond the Norbenite Fault represents a significant new exploration opportunity. Drilling is actively underway from the level 134 exploration drift to better define the geometry and extent of the Norbenite Footwall, which is structurally complex but increasingly compelling as a source of potential future resource growth at Kiena. From the level 134 exploration drive, two holes were drilled targeting the lower Kiena Deep zones and extensions beneath level 186. The first hole, N134-7152 intersected three zones of mineralization (A, A1, A2 zones) prior to reaching the Norbenite Fault, with challenging ground conditions limiting advancement to the original target depth. The Norbenite Fault is a large regional fault structure that bisects the Kiena deposit at depth, acting as a geological boundary to the known Kiena Deep A and Footwall Zone mineralized lenses.