West Kirkland Mining Inc. Announces an Early-2017 Drilling Program at the Hasbrouck Gold-Silver Project
January 04, 2017 at 01:30 pm
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West Kirkland Mining Inc. announced an early-2017 drilling program at the Hasbrouck Gold-Silver Project, which consists of the phase 1 Three Hills pit and the adjacent phase 2 Hasbrouck pit. The company has contracted Boart-Longyear for drilling services at Three Hills and the recently-leased Hill of Gold properties. At Three Hills a 1,300 meter RC drill program will explore targets identified by previous drilling and geophysical surveys to the 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. These earlier holes are located within the permitted pit boundary, but are not located within the current Mineral Reserve boundary. Step-out and in-fill drilling will also be performed at the recently-leased Hill of Gold property which lies three kilometers immediately south of Three Hills and between the Three Hills and Hasbrouck Mines. Earlier drilling at the Hill of Gold totals 29,926 feet from 83 reverse circulation holes and 6 core holes. A small historical resource was estimated at Hill of Gold based on past results. 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 to be targeted by WKM for follow-up included hole 93-63 which intercepted 32 meters of 0.5 g/t gold, 58 meters below collar, and hole 93-61 which intercepted 41 meters of 1 g/t gold, 70 meters below collar. Drilling in this same area in 1996 included hole HG96-5 which intercepted 29 meters of 1.2 g/t gold, 55 meters below collar and hole HGC96-6 which intercepted 17 meters of 2.9 g/t gold, 59 meters below collar. Modelling by West Kirkland suggests that these intercepts are open for further expansion near surface at potential open-pittable depths. The Hill of Gold host rocks and geological setting of gold mineralization are similar to the Three Hills deposit. The Hill of Gold property was leased and is now being explored as a target for possible trucking to Three Hills for processing at the permitted heap leach site there. Hasbrouck Mine Permitting: Advancement of permitting for Phase-2 construction and mining at the Hasbrouck Mine is also to continue in early 2017. Phase-1 construction and mining at the Three Hills Mine is fully permitted at federal and state levels. The company has commissioned EM Strategies to continue permitting the Hasbrouck Mine. This work builds on previous biology and cultural base-line studies with the intent of submitting a Plan of Operation to the BLM in third quarter of 2017.
West Vault Mining Inc. is a Canada-based mineral exploration and development company. The Company is focused on the development of the Hasbrouck heap-leach gold project, consisting of the Hasbrouck Mine and Three Hills Mine (together the Hasbrouck Gold Project) in Nevada. Its flagship project consists of Hasbrouck and Three Hills gold properties. The Hasbrouck Gold Project is situated on Highway 95 between Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada. The Hasbrouck Project consisted of approximately 11,361 acres hosting around two oxide gold-silver deposits, Hasbrouck, and over eight kilometers to the north, Three Hills. The Hasbrouck Gold Project consists of the Hasbrouck Mine and the Three Hills Mine plus surrounding land package, which is situated near Tonopah, Nevada. The Companyâs subsidiaries include WK-Allied Hasbrouck LLC and WK Mining (USA) Ltd.