White Gold Corp. is pleased to announce the intersecting of high grade gold from a recent drill program at its flagship project, the Western Extension of the near-surface, high-grade gold zone at Betty Ford Target in the Yukon. The results include 5.04 g/t Au over 20.85 m with additional gold occurrences in the sulphide domain.
The exploration objective of the drill program was to extend the high grade western end of the near-surface gold zone. The results of the program saw White Gold Corp. intercepting significant gold mineralization in the upper portion of the hole (between 76.88 and 97.73 m) with 5.04 g/t Au over 20.85 m and significant bands of lower grade mineralization downhole. This gold mineralization sits within the sulphide domain, having been encountered by the White Gold Corp. crew from scraping the hole walls.
Other encouraging results from the Betty Ford Target include 7.24 g/t Au over 3.64 m and 6.35 g/t Au over 11.42 m in Hole UG17-2009 of the Upper Zone and 4.21 g/t Au over 2.70 m in Hole UG17-2005 of the Central Zone.
White Gold Corp. reports that the intercepts are of higher grade and better widths than the mineralized material seen during the previous drill campaigns, with the near-surface zones having generally been quite shallow along strike. As further evidence, White Gold Corp. has found additional gold occurrences in the sulphide domain of both the Upper and Central Zones.
Overall, the drill program has demonstrated the depth of the mineralization at the Betty Ford Target and has produced data that supports White Gold Corp.’s belief that mineralization continues beyond what is known in the historical dataset. The company is eager to begin a follow-up program to continue to explore the potential of the target.
White Gold Corp. President and CEO, David D’Onofrio, issued a statement stating that the exploration team continues to set the expansion of White Gold Corp.’s land package. The team continues to discover and extend gold mineralization across multiple targets on the