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Western Exploration Inc. reports on mineral exploration and development activity at its wholly owned Aura gold-silver project in Elko County, Nevada. Recurring updates cover drilling and assay results at Gravel Creek, the Jarbidge Vein Zone, the Tomasina Fault Zone, Saddle, Wood Gulch and related targets, including geochemical and spectral studies tied to epithermal gold-silver mineralization.
Company news also includes Doby George development and permitting work, including Mine Plan of Operations preparation, U.S. Forest Service process updates and baseline environmental, cultural, hydrology and biology studies. Additional corporate updates may address capital structure, governance matters and operating or financial disclosures.
Western Exploration (OTCQX:WEXPF) has initiated mobilization for its 2025 drill program at the Wood Gulch target within its 100% owned Aura Project in Nevada. The company has begun deploying crews and equipment to the site, located 80km north of Elko.
The fully funded 4,000-meter diamond drill program will explore extensions of historic high-grade gold-silver mineralization near the Tomasina Fault Zone, including areas below the former Wood Gulch open pit. The target area, previously mined by Homestake in the late 1980s, has remained largely unexplored with modern techniques. Drilling is expected to commence in approximately one week, following the completion of drill platform preparation and access road clearing.
Western Exploration (OTCQX:WEXPF) has filed a NI 43-101 Technical Report for its Aura Gold-Silver Project in Nevada, highlighting significant resource increases and positive economic assessment results. The Gravel Creek resource showed a 56% increase in gold resources to 571,000 ounces and an 83% increase in silver resources to 9,726,000 ounces in the inferred category.
The Doby George Heap Leach PEA revealed promising economics with a base case after-tax NPV of US$70.7M and 25.4% IRR at $2,150/oz gold price, potentially increasing to $211.2M NPV with 62.2% IRR at $3,000/oz gold. The project features a 5-year mine life with pre-production capital costs of US$115.2M and attractive all-in sustaining costs of US$1,197 per ounce at $3,000 gold price.
Western Exploration Inc. (OTCQX: WEXPF) has achieved recognition in the 2025 OTCQX® Best 50, a prestigious ranking of top-performing companies on the OTCQX Best Market. This ranking evaluates companies based on their one-year total return and average daily dollar volume growth during 2024.
CEO Darcy Marud highlighted the importance of OTCQX in providing valuable exposure to U.S. markets and investors, particularly beneficial for their U.S.-based project development. The OTCQX Best Market is known for offering transparent and efficient trading of established companies that meet rigorous standards including high financial requirements, best practice corporate governance, and securities law compliance.
Western Exploration (WEXPF) has identified a major new exploration target zone in the Wood Gulch-Gravel Creek area, featuring a 3.0-kilometer-long Tomasina target zone with three outcropping zones of mineralization. The target area, located 1.0 km west of Gravel Creek, shows similar geologic, structural, and geochemical characteristics to Gravel Creek.
The zone includes the past-producing Wood Gulch mine, which historically yielded high-grade drill intercepts including 13.72 meters @ 29.59 g/t AuEq and 9.14 meters @ 30.38 g/t AuEq. The target is situated 75-400 meters from the surface, potentially reducing drill costs and improving future development prospects. The company plans to prioritize drilling in 2025 where the Tomasina Fault zones intersect the Frost Creek tuff.
Western Exploration (OTCQX: WEXPF) has been named to the 2025 OTCQX® Best 50, a prestigious ranking of top-performing companies on the OTCQX Best Market. The ranking evaluates companies based on an equal weighting of one-year total return and average daily dollar volume growth during 2024.
CEO Darcy Marud expressed honor at the recognition, highlighting the OTCQX's important role in providing exposure to U.S. markets and investors, particularly valuable for a company advancing a project within the United States.
The OTCQX Best Market is designed for established, investor-focused companies meeting strict criteria, including high financial standards, best practice corporate governance, and securities law compliance.
Western Exploration (WEXPF) has announced additional assay results from its 2024 core drilling program at the high-grade Jarbidge rhyolite discovery near the Gravel Creek resource. The drilling program has expanded the high-grade vein corridor to a minimum of 350 meters on strike and 250 meters on dip.
Key highlights include intercepts of 1.53 meters at 19.98 g/t AuEq in WG462 and 1.13 meters at 12.0 g/t AuEq in WG461. The program consisted of five oriented core holes, with all holes intersecting multiple vein/breccia zones with +10.0 g/t AuEq values. Notable results include individual assays of up to 46.1 g/t Au and 4,630.0 g/t Ag in WGC461.
The new high-grade area is located less than 200 meters east of the current Gravel Creek mineral resource, which contains 245k AuEq indicated ounces at 5.81 g/t AuEq and 443k AuEq inferred ounces at 5.02 g/t AuEq. The discovery remains open in all directions and represents significant resource expansion potential.
Western Exploration (WEXPF) has announced additional high-grade assay results from its 2024 core drilling program at the Gravel Creek resource area. The program, consisting of five oriented core holes totaling 3,556 meters, revealed significant gold-silver intercepts including 0.34m @ 33.69 g/t AuEq, 1.04m @ 16.72 g/t AuEq, and 0.55m @ 75.12 g/t AuEq. The drilling confirmed multiple vein-breccia zones with +10.00 g/t AuEq values within the projected structural corridor, extending along a minimum strike length of approximately 300 meters and dip length of 250 meters. Mineralization remains open in all directions, with preliminary interpretation suggesting the vein zones may be widening up dip to the east.
Western Exploration Inc. (TSXV: WEX; OTCQX: WEXPF) has announced positive assay results from its 2024 core drilling program at the Gravel Creek area of its Aura gold-silver project in Nevada. Highlights include:
- Drill results of up to 1.01 meters of 68.32 g/t AuEq and 0.49 meters of 111.54 g/t AuEq
- Four oriented core holes totaling 2,789 meters completed
- Hole WG459 reported individual assays of up to 75.30 g/t Au and 3,080 g/t Ag
- Key intercepts include 3.69 meters of 22.06 g/t AuEq and 6.10 meters of 12.44 g/t AuEq
The results support the potential for resource expansion northeast of the current Gravel Creek deposit. The company believes high-grade veins continue at least 80 meters north of the Discovery Section. Ongoing drilling aims to extend the vein zone and connect with high-grade Au intercepts in an area approximately 550 meters by 350 meters.