West Red Lake Gold Intersects 49.39 g/t Au over 4.48m and 18.46 g/t Au over 11.2m at South Austin – Madsen Mine

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (“West Red Lake Gold” or “WRLG” or the “Company”) (TSXV: WRLG) (OTCQB: WRLGF) is pleased to report drill results from its 100% owned Madsen Mine located in the Red Lake Gold District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada.

The drill results featured in this news release are focused on the high-grade South Austin Zone, which currently contains an Indicated mineral resource of 474,600 ounces (“oz”) grading 8.7 grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold (“Au”), with an additional Inferred resource of 31,800 oz grading 8.7 g/t Au.

The purpose of this drilling was definition within priority areas of South Austin to continue building an inventory of high-confidence ounces to support the restart of production at the Madsen mine, which is expected to commence in 2025. The Company expects to complete a pre-feasibility study outlining its restart plans in Q4.

SOUTH AUSTIN ZONE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Hole MM24D-08-4447-035 Intersected 4.48m @ 49.39 g/t Au, from 114.91m to 119.39m, Including 2.5m @ 76.51 g/t Au, from 116.0m to 118.5m.

  • Hole MM24D-08-4447-025 Intersected 11.2m @ 18.46 g/t Au, from 106.0m to 117.2m, Including 4m @ 34.41 g/t Au, from 107m to 111m, Also including 0.5m @ 10.21 g/t Au, from 113.0m to 113.5m, Also including 1.5m @ 32.13 g/t Au, from 114.5m to 116.0m.

  • Hole MM24D-08-4447-033 Intersected 1.74m @ 74.92 g/t Au, from 100.26m to 102.00m.

  • Hole MM24D-08-4447-028 Intersected 4m @ 20.63 g/t Au, from 118.5m to 122.5m, Including 0.7m @ 95.59 g/t Au, from 120.3m to 121.0m.

  • Hole MM24D-08-4447-019 Intersected 6.3m @ 12.38 g/t Au, from 105.0m to 111.3m, Including 1m @ 31.39 g/t Au, from 106m to 107m, Also including 2m @ 17.19 g/t Au, from 108m to 110m.

  • Hole MM24D-08-4447-014 Intersected 3.3m @ 15.69 g/t Au, from 74.05m to 77.35m, Including 0.8m @ 39.93 g/t Au, from 75.0m to 75.8m, Also including 0.5m @ 19.43 g/t Au, from 76.85m to 77.35m.

  • Hole MM24D-08-4447-016 Intersected 5m @ 9.16 g/t Au, from 89m to 94m, Including 1m @ 35.00 g/t Au, from 89m to 90m.

  • Hole MM24D-08-4447-023 Intersected 2.2m @ 19.05 g/t Au, from 111.7m to 113.9m, Including 1.65m @ 22.77 g/t Au, from 112.25m to 113.90m.

  • Hole MM24D-08-4447-020 Intersected 6.5m @ 6.19 g/t Au, from 105.0m to 111.5m, Including 0.5m @ 21.81 g/t Au, from 110.5m to 111.0m.

Shane Williams, President & CEO, stated, “The team is doing a fantastic job advancing the definition drilling program at Madsen that is essential for developing an inventory of high-confidence ounces to support the mine restart plan and our goal of getting Madsen back into production by H2 2025. The intercepts out of South Austin highlighted in this update are right on par with the exceptional results out of the Austin and McVeigh zones that have been announced over the last month. This consistency and quality between different mineral zones help to demonstrate the potential we see within the entirety of the Madsen deposit.”