Vancouver, BC, Aug. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — West Mining Corp. (“West” or the “Company”) (CSE: WEST) (OTC: WESMF) is pleased to announce the completion of the initial phase of the 2022 diamond drilling program at the Gold Mountain Zone of its 100% owned Kena Gold-Copper project in southeastern British Columbia. The over 9000 hectare Kena Project, consists of the Kena, Daylight and Athabasca Properties which trend along a 20 kilometre long mineralized belt.
The Kena Property hosts several large gold and copper zones. The Kena Gold and Gold Mountain Zones contain the recent gold resource estimate shells, hosting 2.77 million ounces of gold inferred and 0.56 million ounces of gold indicated at 0.25 g/t cutoff (Bird, 2021; see News Release dated May 11, 2021).
New 3D modelling and imagery has identified the current drill targets designed to upgrade and expand the open ended gold resource on the Gold Mountain Zone with stepouts to the north and west. Gold in the resource area consists of very high grade strongly silicified shoots surrounded by broad envelopes of consistent disseminated gold mineralization. The zone transects the permissive geologic boundary between the Elise volcanic and Silver King intrusive units, extending for >300 metres into the altered, crackle brecciated intrusive.
Prior high grade intercepts in the Gold Mountain Zone, contained within the recently modelled target area, include more than 100 drill intecepts of >5 g/t over average 2 metre…
