Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. - Surface drilling at Martin Zone completed
VAL-D'OR, QC, March 2, 2012 /CNW/ - Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd
has received the remaining results from its 2011 surface diamond drilling program on the Martin Zone located 1.2 kilometres east of the Kiena mine shaft.Drilling results demonstrate potential to double the known vertical extent of mineralization above drifting and detailed definition drilling from the 330 metre level underground workings. We are planning to develop and mine the Martin Zone from the 330 metre level. It offers potential to boost overall grades at the Kiena Mine Complex.
These results follow those previously released July 19 and September 19, 2011 available on the company's website - www.wesdome.com.
The location and results are summarized in Tables 1 and 2.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
-- 5.00 gAu/tonne over 9.6 m including 11.25 gAu/tonne over 3.4 m
(core length)
-- 3.36 gAu/tonne over 9.0 m including 11.26 gAu/tonne over 2.5 m
(core length)
-- 1.36 gAu/tonne over 17.2 m including 5.71 gAu/tonne over 1.6 m
(core length)
-- 23.17 gAu/tonne over 0.7 m and 12.13 gAu/tonne over 0.5 m (core
length)
George Mannard, VP Exploration, comments 'We are seeing potential of a second structure opening up. This will be evaluated progressively as we develop the main Martin Zone.'
Table 1: Drill Hole Locations
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|Hole #|Easting|Northing| Azimuth | Dip | Length |
| | (UTM) | (UTM) |(degrees)|(degrees)|(metres)|
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
|S695A |284344 |5333599 | 243 | -50 | 252 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S699 |284285 |5333698 | 250 | -50 | 255 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S700 |284285 |5333698 | 249 | -58 | 306 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S701 |284272 |5333757 | 243 | -50 | 243 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S702 |284272 |5333757 | 244 | -56 | 297 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S703 |284344 |5333792 | 243 | -50 | 501 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S704 |284344 |5333792 | 243 | -58 | 548 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S705 |284254 |5333806 | 244 | -50 | 252 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S706 |284248 |5333803 | 245 | -55 | 318 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S707 |284319 |5333836 | 243 | -50 | 492 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
|S708* |284319 |5333836 | 243 | -55 | 54 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
|S708A |284319 |5333836 | 243 | -58 | 591 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S709 |284227 |5333849 | 243 | -50 | 306 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S710 |284227 |5333849 | 243 | -58 | 342 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S711 |284208 |5333890 | 243 | -50 | 294 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S712 |284208 |5333890 | 243 | -58 | 352 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S713 |284392 |5333457 | 244 | -51 | 252 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
| S714 |284402 |5333458 | 245 | -59 | 321 |
|______|_______|________|_________|_________|________|
* Drill hole abandoned
Table 2: Drill Hole Results
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| | | | | |Estimated| | |
| | | | | Core | True | | |
|Hole | From | To | | length | Width | Grade |Cut Grade**|
| # |(metres)|(metres)|Section|(metres)|(metres) |(gAu/tonne)|(gAu/tonne)|
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S695A| 178.50 | 183.50 | 9925N | 5.0 | 3.1 | 1.92 | 1.92 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S695A| 199.00 | 200.50 | 9925N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3.24 | 3.24 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S699 | 182.80 | 184.90 |10050N | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.87 | 0.87 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S700 | 206.50 | 212.50 |10050N | 6.0 | 3.2 | 0.92 | 0.92 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S701 | 160.20 | 162.40 |10100N | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.47 | 2.47 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|Incl.| 160.20 | 161.00 |10100N | 0.8 | 0.6 | 6.36 | 6.36 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S702 | 222.70 | 223.40 |10100N | 0.7 | 0.4 | 4.62 | 4.62 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S703 | 345.60 | 347.00 |10100N | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.21 | 1.21 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S703 | 437.30 | 446.90 |10100N | 9.6 | 5.7 | 5.00 | 3.56 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|Incl.| 443.50 | 446.90 |10100N | 3.4 | 2.0 | 11.25 | 7.19 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S704 | 354.60 | 356.70 |10100N | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.42 | 1.42 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S704 | 452.20 | 454.60 |10100N | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.01 | 2.01 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S705 | 188.00 | 192.40 |10150N | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.38 | 1.38 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S705 | 222.00 | 231.00 |10150N | 9.0 | 6.7 | 3.36 | 3.36 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|Incl.| 223.00 | 225.50 |10150N | 2.5 | 1.9 | 11.26 | 11.26 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S706 | 227.30 | 231.00 |10150N | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.64 | 0.64 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S706 | 288.00 | 289.50 |10150N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 4.47 | 4.47 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S707 | 394.70 | 396.50 |10150N | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.65 | 0.65 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S707 | 427.80 | 430.40 |10150N | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.83 | 3.83 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S708*| | |10150N | | | | abandoned |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S708A| 466.10 | 466.60 |10150N | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.03 | 1.03 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S708A| 566.70 | 583.90 |10150N | 17.2 | 8.5 | 1.36 | 1.36 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|Incl.| 582.30 | 583.90 |10150N | 1.6 | 0.8 | 5.71 | 5.71 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S709 | 219.20 | 220.00 |10200N | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.29 | 0.29 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S710 | 290.10 | 291.50 |10200N | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.19 | 2.19 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S711 | 175.50 | 176.00 |10250N | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.41 | 4.41 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S712 | 89.20 | 94.60 |10250N | 5.4 | 3.0 | 2.95 | 2.95 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S712 | 283.20 | 286.00 |10250N | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.49 | 1.49 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S713 | 91.00 | 92.00 | 9775N | 1.0 | 0.7 | 5.56 | 5.56 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S713 | 151.20 | 151.70 | 9775N | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.02 | 3.02 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S714 | 98.50 | 99.20 | 9775N | 0.7 | 0.4 | 23.17 | 23.17 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S714 | 103.70 | 104.20 | 9775N | 0.5 | 0.3 | 12.13 | 12.13 |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
|S714 | | | 9775N | | | NSA | NSA |
|_____|________|________|_______|________|_________|___________|___________|
** An upper grade cutting limit of 34.28 gAu/tonne was applied.
Note: Results tabled in blue italic text represent an interpreted branch of the Martin Zone.
GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
The Martin Zone strikes northwest and is subvertically dipping. It is a tabular zone consisting of albitized quartz stockwork veining and quartz-albite-pyrite veining in brecciated tholeitic basalts. The Martin Zone structure supported historic production of 139,000 tonnes grading 6.2 gAu/tonne above 230 metres depth during the period 1936 - 1938 from the former Martin Mine, located 1.0 kilometres to the southeast of current work. The Martin Zone appears to be branching into at least two zones along strike to the northwest.
TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE
The technical content of this press release has been verified by Marc Ducharme, P.Geo. OGQ, Chief Exploration Geologist, Kiena mine in his capacity as a 'Qualified Person', as per requirements of National Instrument 43-101. Assaying was done by fire assay methods at the Kiena mine assay office. In addition to internal duplicate, standards and blanks, the geology department inserts blind standards and blanks into the sample stream at a frequency of one in twenty to monitor quality control.
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Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.
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President & CEO
416-360-3743 ext 25
George Mannard, P.Geo.
Vice President, Exploration
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Toronto, ON, M5C 1B5
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