Westpine awaits exploration funding

The scope of this year’s work on the Taseko property, west of Clinton, B.C., will depend on the amount of funding available.

Owner Westpine Metals (VSE) outlined a zone of copper-in-soil anomalies extending 8,000 ft. west of the Buzzer zone.

The Buzzer contains an estimated 5.5 million tons grading 0.35% copper and 0.031% molybdenum, plus gold values. Few of the previous drill holes on the zone were assayed for gold, and no drilling has been carried out on the soil anomaly.

Taseko also contains, in the Empress area, about 11 million tons grading 0.61% copper and 0.023 oz. gold per ton. Two other zones — East and Granite Creek — have yet to be defined.

Westpine has a few thousand dollars in working capital, 5.5 million shares outstanding and is looking at raising in the order of $400,000. The Taseko property is south of Taseko Mines’ Fish Lake deposit.