Westmin completes exploration tunnel

The project is a joint venture with Nexus Resource Corp. (TSE) which owns 50% of the Debbie claims and 75.5% of the adjoining Yellow claims.

Bulk sampling of the Mineral Creek zone is now in progress which the partners say will involve a further 200-ft of development by raising in the zone. The full development program, including slashes for drill stations and clean-up, is expected to be completed by the end of February. Good ground conditions prevailed throughout most of the underground work, the companies report.

Underground drilling has also begun to test the Mineral Creek fault on the Debbie claims about 1,500 ft north of the Mineral Creek zone where a previous surface hole intersected high grade gold. The best result from four recent holes was 3.3 ft of 0.577 oz gold adjacent to the hangingwall of the Mineral Creek fault. More drilling is planned.

Surface drilling was also recently completed on the Linda and Mineral Creek zones and on the 900 zone, a near surface gold-bearing quartz stockwork. The partners noted that results in Linda zone were particularly encouraging and suggest there may be several high grade vein systems in the zone. Selected results from the Linda zone include: 37.1 ft of 0.207 oz gold per ton; 5.9 ft of 0.592 oz; 6.6 ft of 0.411 oz and 5.2 ft of 1.035 oz.

Surface drilling on the Yellow claims near the old Vancouver Island Gold mine returned 0.7 ft of 1.45 oz gold; 8.5 ft of 0.104 oz and 10.2 ft of 0.156 oz gold.

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