A vertically drilled stepout hole on the most westerly extension of the Wolverine zone has yielded a true thickness of 6.5 metres grading 5.34% zinc, 1.73% copper, 1.23% lead, as well as 3.07 grams gold and 679.3 grams silver per tonne for hole 95-20.
The Wolverine zone is situated within the Foot claims of Atna Resources (VSE) in south-central Yukon. Westmin Resources (TSE) can earn a 60% interest in the Foot property, as well as the Toe and Pak claims, by spending $3 million on exploration over five years.
To date, Westmin has tested the zone over a strike length of 200 metres. Hole 95-20 was drilled on section 16+600E, 50 metres northwest of holes 95-8, 9 and 11, and intersected the massive sulphide bed at a depth of 269.4 to 275.9 metres.
Additional holes will test both updip and downdip from hole 95-20. Drilling is slated to continue into late November. Westmin currently has three rigs turning on the Wolverine.
Hole 95-18, which was being drilled as a follow-up to hole 95-16 on the eastern extension of the zone, was lost due to a string of drill rods that broke off in the hole.
Hole 95-16 was drilled from section 16+800E and intersected a previously reported 5.6-metre interval of faulted massive sulphides.
Westmin intends to re-drill hole 95-18 from a different pad, while a third rig, which encountered disseminated mineralization in hole 95-19 on section 17+100E, has since been moved to the Wolverine and is drilling a stepout hole on the eastern extension, 50 metres east of hole 95-16 on section 16+850E.
In other news, an option agreement with Pacific Bay Minerals (VSE) gives Westmin the right to earn a 50% interest in the TY mineral claims in the Finlayson Lake area, about 30 km south of Wolverine. Westmin can earn the interest by paying Pacific Bay $50,000 and spending a total of $325,000 over two years. The company can earn a further 10% interest by paying another $50,000 and spending $500,000 over three years.
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