Western Gold Exploration (TSX-V:WGLD) has planned winter sampling and geophysics at Glen Orchy after recovering a 357-gram-per-tonne-gold float boulder.
The boulder is one of 15 new rock grabs from the Arichastlich (ARI) area of the Caledonian Gold Project in Scotland, bringing the total to 48.
Geologists found the sample about 500m from the mapped extent of the Arichastlich vein-structure, just downslope of its predicted strike. The company has not yet identified its source.
Historical deep-overburden (DOB) geochemistry and induced polarisation (IP) data compiled by the company, alongside the new samples, define two vein targets.
The first, ARI-RV, combines historical DOB gold anomalies peaking at 2.38 grams per tonne gold across 479 samples with gold-bearing float, outlining an interpreted 2km strike length.
The second target, Beinn Udlaidh (BU), outcropping over 3.5km, is one of the largest known gold-bearing vein-structures in the area.
Its northeast 2km lies beyond historical IP coverage, where outcrop samples returned up to 43.7g/t gold and 2,260g/t silver. Neither target has been drilled.
Chairman Harry Dobson says the historical IP data aligns with the mapped geology at BU, complementing the company’s existing exploration pipeline.
“We’re only at the start of exploring Glen Orchy, and it’s already delivering very high-grade gold,” Dobson says.
“Together with the two veins we drilled at Lyon this year and further targets across the project, these two new target areas give us a strong portfolio to advance in 2027.”
The company will run a winter soil and reconnaissance program, including channel sampling at ARI-RV, to trace the float source.
IP surveys across Glen Orchy and Lyon will follow to rank drill targets for 2027.
The company cautions that grab samples are selective, float is not in-situ, and its qualified person has not verified the historical data. Western Gold holds 90% of the Glen Lyon Joint Venture and acts as operator.
Western Gold Exploration is a Canadian mineral exploration company targeting gold, silver and critical mineral deposits across Scotland’s underexplored Caledonian-Appalachian belt.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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