West Point Gold Company (TSXV: WPG; OTCC: WPGCF; FSE: LRA0) reported the results of its drug-level target testing programme. The initial drilling campaign in the Union Pass Fault Corridor at the Bull 8 target, part of the Gold Chain project in Arizona, returned significant gold values highlighted by a 21.4 meter wide interval of gold mineralization grading 1.01 g/t. The Bull 8 target is located about six kilometers northwest of the Tyro area, outside where the company is working on its initial Mineral Resource Estimation (MRE).
The Union Pass fault is a major regional structural feature, with several associated faults mapped and sampled along a 12-kilometre stretch on the property. Initial drilling was targeted at the Union Pass Fault Corridor at Bull 8, which contains numerous historic pits and trenches. West Point Gold has completed surface mapping and sampling in the area, revealing a broad northwest-trending zone of highly prospective mineralization; Rock types found within gold-bearing structures that returned gold values greater than 2 g/t gold. Bull 8 is located in the northwestern portion of the Union Pass Fault Corridor, which appears to be a control structure in the Frisco Graben.
To date, 20,116 meters of the ongoing drilling program has been completed at the Gold Chain Project. Results are pending from the Black Dyke, Tyro Main and NE Tyro areas representing 35 holes (7697 metres).
Highlights: Hole GC26-136 returned 21.4m (18m true width) at 1.01 g/t from 71.6m to 93.0m within extensive mineral casing.
Hole GC26-130 returned 12.2 meters of 0.41 g/t gold from 6.1 meters to 18.3 metres, defining an extensive low-grade zone near the surface.
Actual widths are estimated to be 80 to 90% of apparent widths with the exception of GC26-126 which is approximately 25%.
The structural corridor that hosts the Bull 8 prospect is also a control feature of the Frisco Graben. Extensive quartz veins, hydrothermal alterations and anomalous gold values can be observed over the entire 12 km.
All holes drilled through the Bull 8 prospect intersect gold mineralization.
“The significance of the results at GC26-136 has less to do with significant intersecting gold values and more to do with the structural framework. The Union Pass fault corridor and the associated Frisco mine fault are key regional structural features with approximately 12 kilometers of apparent strike length on the Gold Series. The exploration success at Bull 8 supports the Company’s view that these key features, which also control the Frisco Graben, appear to have played an important role in mining events in the Gold Series. We believe these results serve to de-risk other targets along the Union Pass Fault Corridor, including the Frisco Graben,” said Derek McPherson, President and CEO.
West Point Gold recently completed a 6-hole initial drilling campaign totaling 855.7 meters at Bull 8. The identification of large-scale intervals at the dike/Precambrian contact within a regional shear zone hosting low-level gold values (100 to 500 ppb Au) indicates that follow-on drilling is warranted. Hosting extensive, high-grade veins with anomalous gold values over several kilometres, this structural corridor hosts several additional targets. Hole GC26-136, the deepest hole drilled in this campaign, was identified at 21.4 meters at 1.01 g/t gold, supporting the company’s belief that the surface features are a manifestation of hidden gold mineralization.
The exploration conducted to date at the Bull 8 prospect, combined with further regional geological, geochemical and geophysical studies, reveals that the Northwest Regional Structural Corridor is the dominant geological feature. The Bull 8 prospect is a small hill surrounded (Figure 2) on three sides by quaternary alluvium. This hill is traversed by numerous fault-bounded dikes laid in extensively cut, cut and modified Precambrian granite, which has been tested by numerous historic pits, declarations and trenches. Surface gold values are up to 2.09 g/t gold. The dikes and confining structures slope steeply to the north-northeast and are consistent with positions seen along the Union Pass Fault
The trail (including the Frisco mine fault) through the Golden Chain Project (about 12 km). Throughout the entire strike length documented by West Point Gold, the hanging wall (HW) is strongly altered to silica + clay + hematite (steam-heated environment), while the footwall (FW) is cemented (generally Precambrian granite). Quartz veins and cemented breccia are also widespread and common in gold.
Exposures of the mineralized zone at Bull 8 reveal strongly separated Precambrian granite that hosts both quartz vein fragments and quartz, chalcedony, and siliciclastic veins. The cut and crushed rocks contain abundant amounts of iron oxides, which are observed in all drill holes. The highly variable appearance of the mineralized area, including quartz patterns, textures and colours, indicates tectonism and mineralization of a long period, including extensive evidence of post-mineral movements. Distinct and persistent veins are not evident.
Importantly, Hole GC26-136 encountered gold grades up to 5.96 g/t Au and 21.4 meters at 1.01 g/t Au from 70.6 to 93.0 metres. Approximately 50 m above Hole GC26-132 encountered a broad zone of moderate to strong quartz veining with 7.62 m at 0.35 g/t Au along the HW contact and 9.14 m at 0.22 g/t Au along the FW; There are strongly anomalous gold values between the two periods. More importantly, the veining appears to combine with depth, along with an increase in gold values. This scenario is similar to the upper NE Tyro vein where strongly altered and weakly mineralized rocks lie immediately above broad widths and high gold grades.
West Point Gold has engaged New Era Publishing Inc., also doing business as Katusa Research, an independent service provider, to provide the Company with certain investor relations and marketing services, in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange and applicable securities laws. Pursuant to a consulting agreement dated May 27, 2026, New Era will provide media relations, investor communications and market awareness services to the Company for a period of three months for a one-time fee of $250,000, payable upon commencement of services. The marketing agreement with New Era is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.
West Point Gold is an exploration and development company focused on unlocking value across four strategically located projects along the prolific Walker Lane Trend in Nevada and Arizona, USA, providing shareholders with multiple discovery opportunities across one of North America’s most productive gold regions. The company’s near-term priority is to develop its flagship gold chain project in Arizona.
