Source: Whitehorse Gold.
  • Whitehorse (WHG) has yielded up to 12.8 g/t gold and 1,825 g/t silver at its Skukum Project
  • Additional highlights include 4.95 m of 13.63 g/t gold and 363 g/t silver and 10.58 m of 4.97 g/t gold and 39 g/t silver
  • The company believes the results establish clear upgrade potential as it awaits assays from 30 additional drill holes
  • Whitehorse Gold is a mineral exploration and development company focused on a 170 sq. km project in southern Yukon
  • Whitehorse (WHG) is up by 2.04 per cent trading at $0.50 per share

Whitehorse (WHG) has yielded up to 12.8 g/t gold and 1,825 g/t silver at its Skukum Project.

The results come from an additional seven drill holes from the 2021 exploration program on the Yukon-based project.

In-fill and step-out drilling highlights from the Rainbow Zone of the Skukum Creek Deposit:

  • Drill hole SC21-021 intersected 17.5 m of 3.92 g/t gold and 478 g/t silver, including 4.31 m of 12.82 g/t gold and 1,825 g/t silver
  • Drill hole SC21-023 intersected 19 m of 4.37 g/t gold and 126 g/t silver, including 4.95 m of 13.63 g/t gold and 363 g/t silver

Step out drilling results for Rainbow 2/Berg Zone at the Skukum Creek Deposit:

  • Drill hole SC21-018 intersected 10.58 m of 4.97 g/t gold and 39 g/t silver

The company is awaiting assay results for 30 drill holes.

“Holes SC21-021 and SC21-023 continue to confirm the high-grade gold and silver mineralization in the Skukum Creek Deposit,” stated Gordon Neal, Whitehorse’s CEO. “These resource upgrade/infill holes demonstrate mineralization continuity and the resource upgrade potential of the deposit.”

Summary of drill intercepts

Whitehorse Gold is a mineral exploration and development company focused on a 170 sq. km project in southern Yukon.

Whitehorse (WHG) is up by 2.04 per cent trading at $0.50 per share as of 9:30 am EST.

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