Drilling Resumes at Jasper
May 4, 2006
Wescan Goldfields Inc. (“Wescan”) is pleased to report that diamond drilling and surface exploration activities have resumed on the Fork Lake property. Wescan has received regulatory approval to drill 9,500 meters of NQ diamond drill core; to clear a trail along the south strike continuation of the Transect Zone and to rehabilitate the former Decade mine road.
The 9,500 meter drill program is designed to:
1. Drill-test the continuation of the Deep Jasper (DJ) and Roxy zones to the north-east.
2. Drill-test the continuation of the JN-Footwall and JN-East zones along strike and at depth, where previous drill intersections produced up to 15.75 g/t over 0.90 meters (core length). These are newly discovered near surface gold zones are situated close to the former mine workings and represent excellent targets.
3. Drill-test the continuation of the zones intersected in DL-06-03 and DL-06-09 along the Transect Zone, where previous drill intersections of up to 12.07 g/t over 1.0 meter (core length) have been realized.
Clearing of a trail along the south strike extension of the Transect Zone will allow access to this prospective target area after which a soil sampling, prospecting and geological mapping campaign will be initiated. Also, clearing of the former Decade mine road to the northeast part of the property will allow a more detailed evaluation of additional existing targets.
A computer-generated Geological Model of the gold zones around the former mine workings (DJ, Roxy, JN-Footwall, JN-East and lower grade mineralization left in place adjacent to previously mined stopes) is in process. This model will help with planning of future drilling and will also be used to generate a National Instrument 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource estimate.
The final drill holes of the previous drill campaign (holes JS-06-29, JS-06-30, DL-06-12 and DL-06-13) did not indicate any significant assay results.
Frank Hrdy, Wescan’s Exploration Manager, states: “The exploration permits for the 2006/07 season were finalized on Friday, April 7th and drilling resumed immediately. The focus at Jasper this year is to continue to outline the DJ Zone to the north-east until it is determined that a sufficient resource is inferred to warrant an underground initiative. The north-east extension of the Roxy Zone and the JN-Footwall and JN-East Zones will also be evaluated.
The regional exploration program is designed to develop access to many of the previously and recently discovered drill, geochemical and geophysical anomalies so exploration crews can continue to evaluate these targets. ”
The diamond drill program and exploration program was designed, supervised and reported on by Frank Hrdy, MSc., MBA, P.Geo., Wescan’s Exploration Manager. Mr. Hrdy is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists in the Provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba and pending in Ontario. He has reviewed this News Release and is a Qualified Person in accordance with National Instrument 43-101.
Wescan is a Canadian based corporation engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties. Shares of the Company trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol “WGF”
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For further information:
Frank Hrdy, Exploration Manager or Wade MacBain, Corporate Development at (306) 664-2422.
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