There’s some growing confidence in what could be Timmins’ next gold mine.

Gowest Gold Director of Exploration Jeremy Niemi says in a release that recent drilling program at their Bradshaw deposit north of Timmins produced higher than anticipated gold grades.

“It supported our interpretation that the Bradshaw Deposit has room to grow and the potential to be a very successful gold mine,” he said.

He’s pleased that each of the 23 holes they drilled intersected gold mineralization.

The company completed 2,097 metres of diameter drill core, all done in the area where the 30,000 tonne AE bulk sample is to be collected.

According to their release, the program was designed to “refine the geological model and the stope design in the upper portion of the Bradshaw deposit where the bulk sample will be extracted.”

Highlights include:

  • GW17-317 intersected 8.83m at 6.5 grams/tonne (‘g/t’) gold (Including 3.8m at 13.91 g/t gold)
  • GW17-315 intersected 5.8m at 3.31 g/t gold (Including 1.7m at 6.88 g/t gold)
  • GW17-312 intersected 1.3m at 17.49 g/t gold
  • GW17-305 intersected 7.70m at 8.26 g/t gold (Including 2.0m at 22.75 g/t gold)
  • GW17-306 intersected 1.1m at 15.6 g/t gold
  • GW17-305 intersected 1.0m at 13.4 g/t gold
  • GW17-304 intersected 1.9m at 11.1 g/t gold
  • GW17-303 intersected 1.7m at 10.04 g/t gold

“These findings further support our conviction that the Bradshaw Gold Deposit will be the next new mine in the Timmins Camp,” commented Gowest President and CEO Greg Romain.

“More importantly though, these drill results also provide a strong demonstration of the significant upside potential of the deposit that has thus far been untapped.”

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