ETF:CC - West Oak Gold Corp. Completes 2023 Work Program at Hedgehog
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Vancouver, BC - TheNewswire - November 22, 2023 - Eastfield Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:ETF) (OTC:ETFLF) is pleasedto provide an update on 2023 exploration completed at the Hedgehogproject located near Barkerville, B.C. by option partner West OakGold.
The 2023 program was designed to expand on results fromthe 2022 program which had identified a strong arsenic soil anomalywith strong spot gold values on the southeastern portion of theproperty. The 2023 program consisted of prospecting and rocksampling over an area of one square kilometer encompassing the bulk ofthe arsenic soil anomaly. During prospecting a total of 37 rocksamples were collected for analysis. No significant gold or basemetal values were returned. Several rock samples with elevatedbarium +/- arsenic were present but the rock sample results do notexplain the large arsenic soil anomaly, with further explorationrequired.
Figure 1: 2023 Prospecting Rock Sample Locations
Follow up was also carried out on four high gold in soil anomaliesfrom the 2022 program. A 956 ppb soil sample is located on a roadcutat the south end of the arsenic anomaly. Angular float near thissite included grey chert with abundant quartz veins which was sampledas part of the 2023 program but did not return any anomalous goldvalues. Very limonitic soil with anomalous arsenic (155ppm) andanomalous gold (45 ppb) was encountered under a blow down at onesample station.
Three anomalous gold in soil samples occur at the south end of thegrid south of the creek. The 748 ppb location was visited and thesoil hole located. All of the material in the hole and nearby wasrounded fine and coarse float. The two 68 ppb Au samples both occurnear creek and gullies. It appears that these samples are situatedin river gravels and are probably alluvial in origin.
The Hedgehog Project, which is fully permitted, islocated approximately 12 kilometres north of thecommunity of Barkerville, BC. Exploration models at Hedgehog includelode gold similar to the Cariboo Gold Project owned by OsiskoDevelopment Corp., and massive sulfides (“Cyprus Style”) similarto Chu Chua, BC. Osisko’s Cariboo Gold Project is an advancedstage feasibility level gold project which recently received anEnvironmental Assessment Certificate from the provincial EnvironmentalAssessment Office.
Fieldwork was conducted by personnel from Mincord ExplorationConsultants Ltd., under the direction of Bob Johnston, P. Geo. Fieldsamples were delivered to MSA Labs in Prince George, BC., for analysisby multi element ICP (35 elements) and fire assay with AAS finish forgold.
J.W. (Bill) Morton P. Geo accepts responsibility as the QualifiedPerson for the technical content of this news release.
J.W. Morton, P. Geo.
President and CEO
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Zymo : a bigcopper-gold porphyry system with several 1 km scale targets, located45 km west of Smithers, BC which is 100% owned by Eastfield. An 8kilometer by 3 kilometer induced polarization chargeability anomalyincludes and surrounds known mineralization. Drill results includeholes ZY08-07 with 0.72% copper and 0.66 g/t gold over 72 meters andhole ZY11-20 with 0.28% copper and 0.34 g/t gold over 126 m.Peripheral precious metal veins have returned up to 10.78 g/t gold.Work completed in 2021 included expansions to the induced polarizationand soil grids at a cost in excess of $400,000. Zymo is fullypermitted.
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