West Point drills 24.4 m of 5.92 g/t Au at Gold Chain

Executive Summary

• West Point Gold Corp. released assay results for three drill holes (GC25-82 through GC25-84) totaling 658 meters from its Northeast (NE) Tyro zone at the Gold Chain project in Arizona.
• The results demonstrate significant high-grade gold intercepts at depth, with Hole GC25-84 returning 24.4 meters of 5.92 g/t Au and Hole GC25-83 returning 16.8 meters of 8.30 g/t Au, indicating coalescing veins and improving grades as the system deepens.
• Drilling confirms the expansion of the high-grade zone to depth and along strike to the northeast, supporting the upcoming maiden resource estimate, while Hole GC25-82 identified a broader, lower-grade zone suggesting a "horse tailing" effect toward the Tyro Main zone.

Key Details

• Hole GC25-84:
  • Intercepted 24.4 meters of 5.92 g/t Au from 120.4 m to 144.8 m.
  • Included 12.2 meters of 10.51 g/t Au from 132.6 m to 144.8 m.
  • Drilled approximately 90 meters below Hole GC25-78 (which returned 22.9 m of 1.63 g/t Au).
  • Encountered a discrete, compact mineralized package of quartz-calcite-adularia vein.
  • Observed quartz veinlets and breccia giving way to vein and breccia toward the footwall contact, with 6.1 m at 15.1 g/t Au.
  • Elevated varicolored chalcedony and adularia corresponded to higher gold grades (up to 25.1 g/t Au).
• Hole GC25-83:
  • Intercepted 16.8 meters of 8.30 g/t Au from 158.5 m to 175.3 m.
  • Included 6.1 meters of 17.61 g/t Au from 167.6 m to 173.7 m.
  • Drilled approximately 45 meters below Hole GC25-49 (which returned 62.5 m of 4.73 g/t Au).
  • Revealed a more defined vein structure with the strongest vein developed at the footwall contact, likely an important fault.
• Hole GC25-82:
  • Intercepted a broad zone of veining from 138.7 m to 234.7 m (96.0 meters) at 0.42 g/t Au.
  • Designed to test the deeper projection of a broad zone of quartz-calcite veinlets observed in Hole GC25-60 (50.3 m at 1.29 g/t Au) about 65 meters deeper.
  • Results suggest the NE Tyro zone is "horse tailing" as it approaches a stepover into the Tyro Main zone.
  • Additional drilling is required to define the extent of this broad, low-grade zone.
• Program Context:
  • These three holes represent 658 meters of the 3,229 meters drilled to date within the 15,000-meter drill program.
  • Four additional holes (936 meters) have been completed with assays pending.
  • The drilling aims to expand the higher-grade zone at NE Tyro laterally and downward, identified in Q2 2025.
  • Geological observations include an increase in varicolored chalcedony, crustiform banding, adularia, and illite-pyrite alteration in the wallrock, consistent with low-sulphidation epithermal gold systems.

Notable Quotes

• "Drilling at NE Tyro continues to return better-than-expected grades. Importantly, grades appear to be improving at depth as the veining coalesces, typical of low-sulphidation epithermal gold systems. These results continue to demonstrate continuity of high grades, expanding the high-grade zone to depth and along strike to the northeast. We expect these results to positively impact the grade profile and the overall scale of our upcoming maiden resource." — Derek Macpherson, President and CEO