11:43 AM EDT, 08/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Westhaven Gold ( WTHVF ) on Monday said the summer/fall phase of the 2024 drill program at its Shovelnose gold property, near Merritt, British Columbia, is under way.

The campaign is focused on seven new, high-priority features. Four-thousand meters of diamond drilling will test targets at Line 6 North, Line 6-MIK, CSAMT-3, Romeo and three different sites at Certes, each about one-kilometers apart.

"Our "boots on ground" exploration approach this summer has identified what we feel could be the southeastern extent of Vein Zone One some 6 kilometres away from the South Zone. The discovery of banded mercury-bearing high level epithermal quartz makes us believe we are at the top of a completely preserved epithermal system at Certes," said chief executive Gareth Thomas.

Prospecting, mapping and sampling programs conducted in 2023 and 2024, and an ongoing review of geological, geochemical and geophysical data, have highlighted additional prospective targets across the property, the company said. Most of these targets are situated within the "Shovelnose Corridor" that extends for over 11km across the property and trends into the newly acquired claims to the southeast.

Westhaven shares were last seen down $0.01 to $0.19 on the TSX Venture Exchange.

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