Vancouver, British Columbia — January 6, 2026 — Leads & Copy —
West Point Gold Corp. (TSXV: WPG) (OTCQB: WPGCF) (FSE: LRA0) has announced assay results for four drill holes, GC25-85 through GC25-88, from the high-grade zone at Northeast (NE) Tyro, part of the ongoing 15,000-meter drill program at its flagship Gold Chain Project in Arizona. The company completed 3,769 meters of the planned program in 2025.
Hole GC25-87 returned 27.4 meters of 9.56 g/t Au, including 13.7 meters of 18.00 g/t Au, expanding the highest-grade part of the zone up-dip. Hole GC25-88 returned 44.2 meters of 5.46 g/t Au, including 18.3 meters of 12.04 g/t Au, expanding the high-grade zone along strike. Hole GC25-85 returned 29.0 meters of 5.24 g/t Au, including 12.2 meters of 10.48 g/t Au. Hole GC25-86 returned 36.6 meters of 2.22 g/t Au.
Drilling continues to explore the deeper portions of the high-grade zone between the Tyro NE and Main zones, with two holes completed with assays pending.
According to Derek Macpherson, President and CEO, drilling at NE Tyro continues to return better than expected grades with good continuity at relatively shallow depths. He added that the high-grade zone at NE Tyro appears to continue at depth and to the northeast, suggesting the zone remains open to further expansion as drilling continues. Macpherson expects these results to positively impact the grade profile and the overall scale of the company’s upcoming maiden resource.
The drilling of holes GC25-85 through GC25-88 continues to expand and provide improved definition for high-grade gold mineralization in the NE Tyro zone. The four holes, GC25-85 through GC25-88, represent 936 meters of the 3,769 meters drilled to date in the current 15,000m program.
Hole GC25-85 traversed the Tyro NE vein/zone about 30 meters southwest of GC25-88 and encountered from 164.6m to 193.6m (29.0m) 5.24 g/t Au enveloping a higher-grade zone of 12.2m at 10.48 g/t Au. The intercept’s midpoint is about 200m below the surface and without a surface expression.
Hole GC25-86 was drilled about 140m beneath hole GC25-57 and about 200m beneath a weak surface exposure of the vein. The hole traversed a broad zone of quartz veinlets which appeared to coalesce with depth. A mineralized zone was encountered at 179.8m to 216.4m (36.6m) at 2.22 g/t Au. The quartz-chalcedony-adularia-calcite vein resembles the surrounding intercepts, and the vein package remains broad. The results indicate that the mineralized zone has coalesced into a more discrete mineralized package or vein in the relatively short distance below Hole GC25-57.
Hole GC25-87 was designed to test the NE Tyro zone between the surface and Hole GC25-49. The hole traversed the NE Tyro structure about 65 metres below the surface and 50 m above GC25-49 from 71.6m to 99.1m (27.4 m) containing 9.56 g/t Au. An internal zone of higher gold grades corresponds to quartz-chalcedony-adularia-calcite vein and breccia, along with likely stockwork veining; the zone consisted of 13.7m of 18 g/t Au. Sections across the vein system in this area suggest a true width of 20 to 25 metres.
Hole GC25-88 was designed to incrementally expand the limits of gold mineralization to the northeast and beneath earlier holes which encountered altered and weakly veined host rocks with negligible gold. A strong vein was encountered about 110 metres beneath GC25-46 from 140.2m to 184.4m and contained 5.46 g/t Au over 44.2m. An internal higher-grade interval, composed of mostly quartz-chalcedony-adularia-calcite, was identified at 166.1m to 184.4m containing 12.04 g/t Au over 18.3 metres. The overall intercept is dominated by quartz veinlets which coalesce into a vein breccia approaching the footwall contact. The estimated true width of this zone is about 15 metres and remains open to the northeast and at depth.
West Point Gold anticipates the receipt of its Plan of Operations in early 2026, which will permit the drilling of both core and RC holes outside of the controlled patented claims, allowing for deeper tests and further exploration to the northeast and toward the Frisco Graben target area.
Robert Johansing, M.Sc. Econ. Geol., P. Geo., the Company’s Vice President, Exploration, is a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical content of this release.
Aaron Paterson, Corporate Communications Manager
Phone: +1 (778) 358-6173
Email: info@westpointgold.com
Source: West Point Gold
