Winston Gold Doubles Strike Length Of The Parallel Vein

WINNIPEG - Winston Gold Corp. reported initial drill results from its 10-hole drilling campaign on the Winston Gold Property, near Helena Montana. Recent drill results have more than doubled the strike of the Parallel Vein to 385 ft. and the vertical extent has increased from 65 ft. to 277 ft. "We are very pleased with the drill results received to date," commented Murray Nye, CEO and Director of Winston Gold Mining. "The results have not only significantly expanded the strike length of the Parallel vein but also identified a number of previously unknown veins between the Block 93 and the Parallel veins."

Hole W78 was recently completed and assays are pending. It was collared on the same drill pad as hole W77 and tested the southwestern extension of the Parallel Vein. Hole W79 has just been collared on a new drill pad to the west and drilling is now underway. The last two holes of the drill program should be completed within the next month. Hole W75 was drilled to test the northeastern extension of the Parallel Vein intersected high-grade gold mineralization in the structure and effectively doubled its strike length from 150 ft. to almost 330 ft. The vertical extent of the vein was also increased from 65 ft. to 277 ft.

Hole W75 intersected 1 ft. averaging 1.756 ounces per ton (60.2 g/t) gold within a 4-ft. section of the Parallel vein. This intersection occurred 114 ft. down hole. Two other holes (W74 and W76) were drilled from the same pad to test the northeastern extension of the Parallel vein but intersected previously unknown workings at 47 ft. down-hole and were abandoned. Due to the variable nature of vein orientation, the true width of mineralization is not known at this time.

Hole W75 also intersected a vein at 53 ft. down-hole located just above the workings where holes W74 and W76 were lost. It averaged 0.281 oz./ton (9.63 g/t) gold over 3 ft. including a 1 ft. interval averaging 0.656 oz./ton (22.5 g/t) gold over 1 ft. Hole W77 was drilled to test both the Parallel Vein and the Block 93 vein west of previously reported hole W1728. It intersected a 6-ft. interval of the Parallel Vein at a down-hole depth of 344 ft. that averaged 0.338 oz./ton (11.59 g/t) gold. This intercept increased the strike length of the Parallel Vein by about 55 ft. to the west bringing the total strike length to about 385 ft.

In the footwall zone of the Parallel vein, hole W77 intersected a previously unknown vein averaging 0.124 oz./ton (4.25 g/t) over 7 ft. This included a 2-ft. interval averaging 0.385 oz./ton (13.2 g/t) gold. Hole W77 also intersected three separate mineralized zones in the Block 93 vein system stretching across 16 ft. of core from 121 to 137 ft. down hole. These three zones together averaged 0.214 oz./ton (7.34 g/t) gold over 16 ft. The true width of this zone is estimate at about 6.5 ft. Highlights within this zone included a 1 ft. section averaging 0.568 oz./ton (19.47 g/t) gold.

A new vein was discovered in the hanging wall between the Block 93 and Parallel veins at a down-hole depth of 183 ft. It averaged 0.199 oz./ton (6.82 g/t) gold over 1 ft. "In addition to drilling the Block 93 and Parallel Veins, we tested the Upper Hyantha vein 100 ft. west and 75 ft. below historic workings and determined that mineralization was still present but it was low grade," commented Mr. Nye. "Nevertheless, the intercept was very encouraging since the structure remains well defined and we believe there is still excellent potential to identify higher-grade mineralization below the old workings."

The Winston Gold Project is central to a historic precious and base metal mining district in which most of the ore was mined from tightly structurally controlled high angle fissure veins and lode/replacement zones. Reports indicate that more than 100,000 ounces of gold was recovered from these underground mines in the late 19th to early 20th century from about 150,000 tons of ore.