| West  Red Lake Gold Intersects 61.51 g/t Au over 12.1m, 43.54 g/t Au over  8.35m and 24.61 g/t Au over 11.2m at South Austin – Madsen Mine 
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 West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd.
 Tue, May 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM PDT 19 min read
 
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 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (“West Red Lake Gold” or “WRLG” or the “Company”) (TSXV: WRLG) (OTCQB: WRLGF)  is pleased to report drill results from its 100% owned Madsen Mine  located in the Red Lake Gold District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada.
 
 Shane  Williams, President & CEO, stated, “The South Austin zone has been  producing very high grades and impressive widths in the definition  drilling program to begin 2025 – often associated with the presence of  visible gold. The team is successfully defining a panel of very  high-grade mineralization in South Austin between 8L and 12L of the  mine. It is becoming apparent that a lot of high-grade material was left  behind in this area by historic operators and we are taking full  advantage of this low hanging fruit that sits immediately adjacent to  our existing underground development. These organic growth opportunities  are exciting because they represent high margin ounces that can be  sequenced into our mine plan very efficiently. As drilling progresses at  depth we expect to uncover more areas of untapped potential and look  forward to providing further updates as assay results continue to be  received.”
 
 
 
 These drill results are located approximately 50 meters (“m”) up-dip from the South Austin intercepts previously announced on  February 26, 2025, where drilling returned 114.26 grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold (“Au”) over 10.6m, 77.90 g/t Au over 3m and 24.48 g/t Au over 8.5m (Figure 3). This area is also approximately 300 m up plunge from the drill results recently announced on  May 13, 2025 where drilling returned 48.97 g/t Au over 18.7m, 52.86 g/t Au over 4.5m and 25.49 g/t Au over 7.5m  (Figure 3). The South Austin zone continues to demonstrate significant  grade and thickness potential at depth and along strike, which is being  fully realized and accurately defined through definition drilling.
 
 The  purpose of this drilling was definition and expansion within priority  areas of South Austin to continue adding to an already substantial inventory of high-confidence ounces to support the restart of production at the Madsen mine, which was announced on  May 22, 2025. The Company reported positive results from its recently completed bulk sampling campaign on  May 7, 2025, and also filed a Technical Report for its Pre-Feasibility Study for Madsen on  February 18, 2025.
 
 The South Austin Zone  currently contains an Indicated mineral resource of 474,600 ounces  (“oz”) grading 8.7 g/t Au within 1.7 million tonnes (“Mt”), with an  additional Inferred resource of 31,800 oz grading 8.7 g/t Au within 0.1  Mt.
 
 
 SOUTH AUSTIN ZONE HIGHLIGHTS:
 
 
 Hole MM25D-08-4380-011 Intersected 12.1m @ 61.51 g/t Au, from 11.0m to 23.1m, Including 1m @ 725.00 g/t Au, from 12m to 13m, Also including 0.5m @ 16.06 g/t Au, from 23.5m to 24.0m. This high-grade intercept was complimented by a band of visible gold hosted within foliation adjacent to deformed blue-grey-quartz and diopside veinlets (Figure 1).
 
 
 
  
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 Figure 1. Visible gold showings in hole MM25D-08-4380-011.
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 
 Hole MM25D-08-4380-003 Intersected 8.35m @ 43.54 g/t Au, from 8.50m to 16.85m, Including 1m @ 347.81 g/t Au, from 8.5m to 9.5m. This high-grade intercept was complimented by a large bleb of visible gold associated with quartz-tourmaline and quartz-diopside veinlets (Figure 2).
 
 
 
  
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 Figure 2. Visible gold showings in hole MM25D-08-4380-003.
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 
 TABLE 1. Significant intercepts (>3 g/t Au) from drilling at South Austin Zone.Hole MM25D-08-4380-026 Intersected 11.2m @ 24.61 g/t Au, from 7.8m to 19.0m, Including 1.5m @ 166.36 g/t Au, from 15.5m to 17.0m.
 
Hole MM25D-08-4380-024 Intersected 3.2m @ 16.46 g/t Au, from 9.3m to 12.5m, Including 0.6m @ 75.44 g/t Au, from 9.9m to 10.5m.
 
Hole MM25D-08-4380-006 Intersected 3m @ 16.96 g/t Au, from 6m to 9m, Including 1m @ 48.47 g/t Au, from 7m to 8m.
 
Hole MM25D-08-4380-022 Intersected 3.3m @ 15.16 g/t Au, from 33.0m to 36.3m, Including 0.9m @ 46.01 g/t Au, from 33.6m to 34.5m.
 
Visible gold was also observed in hole MM25D-08-4380-010 within a significant intercept as outlined below in Table 1.
 
 
 
  | Hole ID 
 
 | Target 
 
 | From (m) 
 
 | To (m) 
 
 | Length (m)* 
 
 | Au (g/t) 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-001 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 22.00 
 
 | 25.50 
 
 | 3.50 
 
 | 12.21 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 24.50 
 
 | 25.50 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 39.58 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-002 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 3.45 
 
 | 4.00 
 
 | 0.55 
 
 | 10.46 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-003 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 8.50 
 
 | 16.85 
 
 | 8.35 
 
 | 43.54 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 8.50 
 
 | 9.50 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 347.81 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-004 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 17.50 
 
 | 19.00 
 
 | 1.50 
 
 | 3.43 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-005 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 22.60 
 
 | 23.60 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 3.26 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-006 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 3.00 
 
 | 2.00 
 
 | 3.82 
 
 |  | AND 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 6.00 
 
 | 9.00 
 
 | 3.00 
 
 | 16.96 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 7.00 
 
 | 8.00 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 48.47 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-007 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 13.00 
 
 | 18.60 
 
 | 5.60 
 
 | 7.23 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 14.50 
 
 | 15.50 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 19.96 
 
 |  | Also Incl. 
 
 | 16.70 
 
 | 17.20 
 
 | 0.50 
 
 | 15.63 
 
 |  | AND 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 20.10 
 
 | 22.60 
 
 | 2.50 
 
 | 3.00 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-008 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 24.80 
 
 | 25.80 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 3.74 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-009 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 13.50 
 
 | 16.50 
 
 | 3.00 
 
 | 12.99 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 15.50 
 
 | 16.50 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 34.20 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-010 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 13.30 
 
 | 16.00 
 
 | 2.70 
 
 | 3.57 
 
 |  | AND 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 17.00 
 
 | 19.00 
 
 | 2.00 
 
 | 3.51 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-011 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 11.00 
 
 | 23.10 
 
 | 12.10 
 
 | 61.51 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 12.00 
 
 | 13.00 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 725.00 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-012 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 24.50 
 
 | 29.20 
 
 | 4.70 
 
 | 6.98 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 26.25 
 
 | 26.75 
 
 | 0.50 
 
 | 15.78 
 
 |  | Also Incl. 
 
 | 28.45 
 
 | 29.20 
 
 | 0.75 
 
 | 25.91 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-013 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 12.35 
 
 | 20.60 
 
 | 8.25 
 
 | 3.93 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 14.35 
 
 | 15.35 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 10.98 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-014 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 4.00 
 
 | 5.00 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 4.88 
 
 |  | AND 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 25.50 
 
 | 26.40 
 
 | 0.90 
 
 | 4.83 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-015 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | No Assays > 3 g/t Au 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-016 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 22.00 
 
 | 25.00 
 
 | 3.00 
 
 | 4.32 
 
 |  | AND 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 27.50 
 
 | 28.10 
 
 | 0.60 
 
 | 3.77 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-017 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 14.50 
 
 | 16.50 
 
 | 2.00 
 
 | 3.49 
 
 |  | AND 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 20.70 
 
 | 22.00 
 
 | 1.30 
 
 | 3.57 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-018 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | No Assays > 3 g/t Au 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-019 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 8.00 
 
 | 12.00 
 
 | 4.00 
 
 | 11.34 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 10.00 
 
 | 11.00 
 
 | 1.00 
 
 | 30.25 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-020 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 18.40 
 
 | 20.15 
 
 | 1.75 
 
 | 8.52 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 19.50 
 
 | 20.15 
 
 | 0.65 
 
 | 15.52 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-021 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 7.40 
 
 | 9.00 
 
 | 1.60 
 
 | 3.85 
 
 |  | AND 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 12.00 
 
 | 20.25 
 
 | 8.25 
 
 | 5.18 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 14.20 
 
 | 15.00 
 
 | 0.80 
 
 | 23.76 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-022 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 17.50 
 
 | 21.00 
 
 | 3.50 
 
 | 5.28 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 18.40 
 
 | 19.25 
 
 | 0.85 
 
 | 14.36 
 
 |  | AND 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 33.00 
 
 | 36.30 
 
 | 3.30 
 
 | 15.16 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 33.60 
 
 | 34.50 
 
 | 0.90 
 
 | 46.01 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-023 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 2.75 
 
 | 6.40 
 
 | 3.65 
 
 | 4.25 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 5.00 
 
 | 5.50 
 
 | 0.50 
 
 | 13.57 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-024 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 6.00 
 
 | 8.00 
 
 | 2.00 
 
 | 6.52 
 
 |  | AND 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 9.30 
 
 | 12.50 
 
 | 3.20 
 
 | 16.46 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 9.90 
 
 | 10.50 
 
 | 0.60 
 
 | 75.44 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-025 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 10.00 
 
 | 14.00 
 
 | 4.00 
 
 | 3.28 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-026 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 7.80 
 
 | 19.00 
 
 | 11.20 
 
 | 24.61 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 15.50 
 
 | 17.00 
 
 | 1.50 
 
 | 166.36 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-027 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 9.00 
 
 | 11.00 
 
 | 2.00 
 
 | 4.21 
 
 |  | AND 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 17.00 
 
 | 18.90 
 
 | 1.90 
 
 | 3.19 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-028 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 17.80 
 
 | 18.50 
 
 | 0.70 
 
 | 9.51 
 
 |  | AND 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 22.00 
 
 | 23.50 
 
 | 1.50 
 
 | 21.56 
 
 |  | Incl. 
 
 | 22.00 
 
 | 22.95 
 
 | 0.95 
 
 | 33.01 
 
 |  *The  “From-To” intervals in Table 1 are denoting overall downhole length of  the intercept. True thickness has not been calculated for these  intercepts but is expected to be = 70% of downhole thickness based on  intercept angles observed in the drill core. Composite grades reported  are uncapped. Internal dilution for composite intervals does not exceed  1m for samples grading <0.1 g/t Au.
 
 TABLE 2: Drill collar summary for holes reported in this News Release.
 
 
  | Hole ID 
 
 | Target 
 
 | Easting 
 
 | Northing 
 
 | Elev (m) 
 
 | Length (m) 
 
 | Azimuth 
 
 | Dip 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-001 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435579 
 
 | 5646330 
 
 | 31 
 
 | 26.0 
 
 | 93 
 
 | -14 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-002 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435579 
 
 | 5646329 
 
 | 31 
 
 | 17.8 
 
 | 99 
 
 | 0 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-003 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435579 
 
 | 5646329 
 
 | 32 
 
 | 18.6 
 
 | 105 
 
 | 14 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-004 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435579 
 
 | 5646329 
 
 | 31 
 
 | 22.0 
 
 | 110 
 
 | -19 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-005 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435579 
 
 | 5646329 
 
 | 30 
 
 | 27.7 
 
 | 111 
 
 | -32 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-006 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435579 
 
 | 5646328 
 
 | 33 
 
 | 12.0 
 
 | 121 
 
 | 27 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-007 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435579 
 
 | 5646328 
 
 | 32 
 
 | 102.0 
 
 | 123 
 
 | 2 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-008 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435579 
 
 | 5646328 
 
 | 30 
 
 | 25.8 
 
 | 124 
 
 | -31 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-009 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435576 
 
 | 5646327 
 
 | 30 
 
 | 22.2 
 
 | 127 
 
 | -19 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-010 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435576 
 
 | 5646327 
 
 | 31 
 
 | 36.0 
 
 | 129 
 
 | 3 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-011 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435577 
 
 | 5646327 
 
 | 33 
 
 | 33.5 
 
 | 130 
 
 | 32 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-012 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435576 
 
 | 5646327 
 
 | 30 
 
 | 29.2 
 
 | 138 
 
 | -32 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-013 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435576 
 
 | 5646327 
 
 | 31 
 
 | 20.6 
 
 | 141 
 
 | -8 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-014 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435576 
 
 | 5646327 
 
 | 32 
 
 | 36.0 
 
 | 146 
 
 | 15 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-015 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435576 
 
 | 5646327 
 
 | 33 
 
 | 14.1 
 
 | 153 
 
 | 45 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-016 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435575 
 
 | 5646327 
 
 | 31 
 
 | 39.0 
 
 | 156 
 
 | 3 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-017 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435575 
 
 | 5646327 
 
 | 32 
 
 | 36.0 
 
 | 163 
 
 | 28 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-018 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435570 
 
 | 5646311 
 
 | 30 
 
 | 19.0 
 
 | 107 
 
 | -20 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-019 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435569 
 
 | 5646311 
 
 | 31 
 
 | 15.0 
 
 | 117 
 
 | -11 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-020 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435569 
 
 | 5646311 
 
 | 32 
 
 | 26.5 
 
 | 118 
 
 | 23 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-021 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435567 
 
 | 5646311 
 
 | 33 
 
 | 36.5 
 
 | 145 
 
 | 60 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-022 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435568 
 
 | 5646310 
 
 | 30 
 
 | 45.0 
 
 | 146 
 
 | -24 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-023 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435568 
 
 | 5646311 
 
 | 33 
 
 | 33.0 
 
 | 139 
 
 | 30 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-024 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435568 
 
 | 5646310 
 
 | 32 
 
 | 33.0 
 
 | 157 
 
 | 30 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-025 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435567 
 
 | 5646310 
 
 | 32 
 
 | 33.0 
 
 | 175 
 
 | 29 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-026 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435567 
 
 | 5646311 
 
 | 33 
 
 | 33.0 
 
 | 166 
 
 | 48 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-027 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435569 
 
 | 5646312 
 
 | 33 
 
 | 36.0 
 
 | 101 
 
 | 27 
 
 |  | MM25D-08-4380-028 
 
 | South Austin 
 
 | 435569 
 
 | 5646312 
 
 | 32 
 
 | 35.3 
 
 | 95 
 
 | 10 
 
 |  
 DISCUSSION
 
 Accessed  through the Madsen Mine East Portal, the South Austin Zone sits south  in the hanging wall of the main Austin Zone. Like the other mineralized  domains that comprise the Madsen Mine, the South Austin structure is  hosted within broad, kilometer-scale planar alteration and deformation  corridors that have been repeatedly reactivated during gold  mineralization and subsequent deformation and metamorphism.
 
 At  the deposit scale the Austin, South Austin, North Austin, and McVeigh  Zones are locally folded and structurally dismembered by transposition  and rotation into the penetrative S2 Foliation. In addition to this  intense deformation overprint, the mineralized veins and alteration have  been subjected to the relatively high temperatures of amphibolite  facies metamorphism, which led to extensive recrystallization and growth  of the skarn-like replacement mineral assemblage of  diopside-amphibole-quartz-biotite.
 
 All  significant gold mineralization on the mine property is demonstrably  early relative to the most significant, penetrative deformation (D2) and  metamorphic events. The North Austin Zone displays ‘mine-style’  alteration and mineralization and consists of multiple mineralized  domains defined over a strike length of 0.5km. Mineralization remains  open at depth and along strike to the northeast.
 
 In  drill core, or at underground face exposures, gold-bearing zones at the  Madsen Mine are best identified visually by fine (sub-millimetre)  grains of free gold within strong alteration and veining. All high-grade  intervals generally contain visible gold on drill core exteriors,  although numerous examples exist of high-grade assays where visible gold  was only identified within the interior (cut surface) of the core  samples. Apart from the presence of free gold, pervasive silicification  (locally accompanied by discrete quartz veining) and quartz-carbonate or  diopside veining are the best indicators that a given interval is  within a high-grade zone along/within the mineralized structure.
 
 The  current underground drilling program at the Madsen Mine is focused on  further definition of near-term mining inventory, as well as growth of  the current mineral resource. Drilling has been focused on the more  continuous and higher-grade portions of the Austin, South Austin, North  Austin and McVeigh Zones. This will continue to be the strategy through  2025.
 
 High resolution versions of all the figures contained in this press release can be found at the following web link: globenewswire.com.
 
 
 
  
 WRLG_MRE_Highlight_LongSection
 
 FIGURE  3. Long section highlighting Top Three (3) intercepts announced in 2025  from infill drilling stations in the South Austin, Austin and McVeigh  Zones[1].
 [1] Mineral  resources are estimated at a cut-off grade of 3.38 g/t Au and a gold  price of US1,800/oz. Please refer to the technical report entitled “NI  43-101 Technical Report and Prefeasibility Study for the Madsen Mine,  Ontario, Canada”, prepared by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. and dated  January 7, 2025. A full copy of the SRK report is available on the  Company’s website and on SEDAR+ at  www.sedarplus.ca.
 
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 
 
  
 WRLG_MRE_Long_Section_2025_05_15
 
 FIGURE 4. Madsen Mine long section showing location of 08-4380 Drill Bay in the South Austin Zone.[1]
 
 [1] Mineral  resources are estimated at a cut-off grade of 3.38 g/t Au and a gold  price of US1,800/oz. Please refer to the technical report entitled “NI  43-101 Technical Report and Prefeasibility Study for the Madsen Mine,  Ontario, Canada”, prepared by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. and dated  January 7, 2025. A full copy of the SRK report is available on the  Company’s website and on SEDAR+ at  www.sedarplus.ca.
 
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 
 
  
 WRLG_Madsen_South_Austin_Plan_Map_2025_05_15
 
 FIGURE 5. South Austin plan view drill section showing assay highlights for Holes MM25D-08-4380-001 through -028.
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 
 
  
 WRLG_Madsen_South_Austin_Section1
 
 FIGURE 6. South Austin section view showing assay highlights for Holes MM25D-08-4380-024 through -026.
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 
 
  
 WRLG_Madsen_South_Austin_Section2
 
 FIGURE 7. South Austin section view showing assay highlights for Holes MM25D-08-4380-021 through -023.
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 
 
  
 WRLG_Madsen_South_Austin_Section3
 
 FIGURE 8. South Austin section view showing assay highlights for Holes MM25D-08-4380-018 through -020, -027 and -028.
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 
 
  
 WRLG_Madsen_South_Austin_Section4
 
 FIGURE 9. South Austin section view showing assay highlights for Holes MM25D-08-4380-013 through -017.
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 
 
  
 WRLG_Madsen_South_Austin_Section5
 
 FIGURE 10. South Austin section view showing assay highlights for Holes MM25D-08-4380-009 through -012.
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 FIGURE  11. South Austin section view showing assay highlights for Holes  MM25D-08-4380-006 through -008. Hole -007 was an exploratory hole  extended to confirm the contact with Confederation rocks to the  southeast.
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 FIGURE 12. South Austin section view showing assay highlights for Holes MM25D-08-4380-001 through -005.
 A photo accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL
 
 Drilling  completed underground at the Madsen Mine consists of BQ-sized diamond  drill core for definition drill programs and oriented NQ-sized diamond  drill core for exploration focused drilling. All drill holes are  systematically logged, photographed, and sampled by a trained geologist  at the Madsen Mine core processing facility. Minimum allowable sample  length is 0.5m. Maximum allowable sample length is 1.5m. Control samples  (certified standards and uncertified blanks), along duplicates, are  inserted at a target 5% insertion rate. Results are assessed for  accuracy, precision, and contamination on an ongoing basis. The BQ-sized  drill core is whole core sampled. The NQ-sized drill core is then cut  lengthwise utilizing a diamond blade core saw along a line pre-selected  by the geologist. To reduce sampling bias, the same side of drill core  is sampled consistently utilizing the orientation line as reference. For  those samples containing visible gold (“VG”), a trained geologist  supervises the cutting/bagging of those samples, and ensures the core  saw blade is ‘cleaned’ with a dressing stone following the VG sample  interval. Bagged samples are then sealed with zip ties and transported  by Madsen Mine personnel directly to SGS Natural Resource’s Facility in  Red Lake, Ontario for assay.
 
 Samples  are then prepped by SGS, which consists of drying at 105°C and crushing  to 75% passing 2mm. A riffle splitter is then utilized to produce a  500g course reject for archive. The remainder of the sample is then  pulverized to 85% passing 75 microns from which 50g is analyzed by fire  assay and an atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) finish (SGS Code  GO-FAA50V10). Samples returning gold values > 100 g/t Au are  reanalyzed by fire assay with a gravimetric finish on a 50g sample (SGS  Code GO_FAG50V). Samples with visible gold are also analyzed via  metallic screen analysis (SGS code: GO_FAS50M). For multi-element  analysis, samples are sent to SGS’s facility in Burnaby, British  Columbia and analyzed via four-acid digest with an atomic emission  spectroscopy (ICP-AES) finish for 33-element analysis on 0.25g sample  pulps (SGS code: GE_ICP40Q12). SGS Natural Resources analytical  laboratories operates under a Quality Management System that complies  with ISO/IEC 17025.
 
 The Madsen Mine deposit presently hosts a National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects  (“NI 43-101”) Indicated resource of 1.65 million ounces (“Moz”) of gold  grading 7.4 g/t Au within 6.9 Mt, and an Inferred resource of 0.37 Moz  of gold grading 6.3 g/t Au within 1.8 Mt. Mineral resources are  estimated at a cut-off grade of 3.38 g/t Au and a gold price of  US$1,800/oz. Mineral resources as stated are inclusive of mineral  reserves. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have  demonstrated economic viability. The Madsen Mine also contains Probable  reserves of 478 thousand ounces (“koz”) of gold grading 8.16 g/t Au  within 1.87 Mt. Mineral reserve estimates are based on a gold price of  US$1,680/oz. Please refer to the technical report entitled “NI 43-101  Technical Report and Prefeasibility Study for the Madsen Mine, Ontario,  Canada”, prepared by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. and dated January 7,  2025 (the “Madsen Report”). The Madsen Resource  Estimate has an effective date of December 31, 2021, and excludes  depletion of mining activity during the period from January 1, 2022, to  the mine closure on October 24, 2022, as it has been deemed immaterial  and not relevant for the purpose of the Madsen Report. A full copy of  the Madsen Report is available on the Company’s website and on SEDAR+ at   www.sedarplus.ca.
 
 The  technical information presented in this news release has been reviewed  and approved by Will Robinson, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration for  West Red Lake Gold and the Qualified Person for exploration at the West  Red Lake Project, as defined by NI 43-101 “Standards of Disclosure for  Mineral Projects”.
 
 ABOUT WEST RED LAKE GOLD MINES
 
 West  Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. is a mineral development company that is  publicly traded and focused on advancing and developing its flagship  Madsen Gold Mine and the associated 47 km2 highly prospective  land package in the Red Lake district of Ontario. The highly productive  Red Lake Gold District of Northwest Ontario, Canada has yielded over 30  million ounces of gold from high-grade zones and hosts some of the  world's richest gold deposits. WRLG also holds the wholly owned Rowan  Property in Red Lake, with an expansive property position covering 31 km2 including three past producing gold mines - Rowan, Mount Jamie, and Red Summit.
 
 A map accompanying this announcement is available at globenewswire.com
 
 ON BEHALF OF WEST RED LAKE GOLD MINES LTD.
 
 “Shane Williams”
 
 Shane Williams
 President & Chief Executive Officer
 
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
 
 Gwen Preston
 
 Vice President Communications
 
 Tel: (604) 609-6132
 
 Email:  investors@wrlgold.com or visit the Company’s website at globenewswire.com
 
 Neither  the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that  term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts  responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
 
 CAUTIONARY STATEMENT AND FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
 
 Certain  statements contained in this news release may constitute  “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable  securities laws. Forward-looking information generally can be identified  by words such as “anticipate”, “expect”, “estimate”, “forecast”,  “planned”, and similar expressions suggesting future outcomes or events.  Forward-looking information is based on current expectations of  management; however, it is subject to known and unknown risks,  uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ  materially from the forward-looking information in this news release and  include without limitation, statements relating to the potential  production of mining operations at the Madsen Mine; any untapped growth  potential in the Madsen deposit or Rowan deposit; and the Company’s  future objectives and plans. Readers are cautioned not to place undue  reliance on forward-looking information.
 
 Forward-looking  information involve numerous risks and uncertainties and actual results  might differ materially from results suggested in any forward-looking  information. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things,  market volatility; the state of the financial markets for the Company’s  securities; fluctuations in commodity prices; and changes in the  Company’s business plans. Forward-looking information is based on a  number of key expectations and assumptions, including without  limitation, that the Company will continue with its stated business  objectives and its ability to raise additional capital to proceed.  Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important  factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those  contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors  that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.  There can be no assurance that such forward-looking information will  prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ  materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information.  Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking  information. Readers are cautioned that reliance on such information may  not be appropriate for other purposes. Additional information about  risks and uncertainties is contained in the Company’s management’s  discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2024, and the  Company’s annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2024,  copies of which are available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
 
 The  forward-looking information contained herein is expressly qualified in  its entirety by this cautionary statement. Forward-looking information  reflects management’s current beliefs and is based on information  currently available to the Company. The forward-looking information is  made as of the date of this news release and the Company assumes no  obligation to update or revise such information to reflect new events or  circumstances, except as may be required by applicable law.
 
 For  more information on the Company, investors should review the Company’s  continuous disclosure filings that are available on SEDAR+ at  www.sedarplus.ca.
 
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