Kenorland Minerals has begun its first diamond drill programme at the Western Wabigoon (W2) project in north-western Ontario, Canada.
The project, spanning 71,140 hectares, is held under an option agreement with a subsidiary of Centerra Gold.
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Centerra has allocated C$3.2m ($2.3m) for the 2026 summer exploration at the W2 project.
This includes diamond drilling at the W2 target, alongside heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) till surveys, mapping and prospecting of regional sites.
The initial drilling plan involves up to 3,650m, with drill-hole fences spaced 250–500m apart, aimed at testing a 2.5km strike length.
The W2 project is located in the Western Wabigoon subprovince, covering key intersections of major deformation zones within the Archean greenstone belt.
In its northern section, the Pipestone-Cameron Deformation Zone intersects both the Manitou-Dinorwic and Helena-Pipestone Deformation Zones.
The Pipestone-Cameron zone contains the Cameron gold deposit, situated 30km north-west of the project boundary, while the Helena-Pipestone zone includes the Rainy River deposit, 50km to the south-west.
These high-strain corridors also feature various gold occurrences linked to quartz-carbonate veins, altered shear zones and porphyry dykes.
Since 2024, systematic exploration has identified W2 as a robust, 3km anomaly involving gold-in-till and gold grain samples.
The area, historically known as the Sorry Mac trend, has shown multi-gram per tonne (g/t) gold results from previous trenching and shallow drilling.
Kenorland is overseeing the programme, with drilling expected to wrap up by late June.
Extensive geochemical surveys conducted between 2024 and 2025 have identified W2 as the primary target within a 19km gold-in-till and HMC gold grain trend along the Manitou-Dinorwic Deformation Zone.
Gold mineralisation is found in areas showing significant deformation, silica-sericite-iron-carbonate alteration and quartz-carbonate veining with sulphide dispersion.
Kenorland’s surface explorations have confirmed the presence of gold, with samples showing up to 7.75g/t gold.
In March this year, the company signed purchase agreements to acquire full ownership of additional mineral claims in northern Ontario.
