# Westward Gold Announces Additional Drilling Results & Completion of Field Activities at the Campfire Target Complex, Toiyabe Hills Property, Nevada *2025-12-22T16:00:00-05:00* Westward Gold Announces Additional Drilling Results & Completion of Field Activities at the Campfire Target Complex, Toiyabe Hills Property, Nevada (TheNewswire) | [](www.westwardgold.com) | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [](https://thenewswire.com/api/apps/tnw/r?i=1LYzFPXdg&m=fac) | [](https://thenewswire.com/api/apps/tnw/r?i=1LYzFPXdg&m=twi) | [](https://thenewswire.com/api/apps/tnw/r?i=1LYzFPXdg&m=lin) | [](https://thenewswire.com/api/apps/tnw/r?i=1LYzFPXdg&m=you) | [](https://thenewswire.com/api/apps/tnw/r?i=1LYzFPXdg&m=ins) | | The Phase I framework drilling campaign – totaling 7,163 metres across 11 holes – has confirmed a vertically-extensive hydrothermal system containing a new Carlin-type gold zone at Campfire, which remains open in all directions and at depth Vancouver, British Columbia – TheNewswire -December 22, 2025 – Westward Gold Inc. (CSE: WG, OTCQB: WGLIF, FSE: IM50) (“Westward”or the“Company”) []()is pleased to provide results for three reverse-circulation (“RC”) drill holes (CF25-05 through CF25-07), and announce that 2025 drilling operations at its flagship Toiyabe Hills Property in Lander County, Nevada (“Toiyabe Hills”, or the “Property”) are complete, following a successful first-ever campaign at the Campfire Target Complex (“Campfire”).[]()Of the new results and key takeaways included herein, those from drillhole CF25-07 were noteworthy; in addition to intersecting 3.1m of 0.80 g Au/t – along with several other zones of elevated gold, arsenic, antimony and mercury – it will serve as an important vectoring tool as the best example of Carlin-type hydrothermal and thermal alteration (hornfelsing) to date at Campfire. Assay results from the first seven holes – in addition to detailed geologic logging of RC chips – continue to confirm that the Campfire Target Complex represents a new gold zone at Toiyabe Hills, associated with a large-scale Carlin-type system that remains open in every direction and at depth (see press releases dated September 18 and November 5, 2025 for details of results from holes CF25-01 through CF25-04). Early-stage target definition for 2026 Phase II drilling is already underway and will continue to be refined as additional data is received and evaluated over the winter months. 2025 Campaign Highlights at the Campfire Complex: - 7,163 metres of RC drilling were completed across 11 wide-spaced vertical holes, 43% above the Company’s initial 5,000-metre goal (see Figure 1 below). - 57% of all drilling was in favourable lower-plate carbonate rocks – namely the Wenban and Roberts Mountains Formations (well-documented regional gold hosts) – which were encountered at shallower-than-anticipated depths. - Assay results returned to date confirm a new gold zone on the Property associated with the large-scale Carlin-type hydrothermal system, concurrent with elevated trace-element geochemistry (arsenic, antimony, mercury) - Vertically-extensive decalcification (an alteration type characteristic of Carlin-type gold systems) and sulfidized igneous dikes were observed in all nine holes that tested lower-plate stratigraphy. - The RC rig achieved significant drilling depths (CF25-10 reached 3,005’ / 915.9m) in a cost-effective manner, with direct drilling costs for the campaign totalling approximately US$230 / metre (US$70 / foot). - In consultation with Westward’s contractors, the program was terminated in November with the approach of winter weather conditions; assay results remain pending from Paragon Geochemical Services Inc. (“Paragon”) for holes CF25-08 through CF25-10. Figure 1: Campfire Target Complex – Completed Phase I Drill Campaign [](https://www.thenewswire.com/data/tnw/clients/img/a9001d08a7f7d2b0e1635b7d33928ba7.png) Click Image To View Full Size Colin Moore, President & CEO, noted: “I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped make this ambitious inaugural drilling campaign at Campfire a success – no small feat for a company of our size. With the financial support of our shareholders and expert execution from our technical team and contractors, we were able to complete an expanded program in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner. This initial Phase I program has demonstrated the outsized scale potential of this target area; with every hole the system footprint is growing, and we have yet to fi