# Westward Gold Details Drilling Plans at El Segundo Target, Toiyabe Hills Property, Nevada *2026-07-20T07:30:00-04:00* Westward Gold Details Drilling Plans at El Segundo Target, 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) | | Following 2 years of detailed target development, the El Segundo area is primed for Phase 1 drilling in 2026 El Segundo is underpinned by robust Carlin-suite surface geochemistry, strong sub-surface alteration zones identified via geophysical surveys, and favourable surface alteration and structural settings recognized through mapping The El Segundo area has seen no historical drilling and will be tested with both RC and core across 8 planned sites totaling approximately 6,000 metres Vancouver, British Columbia, July 20, 2026 – TheNewswire -Westward Gold Inc. (CSE: WG, OTCQB: WGLIF, FSE: IM50) (“Westward”or the “Company”) []()is pleased to provide additional details surrounding its planned Phase I drilling campaign at the El Segundo Target (“El Segundo”), one of three target areas slated for testing with reverse circulation (“RC”) and core drilling in 2026 at the Company’s Toiyabe Hills Property in Lander County, NV (“Toiyabe Hills”, or the “Property”). This target has been developed over several field seasons through the application of Westward’s systematic, multi-disciplinary approach to greenfield gold exploration, and is now primed for its initial drill test. El Segundo is located approximately 4 km south-southeast of the SSD Target (“SSD”) and 3 km south of the Campfire Target; it sits in the footwall of the district-scale north-striking Hilltop Structural Corridor, and favourable lower-plate carbonate host rocks of the Wenban Formation are exposed at surface across most of the target area. Multiple robust datasets support this year’s decision to allocate a portion of the Company’s drilling budget to further advance and define El Segundo, including the following (see Figures 1 through 3 for visual representations of the various datasets): - Surface Geochemistry:A large plume of elevated Carlin-suite elements (notably arsenic) lies over and outboard of the target area – as indicated by a gridded soil survey – coincident with anomalous gold in rock-chip samples (up to 1.6 g Au/t) and the strongest antimony on the Property in rock-chip samples (up to 589 ppm Sb). - Geophysical Surveys:Robust geophysical datasets have been acquired through a gravity survey (2024), an airborne magnetic survey (2025), and a controlled-source audio-frequency magnetotelluric (“CSAMT”) survey (2026) – and point to gravity-interpreted alteration (decalcification) in lower-plate carbonate rocks, and strong silicification (and argillic alteration) interpreted from CSAMT data. - Anaconda-Style Mapping: 1:5000-scale mapping has identified surface alteration (both decalcification and silicification), northeast-striking dike-filled fault corridors, and syncline-anticline pairs indicative of compression – a favourable structural setting for Carlin-style gold exploration. Robert Edie, Vice President of Exploration, noted: “As we’ve continued to expand our land position and associated Property-wide baseline exploration datasets, we fully anticipated that new targets would emerge along the footwall of the district-scale Hilltop Corridor, with Westward now controlling 13 km of its strike length. This setting is reminiscent of other major Nevada gold camps – notably the north area of the Carlin Trend where the Post-Gen Fault is a major control on mineralization at multiple gold mines. Phase I drilling at El Segundo will be the next step in the advancement of this target area following 2 years of data acquisition and interpretation by our team. One of the advantages of drilling in this area is that most of the drill holes will collar in lower-plate carbonate rocks, allowing for a more efficient test of regional host strata. We will also have the opportunity to drill the first-ever hole through and across the Hilltop Corridor – and we’re all very excited to get a better look at this major structural feature.” Figure 1: El Segundo Target Plan View – Geochemistry, Interpreted Structures, Residual Gravity [![](https://www.thenewswire.com/data/tnw/clients/img/20e2fbf00