West Red Lake Gold Intercepts 84.3 g/t Au over 1m, 14.4 g/t Au over 5.5m and 24.4 g/t Au over 1.5m at Rowan
February 18, 2026 Vancouver, BC
West Red Lake Gold Intercepts 84.3 g/t Au over 1m, 14.4 g/t Au over 5.5m and 24.4 g/t Au over 1.5m at Rowan
West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (“West Red Lake Gold” or “WRLG” or the “Company”) (TSXV: WRLG) (OTCQB: WRLGF) is pleased to announce drill results from its fully funded infill and conversion drilling program at the 100% owned Rowan Project located in the Red Lake Mining District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada.
Shane Williams, President & CEO, stated, “We continue to view Rowan as a key piece in our vision for creating a district-scale hub and spoke operation in Red Lake and the assay results received to date from the current drilling program are further reinforcing our confidence in this high-grade satellite deposit. While the current drill program at Rowan is focused on infill to prepare for the upcoming planned Pre-Feasibility Study, our Geology team sees excellent potential for continuing to expand this deposit along strike and at depth. Red Lake gold systems have deep roots and we believe the vein system at Rowan will continue to grow with additional drilling. West Red Lake is fortuitous to have a portfolio of 100% owned quality assets in a premier jurisdiction that will support our vision of becoming a 100,000 ounce per year gold producer in Red Lake by 2028.”
The results featured in this new release are focused on the high-grade Rowan vein system and are in addition to the intercepts recently announced on January 29, 2026 which highlighted 141.5 grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold (“Au”) over 1 metre (“m”), 55.8 g/t Au over 1m and 28.5 g/t Au
over 1m.
A total of thirty-eight (38) holes for approximately 6,300m were completed at Rowan in the current drilling program. Fire assay gold results have been reported for fourteen (14) holes. Results are pending for nineteen (19) holes with five (5) holes currently being logged and prepared for sample shipment.
ROWAN DRILLING HIGHLIGHTS:
| • Hole | RLG-25-198 | Intersected Vein 006b footwall with 1m @ 84.3 grams per tonne gold | |
| (“g/t Au”), from 67.35m to 68.35m. This high-grade intercept was complimented by | |||
| visible gold spatially associated with quartz veining and strong silicification (Figure 1). |
Figure 1. Multiple instances of visible gold in hole RLG-25-198 associated with pyrrhotite and pyrite within a sheared smoky quartz vein. Drill core is HQ (63.5mm) diameter.
| • Hole | RLG-25-201 | Intersected Vein 006b with 5.5m @ 14.42 g/t Au, from 102.25m to | |
| 107.75m; Including 2m @ 32.93 g/t Au, from 105.75m to 107.75m. This high-grade | |||
| intercept was complimented by visible gold spatially associated with quartz veining and | |||
| strong silicification (Figure 2). |
Figure 2. Multiple instances of visible gold in hole RLG-25-201 within a sheared smoky quartz vein. Drill core is HQ (63.5mm) diameter.
| Intersected Vein 018 hangingwall with 1.5m @ 24.44 g/t Au, from | |
| 116.4m to 117.9m; Including 0.5m @ 70.3 g/t Au, from 116.9m to 117.4m. This high- | |
| grade intercept was complimented by visible gold spatially associated with quartz veining | |
| and strong silicification (Figure 3). |
Figure 3. Multiple instances of visible gold in hole RLG-25-200 within a sheared smoky quartz vein. Drill core is HQ (63.5mm) diameter.
| Intersected an unmodeled vein with 2m @ 16.05 g/t Au, from 113.15m | |
| to 115.15m; Including 1m @ 31.8 g/t Au, from 113.15m to 114.15m. This high-grade | |
| intercept was complimented by visible gold spatially associated with quartz veining and | |
| strong silicification (Figure 4). |
Figure 4. Multiple instances of visible gold in hole RLG-25-196 associated with pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite within a sheared smoky quartz vein. Drill core is HQ (63.5mm) diameter.
TABLE 1. Significant intercepts (>1 g/t Au) from drilling at Rowan Deposit.
| Hole ID | Target | Vein | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m)* | Au (g/t) | VG | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RLG-25-194 | Rowan | V004 (fw) | 230.50 | 232.50 | 2.00 | 1.99 | X | ||||||||
| AND | V001 | 244.50 | 245.50 | 1.00 | 6.15 | ||||||||||
| RLG-25-195 | Rowan | NA | Assays Pending | ||||||||||||
| RLG-25-196 | Rowan | Unmodeled | 34.50 | 40.50 | 6.00 | 1.27 | |||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V006b | 70.00 | 72.00 | 2.00 | 3.68 | |||||||||
| Incl. | 70.00 | 71.00 | 1.00 | 6.26 | |||||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V006b (fw) | 78.00 | 83.00 | 5.00 | 2.03 | |||||||||
| Incl. | 80.00 | 81.00 | 1.00 | 8.59 | |||||||||||
| AND | Rowan | Unmodeled | 103.00 | 104.00 | 1.00 | 3.37 | |||||||||
| AND | Rowan | Unmodeled | 113.15 | 115.15 | 2.00 | 16.05 | X | ||||||||
| Incl. | 113.15 | 114.15 | 1.00 | 31.80 | X | ||||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V004 (hw) | 126.00 | 127.00 | 1.00 | 2.16 | |||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V004 | 129.00 | 133.00 | 4.00 | 1.93 | |||||||||
| Incl. | 129.00 | 130.00 | 1.00 | 6.84 | |||||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V001 (hw) | 165.15 | 166.15 | 1.00 | 1.27 | X | ||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V001 | 174.50 | 175.50 | 1.00 | 2.23 |
| Hole ID | Target | Vein | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m)* | Au (g/t) | VG | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RLG-25-197 | Rowan | Unmodeled | 11.50 | 13.50 | 2.00 | 1.61 | |||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V013 (fw) | 46.50 | 47.60 | 1.10 | 2.09 | |||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V018 (hw) | 54.50 | 55.50 | 1.00 | 2.83 | |||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V006b | 91.40 | 92.40 | 1.00 | 13.45 | X | ||||||||
| RLG-25-198 | Rowan | V006b | 63.50 | 64.50 | 1.00 | 1.22 | |||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V006b (fw) | 67.35 | 68.35 | 1.00 | 84.30 | X | ||||||||
| AND | Rowan | Unmodeled | 115.20 | 118.25 | 3.05 | 1.73 | |||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V004 (fw) | 136.65 | 137.50 | 0.85 | 7.02 | |||||||||
| RLG-25-199 | Rowan | V018 | 90.55 | 92.35 | 1.80 | 12.39 | |||||||||
| Incl. | 90.55 | 91.60 | 1.05 | 20.80 | |||||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V018 | 99.50 | 100.50 | 1.00 | 1.31 | |||||||||
| RLG-25-200 | Rowan | V013 | 90.50 | 92.00 | 1.50 | 8.58 | |||||||||
| Incl. | 91.50 | 92.00 | 0.50 | 25.00 | |||||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V013 (fw) | 95.80 | 97.50 | 1.70 | 8.88 | X | ||||||||
| Incl. | 97.00 | 97.50 | 0.50 | 28.90 | X | ||||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V018 (hw) | 116.40 | 117.90 | 1.50 | 24.44 | |||||||||
| Incl. | 116.90 | 117.40 | 0.50 | 70.30 | |||||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V004 | 122.50 | 124.50 | 2.00 | 1.60 | |||||||||
| RLG-25-201 | Rowan | Unmodeled | 36.50 | 37.50 | 1.00 | 1.05 | |||||||||
| AND | Rowan | Unmodeled | 42.20 | 42.70 | 0.50 | 1.93 | |||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V006b (hw) | 90.50 | 91.50 | 1.00 | 7.29 | |||||||||
| AND | Rowan | V006b | 102.25 | 107.75 | 5.50 | 14.42 | X | ||||||||
| Incl. | 105.75 | 107.75 | 2.00 | 32.93 | X |
*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. Internal dilution for composite intervals does not exceed 1m for samples grading <0.1 g/t Au. The “VG” column indicates the presence of Visible Gold as observed by the core logging geologist. The (hw) and (fw) notes under “Domain” column are indicating position of grade intercept “hangingwall” or “footwall”, respectively, to primary vein domain. Vein intercepts currently defined as “Unmodeled” may be incorporated into new vein domains in upcoming MRE update for Rowan. Hole RLG-25-195 has assays pending due to mineralized intervals from that hole being sent out for geotechnical testing.
TABLE 2: Drill collar summary for holes reported in this News Release.
| Hole ID | Target | Easting | Northing | Elev | Length | Azimuth | Dip | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (m) | (m) | ||||||||
| RLG-25-194 | Rowan | 422160 | 5657811 | 366 | 284.50 | 346 | -51 | ||
| RLG-25-195 | Rowan | 422160 | 5657811 | 366 | 269.50 | 358 | -52 | ||
| RLG-25-196 | Rowan | 422022 | 5657869 | 366 | 182.50 | 358 | -52 | ||
| RLG-25-197 | Rowan | 422023 | 5657869 | 366 | 122.50 | 359 | -64 | ||
| RLG-25-198 | Rowan | 422053 | 5657868 | 366 | 149.50 | 359 | -51 | ||
| RLG-25-199 | Rowan | 422057 | 5657838 | 366 | 131.50 | 359 | -53 |
| Hole ID | Target | Easting | Northing | Elev | Length | Azimuth | Dip | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (m) | (m) | ||||||||
| RLG-25-200 | Rowan | 422054 | 5657820 | 366 | 161.50 | 357 | -45 | ||
| RLG-25-201 | Rowan | 422005 | 5657845 | 366 | 146.50 | 358 | -49 |
FIGURE 5. Deposit-scale plan map of Rowan project area showing traces and intercepts for holes highlighted in this News Release[1].
FIGURE 6. Rowan drill section showing assay highlights for Hole RLG-25-201[1].
FIGURE 7. Rowan drill section showing assay highlights for Hole RLG-25-196 and -197[1].
FIGURE 8. Rowan drill section showing assay highlights for Hole RLG-25-198 to -200[1].
FIGURE 9. Rowan drill section showing assay highlights for Hole RLG-25-194[1].
ROWAN PROGRAM SUMMARY
West Red Lake Gold announced results for a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) for the Rowan Project on July 8, 2025 which demonstrates robust preliminary economics for an underground mine at Rowan producing an average of 35,230 ounces (“oz”) per year over a 5year mine life at an average grade of 8.0 g/t Au (a copy of this news release can be viewed HERE1).
The drill program at Rowan (Figure 10) will now consist of around 6,300 m of HQ diameter diamond drilling including conversion drilling on Veins 001 and 004 to support the potential upgrade of Inferred resources to Indicated2 and infill drilling on Veins 006b and 013 to provide data that may enable mine design consideration ahead of a planned combined Pre-Feasibility Study (“PFS”) for the Madsen Mine and Rowan projects. This planned study will evaluate the potential for developing the two projects using shared infrastructure and integrated mine planning, with the goal of identifying possible operational and economic synergies3.
FIGURE 10. Plan view showing Rowan Veins 001, 003, 004, 006b and 013 with proposed infill and conversion drilling and current PEA underground mine design[2]. Vein 1 west extension target outlined in red.
Conversion drilling2 at Rowan is focused on Veins 001 and 004, with the objective to bring Inferred resources to an Indicated category. These veins account for the majority of PEA
1 The PEA is preliminary in nature; it includes Inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves; there is no certainty that the PEA results will be realized.
2 There can be no assurance that drilling at Rowan will result in the conversion of Inferred resources to Indicated; any such upgrade will depend on the results of the drill program and subsequent resource estimation by a Qualified Person.
3 There can be no assurance that the planned combined PFS will support the development of the Madsen Mine and Rowan projects as a single operation or using common infrastructure. Any such determination will depend on the outcome of such PFS and subsequent technical and economic studies.