{"id":4743,"date":"2025-10-15T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2025-10-27T16:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:08:53","slug":"lahontan-gold-tsxv-lg-submits-notice-of-operations-to-blm-for-drilling-at-west-santa-fe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/announcement\/lahontan-gold-tsxv-lg-submits-notice-of-operations-to-blm-for-drilling-at-west-santa-fe\/","title":{"rendered":"Lahontan Gold (TSXV: LG) Submits Notice of Operations to BLM for Drilling at West Santa Fe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"max-width:860px;margin:0 auto;padding:18px 16px;font-family:Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.6;color:#111;font-size:15px;\">\n  <!-- Title & Dateline -->\n  <h1 style=\"margin:0 0 6px 0;font-size:28px;line-height:1.25;\">Lahontan Submits Notice of Operations to BLM for Drilling at West Santa Fe<\/h1>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 18px 0;color:#666;\"><strong>Wednesday, 15 October 2025 \u2013 07:30 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n  <!-- Dateline \/ Tickers -->\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 16px 0;color:#333;\">\n    TORONTO, ON \/ ACCESS Newswire \/ October 15, 2025 \/ \n    <strong>Lahontan Gold Corp.<\/strong> \n    (TSXV:<strong>LG<\/strong>) (OTCQB:<strong>LGCXF<\/strong>) (FSE:<strong>Y2F<\/strong>) \n    (the \u201cCompany\u201d or \u201cLahontan\u201d) is pleased to announce that the Company has submitted a \n    <strong>Notice of Operations<\/strong> (the \u201cNotice\u201d) to the Federal Bureau of Land Management (the \u201cBLM\u201d) for its proposed \n    exploration drilling program at Lahontan\u2019s <strong>West Santa Fe Project<\/strong>, located only <strong>13 kilometres<\/strong> southwest of the Company\u2019s Flagship Santa Fe Mine Project.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <!-- Program Overview -->\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 16px 0;\">\n    The Notice seeks to permit multiple drill sites at the West Santa Fe Project, plus the construction of access roads and sumps for drilling fluids. \n    The Company intends to drill multiple holes from each drill site, twinning, drilling down-dip, and exploring the West Santa Fe system along strike \n    from areas of known gold and silver mineralization. Historic drilling, totaling <strong>171 drill holes<\/strong> for approximately <strong>13,000 metres<\/strong>, defines shallow, oxidized, \n    gold and silver mineralization near the historic <strong>Mindora underground mine<\/strong>. Geologic mapping and sampling show that this zone of mineralization \n    continues for over <strong>1,000 metres to the east<\/strong>, an area marked by numerous shallow adits, prospect pits, and outcrops of hydrothermally altered rock. \n    (<em>Please see Lahontan Gold press release dated June 18, 2024<\/em>).\n  <\/p>\n\n  <!-- CEO Quote -->\n  <blockquote style=\"margin:18px 0;padding:14px 16px;border-left:4px solid #d9d9d9;background:#fafafa;\">\n    <p style=\"margin:0;font-style:italic;\">\n      \u201cLahontan is excited to submit this Notice of Operation for drilling at West Santa Fe to the BLM. Once approved, the Company will be able to conduct its first \n      drilling program at the project, seeking to validate the extensive historic drill hole data base and expand the footprint of disseminated gold and silver \n      mineralization at West Santa Fe.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n    <p style=\"margin:8px 0 0 0;\"><strong>\u2014 Kimberly Ann<\/strong>, Founder, Chair, CEO, and President<\/p>\n  <\/blockquote>\n\n  <!-- About -->\n  <h2 style=\"margin:22px 0 10px 0;font-size:20px;\">About Lahontan Gold Corp.<\/h2>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 16px 0;\">\n    Lahontan Gold Corp. is a Canadian mine development and mineral exploration company that holds, through its US subsidiaries, four top-tier gold and silver \n    exploration properties in the Walker Lane of mining-friendly Nevada. Lahontan\u2019s flagship property, the <strong>26.4 km\u00b2 Santa Fe Mine project<\/strong>, had past production \n    of <strong>359,202 ounces of gold<\/strong> and <strong>702,067 ounces of silver<\/strong> between 1988 and 1995 from open pit mines utilizing heap-leach processing.\n  <\/p>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 16px 0;\">\n    The Santa Fe Mine has a Canadian National Instrument 43-101 compliant <strong>Indicated Mineral Resource<\/strong> of <strong>1,539,000 oz Au Eq<\/strong> \n    (48,393,000 tonnes grading 0.92 g\/t Au and 7.18 g\/t Ag, together grading 0.99 g\/t Au Eq) and an <strong>Inferred Mineral Resource<\/strong> of \n    <strong>411,000 oz Au Eq<\/strong> (16,760,000 tonnes grading 0.74 g\/t Au and 3.25 g\/t Ag, together grading 0.76 g\/t Au Eq), all pit constrained \n    (<em>Au Eq is inclusive of recovery; please see Santa Fe Project Technical Report and note below*<\/em>). The Company plans to continue advancing the Santa Fe Mine project \n    towards production, update the Santa Fe Preliminary Economic Assessment, and drill test its satellite West Santa Fe project during 2025. \n    For more information, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lahontangoldcorp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.lahontangoldcorp.com<\/a>.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <!-- Technical Report Note -->\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 16px 0;font-size:14px;color:#444;\">\n    * Please see the \u201cPreliminary Economic Assessment, NI 43-101 Technical Report, Santa Fe Project\u201d, Authors: Kenji Umeno, P. Eng., Thomas Dyer, PE, Kyle Murphy, PE, \n    Trevor Rabb, P. Geo, Darcy Baker, PhD, P. Geo., and John M. Young, SME-RM; Effective Date: December 10, 2024, Report Date: January 24, 2025. The Technical Report is \n    available on the Company\u2019s website and SEDAR+. Mineral resources are reported using a cut-off grade of <strong>0.15 g\/t AuEq<\/strong> for oxide resources and \n    <strong>0.60 g\/t AuEq<\/strong> for non-oxide resources. AuEq for the purpose of cut-off grade and reporting the Mineral Resources is based on the following assumptions: \n    gold price of <strong>US$1,950\/oz<\/strong>, silver price of <strong>US$23.50\/oz<\/strong>, and oxide gold recoveries ranging from <strong>28% to 79%<\/strong>, \n    oxide silver recoveries ranging from <strong>8% to 30%<\/strong>, and non-oxide gold and silver recoveries of <strong>71%<\/strong>.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <!-- Qualified Person -->\n  <h2 style=\"margin:22px 0 10px 0;font-size:20px;\">Qualified Person<\/h2>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 16px 0;\">\n    <strong>Brian J. Maher, M.Sc., CPG-12342<\/strong>, is a \u201cQualified Person\u201d as defined under Canadian National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, \n    and has reviewed and approved the content of this news release in respect of all disclosure other than the Mineral Resource Estimate as noted above. \u200eMr. Maher is \n    Vice President-Exploration for Lahontan Gold and has verified the data disclosed in this news release, including the sampling, analytical and test data underlying the disclosure.\n  <\/p>\n\n  <!-- Signature -->\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 16px 0;\">\n    On behalf of the Board of Directors<br>\n    <strong>Kimberly Ann<\/strong><br>\n    Founder, CEO, President, and Executive Chair\n  <\/p>\n\n  <!-- Contacts -->\n  <h2 style=\"margin:22px 0 10px 0;font-size:20px;\">For Further Information<\/h2>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 2px 0;\"><strong>Lahontan Gold Corp.<\/strong><\/p>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 2px 0;\">\n    <strong>Kimberly Ann<\/strong><br>\n    Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Executive Chair\n  <\/p>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 2px 0;\">\n    Phone: <a href=\"tel:+15304144400\">1-530-414-4400<\/a><br>\n    Email: <a href=\"mailto:Kimberly.ann@lahontangoldcorp.com\">Kimberly.ann@lahontangoldcorp.com<\/a><br>\n    Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lahontangoldcorp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.lahontangoldcorp.com<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n\n  <hr style=\"border:none;border-top:1px solid #e3e3e3;margin:20px 0 12px 0;\">\n\n  <!-- Disclaimer (fine print italics at bottom) -->\n  <p style=\"margin:0;font-size:12px;color:#666;font-style:italic;\">\n    Past performance is not an indicator of future returns. NIA is not an investment advisor and does not provide investment advice. Always do your own research and make your own investment decisions.\n    NIA has received compensation from LG of US$30,000 cash for a three-month marketing contract. NIA\u2019s President has purchased 200,000 shares of LG in the open market and intends to buy more shares.\n    This message is meant for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide investment advice.\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahontan Submits Notice of Operations to BLM for Drilling at West Santa Fe Wednesday, 15 October 2025 \u2013 07:30 AM TORONTO, ON \/ ACCESS Newswire \/ October 15, 2025 \/ Lahontan Gold Corp. (TSXV:LG) (OTCQB:LGCXF) (FSE:Y2F) (the \u201cCompany\u201d or \u201cLahontan\u201d) is pleased to announce that the Company has submitted a Notice of Operations (the \u201cNotice\u201d) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,149],"class_list":["post-4743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","tag-gold","tag-lg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4745,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions\/4745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}