{"id":6783,"date":"2026-02-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=6783"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:44:50","slug":"lahontan-maiden-drilling-confirms-shallow-oxide-gold-at-west-santa-fe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/announcement\/lahontan-maiden-drilling-confirms-shallow-oxide-gold-at-west-santa-fe\/","title":{"rendered":"Lahontan Maiden Drilling Confirms Shallow Oxide Gold at West Santa Fe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

55m of Oxide Gold at West Santa Fe Only 13km From LG’s Flagship Santa Fe Mine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Feb 5, 2026<\/strong> | 07:00am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Lahontan Drills Thick, Shallow Oxide Gold at West Santa Fe: 55m @ 1.00 g\/t AuEq<\/strong><\/span> Including 17m @ 1.75 g\/t AuEq<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n

TORONTO, ON \/ ACCESS Newswire \/ February 5, 2026<\/strong> — Lahontan Gold Corp.<\/strong> (TSXV: LG<\/strong>) (OTCQB: LGCXF<\/strong>) (FSE: Y2F<\/strong>) (the “Company” or “Lahontan”) is pleased to announce the first assay results from its 2025 Maiden drilling program<\/strong> at the West Santa Fe Project<\/strong>, located only 13 km<\/strong> from the Company’s flagship Santa Fe Mine Project<\/strong> in Nevada’s prolific Walker Lane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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WSF25-06R:<\/strong> 54.9 metres<\/strong><\/span> (24.4–79.3m) grading 1.00 g\/t AuEq<\/strong>, including 16.8 metres<\/strong><\/span> (27.4–44.2m) grading 1.75 g\/t AuEq<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

The intercept begins at a depth from surface of only 19 metres<\/strong>. West Santa Fe is a silver-rich system<\/strong>, with individual silver intercepts up to 176 g\/t Ag<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
Hole<\/th>\n\t\t\tFrom (m)<\/th>\n\t\t\tTo (m)<\/th>\n\t\t\tInterval (m)<\/th>\n\t\t\tAu (g\/t)<\/th>\n\t\t\tAg (g\/t)<\/th>\n\t\t\tAuEq (g\/t)<\/th>\n\t\t\tDomain<\/th>\n\t\t\tNotes<\/th>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t<\/thead>\n\t
WSF25-06R<\/strong><\/td>\n\t\t\t24.4<\/td>\n\t\t\t79.3<\/td>\n\t\t\t54.9<\/strong><\/td>\n\t\t\t0.52<\/td>\n\t\t\t40.5<\/td>\n\t\t\t1.00<\/strong><\/td>\n\t\t\tOxide<\/td>\n\t\t\tNorth Zone, twin historic drilling<\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t
Including<\/em><\/td>\n\t\t\t27.4<\/td>\n\t\t\t44.2<\/td>\n\t\t\t16.8<\/strong><\/td>\n\t\t\t0.85<\/td>\n\t\t\t76.4<\/td>\n\t\t\t1.75<\/strong><\/td>\n\t\t\tOxide<\/td>\n\t\t\t <\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t
Also incl.<\/em><\/td>\n\t\t\t64.0<\/td>\n\t\t\t77.7<\/td>\n\t\t\t13.7<\/td>\n\t\t\t0.70<\/td>\n\t\t\t52.2<\/td>\n\t\t\t1.32<\/td>\n\t\t\tOxide<\/td>\n\t\t\t <\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Figure 1:<\/strong> Drill intercept summary table<\/p>\n\"West \n

Figure 2:<\/strong> Cross section through WSF25-06R<\/p>\n\"West \n

Figure 3:<\/strong> Drill hole location map<\/p>\n\"West \n

Kimberly Ann<\/strong>, Executive Chair, President, CEO, and Founder commented: “The first assay results from our Maiden RC drilling campaign at West Santa Fe are particularly encouraging… Its proximity to the Santa Fe Mine makes the project an important part of the Company’s strategy to grow gold and silver resources.”<\/p>\n\n\n

QA\/QC Protocols<\/h3>\n\n

Lahontan follows industry-standard QA\/QC procedures including Certified Reference Materials, coarse blanks, duplicate sampling, and independent lab verification by American Assay Laboratories (AAL)<\/strong> in Sparks, Nevada.<\/p>\n\n\n

For Further Information<\/h3>\n\n

Lahontan Gold Corp.<\/strong>
\nKimberly Ann, Founder, CEO, President, Director
\nPhone: 1-530-414-4400
\nEmail: Kimberly.ann@lahontangoldcorp.com<\/a>
\nWebsite: www.lahontangoldcorp.com<\/p>\n

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\n Disclaimer:<\/strong> Past performance is not an indicator of future returns.\n NIA is not an investment advisor<\/strong> and does not provide investment advice.\n Always do your own research and make your own investment decisions.\n NIA’s President has purchased 200,000 shares of LG in the open market and intends to buy more shares.<\/strong>\n NIA has received compensation from LG of US$50,000 cash for a six-month marketing contract.<\/strong>\n This message is meant for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide investment advice.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

55m of Oxide Gold at West Santa Fe Only 13km From LG’s Flagship Santa Fe Mine Feb 5, 2026 | 07:00am Lahontan Drills Thick, Shallow Oxide Gold at West Santa Fe: 55m @ 1.00 g\/t AuEq Including 17m @ 1.75 g\/t AuEq TORONTO, ON \/ ACCESS Newswire \/ February 5, 2026 — Lahontan Gold Corp. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,149],"class_list":["post-6783","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\/6783","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=6783"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6790,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783\/revisions\/6790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}