West Kirkland Mining Inc. is expanding its land position west of the world-famous gold camp of Kirkland Lake with option agreements for two key properties.
One is an agreement to fully acquire the 203-hectare Sutton property from renowned exploration geologist Mike Sutton. Sutton, a past winner of the Ontario Prospector of the Year Award, was co-discoverer of the high-grade South Mine Complex when serving as chief geologist at Kirkland Lake Gold.
The Sutton property is continguous with West Kirkland’s Cunningham property. Previous drilling on the property has shown assays greater than one gram per tonne gold at shallow depths.
The Sutton agreement will involve cash payments totalling $148,000 over six years and work expenditures totalling $220,000 over three years, in exchange full interest in the property subject to a two per cent net smelter return.
West Kirkland has also signed an agreement for the McLean Property, a 57-hectare parcel of land immediately west of its Cunningham property.