Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. announced gold production results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015. Fourth quarter production at the Eagle River Underground Mine increased 10% over the third quarter to 11,744 ounces, and head grades improved 19% to 9.2 grams per tonne. Eagle River tonnes milled during the quarter were 42,185. At the Mishi Open Pit Mine fourth quarter production was 2,068 ounces a 43% decrease over the third quarter. Head grade at Mishi in the quarter was 2.3 gpt compared to 3.0 gpt in the third quarter. Mishi tonnes milled during the quarter were 33,101, a 24% decrease compared to the third quarter. The combined fourth quarter production was 13,812 ounces, a 3% decrease compared to 14,284 ounces in the third quarter.

For the full year 2015, 173,189 tonnes were milled at a head grade of 7.8 gpt from the underground Eagle River Mine at a recovery rate of 94.8% to produce 41,132 ounces. At the open pit Mishi Mine, 132,942 tonnes were milled at a head grade of 2.6 gpt at a recovery of 87.4% to produce 9,580 ounces. The total combined production for 2015 was 50,712 ounces, a 3.5% decrease compared to 52,575 ounces in 2014.

In 2016, production at the Eagle River mine is forecast to range between 43,000 – 47,000 ounces at an average grade of between 8.5 – 9 gpt, a 9% - 15% improvement over 2015's head grades. This is the result of 2015's development plan to bring multiple high grade zones (300, 7 and 811 Zones) into its exploration, development, and production profile. At Mishi, 2016 pit production is expected to improve by at least 15% to between 11,000 – 13,000 ounces at an average grade of 2.4 gpt resulting in total mill production of 54,000 – 60,000 ounces for 2016.