West Oak Gold Corp. provided an update on 2022 exploration completed at the Hedgehog project (located near Barkerville, B.C.). The 2022 program, which was conducted in October 2022, was designed to expand on results from the 2021 program which had identified a strong arsenic soil anomaly with strong spot gold values on the eastern corner of the claim and prompted West Oak to stake additional claims to the east.

The 2022 program has expanded the target area which now measures 900 meters in its northeastern extent with a width of 150 to 600 meters and has spot gold values up to 956 ppb. A poorly defined northeast trending copper anomaly is present in the southeast portion of the grid area. The Hedgehog Project, which is fully permitted, is located approximately 12 kilometres north of the community of Barkerville, BC.

Exploration models at Hedgehog include lode gold similar to the Cariboo Gold Project owned by Osisko Development Corp. and massive sulfides (Cy Cyprus Style) similar to Chu Chua, BC. Osisko Development Corp.

is an advanced stage feasibility level gold project currently going through the provincial Environmental Assessment process and is located ten kilometres south of Hedgehog. West Oak management and exploration contractors are in the process of reviewing all data to date and designing the 2023 exploration program.