West Point Gold Corp.

West Point Gold Corp. (formerly Gold79 Mines Ltd.) is focused on gold discovery and development at four prolific Walker Lane Trend projects covering Nevada and Arizona, USA. The Company is advancing a maiden resource at its Gold Chain project in Arizona, while its JV partner, Kinross, is progressing the Jefferson Canyon project in Nevada.

Recent News

Fortuna Silver Mines Enters into Option Agreement for Taviche Project, Mexico

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - January 8, 2021) - Gold79 Mines Ltd. (TSXV: AUU) ("Gold79" or the "Company") announces that Minaurum Gold Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Minera Minaurum Gold SA de CV ("MGG") have entered into an option agreement with Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. and Fortuna's wholly owned subsidiary, Compania Minera Cuzcatlan SA de CV ("CMC"), pursuant to which CMC can earn up to an 80 percent interest in the Taviche silver project located in Oaxaca, Mexico. Details...

2021-01-08 8:00 AM EST

Gold79 Announces Closing of Private Placement Financing

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 26, 2020) - Gold79 Mines Ltd. (TSXV: AUU) ("Gold79" or the "Company") announces that it has closed its non-brokered private placement financing raising gross proceeds of $288,500 with the issuance of a total of 2,885,000 units at $0.10 per unit (the "Offering"). Each unit consists of one common share of the Company and one-half common share purchase warrant. A total of 1,442,500 warrants were issued entitling the holders to purchase one common share...

2020-11-26 4:00 PM EST

Gold79 Announces Private Placement Financing of up to $2,000,000

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 19, 2020) - Gold79 Mines Ltd. (TSXV: AUU) ("Gold79" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the initiation of a non-brokered private placement to raise gross proceeds of up to a maximum of $2,000,000, comprising 20,000,000 units, at $0.10 per unit (the "Offering"). Each unit consists of one common share of the Company and one-half common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at a...

2020-10-19 8:00 AM EDT

Gold79 Completes Soil Geochemical Survey and Provides Update on the Jefferson Canyon Project, Nevada

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 15, 2020) - Gold79 Mines Ltd. (TSXV: AUU) ("Gold79" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the Jefferson Canyon Project ("JCP"), Nevada and announces that an extensive soil geochemical survey of 3,000 samples over the entire project was recently completed with results pending. The JCP comprises 57 unpatented claims located about 7.5 km northeast of Kinross' Round Mountain gold mine (see Figure 1). The JCP contains a large...

2020-10-15 8:00 AM EDT

Gold79 Expands Land Position, Conducts Geological Mapping and Rock-Soil Geochemical Surveys at the Tip Top Gold Project, Nevada

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 29, 2020) - Gold79 Mines Ltd. (TSXV: AUU) ("Gold79" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has significantly increased the size of the Tip Top Gold Project, Nevada with the staking of 121 new claims. This new staking has expanded the land position at Tip Top from 22 claims (173 hectares) to a total of 143 claims covering approximately 1,062 hectares (Figure 1).

2020-09-29 8:00 AM EDT

Gold79 Announces Director Appointment and Stock Option Grant

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 23, 2020) - Gold79 Mines Ltd. (TSXV: AUU) ("Gold79" or the "Company") is pleased to announce changes to its board of directors with the appointment of Mr. Derek Macpherson as an independent director effective September 23, 2020. In order to create a vacancy on the board of directors for this appointment, Mr. Robert Johansing has stepped down as a director but remains a member of management in his role as Vice-President of Exploration. Mr....

2020-09-23 2:00 PM EDT

Gold79 Announces Management Changes and Stock Option Grant

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 31, 2020) - Gold79 Mines Ltd. (TSXV: AUU) ("Gold79" or the "Company") is pleased to announce executive management changes. Mr. Gary Thompson has been appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer in addition to his role as Executive Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Robert Johansing has been appointed Vice-President, Exploration of the Company stepping down from his prior position as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Johansing...

2020-08-31 8:00 AM EDT

Aura Announces Name Change to Gold79 Mines Ltd., Continuance to British Columbia, Launches New Website and Provides Corporate Update

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 5, 2020) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company" or "Gold79") is pleased to announce that pursuant to a resolution passed by its board of directors on July 28, 2020, the Company has changed its name to "Gold79 Mines Ltd.". There is no consolidation of capital associated with the name change. Effective at the opening on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, the common shares of Gold79 will commence trading on the TSX Venture Exchange and the...

2020-08-05 8:00 AM EDT

Aura Announces Closing of $1,538,000 Private Placement and Completion of the Amalgamation with Territory Metals Corp.

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 27, 2020) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") announces that following significant investor demand it has closed its private placement financing raising gross proceeds of $1,538,000 with the issuance of a total of 25,633,333 units, at $0.06 per unit (the "Offering"). Each unit consists of one common share of the Company and one-half common share purchase warrant. A total of 12,816,666 warrants were issued entitling the holders to...

2020-07-27 8:30 AM EDT

Aura Announces Increase in Private Placement Financing to up to $1,500,000

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 9, 2020) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") announces that due to significant investor demand it is increasing the maximum amount of its private placement financing announced in its press release dated July 6, 2020 to up to $1,500,000. The non-brokered private placement will now raise gross proceeds of a minimum of $500,000, comprising 8,333,333 units, and up to a maximum of $1,500,000, comprising 25,000,000 units, at $0.06 per...

2020-07-09 1:31 PM EDT

Aura Announces Private Placement Financing and Shares for Debt Transactions / Rebranding and Name Change to Gold79 Mines Ltd.

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 6, 2020) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the initiation of a non-brokered private placement to raise gross proceeds of a minimum of $500,000, comprising 8,333,333 units, and up to a maximum of $1,000,000, comprising 16,666,667 units, at $0.06 per unit (the "Offering"). Each unit consists of one common share of the Company and one-half common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder...

2020-07-06 8:30 AM EDT

Aura Reports Annual Meeting Results and Announces Shares for Debt Transaction / Update on Status of Territory Metals Acquisition

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 2, 2020) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") has released the results of its annual and special meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting") held in Ottawa, Ontario, on June 30, 2020. Shareholders approved all matters set forth in the Company's Management Proxy Circular dated May 28, 2020 with approximately 94% or more of the votes cast in favour of all matters. These matters included the re-election of W. William Boberg, James...

2020-07-02 9:29 AM EDT

Aura Announces Proposed Acquisition of Territory Metals Corp.

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 4, 2020) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive amalgamation agreement for the acquisition of Territory Metals Corp. ("Territory"), an unlisted private company located in British Columbia, subject to TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") approval. Territory's key asset is the Tip Top Gold project located in Esmeralda County, Nevada USA. The Tip Top Gold project is subject to an...

2020-06-04 8:30 AM EDT

Aura Announces Amendments to Gold Chain, Arizona and Jefferson Canyon, Nevada Property Option Agreements

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 29, 2020) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into amending agreements with respect to its option agreements for both the Gold Chain, Arizona and Jefferson Canyon, Nevada projects. The Company retains a right to earn a 100% interest in both projects while the future payment schedules for certain cash and share payments have been amended as further detailed below. Robert Johansing,...

2020-05-29 8:30 AM EDT

Aura Announces Results from 2019 Program at Its Greyhound Property, Nunavut

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 27, 2020) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") has received the results from the 2019 exploration program for the Greyhound project from the operating partner Agnico Eagle Mines Limited ("Agnico Eagle"). The 2019 target area, defined in Aura's press release dated April 30, 2019, contains conductive zones identified by the induced polarization ("IP") geophysical survey conducted in 2018 and are further supported by a review of data...

2020-05-27 8:30 AM EDT

Aura Announces Additional Rock Sampling Results Confirming Extensive Historical Gold and Silver Anomalies at the Jefferson Canyon Project, NYE County, Nevada

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 23, 2019) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") is pleased to announce analytical results from a district-wide surface rock sampling program at its recently acquired Jefferson Canyon project (JCP). The goal of the program was to provide support to earlier due diligence sampling (see June 4, 2019 press release) which yielded high-grade results where historical reverse circulation drilling encountered significant gold and silver...

2019-09-23 1:44 PM EDT

Aura Announces Stock Option Grant

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 5, 2019) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") announces that, pursuant to its Stock Option Plan, it has granted stock options to directors, officers and a consultant of the Company to purchase an aggregate 1,200,000 common shares in the capital of the Company at an exercise price of $0.05 per share which expire on June 4, 2024. Following this stock option grant, the Company has a total of 1,940,000 stock options outstanding...

2019-06-05 6:43 PM EDT

Aura Announces Definitive Agreement for Jefferson Canyon Project, Nye County, Nevada / Initial Rock Sampling Confirms Presence of High-Grade Gold and Silver

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 4, 2019) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") announces that it has entered into an arm's length definitive option agreement (the "Agreement") with Thorsen-Fordyce Merchant Capital Inc. ("Thorsen") and TF Minerals (USA) Inc. (together the "TF Parties") to earn a 100% interest in the Jefferson Canyon gold-silver project ("JCP") in southern Nevada. This follows successful completion of the Company's due diligence including an...

2019-06-04 8:30 AM EDT

Aura Announces Closing of Private Placement Financing

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 29, 2019) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") announces that it has closed its non-brokered private placement of units raising proceeds of $220,000 (the "Offering"). A total of 4,400,000 units were issued to investors at $0.05 per unit. Each unit consisted of one common share of the Company and one common share purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of $0.07 per...

2019-05-29 4:00 PM EDT

Aura Announces Details of May 2019 Drilling Program at Its Greyhound Property, Nunavut / Extends Private Placement Closing Date

Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 30, 2019) - Aura Resources Inc. (TSXV: AUU) ("Aura" or the "Company") announces plans to drill a newly discovered base and precious metal target on the Greyhound project, a partnership with Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, the project operator. Initial drill targets have been defined on a previously untested area in the central part of the property (see Figure 1). The proposed drill holes will target conductive zones identified by the induced polarization...

2019-04-30 8:30 AM EDT

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