West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc. on Jan. 26 said the next phase of exploration drilling at its 3,100-hectare West Red Lake gold project in northwestern Ontario is slated to begin in the last week of January.

The program will further explore and expand the Rowan mine zones along strike and down plunge to depth to the east of the gold mineralization outlined to-date.

The drilling will follow-up on previous results reported in February 2015, which included 29.97 g/t of gold over 4.0 meters and 162.0 g/t of gold over 1.50 meters.

The exploration target areas are located on the Rowan mine joint venture, which is 60% owned by the company, with Goldcorp Inc. affiliate Red Lake Gold Mines holding the remaining 40%.