WellgreenPlatinum Ltd. said July 11 that it started drilling and field workat its Wellgreen platinum group metals-nickel project inCanada's Yukon Territory.

The 2016 program will consist of about 2,500 meters ofdrilling to test resource expansion potential along the north arm and themiddle arm of the deposit, as well as to test for the potential conversion of aportion of inferred mineral resources in the central zone into measured andindicated categories and assess expansion of the starter pit detailed in thecompany's 2015 Wellgreen preliminary economic assessment technical report.

The company will also continue testing the continuity ofhigher grade intercepts in the central zone in the lower portion of the 2015PEA base case pit.