Wescan 2011 Jojay Gold project drill program intersects 20 grams per tonne over 2.64 metres

    




 Stock Symbol: WGF: TSX-V   

 SASKATOON, Nov. 18, 2011 /CNW/ - Wescan Goldfields Inc.  ("Wescan" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results  from the 2011 summer drill program on its 100 percent owned Jojay Gold  Property, located 135 kilometers north of La Ronge, Saskatchewan. This  program was carried out following recommendations included in the Jojay  Property Technical Report completed by A.C.A. Howe International dated  February 4, 2010 (the "Howe Report"). The Howe Report included an  Indicated Resource of 420,000 tonnes at a grade of 3.7 g/tonne and an  Inferred Resource of 630,000 tonnes grading 4.3 g/tonne. 

 The 2011 summer drill program included a total of 2,678.5 metres of  drilling over 10 holes and was completed during the third quarter of  2011. This drill program focused on infill/confirmation drilling as  well as step-out drilling. The program was designed to confirm the  resource base within the known mineralized region as well as to test  for further mineralization in areas in close proximity to the known  Jojay Gold deposit considered "highly prospective". Three step out  holes (JJ11-007, -008 and -009) confirmed significant mineralization  outside of the previously drill tested area at depth, highlighted by a  mineralized intersection east of the current resource within Hole  JJ11-007 grading 20.0 grams per tonne over 2.64 metres. Drill holes  JJ11-001, -002, -003, -004, -005, -006 and -010 all confirmed  previously known mineralized areas and will assist with the infill  delineation of the current model. Gold intersection highlights are  summarized in the table below: 




     ___________________________________________________
    |Drill Hole|From (m)|To (m)|Core Length (m)|Au (g/t)|
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |JJ11-002  |  14.63 |15.63 |        1.00   |  13.70 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |JJ11-003  |  62.17 |63.00 |        0.83   |   8.95 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |JJ11-003  |  75.06 |87.53 |      12.47*   |   4.47 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    | including|  75.06 |77.06 |       2.00*   |   7.85 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |       and|  85.17 |87.53 |       2.36*   |  11.76 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |JJ11-004  | 116.00 |118.00|       2.00*   |   5.10 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |JJ11-004  | 158.50 |159.50|        1.00   |   9.58 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |JJ11-005  | 205.94 |213.36|       7.42*   |   6.35 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    | including| 205.94 |206.66|        0.72   |  15.50 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |       and| 211.40 |213.36|       1.96*   |  17.71 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |including | 211.40 |211.93|        0.53   |  51.50 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |JJ11-006  | 329.12 |332.12|       3.00*   |   5.57 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |including | 329.12 |330.12|        1.00   |  11.50 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |JJ11-007  | 198.70 |201.34|       2.64*   |  20.03 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    | including| 198.70 |199.00|        0.30   |  42.90 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |       and| 201.00 |201.34|        0.34   | 117.50 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |JJ11-008  | 358.20 |365.00|       6.80*   |   5.35 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    | including| 364.20 |365.00|        0.80   |  34.00 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|
    |JJ11-009  | 361.00 |365.00|       4.00*   |   3.08 |
    |__________|________|______|_______________|________|





 *Indicates composite interval 

 Mr. Darren Anderson, President of Wescan stated, "We are very excited  with the results from the 2011 Jojay drill program as the new drilling  results have definite potential of expanding the existing Resource  base. The deposit remains open both down plunge and along strike."  Wescan now has sufficient data to complete a Preliminary Economic  Assessment (PEA), which will include an updated National Instrument  43-101 compliant Technical Report and Resource estimate. With the  significant escalation in the price of gold over the past number of  months, the Company intends to continue exploration efforts on its  properties with known gold mineralization. 

 Drill core was halved and samples between 0.30 to 1.05 metres in length  were submitted to SRC Laboratory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The  remaining half core is archived at the property. Rigorous quality  assurance and quality control procedures have been implemented  including the use of blanks, standards and duplicates. Core samples  were initially analyzed by fire assay, and then all samples above 3000  ppb from fire assay were analyzed by metallic assay. Where available;  metallic assays are reported instead of fire assay results. Composite  grades are calculated utilizing both fire assay and metallic assay  results. Holes were drilled with inclinations between -45(o) and -58(o), approximately perpendicular to the steeply dipping known mineralised  areas. Mineralised intersections are reported as drilled core lengths,  future modeling is required to interpret true widths of the mineralized  intersections. 

 This exploration program was directed by Mark Shimell, Vice President  Exploration of Wescan. Tabetha Stirrett of North Rim Exploration Ltd. a  Professional Geoscientist in the Province of Saskatchewan is the  Independent Qualified Person, as defined by NI 43-101standards, who has  reviewed and approved the technical content of this news release. 

 Wescan is a Canadian-based company engaged in the acquisition,  exploration and development of mineral properties. Shares of the  Company trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol  "WGF". 

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 These forward-looking statements are based on Wescan's current beliefs  as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to  Wescan. Although management considers these assumptions to be  reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may  prove to be incorrect. 

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Wescan Goldfields Inc.


CONTACT:  Darren Anderson, President or Mark Shimell, Vice President ofExploration at [phone] 


    

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