On March 23, 2026, West Point Gold Corp. (WPG:TSXV; WPGCF:OTCQB) announced that the results of its 15,000-meter drill campaign have greenlit the expansion of the campaign to 20,000 meters. West Gold plans to drill the Tyro Northeast vein and Frisco Graben until at least the end of May 2026 in search of further gold deposits.
The program is fully-funded, with three drills operating at once — two at the Tyro Main Zone and one testing other targets. The company has secured permits to test ore at a further depth at Gold Chain, the Tyro Main Zone, and Northeast Tyro.
President and CEO of West Gold, Derek Macpherson, stated, "Thanks to the support of our shareholders through the recent financing, we are well-positioned to drill aggressively at Gold Chain and meet our dual goals for 2026: a maiden resource and a new discovery. Our primary focus is to deliver a maiden resource at the Tyro Main Zone. The Plan of Operations allows us to drill deeper and beneath the Tyro Main and Northeast Tyro zones and expand the high-grade zone to the northeast. While we have already achieved our secondary goal of making a discovery at one of our step-out targets with the recent success at Black Dyke, there are additional targets to follow up on and test. With the three rigs on site and a fully funded expanded program, investors can expect a steady flow of drill results over the next several months."
According to the company website, goals for 2026 include offering a maiden resource while using geophysical studies to identify further potential gold deposits.
West Point Gold is a mining exploration company headquartered in Vancouver, BC, that focuses on gold mining in the American Southwest. The company's flagship project, Gold Chain, is in Arizona, and it holds three targets in Nevada — all of which fall along the Walker Lane Trend.
A Dip in Gold
The gold sector is experiencing a return to balance after skyrocketing rates, with prices falling significantly. On March 22, 2026, Matthew Piepenburg of Von Greyerz wrote, "It lost over 9% in the futures market in a single session and saw its worst week of price declines since February 1983."
"U.S. GDP growth slowed sharply in the fourth quarter, expanding just 0.7%, while inflation pressures remain stubborn. This combination has revived concerns about stagflation—a toxic mix of weak growth and rising prices that policymakers have limited tools to address," said Neils Christensen for Kitco on March 13. Still, Christensen believes that these limiting factors are only a dip in an otherwise strong market. He said, "Despite the short-term risks . . . major asset managers have argued that the metal provides a rare form of diversification in an environment where both equities and bonds face growing structural risks."
Crescat Capital echoes Christensen's belief, writing, "We think today's gold mining investors would be wise not to panic at today's low levels of interest rates and inflation expectations, especially given the historic U.S. debt and deficit imbalances, which in our view portend at least as high and sustained inflation rates in the decade still ahead as in the 1970s."
Experts Rate West Point a Buy
According to FactSet on March 16, 2026, SCP Equity Research analyst Brandon Gaspar gave West Point Gold a Buy rating and a CA$2.40 target price. FactSet also reported that on March 17, 2026, ATB Cormark Capital Markets analyst Nicolas Dion also gave the company a Buy rating, alongside a CA$2.75 target price.
Bob Moriarty of 321Gold.com said on March 23, 2026, "West Point Gold is fully funded for a 20,000-meter drill program in progress at their Gold Chain property in Arizona. They have hit the ground running. With a 50% decline in the price of their shares in the ongoing gold correction, the shares are now cheap."
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West Point Gold Corp. (WPG:TSXV; WPGCF:OTCQB)
Catalysts
West Point cites the ongoing drill program at Gold Chain as a catalyst for upcoming investment, with results from 23 holes still outstanding. Development of its Jefferson Canyon partnership with Kinross is also underway.
The project is awaiting permit approval, and the company hopes to implement a 5,000-meter drill program at the Baxter Spring site. Its Tip Top site is also being prepped for drilling.
Ownership & Share Structure1
West Point Gold Corp. has a market cap of CA$106.86 million, with 134.69 million shares outstanding.
The company's 52-week range is CA$0.29 to CA$2.17.
Management and Insiders own 6.2% of shares, while 15.6% of shares are held by Institutions. The remaining 78.2% of shares are retail.
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1. Ownership and Share Structure Information
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