A stacked vein system in the historic Country Harbour Gold District of Guysborough County. Drilling has repeatedly intersected high-grade gold, including visible gold, in a style of deposit unique in Nova Scotia.
Widow Point is a stacked vein system in the historic Country Harbour Gold District of Guysborough County. Drilling has repeatedly intersected high-grade gold, including visible gold, in a style of deposit unique in Nova Scotia.
Location
The Widow Point Property lies in the Country Harbour Gold District of Guysborough County, about 55 km southeast of Antigonish, Nova Scotia. It is reached by Highway 316 to Cross Roads Country Harbour, then about 9 km southeast along a recently upgraded government road that runs through the centre of the claims. The property borders Country Harbour, one of the finest natural deep-water harbours on the eastern seaboard.
Geology
Widow Point hosts high-grade lode gold mineralization considered unique within the Goldenville Formation of Nova Scotia. Here the Goldenville rocks have been strongly altered and rotated more than 90 degrees to a north-northwest strike.
Gold is associated with an intense stockwork of quartz veining in altered slates (now chlorite-biotite schist) interbedded with greywacke, on the flank of a granitic intrusion. Visible gold has been observed in drill core in several programs.
History
Widow Point has a long record of exploration, including an old shaft and adit on the central zone.
- 1948: Highland Gold Limited carried out operations on the property.
- 1983-1984: Outland Resources completed geological work, trenching, drilling, bulk sampling and mineral processing tests with Lakefield Research.
- 1987: Drilling by Cobequid Resources returned high-grade intercepts including 28.38 g/t Au over 0.83 m (WP87-11) and 18.34 g/t Au over 0.8 m (WP87-18).
- 2002-2006: Rainbow Resources compiled historical data and completed prospecting, rock sampling, soil geochemistry and trenching.
- 2010: Five diamond drill holes were completed. Two intersected visible gold.
- 2012: Two holes totalling 400 m traced mineralization down dip, with WP12-01 returning 19.3 g/t Au over 0.5 m and 4.94 g/t Au over 0.4 m (O'Sullivan, 2013).
- 2014: Four holes totalling 635 m, supported by a Nova Scotia Advanced Project Grant. WP14-02 intersected 37.0 g/t Au over 0.5 m at 96 m depth, interpreted as the down-dip continuation of the 1987 high-grade zone. WP14-03 returned visible gold near surface (O'Sullivan, 2015).
Exploration Plans
Our geologists are finalizing exploration plans for the fall and winter months. Previous work recommends closely spaced drilling in the high-grade central zone, followed by a resource estimate to guide further drilling. Building on this, Freedom Gold plans to extend the known mineralized system and develop a geological model to support that future resource estimate. The Company will also generate new targets along the granite contact, using historical soil sampling and trenching results.
Gallery
Drone photo of Widow point property, looking south. 2025 
Rusty schist at Widow Point. 0.451 g/t gold.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Historical exploration results referenced on this website have not been independently verified by the Company and should not be relied upon. Technical information on this website has been reviewed and approved by Mr. Martin Demers, P.Geo. (APEGNB L5980), a technical advisor to the Company and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
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