The Pinehouse Lake Coal Project is located west of La Ronge, SK.  Historical drilling in this region intersected Mannville (Cretaceous) coal seams approximately 50 metres from surface in a region where glacial till cover is limited.  Geological evidence suggests that this region may be a location where basins could have developed, allowing for significant intersections of coal to be preserved.  Initial drilling will confirm historic coal intercepts and initiate a phased step-out drilling to explore for thicker, near-surface coal seams.  Positive results from this first phase will lead to additional drilling to define a potential coal resource.

Wescan has initiated a coal exploration program on its 100 percent owned property near Pinehouse Lake, Saskatchewan. The Company has 50 coal dispositions; covering 38,304 hectares in an area where Mannville aged coal (Cretaceous) is known to exist. Historical drilling in this region intersected 1 to 3 metre thick coal seams at approximately 50 metres below surface in a region where overburden is limited.

The initial drilling of 8 completed drill holes confirmed the presence of coal in 6 drill holes, with the largest carbonaceous zone up to 14.8 metres in thickness in hole PHL09-J (see Table 2). Four holes contained coal zones greater than 5 metres thick. All completed drill holes penetrated through the Mannville section to the Paleozoic/Precambrian basement in order to identify areas that may have formed basins necessary to host thick intersections of coal. Definition of these basins in the Devonian paleosurface is critical to exploring for Mannville-aged coal occurrences. Utilization of airborne geophysics to identify such basins is currently being investigated.

This initial drill program at the Pinehouse Lake Property aimed to confirm the historical coal intersections and obtain geological stratigraphic data that will be used in developing a stratigraphic and structural model for targeting thicker, near-surface coal seams. A second phase of drilling is currently being planned by Wescan and positive results from this second phase will lead to follow-up infill drilling to define a potential coal resource.