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Title: West Red Lake Gold 2025 US$73 million Gold Sales in Rear View Mirror as 2026 Commercial Production Begins
Canada, 13th Jan 2026 – Global Stocks News - Sponsored content disseminated on behalf of West Red Lake Gold. On January 12, 2026, West Red Lake Gold Mines (TSXV: WRLG) (OTCQX: WRLGF) announced the start of commercial production at its 100% owned Madsen Gold Mine, located in the Red Lake Mining District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada.“Achieving commercial production is a major milestone for any producer, and it comes after a strong December that saw tonnage, grade, recoveries, and production all perform to plan,” stated Shane Williams, WRLG President and CEO.“Credit and gratitude go to the site operations team, who delivered a responsible and methodical mine ramp-up,” added Williams. “I also want to thank our partners, the Lac Seul and Wabauskang First Nations, and the community of Red Lake for their longstanding support.”WRLG set an internal commercial production requirement of 30 consecutive days of mill throughput at 65% or greater of permitted capacity (800 tonnes per day). They achieved this in December 2025. Operational stability, the other internal requirement, is also in place at Madsen. Consistent strong mill recoveries, which averaged 94.6% in December, enabled production of 3,215 ounces of gold. In a YouTube video posted on January 12, 2026, West Red Lake Gold VP of Communications, Gwen Preston, discusses the transition from the Madsen ramp-up phase to commercial production.“West Red Lake Gold just announced that the Madsen mine achieved commercial production on January 1st,” stated Preston in the above video.“In December, the mill averaged 689 tonnes per day, which represents 86% of design capacity. That met our internal guideline, which was 65% of design capacity for 30 consecutive days.Mined tonnage stepped up, gold grades reconci...
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