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Westhaven Bolsters Permitting and Community Team as Shovelnose Drilling Ramps Up

Story Highlights
  • Westhaven has appointed two veteran ESG and permitting leaders to strengthen Indigenous, community, and regulatory engagement for its Shovelnose gold project.
  • The company is mobilizing a second drill for a C$20 million, 50,000-metre 2026 program to expand and infill resources at Shovelnose in British Columbia.
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Westhaven Ventures ( (TSE:WHN) ) has shared an update.

Westhaven Gold Corp. has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointments of Allison Rippin Armstrong as Vice President, Indigenous and Community Relations, and Pamela O’Hara as Vice President, Permitting and Government Affairs. Both executives bring more than three decades of experience in environmental science, permitting, sustainability and Indigenous and community engagement across major mining and infrastructure projects.

The company also confirmed the on-schedule mobilization of a second drill at its Shovelnose gold project in support of a C$20 million, 50,000-metre drill program focused initially on resource expansion and infill drilling at the South Zone. The program, which is expected to scale up to four drills by June 2026 and run through mid-December, underscores Westhaven’s efforts to advance Shovelnose toward development while bolstering its capacity to navigate regulatory, permitting and community processes in a sensitive jurisdiction.

The most recent analyst rating on (TSE:WHN) stock is a Hold with a C$0.24 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Westhaven Ventures stock, see the TSE:WHN Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on TSE:WHN Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, TSE:WHN is a Neutral.

The score is held back primarily by weak operating fundamentals (no revenue, ongoing losses, and negative free cash flow). Offsetting this are a strong low-debt balance sheet, improving near-term technical momentum, and constructive corporate events—most notably the Dundee earn-in and financing support that can fund project advancement.

To see Spark’s full report on TSE:WHN stock, click here.

More about Westhaven Ventures

Westhaven Gold Corp. is a Vancouver-based exploration and development company focused on low-sulphidation, high-grade epithermal gold and silver deposits in the Spences Bridge Gold Belt in southern British Columbia. The company controls roughly 60,263 hectares across four gold properties, with its Shovelnose project as the most advanced asset and supported by a recent preliminary economic assessment outlining an 11-year underground mine plan.

Average Trading Volume: 551,149

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: C$80.31M

Find detailed analytics on WHN stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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