Aurum Resources offers a compelling value proposition through its highly prospective gold asset in Côte d'Ivoire, a fast-emerging gold region in West Africa. Its cost-effective exploration strategy of drill rig ownership also distinguishes it from its peers.
Aurum Resources (ASX:AUE) is a mineral exploration company primarily focused on gold through its flagship Boundiali gold project located in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.
Côte d'Ivoire's gold mining sector is experiencing significant growth and development, with several key projects contributing to the country's economic expansion. The overall gold mining sector in Côte d'Ivoire is supported by substantial investments in infrastructure and exploration.
Geopolitically, Côte d'Ivoire outperforms most developing countries in the world in political, legal, tax and operational risk metrics. Additionally, Côte d'Ivoire continues to make notable strides in its political stability and Absence of Violence and Terrorism Index.
Boundiali Gold Project – BD Target 1 Artisanal Working
Aurum has entered into a Bid Implementation Agreement with Mako Gold for Aurum to acquire 100 percent of the issued shares in Mako. This proposed merger will allow both Aurum and Mako security holders to benefit from the combination of Aurum’s strong balance sheet and exceptional drilling efficiencies with AU$23 million in cash at the end of December 2024 to support work programs targeted at further resource definition across Aurum and Mako’s assets in northern Côte d'Ivoire. Aurum is currently in its final phase of compulsory acquisition of remaining Mako shares after it received over 90% acceptance of MKG shares in late January 2025.
The merger is backed by a highly experienced board and management team with extensive gold experience from grassroots discovery, through to resource drill-out, feasibility studies, project finance, and production.
The Boundiali gold project in Cote d’Ivoire is located within the Boundiali Greenstone Belt, which hosts Resolute’s Syama gold operation (11.5 Moz) and the Tabakoroni deposit (1 Moz) in Mali. Neighbouring assets also include Barrick’s Tongon mine (5 Moz) and Montage Gold’s Kone project (4.5 Moz).
The Boundiali project area covers the underexplored southern extension of the Boundiali belt, where a highly deformed synclinal greenstone horizon traverses finer-grained basin sediments, and to the west, Tarkwaian clastic rocks lie in contact with a granitic margin. The project benefits from year-round road access and excellent infrastructure.
The first stage of drilling at Boundiali occurred from late October 2023 to end of November 2024 for both the BM and BD tenements (BM1 and BM2; BD1, BD2 and BD3 targets) and was designed to test below-gold-in-soil anomalies oriented along NE trending structures, define new gold prospects and define maiden JORC resources. With over 63,000m diamond holes drilled during this period, Maiden JORC gold resources estimate was delivered in late December 2024.
Drilling costs are estimated at US$45 per metre, as Aurum owns all of its eight drilling rigs and employs its operators, representing a significant value proposition relative to peers who use commercial drilling companies that charge upwards of $200 per meter. The company believes there is potential for multi-million ounce gold resources to be defined with hundreds thousands meters of drilling over years within the Boundiali Gold Project’s land holding areas.
The Boundiali gold project comprises four contiguous granted licenses: PR0808 (80 percent interest), PR0893 (80 percent and earning to 88 percent interest), PR414 (100 percent interest), and PR283 (earning to 70 percent interest). Historic exploration at PR0893 includes 93 AC drill holes and four RC holes. Airborne geophysical surveying, geological mapping and extensive soil sampling have also been performed at PR0893, while PR0808 has had 91 RC holes drilled for 6,229 metres along with geochemical analysis and modeling. Detailed geochemical sampling and drilling at PR414 revealed three strong gold anomalies and returned impressive high-grade results.
Following the renewal of its Boundali South (BST) exploration licence in September 2024, drilling at the Nyangboue deposit is planned for H1 2025 and H2 2025. Previous exploration at BST has returned impressive results, including 20 m at 10.45 g/t gold from 38 meters, and 30 m at 8.30 g/t gold from 39 m.
In May 2024, Aurum entered a strategic partnership agreement to earn up to a 70 percent interest in exploration tenement PR283, to be renamed Boundiali North (BN). Aurum, through subsidiary Plusor Global Pty Ltd, has partnered with Ivorian company Geb & Nut Resources Sarl and related party (GNRR) to explore and develop the Boundiali North (BN) tenement which covers 208.87sq km immediately north of Aurum’s BD tenement. Further to this agreement,
Aurum announced it has earned 80 percent project interest after completing more than 20,000 m of diamond core drilling.
Boundiali Project JORC Mineral Resource Estimate
Aurum has announced a maiden independent JORC mineral resource estimate of 1.59 Moz gold for its 1,037 sq. km. The Boundiali Gold Project comprises the BST, BDT1 & BDT2, BMT1 and BMT3 deposits. Drilling is ongoing on these deposits, and Aurum has identified other prospects at Boundiali which have yet to be drilled. Since October 2023, the company has completed an extensive 63,927-metre diamond drilling program. This aggressive exploration campaign has rapidly defined a significant gold resource of 50.9 Mt @ 1.0 g/t gold for 1.6 million ounces.
A 100,000 m of drilling is planned and being carried out at Boundiali using eight self-owned diamond rigs to drive resource growth with two JORC resources updates in 2025.
In 2025, Aurum plans to launch a mining exploitation licence application and complete a PFS and environment study for the Boundiali Gold Project.
Troy Flannery has more than 25 years’ experience in the mining industry, including nine years in corporate and 17 years in senior mining engineering and project development roles. He has a degree in mining engineering, masters in finance, and first class mine managers certificate of competency. Flannery has performed non-executive director roles with numerous ASX listed companies and was the CEO of Abra Mining until October 2021. He has worked at numerous mining companies, mining consultancy and contractors, including BHP, Newcrest, Xstrata, St Barbara Mines and AMC Consultants.
Dr. Caigen Wang founded Tietto Minerals (ASX:TIE), where he led the company as managing director for 13 years through private exploration, ASX listing, gold resource definition, project study and mine building to become one of Africa’s newest gold producers at its Abujar gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire. He holds a bachelor, masters and PhD in mining engineering. He is a fellow of AusIMM and a chartered professional engineer of Institution of Engineer, Australia. Wang has 13 years of mining academic experience in China University of Mining and Technology, Western Australia School of Mine and University of Alberta, and over 20 years of practical experience in mining engineering and mineral exploration in Australia, China and Africa. Other professional experience includes senior technical and management roles in mining houses, including St. Barbara, Sons of Gwalia, BHP Billiton, China Goldmines PLC and others.
Mark Strizek has nearly 30 years’ experience in the resource industry, having worked as a geologist on various gold, base metal and technology metal projects. He brings invaluable geological, technical and development expertise to Aurum, most recently as an executive director at Tietto Minerals’, which progressed from an IPO to gold production at the Abujar gold project in West Africa. Strizek has worked as an executive with management and board responsibilities in exploration, feasibility, finance and development-ready assets across Australia, West Africa, Asia and Europe.
Game-changing gold exploration at prolific Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.
All amounts expressed in U.S. dollars
Barrick Mining Corporation (NYSE:B) (TSX:ABX) announced today that it has completed the divestiture of its 50% interest in the Donlin Gold Project in Alaska to affiliates of Paulson Advisers LLC and NOVAGOLD Resources Inc. (NYSE American, TSX:NG) for $1 billion in cash.
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Nevgold Corp. (" NevGold " or the " Company ") (TSXV:NAU) (OTCQX:NAUFF) (Frankfurt:5E50 ) is pleased to announce that it has discovered further significant oxide gold-antimony ("Antimony", "Sb") drill results at its Limousine Butte Project (the "Project", "Limo Butte") in Nevada. The Company continues to unlock the substantial gold-antimony potential of the Project, highlighting its promising prospects for further exploration and development in Nevada, one of the world's prolific mining jurisdictions.
Key Highlights
Limo Butte Planned 2025 Activities / Status Update
NevGold will continue its active exploration program at Limo Butte including:
Figure 1 – Limousine Butte Gold-Antimony Project with selected gold-antimony drillhole results.
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Figure 2 – Limousine Butte Gold-Antimony Project cross-section with selected gold-antimony drillhole results. Thin colored discs show Antimony (Sb ppm) in drilling, and wide colored discs show Gold (Au ppm) in drilling.
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Figure 3 – Limousine Butte Gold-Antimony Project with selected gold-antimony drillhole results at Resurrection Ridge and Cadillac Valley. The total strike length between Resurrection Ridge and Cadillac Valley is +5km.
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NevGold CEO, Brandon Bonifacio, comments: "With the strongly supported, upsized $6.0 million financing closed, we are fortunate to be in a position where we still have over 30 holes with results to release from our gold-antimony Limo Butte project, and we will also be commencing another phase of drilling in the coming weeks . We are continuing to see exceptional oxide gold-antimony results across a large footprint at the project, and our focus now turns to rapidly advancing Limo Butte to an initial gold-antimony Mineral Resource Estimate ("MRE") in 2025 . Our metallurgical testwork program continues to advance to outline the optimal flowsheet to recover the gold and antimony, which is a key step for further project advancement. It is the right time to be advancing and unlocking the gold-antimony potential at Limo Butte as there is a clear commitment from the United States to advance high-quality, domestic, mineral projects ."
Historical and Re-Assayed Drill Results
| Hole ID | Length, m* | g/t Au | % Sb | g/t AuEq** | From, m | To, m |
| Resurrection Ridge | ||||||
| LB018 | 74.7 | 0.45 | 0.23% | 1.47 | 36.6 | 111.3 |
| including | 18.2 | 0.92 | 0.60% | 3.59 | 73.2 | 91.4 |
| also including | 6.0 | 0.31 | 0.96% | 4.61 | 73.2 | 79.2 |
| LB030 | 12.2 | 0.58 | 0.32% | 2.03 | 170.7 | 182.9 |
| LB002 | 25.0 | 0.07 | 0.13% | 0.67 | 0.0 | 25.0 |
| LB21-002*** | 64.0 | 0.72 | 0.33% | 2.19 | 48.2 | 112.2 |
| including | 24.1 | 1.47 | 0.60% | 4.17 | 50.6 | 74.7 |
| also including | 4.5 | 1.43 | 2.10% | 10.86 | 67.4 | 71.9 |
| LB21-003*** | 20.1 | 1.91 | 0.17% | 2.68 | 62.5 | 82.6 |
| LB024*** | 61.0 | 0.26 | 0.18% | 1.07 | 79.3 | 140.2 |
| LB023*** | 67.1 | 1.30 | 0.18% | 2.11 | 24.4 | 91.5 |
| including | 30.5 | 2.79 | 0.33% | 4.29 | 30.5 | 61.0 |
| also including | 16.8 | 5.05 | 0.46% | 7.12 | 42.7 | 59.4 |
| LB029*** | 79.3 | 0.53 | 0.14% | 1.16 | 122.0 | 201.2 |
| including | 18.3 | 0.52 | 0.30% | 1.86 | 128.0 | 146.3 |
| LB013*** | 49.7 | 0.15 | 0.26% | 1.29 | 30.8 | 80.5 |
| LB21-005*** | 79.2 | 0.22 | 0.08% | 0.56 | 64.5 | 143.7 |
| including | 8.6 | 0.59 | 0.46% | 2.66 | 65.5 | 74.1 |
| LB006*** | 86.9 | 1.11 | 0.30% | 2.46 | 36.6 | 123.4 |
| including | 12.8 | 1.83 | 0.87% | 5.75 | 79.2 | 92.0 |
| also including | 6.7 | 2.29 | +1%**** | 6.77 | 85.3 | 92.0 |
| LB001*** | 63.9 | 0.21 | 0.33% | 1.69 | 13.1 | 77.0 |
| including | 17.7 | 0.38 | 0.83% | 4.10 | 55.2 | 72.8 |
| also including | 6.4 | 0.16 | +1%**** | 4.64 | 55.2 | 61.6 |
| LB003*** | 22.3 | 2.26 | 0.32% | 3.69 | 67.1 | 89.3 |
| including | 7.9 | 5.97 | 0.57% | 8.55 | 81.4 | 89.3 |
| LB004*** | 110.4 | 0.19 | 0.12% | 0.73 | 0.0 | 110.4 |
| including | 36.6 | 0.24 | 0.21% | 1.16 | 6.7 | 43.3 |
| LIM-40*** | 54.9 | 1.20 | 0.64% | 4.07 | 18.3 | 73.2 |
| including | 12.2 | 2.12 | +1%**** | 6.60 | 48.8 | 61.0 |
| LIM-45*** | 36.6 | 1.23 | 0.40% | 3.02 | 24.4 | 61.0 |
| including | 12.2 | 0.35 | +1%**** | 4.83 | 36.6 | 48.8 |
| LIM-48*** | 61.0 | 0.77 | 0.41% | 2.61 | 24.4 | 85.4 |
| including | 24.4 | 0.37 | 0.77% | 3.82 | 48.8 | 73.2 |
| Hole ID | Length, m* | g/t Au | % Sb | g/t AuEq** | From, m | To, m |
| Cadillac Valley | ||||||
| LB22-007*** | 169.2 | 0.89 | 0.18% | 1.70 | 213.5 | 382.7 |
| including | 54.4 | 2.26 | 0.13% | 2.85 | 213.5 | 267.9 |
| also including | 3.10 | 0.76 | 2.76% | 13.15 | 259.2 | 267.9 |
| LB22-006*** | 124.7 | 0.84 | 0.11% | 1.34 | 127.4 | 252.1 |
| including | 24.3 | 1.32 | 0.20% | 2.23 | 160.6 | 184.9 |
| LB22-019*** | 28.9 | 1.09 | 0.04% | 1.27 | 170.7 | 199.6 |
| LB054*** | 12.2 | 0.42 | 0.08% | 0.79 | 12.2 | 24.4 |
*Downhole thickness reported; true width varies depending on drill hole dip and is approximately 70% to 90% of downhole thickness.
**The gold equivalents ("AuEq") are based on assumed metals prices of US$2,000/oz of gold and US$35,000 per tonne of antimony (~30% discount to current spot prices), and assumed metals recoveries of 85% for gold and 70% for antimony.
***Selected drillholes released in previous News Releases on February 27, 2025, March 26, 2025, April 10, 2025, April 24, 2025, and May 13, 2025.
**** Historical drilling had an upper detection limit of 1% Sb but many drill intervals exceeded the limit.
Limo Butte Geology & Antimony Potential
A review of historical geochemical and drilling data at the Limousine Butte Project has identified multiple areas with strong gold-antimony potential. These zones correlate closely with outcrops of the Devonian Pilot Shale, the primary host rock for Carlin-type gold mineralization in the area. Positive gold grade at Limousine Butte is typically associated with silicification and the formation of jasperoid breccias within the Pilot Shale, an alteration feature also observed in the positive antimony results.
Through the Project data review, the Company uncovered reports detailing two small-scale historic mining operations at the Nevada Antimony Mine and Lage Antimony Prospect within the Limo Butte Project boundary. The Nevada Antimony Mine featured two prospect pits that extracted stibnite (formula: Sb 2 S 3 ) from a hydrothermal breccia. The Lage Antimony Prospect reported historical unverified sampling results with up to 14.46% Antimony with additional prospect pits extracting antimony.
Historical geochemical rock chip sampling within the past-producing Golden Butte pit from a Brigham Young University ("BYU") Thesis study produced numerous results that exceeded 1% antimony in jasperoid breccias (see Figure 1). Several results were greater than 5% antimony, including a sample of 9.6% antimony with visible stibnite and stibiconite . BYU Thesis Report
NevGold VP Exploration, Greg French, comments: " The antimony results from the historic holes continue to show oxide gold-antimony continuity in the Resurrection Ridge area. The mineralization follows both the favorable horizon as well as mapped structures. Our 2025 exploration program will follow up on the open mineralization in the Resurrection Ridge and Cadilac Valley areas, as well as look at several advanced gold-antimony targets within the project boundary. We also look forward to the results from the Limo Butte metallurgical program which will help refine the recovery flowsheet for gold and antimony. "
Figure 4 – Limousine Butte Project with historical antimony in rock chips and soils. The total strike length between Resurrection Ridge and Cadillac Valley is +5km.
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US Executive Order – Announced March 20, 2025
The Company is pleased to report the recent, sweeping Executive Order to strengthen American mineral production and reduce U.S. reliance on foreign nations for its mineral supply . Antimony (Sb) has been identified as an important "Critical Mineral" in the United States essential for national security, clean energy, and technology applications, yet no domestically mined supply currently exists.
The Executive Order invokes the use of the Defense Production Act as part of a broad United States ("US") Government effort to expand domestic minerals production on national security grounds. As it relates to project permitting, the Order states that it will "identify priority projects that can be immediately approved or for which permits can be immediately issued, and take all necessary or appropriate actions…to expedite and issue the relevant permits or approvals." Furthermore, the Order includes provisions to accelerate access to private and public capital for domestic projects, including the creation of a "dedicated mineral and mineral production fund for domestic investments" under the Development Finance Corporation ("DFC").
This decisive action by the US Government highlights the urgent need to expand domestic minerals output to support supply chain security in the United States. This important Order will help revitalize domestic mineral production by improving the permitting process and providing financial support to qualifying domestic projects.
Importance of Antimony
Antimony is considered a "Critical Mineral" by the United States based on the U.S. Geological Survey's 2022 list (U.S.G.S. (2022)). "Critical Minerals" are metals and non-metals essential to the economy and national security. Antimony is utilized in all manners of military applications, including the manufacturing of armor piercing bullets, night vision goggles, infrared sensors, precision optics, laser sighting, explosive formulations, hardened lead for bullets and shrapnel, ammunition primers, tracer ammunition, nuclear weapons and production, tritium production, flares, military clothing, and communication equipment. Other uses include technology (semi-conductors, circuit boards, electric switches, fluorescent lighting, high quality clear glass and lithium-ion batteries) and clean-energy storage.
Globally, approximately 90% of the world's current antimony supply is produced by China, Russia, and Tajikistan. Beginning on September 15, 2024, China, which is responsible for nearly half of all global mined antimony output and dominates global refinement and processing, announced that it will restrict antimony exports. In December-2024, China explicitly restricted antimony exports to the United States citing its dual military and civilian uses, which further exacerbated global supply chain concerns. (Lv, A. and Munroe, T. (2024)) The U.S. Department of Defense ("DOD") has designated antimony as a "Critical Mineral" due to its importance in national security, and governments are now prioritizing domestic production to mitigate supply chain disruptions. Projects exploring antimony sources in North America play a key role in addressing these challenges.
Perpetua Resources Corp. ("Perpetua", NASDAQ:PPTA, TSX:PPTA) has the most advanced domestic gold-antimony project in the United States. Perpetua's project, known as Stibnite, is located in Idaho approximately 130 km northeast of NevGold's Nutmeg Mountain and Zeus projects. Positive advancements at Stibnite including the technical development and permitting has led to US$75 million in Department of Defense ("DOD") awards, and over $1.8 billion in indicative financing from the Export Import Bank of the United States ("US EXIM") ( see Perpetua Resources News Release from April 8, 2024 ) (Perpetua Resources. (2025))
Drillhole Orientation Details
| Hole ID | Target Zone | Easting | Northing | Elevation (m) | Length (m) | Azimuth | Dip |
| LB018 | RR | 666993 | 4417308 | 2132 | 152.4 | 0 | -90 |
| LB030 | RR | 667143 | 4417273 | 2174 | 193.5 | 0 | -60 |
| LB002 | RR | 667177 | 4417244 | 2192 | 182.9 | 82 | -50 |
| LB21-002 | RR | 666979 | 4417343 | 2117 | 151.8 | 0 | 90 |
| LB21-003 | RR | 667061 | 4417417 | 2129 | 183.5 | 0 | 90 |
| LB024 | RR | 667217 | 4417423 | 2159 | 189 | 70 | -80 |
| LB023 | RR | 667143 | 4417273 | 2174 | 187 | 70 | -60 |
| LB029 | RR | 667128 | 4417307 | 2162 | 237.7 | 0 | -90 |
| LB013 | RR | 667142 | 4417273 | 2177 | 164.7 | 90 | -50 |
| LB21-005 | RR | 667279 | 4417487 | 2179 | 253.8 | 0 | -90 |
| LB006 | RR | 667030 | 4417384 | 2125 | 152.7 | 0 | -90 |
| LB001 | RR | 667036 | 4417384 | 2125 | 77 | 0 | -90 |
| LB003 | RR | 667134 | 4417528 | 2133 | 129.4 | 0 | -90 |
| LB004 | RR | 667313 | 4417277 | 2239 | 198.7 | 270 | -50 |
| LIM-40 | RR | 667018 | 4417409 | 2124 | 289.6 | 0 | -90 |
| LIM-45 | RR | 666929 | 4417389 | 2103 | 179.8 | 0 | -90 |
| LIM-48 | RR | 666927 | 4417374 | 2105 | 286.5 | 0 | -90 |
| LB22-007 | CV | 665211 | 4415453 | 2031 | 403.5 | 254 | -86 |
| LB22-006 | CV | 664692 | 4414921 | 2042 | 379.8 | 144 | -77 |
| LB22-019 | CV | 664433 | 4414318 | 2096 | 335.3 | 116 | -66 |
| LB054 | CV | 665323 | 4415090 | 2059 | 157.0 | 0 | -90 |
Figure 5 – Limousine Butte Land Holdings and District Exploration Activity
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Engagement of Marketing Consultants
The Company is pleased to announce it has retained Machai Capital Inc. ("Machai Capital"), based in Vancouver, Canada, to provide marketing services including advertising, press release distribution, native advertising of editorial, and additional services as may be determined. Machai Capital will utilize its expertise in branding, content and data optimization, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, lead generation, digital marketing, social media marketing, email marketing, and brand marketing to enhance the Company's marketing campaigns and increase awareness of the Company. The program is budgeted for C$350,000 over a two-month term. Machai Capital and its principals have an arm's length relationship with the Company. Machai Capital currently owns 50,000 shares of the Company.
The Company is also pleased to announce it has retained Equedia Network Corporation, based in Vancouver, Canada, to provide advertising, press release distribution, native advertising of editorial, and additional services as may be determined. The program will utilize non-generic marketing channels to provide the Company exposure to fresh investment audiences. The advertising program is budgeted for C$150,000 over a six-month term. Equedia Network Corporation and its principals have an arm's length relationship with the Company.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Signed"
Brandon Bonifacio, President & CEO
For further information, please contact Brandon Bonifacio at bbonifacio@nev-gold.com, call 604-337-4997, or visit our website at www.nev-gold.com .
Historical Data Validation
NevGold QA/QC protocols are followed on the Project and include insertion of duplicate, blank and standard samples in all drill holes. A 30g gold fire assay and multi-elemental analysis ICP-OES method was completed by ISO 17025 certified American Assay Labs, Reno.
The Company's Qualified Person ("QP"), Greg French, Vice President, Exploration has completed a review of the historical data in this press release. The historic data collection chain of custody procedures and analytical results by previous operators appear adequate and were completed to industry standard practices. For the Newmont and US Gold data a 30g gold fire assay and multi-elemental analysis ICP-OES method MS-41 was completed by ISO 17025 certified ALS Chemex, Reno or Elko Nevada.
Geochemical ICP (5g) analysis for the Wilson, Christianson and Tingey report was completed by Geochemical Services Inc. and the XRF analyses (glass disk or pellets) by Brigham Young University.
Technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Greg French, CPG, the Company's Vice President, Exploration, who is NevGold's Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 and responsible for technical matters of this release.
About the Company
NevGold is an exploration and development company targeting large-scale mineral systems in the proven districts of Nevada and Idaho. NevGold owns a 100% interest in the Limousine Butte and Cedar Wash gold projects in Nevada, and the Nutmeg Mountain gold project and Zeus copper project in Idaho.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on the Company's current expectations and estimates. Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "suggest", "indicate" and other similar words or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the proposed work programs at Limousine Butte, and the exploration potential at Limousine Butte. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from estimated or anticipated events or results implied or expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to, general economic, market and business conditions, and the ability to obtain all necessary regulatory approvals. There is some risk that the forward-looking statements will not prove to be accurate, that the management's assumptions may not be correct or that actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein.
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Blackmon, D. (2021) Antimony: The Most Important Mineral You Never Heard Of. Article Prepared by Forbes.
Kurtenbach, E. (2024) China Bans Exports to US of Gallium, Germanium, Antimony in response to Chip Sanctions . Article Prepared by AP News.
Lv, A. and Munroe, T. (2024) China Bans Export of Critical Minerals to US as Trade Tensions Escalate . Article Prepared by Reuters.
Lv, A. and Jackson, L. (2025) China's Curbs on Exports of Strategic Minerals . Article Prepared by Reuters.
Perpetua Resources. (2025) Antimony Summary . Articles and Videos Prepared by Perpetua Resources.
Sangine, E. (2022) U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, January 2023 . Antimony Summary Report prepared by U.S.G.S
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Wilson, D.,J., Christiansen, E., H., and Tingey, D., G., 1994, Geology and Geochemistry of the Golden Butte Mine- A Small Carlin- Type Gold Deposit in Eastern Nevada: Brigham Young University Geology Studies, v.40, P.185-211. BYU V.40 P.185-211.
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(TSXV: SIG) (FSE: 1RF) (OTCQB: SITKF) ("Sitka" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that multiple instances of visible gold have been observed in the first drill holes of the summer field season its flagship RC Gold Project located in the Tombstone Gold Belt, Yukon. Three drills are currently operating and a fourth drill rig is on site as part of a fully-funded 30,000 metre drill program planned for 2025 at RC Gold. The primary focus of this year's diamond drilling campaign will be to rapidly expand the Blackjack and Eiger gold deposits while advancing several other high-priority gold targets within the Clear Creek Intrusive Complex (see Figures 4 and 5).
Several instances of visible gold have been observed in the drill core from DDRCCC-25-076 to 080, which are the first holes to be completed this summer season, with DDRCCC-25-078 and 079 producing the first visible gold ever observed at Eiger (see Figures 1). Assays are currently pending for all drill holes in this release.
"The summer field season at RC Gold is off to a strong start, with three drill rigs already turning and a fourth rig recently mobilized to site," said Cor Coe, Director and CEO of Sitka. "The presence of visible gold in the first holes of the season, including the first-ever observations of visible gold at the Eiger deposit expansion drilling, continue to demonstrate the exceptional gold endowment within the Clear Creek Intrusive Complex. This is the first follow up drilling we have conducted at the Eiger deposit since 2021 and the observations of visible gold in these initial step out holes to the west, towards the Saddle zone and Blackjack deposit, are very encouraging.
"The fully funded, 30,000 metre drill campaign planned for this year will more than double the total drilling completed since we initiated drilling in 2020, marking a major step forward in advancing RC Gold. To date, we've successfully discovered two gold deposits and outlined multiple high-priority targets ready for drill advancement. With this year's planned drilling equivalent to the past five years combined, there will be lots to look forward to as our team pushes to build on that success with additional new discoveries and meaningful expansion of our known deposits, both of which remain open in all directions."
Figure 1: Examples of instances of visible gold observed throughout holes DDRCCC-25-076 to DDRCCC-25-080. Holes 76, 77 and 80 are from the Blackjack and holes 78 and 79 from the Eiger. Note that the red colour is not a mineral but red marker used in core logging. Additional images of visible gold observed in these drill holes can be viewed HERE.
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Figure 2: Plan map of the Blackjack and Eiger gold deposits showing the location of diamond drill holes DDRCCC-25-076 to -081. Three drill rigs are focused on resource expansion at the Blackjack and Eiger deposits and the first follow-up drilling in the Saddle zone where the largest and strongest gold-in-soil anomaly on the property remains largely undrilled and where DDRCCC-23-054 intersected 84.0 m of 1.21 g/t gold (see news release dated October 30, 2023). Lamprophyre dikes (green lines) define extensional zones including the Blackjack-Saddle-Eiger corridor. Extensional corridors are one of the controls that created pathways for gold-bearing fluids in these mineralized systems.
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Figure 3: Plan map of the Blackjack and Eiger gold deposits showing gold-in-soil values, the location of diamond drill holes DDRCCC-25-076 to DDRCCC-25-081. Three drill rigs are focused on resource expansion at the Blackjack and Eiger deposits and the first follow-up drilling in the Saddle zone where the largest and strongest gold-in-soil anomaly on the property remains largely undrilled and where DDRCCC-23-054 intersected 84.0 m of 1.21 g/t gold (see news release dated October 30, 2023).
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Figure 4: A plan map of the Clear Creek Intrusive Complex (CCIC) showing the updated resource areas at Blackjack and Eiger, and the six additional areas that have drill targets indicated by the mauve hatched areas. The map highlights the numerous drill targets that Sitka has outlined within the CCIC which all are connected by the road network on the project and occur in an area measuring five (5) km north-south and twelve (12) km east-west. Additional areas highlighted by strong gold in soil anomalies are being advanced to the drill ready stage with additional geological work in 2025.
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Figure 5: Long Section showing target areas from the Blackjack deposit to the Rhosgobel target and the proposed drilling allocated as part of the 30,000 metre diamond drilling program planned for 2025.
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Blackjack Drilling
Drilling at Blackjack continues to be directed at expanding the deposit, testing both the deeper underground and the near surface potential where the deposit remains open in all directions. Drill hole DDRCCC-25-076 (azimuth of 037° and dip of -75°) was extended to a depth of 944.9 m, the longest hole completed on the property to date. Visible gold was observed at 859.2 m down the hole within quartz veining in altered metasedimentary rocks. DDRCCC-25-080 (azimuth of 040o and dip of -55o) tested shallower extensions of mineralization and encountered visible gold in several locations from approximately 107 to 220 m depth.
Eiger Drilling
Drill holes DDRCCC-25-078 (azimuth of 345o and dip of -50o) and 079 (azimuth of 345o and dip of -55o) are the first holes completed on the Eiger deposit expansion program. The Eiger deposit has not been drilled since its discovery in 2021. These first two holes were drilled to expand the deposit to the west. Hole 78 encountered strongly altered metasediments with quartz veining and visible gold before being terminated in a fault zone prior to intersecting the Eiger intrusion. Hole 79 was drilled from the same set-up at a steeper angle and successfully penetrated the fault zone which was the faulted contact with the Eiger intrusion. Visible gold was encountered in Hole 79 within sheeted quartz veining within the metasediments and the Eiger intrusion.
Saddle Drilling
Drill hole DDRCCC-25-081 (azimuth of 025o and dip of -50o) is the first drill hole collared in the Saddle zone since the most recent drilling completed in 2023 which intersected 84.0 m of 1.21 g/t gold in Hole 54 and 29.0 m of 0.68 g/t gold in Hole 53. The Saddle zone is midway between the Blackjack and Eiger deposits and is defined by the largest and highest grade gold-in-soil anomaly on the property within an extensional zone containing lamprophyre and quartz monzonite intrusives dikes and sills. Drilling in 2025 is targeted to follow-up on previous drilling and define an initial resource in this area which is within the conceptual pit limits of the Blackjack deposit and explore the linkage between the two deposits. This drill hole collared in metasediments and is planned to a depth of 350.0 m.
About the flagship RC Gold Project
The RC Gold Project consists of a 431 square kilometre contiguous district-scale land package located in the heart of Yukon's Tombstone Gold Belt. The project is located approximately 100 kilometres east of Dawson City, which has a 5,000 foot paved runway, and is accessed via a secondary gravel road from the Klondike Highway which is usable year-round and is an approximate 2 hour drive from Dawson City. It is the largest consolidated land package strategically positioned mid-way between the Eagle Gold Mine and the past producing Brewery Creek Gold Mine.
The RC Gold Project now has pit-constrained mineral resources that are contained in two zones: the Blackjack and Eiger gold deposits with 1,291,000 ounces of gold in 39,962,000 tonnes grading 1.01 g/t gold in an indicated category and 1,044,000 ounces of gold in 34,603,000 tonnes grading 0.94 g/t in an inferred category at Blackjack and 440,000 ounces of gold in 27,362,000 tonnes grading 0.50 g/t gold in an inferred category at Eiger. These resource estimate numbers are supported by the recently updated technical report for RC Gold, prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 standards, entitled "Clear Creek Property, RC Gold Project NI 43-101 Technical Report Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory", prepared by Ronald G. Simpson, P. Geo., of GeoSim Services Inc. with an effective date of January 21, 2025. This report is available on SEDAR+ (http://www.sedarplus.ca) and on the Company's website (www.sitkagoldcorp.com).
Both of these deposits begin at surface, are potentially open pit minable and amenable to heap leaching, with initial bottle roll tests indicating that the gold is not refractory and has high gold recoveries of up to 94% with minimal NaCN consumption (see News Release July 13, 2022).
To date, 73 diamond drill holes have been drilled into this system by the Company for a total of approximately 25,851 metres. Other targets drilled to date include the Saddle, Josephine, Rhosgobel and Pukelman zones. The resource expansion drilling in 2023 at Blackjack produced results of up to 219.0 m of 1.34 g/t gold including 124.8 m of 2.01 g/t gold and 55.0 m of 3.11 g/t gold in drill hole DDRCCC-23-047 (see news release dated September 26, 2023) and in 2024 results of up to 678.1 metres of 1.04 g/t gold starting from surface in DDRCCC-24-068, Including 409.5 metres of 1.36 g/t gold, 93.0 metres of 2.57 g/t gold and 5.5 metres of 17.59 g/t gold (see news release dated October 21, 2024). Results from DDRCCC-25-075, completed during winter drilling in 2025, produced the best high-grade intercepts drilled to date at Blackjack, returning 352.8 m of 1.55 g/t gold including 108.9 m of 3.27 g/t gold and 45.0 m of 4.52 g/t gold.
A planned 30,000 metre diamond drilling program for 2025 is currently underway at RC Gold.
RC Gold Deposit Model
Exploration on the Property has mainly focused on identifying an intrusion-related gold system ("IRGS"). The property is within the Tombstone Gold Belt which is the prominent host to IRGS deposits within the Tintina Gold Province in Yukon and Alaska. Notable deposits from the belt include: Fort Knox Mine in Alaska with current Proven and Probable Reserves of 230 million tonnes at 0.3 g/t Au (2.471 million ounces; Sims 2018)(1); Eagle Gold Mine with current Measured and Indicated Resources of 233 million tonnes at a grade of 0.57 g/t Au at the Eagle Main Zone (4.303 million ounces; Harvey et al, 2022)(2); the Brewery Creek deposit with current Indicated Mineral Resource of 22.2 million tonnes at a gold grade of 1.11 g/t (0.789 million ounces; Hulse et al. 2020)(3); the AurMac Project with an Inferred Mineral Resource of 347.49 million tonnes grading 0.63 gram per tonne gold (7.00 million ounces)(4) and the Valley Deposit, with a current Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 7.94 million oz gold at 1.21 g/t and an additional Inferred Mineral Resource of 0.89 million oz at 0.62 g/t gold(5).
(1) Sims J. Fort Knox Mine Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report. June 11, 2018. https://s2.q4cdn.com/496390694/files/doc_downloads...
(2) Harvey N., Gray P., Winterton J., Jutras M., Levy M.,Technical Report for the Eagle Gold Mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. Victoria Gold Corp. December 31, 2022. https://vgcx.com/site/assets/files/6534/vgcx_-_202...
(3) Hulse D, Emanuel C, Cook C. NI 43-101 Technical Report on Mineral Resources. Gustavson Associates. May 31, 2020. https://minedocs.com/22/Brewery-Creek-PEA-01182022...
(4) Thornton T., Jutras M., Malhotra D. Technical Report Aurmac Property Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada. JDS Energy and Mining Inc. February 6, 2024. https://banyangold.com/site/assets/files/5251/bany...
(5) https://snowlinegold.com/2025/05/15/snowline-gold-...
Corporate Update
The Company is pleased to announce that, subject to regulatory approval, it has entered into an amendment agreement for the OGI Property, Yukon. The targets at OGI are an intrusion-related gold deposit such as the Valley, RC Gold and Aurmarc deposits in Yukon and Fort Knox in Alaska and also a SEDEX style, stratabound Zinc-Lead-Silver (Zn-Pb-Ag) deposit, similar to Howards Pass and many other zinc-rich base and precious metal occurrences within Yukon's Selwyn Basin. In consideration for 300,000 shares and $50,000, the required $2,500,000 work expenditures will be eliminated. The Company has spent approximately $550,000 to date on the OGI Property. This amendment will give the Company 100% ownership of the OGI Property, subject to the underlying royalty interest.
The Company is also pleased to announce that, subject to regulatory approval, it has entered into an amendment agreement for the Burro Creek Property, Arizona. The Burro Creek Property covers a low-sulphidation epithermal vein system that hosts gold and silver Indicated and Inferred Historical Mineral Resource estimates. In consideration for 2,000,000 shares and $100,000, the required $4,000,000 work expenditures will be eliminated. The Company has spent approximately $1,200,000 to date on the Burro Creek Property and has a 1,000,000 share payment due in September 2025. This amendment will give the Company 100% ownership of the Burro Creek Property, subject to the underlying royalty interest. This amendment agreement is considered a related-party transaction pursuant to Multilateral Instrument 61-101, as the Vendor is controlled by Cor Coe, the chief executive officer and a director of the Company. This amendment agreement is exempt from the need to obtain minority shareholder approval and a formal valuation as required by and under applicable provisions of MI 61-101.
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About Sitka Gold Corp.
Sitka Gold Corp. is a well-funded mineral exploration company headquartered in Canada with over $24 million in its treasury and no debt. The Company is managed by a team of experienced industry professionals and is focused on exploring for economically viable mineral deposits with its primary emphasis on gold, silver and copper mineral properties of merit. Sitka is currently advancing its 100% owned, 431 square kilometre flagship RC Gold Project located within the Tombstone Gold Belt in the Yukon Territory. The Company is also advancing the Alpha Gold Project in Nevada and currently has drill permits for its Burro Creek Gold and Silver Project in Arizona and the Coppermine River Project in Nunavut, all of which are 100% owned by the Company.
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The scientific and technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Cor Coe, P.Geo., Director and CEO of the Company, and a Qualified Person (QP) as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
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SITKA GOLD CORP.
"Donald Penner"
President and Director
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