2,000m diamond core drilling testing high grade zone 18,000m in reverse circulation drilling Property-wide two-phase geophysics program.
Several new high-priority drill targets have been identified. Through the recently completed gravity and airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys at Eastside.
Peter Gianulis, CEO of A2Gold, commented: “The new data redefines Eastside. We now see a much larger potential mineralized system that continues well beyond the known resource area into a broad pediment corridor with thin cover and clear structural controls. The emerging targets provide a compelling roadmap for discovery-focused drilling that can meaningfully expand Eastside’s scale and resource potential.
We are in the final stages of selecting drill hole locations that will be the focus of our upcoming 18,000 metre RC drill program which is in addition to the recently completed 1,680 metre diamond drill hole (“DDH”) program. We expect to have assays from this DDH program in the very near future.”
A2Gold’s emerging gold resource at the McIntosh zone is in the northeastern portion of the Monte Cristo Mountain Range and borders the large pediment area found at Eastside. Geophysics indicate the range is flanked everywhere on the east by a 1.5-2 km wide pediment shelf of alluvium-covered bedrock. The Company believes this pediment is very prospective to host gold deposits. The geophysical results indicate the pediment is 62 square kilometers in area. It extends from near the McIntosh gold deposit south along the range front for 16 km to the historic Boss gold mine, which falls within our Castle Zone. Drilling by A2Gold and prior operators has already discovered three gold deposits on the pediment near Boss, which is reflected in the 43-101 report published in July 2021.
Anomalies found in the airborne radiometric surveys show potassium, uranium, and thorium are tracking hydrothermal alteration in the mountain range. One such anomaly coincides with alteration mapped by A2Gold geologists extending 5 km south from McIntosh. Road building and the drilling of 25-30 widely spaced holes along this anomaly are permitted. Road construction will begin in December 2025 followed by drilling in January 2026.
The geophysical surveys also mapped several structural boundaries, interpreted as faults, both in the mountain range and extending from the range under the cover on the pediment. These structures trend north, northwest, and northeast and may control the position of the gold deposits and grade within them. A number of these faults will also be targeted with drilling in 2026.
