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Athena Announces $1 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement
Athena Gold Corporation (CSE: ATHA) announced a non-brokered private placement to raise up to $1,000,000 through up to 5,000,000 units at $0.20 per unit. Each unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant exercisable at $0.25 for 36 months. Proceeds will advance exploration and development at the Laird and Forester properties in Ontario, plus working capital.
FinancingAthena Appoints Jordan Quinn as Vice President of Exploration
Jordan Quinn, P.Geo., has been appointed Vice President of Exploration of Athena Gold Corporation, effective immediately, succeeding Benjamin Kuzmich, P.Geo., who resigned from the role and will continue as Lead Technical Advisor in a consulting capacity. Quinn previously served as Athena's Lead Technical Advisor and has over 10 years of experience, including work at Newmont, Barrick and more than two years as a production geologist at the Musselwhite Mine. Drills are expected to return to the Laird Lake project in Ontario shortly.
ManagementAthena Announces Amalgamation of Subsidiary to Streamline Operations
A vertical amalgamation with wholly-owned subsidiary Last Bounty Gold Corp. was completed under section 273 of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), effective September 10, 2026, with the amalgamated entity continuing as Athena Gold Corporation and retaining the same articles, directors and officers. No securities were issued, and the name and share capital remain unchanged; the Subsidiary's shares will be cancelled and its assets, liabilities and obligations assumed by the Company. Shares continue to trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange.
CorporateAthena appoints Fred Leigh to board of directors
Fred Leigh has been appointed to Athena Gold Corporation's board of directors, effective immediately, replacing Brian Power, who resigned and will continue with the company as a consultant. Leigh has nearly 40 years in the resource sector and is founder and President of VC7K Capital Inc. The company also granted 2,000,000 stock options at an exercise price of $0.34 per common share to directors, officers and consultants, vesting immediately and expiring ten years from the grant date, subject to CSE approval.
ManagementAthena Provides Drilling Update from Excelsior Springs, Nevada
RC drilling by Mammoth Minerals at Lunchbox Ridge on the Buster Trend at the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada returned 3.76 g/t Au over 10.67 m from 198.2 m (MEXRC2637), on a previously untested parallel structure about 700 m along strike from the Buster Mine Zone. Surface samples at the Blue Dick Prospect included 1,190 g/t Ag, 4.7 g/t Au, 4.55% Pb and 1,078 g/t Ag, 11.8 g/t Au, 8.5% Pb, 15.3% Zn. Nine of 29 planned holes in the ~5,000 m program are complete. Mammoth can earn 80% of the project over five years.
Drill resultsAthena Announces Red Lake’s Newest Grassroots Discovery: Drills 23.85 Grams per Tonne Gold over 5 Metres at Laird
Hole LL-26-006A at the Laird Lake project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District returned 23.85 g/t gold over 5 m from 21.0 m to 26.0 m, including 62.9 g/t over 1 m and 54.1 g/t over 1 m, defining the newly named Scooby Zone. The zone was also cut in LL-26-008 about 400 m vertically below, grading 8.03 g/t over 0.62 m within 1.37 g/t over 4.5 m from 609.5 m. The nine-hole, 5,134-metre maiden program will be followed by roughly 10,000 m of drilling this fall/winter.
Drill resultsAthena Provides Drilling Update from Excelsior Springs, Nevada
RC drilling by Mammoth Minerals at the Lunchbox Ridge Prospect on the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada returned 22.9 m @ 1.37 g/t Au from 10.7 m, including 3.0 m @ 4.15 g/t Au (MEXRC2635), and 12.2 m @ 1.57 g/t Au from 32 m, including 4.6 m @ 3.31 g/t Au, plus 10.7 m @ 1.09 g/t Au from 164.6 m (MEXRC2634), extending the Buster system about 700 m along strike. Five holes for 1,100 m have been completed at the Blue Dick Silver Prospect, with results expected within three weeks and 24 further holes planned. Mammoth can earn 80% of the project over five years, with Athena free-carried to Definitive Feasibility Study.
Drill resultsAthena Gold Further Expands Forester Project Near Musselwhite, Ontario
An additional 6,088 hectares of contiguous mining claims were acquired through map staking at the 100%-owned Forester project in Ontario's Musselwhite Gold Camp, expanding the project by approximately 69% to 14,930 hectares. The newly staked ground covers dominantly volcanic rocks within the North Caribou Lake Greenstone Belt, less than 30 km southeast of Equinox Gold's Musselwhite Mine. Athena said it continues to await final results from its Laird Lake project in Red Lake.
NewsAthena Gold Appoints Farid Mammadov as Vice President, Investor Relations
Farid Mammadov, CPIR, has been appointed Vice President, Investor Relations of Athena Gold Corporation, effective immediately. Mammadov has over five years of experience in the junior mining sector and previously served as Vice President, Investor Relations at New Age Metals Inc. He holds the Certified Professional Investor Relations designation from the Canadian Investor Relations Institute and a B.A. in Business Law with a minor in Economics from Carleton University.
ManagementAthena Gold Announces Results of Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders
Shareholders approved all matters at Athena Gold's annual general and special meeting held July 24, 2026, with 13,511,075 common shares represented, or 37.72% of outstanding shares as of the record date. Resolutions set the board at five directors, elected David Goodman, Koby Kushner, John C. Power, John E. Hiner and Brian Power, reappointed Davidson & Company LLP as auditors, and adopted the 2026 Stock Option Plan. The board subsequently appointed Goodman as Chairman, Kushner as President and CEO, Ty Minnick as CFO and Power as Corporate Secretary.
Corporatesee Mammoth Minerals Limited press release dated July 23, 2026)
RC drilling has commenced at the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada, USA, including maiden drilling at the Blue Dick Prospect testing extensions to surface mineralisation mapped over more than 6.5km of cumulative strike, with channel samples of 0.20m @ 17,582g/t Ag, 0.75g/t Au, 2.76% Cu, 1.72% Sb and rock chips up to 15,336g/t Ag, 7.46g/t Au, 2.53% Cu, 0.31% Sb. The program will also test geophysical targets over 700m along strike from the Buster Gold Mine, the Imperial Prospect and Railroad Springs. A maiden Buster Mineral Resource Estimate is expected later this quarter.
NewsAthena Gold Significantly Expands Forester Project near Musselwhite, Ontario
An additional 3,939 hectares was acquired by map staking contiguous to the 100%-owned Forester project in Ontario's Musselwhite Gold Camp, expanding it by more than 80% to 8,843 hectares, less than 30 km southeast of Orla Mining's Musselwhite Mine. Core from the maiden drill program at Laird Lake, Red Lake, has been submitted to Paragon Geochemical for PhotonAssay and select fire assay, with results expected as early as next month. At Excelsior Springs, Nevada, option partner Mammoth Minerals has begun reverse circulation drilling at the Blue Dick target.
Drill resultssee Company press release dated July 2, 2026
A maiden drill program at the Laird Lake Project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District has been completed, totalling 5,134 metres across nine diamond drill holes. All pending assays are expected by early August. Crews have begun demobilization and site clean-up is underway. The property covers more than 7,000 hectares along over 10 km of the Balmer-Confederation Assemblage contact.
NewsAthena Gold Completes Maiden Drill Program at Laird Lake Project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District
A maiden drill program has been completed at the Laird Lake Project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District, totalling 5,134 metres across nine diamond drill holes. All pending assays are expected by early August. Crews have begun demobilization and site clean-up is underway.
Drill resultsAthena Gold Announces Virtual 2026 Annual General and Special Meeting to be Held July 24, 2026
Athena Gold Corporation will hold its Annual General and Special Meeting virtually via Zoom on Friday, July 24, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time, with a record date of June 9, 2026 and voting instructions required by July 22, 2026. Shareholders will vote on setting the board at five directors, electing five directors, appointing Davidson & Company LLP as auditors, and adopting a 2026 Stock Option Plan reserving up to 10% of issued and outstanding shares, replacing the existing fixed Equity Incentive Plan. Meeting materials will be delivered under notice-and-access.
Corporatesee Company press release dated June 16, 2026
Second-phase reconnaissance channel and rock sampling by Mammoth Minerals at the Blue Dick Mine Prospect, part of the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada, returned 0.20m @ 17,582 g/t Ag, 0.75 g/t Au, 2.76% Cu and 1.72% Sb, 0.50m @ 3,407 g/t Ag, and grab samples up to 15,336 g/t Ag with 7.46 g/t Au. Copper channel results included 4.57m @ 1.49% Cu, 24.5 g/t Ag. Targets extend within more than 6 km of prospective strike, with RC drilling planned to begin in Q3 2026. Mammoth is earning an 80% interest in the project over five years.
NewsAthena Gold Provides Exploration Update From Excelsior Springs, Nevada
Second-phase channel and rock sampling at the Blue Dick Mine Prospect, part of the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada, returned 0.20m @ 17,582 g/t Ag, 0.75 g/t Au, 2.76% Cu, 1.72% Sb and 0.50m @ 3,407 g/t Ag, 0.54% Cu, 0.47% Sb in channel samples, plus grab samples up to 15,336 g/t Ag, 7.46 g/t Au. Copper channel results included 4.57m @ 1.49% Cu, 24.5 g/t Ag. The work was completed by Mammoth Minerals, which can earn 80% of the project; RC drilling is planned for Q3 2026.
Drill resultsAthena Provides Updates Across Gold Portfolio
Drilling continues at the Laird Lake project in Ontario's Red Lake district, where hole LL-26-006 intersected roughly 50m (downhole) of locally mineralized mafic metavolcanics with abundant quartz veining plus a further mineralized section from ~227-238m, and LL-26-007 cut silicified volcanics interpreted as the Rigby showing extension; assays from LL-26-002 to LL-26-007 are pending in early Q3/2026. The Oneman Lake claims will be allowed to lapse. Option partner Mammoth Minerals targets a maiden resource at Excelsior Springs' Buster Trend in Q3/2026. Athena will settle $21,000 of debt via 46,667 shares at $0.45.
Corporatesee Company press release dated May 26, 2026
Hole LL-26-001, testing the G1 anomaly at the Laird Lake project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District, returned no significant gold values, though it confirmed a structural corridor with folded iron formations, pyrite and pyrrhotite. Holes LL-26-004 and LL-26-005 intersected an approximately 70 m core-length mineralized corridor near the Balmer-Confederation contact, with four specks of visible gold on the core surface at about 18.75 m in LL-26-005. Hole LL-26-006 is underway; assays for holes 002 to 005 are expected in June.
NewsAthena Provides Exploration Update from Laird Lake, Reports Assays from Hole 1 and Visible Gold in Hole 5
Hole LL-26-001 at the G1 anomaly on the Laird Lake project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District returned no significant gold values, though it confirmed a structural corridor with folded iron formations, pyrite and pyrrhotite. Hole LL-26-005, about 3.5 km east, intersected four specks of visible gold on the core surface at approximately 18.75 m, within a roughly 70 m core-length mineralized corridor also cut by Hole LL-26-004. Hole LL-26-006 is underway; assays for Holes 002 to 005 are expected in June.
Drill resultsAthena Reports Further Encouraging Visual Results from Holes 2 and 3 at Laird Lake
Core logging from holes LL-26-002 and LL-26-003 at the Laird Lake project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District indicates both holes intersected the Balmer-Confederation assemblage contact, with alteration, quartz-carbonate veining and sulphide mineralization. LL-26-002 is interpreted to have cut a banded iron formation at about 116 m depth, the down-dip projection of the historic GBZ zone, where grab samples returned up to 78 g/t Au. Assays from the first three holes are expected in June, and drilling has moved to Hole 4 testing the G4 anomaly.
Drill resultssee Company press release dated April 21, 2026
The first hole of the maiden diamond drill program at the Laird Lake project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District, LL-26-001, was drilled to its target depth of 336 m at the previously untested G1 geophysical anomaly, intersecting a ~179 m wide (108–287 m, true width unknown) package of variably mineralized banded iron formation and mafic volcanics with pyrrhotite-pyrite-chalcopyrite; core is being prepared for assaying. The re-interpreted SkyTEM conductor has a ~1,700 m strike length. The initial rig is being replaced with a larger drill to test deeper targets east of Laird Lake.
NewsAthena Reports Encouraging Visual Results from First Hole Completed at Laird Lake
The first hole of the maiden diamond drilling program at the Laird Lake project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District, LL-26-001, was drilled to its 336 m target depth at the previously untested G1 geophysical anomaly, intersecting a ~179 m wide (108-287 m, true width unknown) package of variably mineralized banded iron formation and mafic volcanic rocks with pyrrhotite-pyrite-chalcopyrite. Core is being prepared for assaying. The initial rig is being replaced with a larger drill to test deeper targets on the east side of Laird Lake.
Drill resultsAthena Gold Grants Stock Options
An aggregate of 250,000 stock options were granted at an exercise price of CDN$0.49 per common share to an officer and certain consultants under Athena Gold Corporation's Equity Incentive Plan. The options vest immediately, expire ten years from the date of grant, and are subject to approval by the Canadian Securities Exchange. The options and any shares issued on exercise carry a four-month statutory hold period from the grant date.
CorporateAthena Gold Awarded $200,000 Grant from Ontario Government
CAD $200,000 in non-dilutive grant funding has been awarded to Athena Gold Corporation through the Ontario Junior Exploration Program, administered by the Ontario Ministry of Mines. The funding will help finance the Company's maiden drill program at its Laird Lake project in the Red Lake Gold District of Ontario. Athena's other project is the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada.
CorporateAthena Gold Mobilizes For Maiden Drill Program At Laird Lake Project
Drilling contractors and heavy equipment have mobilized to the Laird Lake project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District, with a fully funded ~5,000-metre, ~ten-hole maiden diamond drill program set to begin imminently, testing banded iron formation, Balmer assemblage and Confederation assemblage targets; core will also be assayed for copper, nickel and platinum-group elements. Athena also completed its 9.9-to-1 share consolidation, with shares trading post-consolidation on the CSE from April 2, 2026 and 35,820,061 common shares outstanding.
Drill resultsAthena Gold Announces Share Consolidation
A share consolidation on the basis of 9.9 pre-consolidation common shares for one post-consolidation share has been approved by the board, with a record date of April 2, 2026, subject to Canadian Securities Exchange approval. Shares outstanding will fall from 354,618,607 to approximately 35,820,061, with fractional shares rounded up at 0.5 or greater and down below 0.5, and no cash paid in lieu. The name and trading symbol remain unchanged; options and warrants will be adjusted proportionately.
CorporateAthena Gold Provides Exploration Update From Excelsior Springs, Nevada
RC drilling by Mammoth Minerals along the 7 km Buster Trend at the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada returned 33.54m @ 1.25 g/t Au from surface (MEXRC2617), including 9.15m @ 3.18 g/t Au from 18.29m and 3.05m @ 7.70 g/t Au from 51.83m, plus 13.72m @ 1.15 g/t Au from 62.5m, 7.62m @ 2.1 g/t Au from 219.51m and 12.20m @ 2.56 g/t Au from surface. Mammoth can earn 80% of the project over five years, with Athena free-carried to Definitive Feasibility Study. Athena also granted 2,020,000 options at CDN$0.06 and issued 100,000 shares to the Wabauskang First Nation at CDN$0.065.
Drill resultsAthena Completes Acquisition of Forester Gold Project Near Orla Mining’s Musselwhite Mine
The acquisition of the Forester Gold Project in northwestern Ontario has closed via the purchase of Last Bounty Gold Corp., a private British Columbia company holding a 100% interest, under a share purchase agreement dated February 25, 2026. Athena issued 42,000,000 common shares at a deemed price of CAD $0.08 per share, about 12% of the company non-diluted, subject to a four month and one day hold period. Forester is a 4,900-hectare package less than 30 km southeast of Orla Mining's Musselwhite Gold Mine. Drill permits are in hand at Laird Lake, with rigs expected to mobilize in the coming weeks.
AcquisitionAthena Receives Permits for Maiden Drill Program at Laird Lake Project in Ontario’s Red Lake Gold Camp
Permits (PR 25 00201) have been received for a maiden drill program at the Laird Lake project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District, with mobilization planned in the coming weeks. The fully funded program covers approximately 5,000 m across eight to ten diamond-drill holes, testing geophysical anomalies G1 and G4–G6 and the Rigby showing within the Bounty geochemical anomaly. Athena also signed a February 20, 2026 exploration agreement with Wabauskang First Nation, agreeing to issue 100,000 common shares at a deemed price of CDN$0.065.
CorporateAthena To Acquire Forester Gold Project, Near Orla Mining's Musselwhite Mine in Northwestern Ontario
Athena Gold has agreed to acquire a 100% interest in the 4,900-hectare Forester Gold Project in northwestern Ontario, less than 30 km southeast of Orla Mining's Musselwhite Gold Mine, by purchasing all shares of private vendor Last Bounty Gold Corp. under a February 25, 2026 share purchase agreement. Consideration is 42,000,000 Athena shares at a deemed price of CAD $0.08, about 12% of the company non-diluted, with the project carrying a 2% NSR, half repurchaseable for CAD $2,000,000. Historical 1984-1986 drilling at the Tex Zone returned 89.2 m averaging 0.68 g/t gold; closing requires CSE approval, with a possible drill program later in 2026.
AcquisitionAthena Gold To Participate At PDAC 2026
Athena Gold will exhibit at Booth #2149 at the PDAC Convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from Sunday, March 1 to Wednesday, March 4, 2026. The company's projects include Laird Lake in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District, covering over 7,000 hectares with surface sampling returning up to 373 g/t Au, the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada under an earn-in option with Mammoth Minerals Limited, and the wholly owned Oneman Lake Au-VMS project in Ontario.
CorporateAthena Gold Provides Exploration Update From Nevada and Ontario
New assays from Mammoth Minerals' maiden diamond drilling at the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada returned 6.32m @ 2.10 g/t Au from 26m (MEXDD007), including 1.0m @ 6.40 g/t Au from 27m, and 14.0m @ 0.99 g/t Au from 28.5m (MEXDD003) at the Buster Trend. Core logging suggests a sediment-hosted Carlin-style system, and RC drilling has commenced across the trend, with assays expected in approximately four weeks. The Blue Dick silver-rich polymetallic zone now extends over 3.5 km. Permits remain pending at Laird Lake, Ontario. Mammoth can earn 80% of Excelsior Springs over five years; Athena holds over 5% of Mammoth.
Drill resultsAthena Gold to Participate at Vancouver Resource Investment Conference 2026
Athena Gold Corporation will exhibit at Booth #212 at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, held at the Vancouver Convention Centre (1055 Canada Place, Vancouver) on Sunday, January 25 to Monday, January 26, 2026. The company holds the Laird Lake project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District, the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada, currently under an earn-in option with Mammoth Minerals Limited, and a 100% interest in the Oneman Lake Au-VMS project in Ontario.
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Athena Gold Fully Funded For Drilling With $3.5 Million Non-Brokered Private
The third and final tranche of a non-brokered private placement closed with proceeds of CDN $502,002.98 from 7,142,900 flow-through units at CDN $0.07 and 33,333 non-flow-through units at CDN $0.06, bringing total funds raised in the offering to CDN $3,500,028.99. Flow-through proceeds will fund Canadian Exploration Expenses at the Laird Lake and Oneman Lake projects in Ontario, renounced effective no later than December 31, 2025. Finder's fees of $30,000.18 cash and 428,574 finder's warrants were paid; no insiders participated.
FinancingAthena Gold Provides Exploration Update From Excelsior Gold-Silver Project, Nevada
Maiden diamond drilling by Mammoth Minerals at the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada returned 14.4m @ 4.33 g/t Au from 117m in MEXDD004, including 3.1m @ 19.10 g/t Au, and 25.5m @ 1.05 g/t Au from 35.45m in MEXDD001, along the Buster Mine Trend. Nine further holes totaling 1.3 km have assays pending, and work has begun on an initial Mineral Resource Estimate. A 40m-spaced airborne magnetic survey defined a 5.5 km x 4.2 km interpreted intrusive complex and caldera north of the Buster Trend. Mammoth can earn 80% of the project over five years.
Drill resultsAthena Upsizes Private Placement Due To Strong Investor Demand
The non-brokered private placement announced November 17, 2025 has been increased from CDN $2,000,000 to CDN $3,100,000, comprising CDN $1,500,000 of flow-through units at CDN $0.07, CDN $1,100,000 of CMETC flow-through shares at CDN $0.07, and CDN $500,000 of non-flow-through units at CDN $0.06, with warrants exercisable at CDN $0.09 for 24 months subject to acceleration. Flow-through proceeds will fund the Laird Lake and Oneman Lake projects in Ontario, renounced effective no later than December 31, 2025. The first tranche is expected to close in early December, and a share consolidation is contemplated after the offering, prior to a Q1 2026 drilling campaign.
FinancingAthena Gold Announces Up to $2 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement
A non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of up to CDN $2,000,000 has been launched, consisting of up to 21,428,571 flow-through shares at CDN $0.07 for CDN $1,500,000 and up to 8,333,333 non-flow-through units at CDN $0.06 for CDN $500,000, each unit including one warrant exercisable at CDN $0.09 for 24 months with an acceleration clause. Flow-through proceeds will fund the Laird Lake and Oneman Lake projects in Ontario, with the first tranche expected to close by late November. Athena is also contemplating a share consolidation after the offering, ahead of drilling proposed for Q1 2026.
FinancingMajor Landholding Increase at Excelsior Gold-Silver Project, Nevada
The landholding at the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada has been increased 340% to 83.6 km² through new claim staking by partner Mammoth Minerals Limited (ASX: M79). Newly staked ground includes gold, tungsten, antimony, copper and silver prospects verified by the USGS MRDS database, including the Old Buster, Kentucky, Lidia Queen, Mattmueller and Palmetto mines. Magnetics and radiometric surveys are complete with interpretation underway. Athena retains a 20% free-carried interest and a 1% NSR royalty on the new tenure.
NewsHigh-Grade Silver, Gold, Copper, and Antimony Reported From Excelsior Project, Nevada
Rock chip sampling on the Blue Dick Trend at the 100%-owned Excelsior Springs project in Nevada has extended the zone to a 2.9km strike, with results including 5,980g/t Ag, 7.65g/t Au, 0.66% Sb, 0.55% Cu and 3.85% Pb; 4,160g/t Ag, 4.7g/t Au; 42.1g/t Au with 35g/t Ag; and 13.8% Cu with 0.57g/t Au. The work was reported by Mammoth Minerals, which can earn 80% of the project over five years. Diamond drilling continues on the Buster Gold Trend.
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