GoldVenture Weekly

Two drill holes undercutting surface channel intersections within the open pit footprint at the Parbec gold deposit in Québec have been completed, with samples to be assayed and results released later; a planned third hole targeting a data void was deferred after the two holes consumed the budgeted meterage. Renforth also intends to complete a non-brokered private placement of up to $1,000,000, with flow-through shares at $0.03 and units at $0.025, each unit including a half warrant exercisable at $0.05 for 18 months.

A ground-based deep induced polarization and magnetotellurics survey covering four lines totalling 18.4 line-km at the Caballos Copper Project, Valparaiso Region, Chile, identified chargeability and resistivity anomalies labelled C1, C2-A, C2-B, C3 and C4, including a 3 km-wide C2-B anomaly and a shallow C4 anomaly about 1 km wide and 1 km deep. Five diamond drill holes totalling 5,514 metres are planned to test C2-B, C3, C4 and Chincolco Creek, with drilling anticipated to start in September 2026.

Maiden diamond drilling at the Stavaträsk gold project in Sweden's Skellefteå district returned gold in all five holes reported, including 9.2 m at 1.3 g/t Au from 29.9 m in ST2604, 1.1 m at 15.6 g/t Au from 35.6 m in ST2605 (including 0.6 m at 27.8 g/t Au), and 0.5 m at 8.9 g/t Au, 47.5 g/t Ag and 0.74% Cu in ST2601. The program totalled seven holes for 1,040 m over 650 m of strike; assays for ST2606 and ST2607 are pending, with an IP gradient array survey to begin in coming weeks.

As of August 9, 1,605 metres of a planned 3,255 metres (49%) and 5 of 12 drillholes were completed at the New Amalga Gold Project in southeast Alaska, with hydrogeological, geotechnical and resource definition data collected for permitting and mine planning. A river-monitoring gauge was installed and foundation work advanced on the first of two meteorological towers. All 6,005,431 warrants were exercised at $0.25 before the August 12, 2026 expiry, raising $1.50 million. The Company granted 275,000 options at $0.35, expiring August 12, 2031.

Kinross Gold Corp. has begun a drilling program at the Williams Brook project. A separate item notes trenching at the McKenzie Gold Project to define drill targets, dated September 2, 2026.

Drilling at the Lucky Strike Zone of the Gabbs gold-copper project in Nevada returned 0.78 g/t gold and 0.29% copper over 79.25 meters, including 21.34 meters at 1.28 g/t gold and 0.34% copper, in hole GBR-118, while GBR-119 cut 0.37 g/t gold and 0.16% copper over 158.50 meters, the thickest interval drilled at Gabbs to date. Results cover ten RC holes (GBR-112 to GBR-121) and four diamond holes (GBD-040 to GBD-043). An updated resource estimate will underpin a feasibility study expected in the fourth quarter of 2026.

A fully funded and permitted 5,000-metre oriented diamond drill program has begun at the Burr target zone of the 100%-owned Lewiston Project in west-central Wyoming, testing up to 500 m beyond the 2024 drill footprint, with select holes targeted to about 400 m vertical depth, roughly 225 m deeper than 2024 drilling, plus adjacent parallel shears. An expanded Federal and State drill permit covering an additional 2.5 km of the Burr and Sweetwater trends has been submitted.

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.

A private investment in public equity financing of up to 13,846,910 units at C$0.55 per unit for gross proceeds of up to C$7,615,800 (about US$5,462,000) is expected to close on or about August 14, 2026, each unit comprising one common share and one warrant exercisable at C$0.75 for three years. Crescat Capital LLC, holding about 13.8% of shares, will participate. Proceeds will expand the 2026 drill program at the Illinois Creek Project in western Alaska from 6,000 to approximately 9,000 metres, targeting Waterpump Creek and Silver Sage, plus metallurgical, technical and baseline environmental work.

Final hole of a three-hole, 1,233 metre drill program at the Thomas Ogden Zone on the Ogden Gold Project near Timmins, Ontario, returned 7.25 g/t gold over 7.45 m (347.27–354.72 m), including 13.46 g/t Au over 2.54 m with visible gold. A second intercept in the footwall intermediate dike returned 1.15 g/t Au over 4.65 m (374.52–379.17 m). Ogden is a 50/50 joint venture with Discovery Mining Ltd., with Metals Creek as operator.

Drill hole LG26-004, the third core hole reported from Phase 1 of the 2026 program at the Baner Gold Mine Property in Idaho County, Idaho, returned 1.14 g/t gold over 44.3ft (13.5m) from surface and 2.4 g/t over 26.9ft (8.2m), including 6.6 g/t over 7.5ft (2.3m). The result extends the Main Zone 558ft (170m) to the west.

Drilling of more than 4,500 m in seven holes has been completed or is ongoing at the Hank-Mary District on the HWY 37 Project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, with three diamond drills active on the Hank Porphyry target. Four holes are finished, including HW-26-012 (884 m), HW-26-013 (406 m) and HW-26-014 (652 m) at the Cash Porphyry target; a re-entry of HW-26-011 was abandoned at 983.5 m. Descriptions are visual only; no 2026 assays have been received. Also completed: 2,452 soil samples, with IP surveys ongoing and airborne MMT surveys due to start.

A 21.3 line-kilometre CSAMT and natural source AMT geophysical survey has been completed at the Mizobe Project in Kyushu, Japan, providing subsurface resistivity imaging across the project. Results were integrated with gravity and magnetic inversion models, structural interpretations and 2023 and 2025 drilling results to produce a refined geological model, which will be used to refine targets and finalize a multi-target drill program. Mizobe lies about 23 kilometres south of the Hishikari Mine; prior drilling returned 10.0 metres at 4.27 g/t gold from 122.75 metres in MZDD23-003.

Drill hole GD-26-424 at the Golden Gate Zone on the Golddigger property in B.C.'s Golden Triangle returned 10.32 g/t Au over 6.00 meters, including 15.61 g/t Au over 3.96 meters and 33.80 g/t Au over 1.82 meters. Hole GD-26-412 cut 4.41 g/t AuEq (3.33 g/t Au, 61.14 g/t Ag) over 7.79 meters in the Surebet Zone and 4.17 g/t AuEq over 3.75 meters at Golden Gate. The zone has been expanded by 860 meters and 45 of 98 planned holes, totalling 25,651 meters, are complete.

Hole CDH010 at the Cobrasco porphyry copper-molybdenum discovery in Chocó, Colombia returned 504m at 0.48% Cu and 37ppm Mo from 36m, including 264m at 0.63% Cu and 35ppm Mo from 36m, plus 36m at 0.62% Cu from 486m and 84m at 0.40% Cu, 91ppm Mo from 660m; the hole ended at 844.65m. Ten drillholes totalling approximately 11,000m have defined a mineralized footprint of roughly 1,200m by 550-700m. CDH011 results are pending.

Drill hole TM26-210 at the Bench Target on the Tower Mountain Property, 40 km west of Thunder Bay, Ontario, returned 661.5 metres averaging 0.554 g/t Au, including 24.0 metres averaging 1.815 g/t Au. About 516.0 metres of the interval, averaging 0.503 g/t Au, lies inside the 2026 Mineral Resource Estimate pit shell, with 145.5 metres averaging 0.731 g/t Au immediately below it. The hole ended in mineralization.

Drill holes SL26-37 and SL26-39 at the Springer rare earth and gallium deposit near Sturgeon Falls, Ontario returned mineralization over their entire assayed lengths: SL26-37 averaged 0.41% TREO and 35.0 g/t Ga₂O₃ over 414 m, including 0.65 m at 5.00% TREO and 74.1 g/t Ga₂O₃, extending the system about 275 m below the conceptual open pit; SL26-39 averaged 0.42% TREO and 38.4 g/t Ga₂O₃ over 417.5 m. Assays are pending for 6 of 13 holes, with updated rare earth and initial gallium resource estimates targeted for late 2026. Volta also signed a September 2, 2026 advisory agreement with L5 Capital Inc., issuing 10,000,000 warrants in four tranches at a deemed exercise price of $0.31.

Four step-out holes from the Phase Two program at the Manhattan District Project in Nevada returned results including hole 26MN-109 with 3.38 g/t gold over 33.31 m from 138.90 m (including 6.90 g/t over 12.89 m), 2.83 g/t over 11.89 m from 97.08 m and 9.46 g/t over 8.72 m from 126.00 m at Goldwedge, and hole 26MN-114 with 15.28 g/t gold over 2.56 m from 94.27 m and 0.98 g/t over 23.2 m from 112.13 m on the Zanzibar Trend. Assays are pending from six holes totalling 2,236 m.

Six additional drill holes from the 2026 program at the Carmacks copper-gold project in central Yukon returned 52.84 m of 1.04% copper and 0.37 g/t gold (1.45% CuEq), including 11.68 m of 2.59% copper and 0.98 g/t gold, in hole CD-26-050 at Zone 2000S, and 93.22 m of 0.79% copper and 0.23 g/t gold in hole CD-26-047 at Zone 147. Step-out drilling encountered sulphide mineralization 250 m north of the existing Mineral Resource at Zone 2000S. A total of 20 holes over 10,651 m of a planned 15,000 m are complete, with assays pending.

Drill results from nine holes in the southern S1 and S2 Sectors of the M2 Trend at the 100%-owned Pontio Gold Project in western-central Finland include PONT093 with 110.00m at 1.18 g/t Au from 99.08m, including 5.19m at 14.01 g/t Au from 137.90m, and 48.89m at 0.68 g/t Au from 24.70m in PONT087. The holes form part of a 5,009m, 28-hole Phase 1 programme; a second programme starts later in August, with a maiden resource estimate anticipated in early 2027.

Final assays from first-half 2026 drilling at the Jonpol Deposit on the Garrison Property of the Tower Gold Project in Ontario's Timmins Mining Camp returned 12.46 g/t Au over 16.17 m and 18.62 g/t Au over 5.30 m. Intercepts used a 0.30 g/t Au cut-off, up to 5 m internal dilution and a 25 g/t Au cap. About 15,000 m of drilling is planned for the rest of 2026 at the Jonpol, 903 and Garrcon deposits, aimed at converting inferred resources and expanding higher-grade mineralization for an updated Tower MRE.

Drill hole DDRCCC-26-132 at the Blackjack deposit on the RC Gold Project in Yukon returned 218.6 m of 1.25 g/t gold, including 44.4 m of 3.86 g/t gold, plus a separate interval of 92.7 m of 1.14 g/t gold, while hole DDRCCC-26-129, a step-out of up to 150 m east of the current resource, returned 118.0 m of 0.50 g/t, 32.0 m of 1.44 g/t and 55.0 m of 0.48 g/t gold. Approximately 32,000 m of the planned 60,000 m program has been drilled in 63 holes this year, with six rigs turning and a seventh mobilizing. Separately, all 7,255,946 warrants and 737,248 finder's warrants from the August 2, 2024 private placement were exercised for $3,037,414.

Drilling at the 100%-owned Golddigger Property in B.C.'s Golden Triangle extended the Golden Gate Zone 320 meters to the northeast, where hole GD-26-420 assayed 6.51 g/t AuEq (6.16 g/t Au, 7.27 g/t Ag) over 5.73 m, including 36.27 g/t AuEq over 0.97 m. Hole GD-26-414 returned 9.87 g/t Au over 5.00 m, including 65.65 g/t Au over 0.75 m, plus 2.81 g/t Au over 4.00 m in the Surebet Zone. 44 of 98 planned holes, totalling 23,863 meters, are complete in 2026.

Drill hole SC-26-13 at the MEPS Zone of the Soo Copper Project near Batchewana Bay, Ontario returned 445.0m grading 0.40% CuEq from 22m depth, including 203.10m at 0.51% CuEq, 9.50m at 2.34% CuEq from 74m and 16.25m at 2.31% CuEq from 176m, plus 7.4m at 1.49% CuEq from 459m. The hole, collared 140m east of SC-26-10, extends higher-grade mineralization about 100m farther east. 38 holes totalling 17,250m have been completed of the minimum 20,000m program.

Drill results from nine holes in the southern S1 and S2 Sectors of the M2 Trend at the 100%-owned Pontio Gold Project in western-central Finland include PONT093 with 110.00m at 1.18 g/t Au from 99.08m, including 5.19m at 14.01 g/t Au from 137.90m, plus PONT087 with 48.89m at 0.68 g/t Au from 24.70m and PONT091 with 14.73m at 0.86 g/t Au from 86.43m. The holes form part of a 5,009m, 28-hole Phase 1 program; a maiden resource estimate is anticipated in early 2027, with an H2 program starting later in August.