The First Assay — October 16, 2026

⚑ Hole of the Day

◉ Shallow · From 72.5m Extension · Step-out Ecuador · Moderate Risk ~ Porphyry-Cu/Au

Auro's DSB-74 returned 572.5 m of 0.60 g/t Au + 0.10% Cu from 72.5 m — a bulk-tonnage porphyry result that starts almost at surface, which points to open-pit economics rather than underground. It is an 80 m step-out from DSB-73, so it extends the system rather than infilling it, and the interval is still open: assays below 645 m (to 857 m) are pending. On a C$193M market cap it scores 1.78× GT/MCap (GT 343.5 g/t·m) and ranks #24 of 1,137 gold intercepts archived over the past 30 days — strong, but not a record. The company's own AuEq is lower (0.62 g/t) because it applies metallurgical recoveries; ours credits Cu at full price. Close call: Lux Metals' LG26-241 (19.5 m of 17.57 g/t Au, GT 342.6) missed the top spot by under 1 g/t·m yet carries a 25× GT/MCap on a C$13M cap — the higher-grade, higher-leverage hole, in a first hole at a new zone. Ecuador is a moderate-risk jurisdiction. Watch for the remaining DSB-74 assays and the next Phase II step-outs.

GT/MCap Spotlight — Top 5

All five are silver intercepts on micro-caps (C$4–27M); silver's unit scale inflates the ratio, so they are not comparable with gold or copper. Cleanest gold/copper ratios: LXM LG26-241 25.4× · CRB CT26-28 14.5× · CASC CF-26-04 12.2×.

◉ From depth ≤200m (shallow)  ·  ⚠ High jurisdiction risk  ·  ~ Moderate jurisdiction risk  ·  ✓ True width stated  ·  ★ HOTD

Today's Qualifying Intercepts — Top 10 of 145

Rating	Company	Metal	Hole	m	Grade	GT	AuEq·m	GT/MCap
Exceptional ★	Auro MetalsAURO	Au	DSB-74 * ~	572.47 ◉	0.6 g/t Au	343.5	419.7	1.78
Exceptional	Lux MetalsLXM	Au	LG26-241 ✓	19.5	17.57 g/t Au	342.6	342.6	25.38
Exceptional	Lux MetalsLXM	Au	LG26-241 (incl.) ✓	8	39.08 g/t Au	312.6	312.6	23.16
Exceptional	Auro MetalsAURO	Au	DSB-73 * ~	394.4 ◉	0.73 g/t Au	287.9	340.4	1.49
Exceptional	Freegold VenturesFVL	Au	GS2647 *	375	0.73 g/t Au	273.8	273.8	0.50
Exceptional	Sitka GoldSIG	Au	DDRCCC-26-156 *	236	1.15 g/t Au	271.4	271.4	0.66
Exceptional	Freegold VenturesFVL	Au	GS2656 *	213	1.24 g/t Au	264.1	264.1	0.49
Exceptional	Auro MetalsAURO	Au	DSB-71 * ~	301.4 ◉	0.78 g/t Au	235.1	275.2	1.22
Great	Sitka GoldSIG	Au	DDRCCC-26-156 (incl.) *	71	2.79 g/t Au	198.1	198.1	0.48
Great	Tectonic MetalsTECT	Au	CMR26-170 *	80.77 ◉	1.86 g/t Au	150.2	150.2	0.62

↗ View all 145 intercepts in Google Sheets  +135 not shown — copper, silver, zinc-lead and antimony intercepts included

Near-miss	Lodestar MetalsLSTR	Ag	LSRC11 *	13.7 ◉	7.9 g/t Ag	108.2	6	27.75 (Ag)
Near-miss	Lodestar MetalsLSTR	Ag	LSRC12 *	18.3 ◉	2.3 g/t Ag	42.1	6.5	10.79 (Ag)
Near-miss	Blue Star GoldBAU	Zn+Pb	26RHD002 *	20.71	1.42% Zn	29.4	8.6	0.93 (Zn+Pb)
Near-miss	South Atlantic GoldSAO	Au	26DDIGR013 *	8 ◉	1.21 g/t Au	9.7	9.7	0.92
Near-miss	Lithium AfricaLAF	Li2O	NB1DD26-004 *	8 ◉	1.7% Li2O	13.6	19.8	0.67 (Li2O)
Near-miss	FireFox GoldFFOX	Au	26MJ033 *	5 ◉	1.03 g/t Au	5.2	5.2	0.18
Near-miss	Northwest CopperNWST	Cu	K-26-326 ✓	28.7 ◉	0.38% Cu	10.9	18.8	0.14 (Cu)
Near-miss	Selkirk CopperSCMI	Cu	26SCM226 *	14.9 ◉	1.3% Cu	19.4	26.6	0.10 (Cu)
Near-miss	Scorpio GoldSGLD	Au	26MN-123 *	7.16 ◉	1.13 g/t Au	8.1	8.1	0.10
Near-miss	Selkirk CopperSCMI	Cu	26SCM227 *	12 ◉	0.94% Cu	11.3	18.5	0.06 (Cu)
Near-miss	Galantas GoldGAL	Au	IN26005 *	0.66	1.24 g/t Au	0.8	5.2	0.00

✓ True width stated in PR  ·  * Drilled width — TW not determined  ·  ◉ From ≤200m (shallow)
⚠ High jurisdiction risk  ·  ~ Moderate jurisdiction risk
GT thresholds — Au: Good >10, Great >50, Exceptional >200 g/t·m  ·  Ag: >500 / >2,000 / >10,000 g/t·m  ·  Cu: Good >20, Great >40, Exceptional >150 %·m  ·  Sb: >5 / >20 / >60 %·m  ·  Zn+Pb: >50 / >150 / >300 %·m
AuEq: Au $3,200/oz · Ag $33/oz · Cu $13,700/t · APT $3,300/mtu · NdPr $70/kg · GT/MCap uses C$ mkt cap at October 16, 2026. Copper intercepts rated on reported CuEq where given.
Deposit type listed in the Google Sheet.

Not Screened

District Metals (DMX · TSX-V) — Viken, Sweden. First hole VIK-26-001 logged 154.8 m of elevated handheld radioactivity (240–625 cps); geochemical assays pending. Below the radiometric bar, no grade reported.

Brunswick Exploration (BRW · TSX-V · C$68M) — Anatacau Main, Quebec. Hole AN-26-17 logged 302 m of spodumene-bearing pegmatite visually; no assays, no from/to depths.

BCM Resources (B · TSX-V · C$134M) — Thompson Knolls, Utah. TK21 logged ~305 m of copper skarn visually (140 m above 1% chalcopyrite by volume); core still being sampled.

Safi Silver (SF · TSX-V · C$17M) — Addana, Morocco. First drill results are single-sample maxima, not composited intercepts (35.5 g/t Ag confirmed; one 657 g/t Ag sample is unconfirmed and being re-assayed).

Mink Ventures (MINK · TSX-V · C$3M) — Rankin, Ontario. R26-1 returned 2.1 m of 0.57% Ni, 0.88% Cu, 0.076% Co — below the screening thresholds; three other holes had no significant values.

Canadian Goldfields Discovery (CGM · TSX-V) — A 2010 historic hole, RPX-10-02, was re-assayed (35 m of 3.26 g/t Au). That is re-assay of old core, not new drilling; the new 2026 holes are screened above.

Upside Gold (UG · CSE · C$35M) — Kena, B.C. Drilling completed (6,563 m, 24 holes); no assays yet.

Magna Terra (MTT · TSX-V) and Brixton Metals (BBB · TSX-V) — Surface rock and soil sampling only (Brixton grabs to 195 g/t Au) — not drilling.

Alkane Resources (ALK · TSX) — Primary listing is outside coverage; no assay table in the release.

Coverage note — Several multi-hole tables were published as images (Sitka, Cascade Copper, Blue Star), so only intervals quoted in the text are included; Gold X2's table is shown at its highest grade-thickness intervals; Pan Global, Auriginal, Galantas, Sitka, Tectonic, Silver North, Group Eleven and several other market caps are approximate.

Week in Review — Oct 12 to Oct 16

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