The First Assay — October 28, 2026

⚑ Hole of the Day

RC26-012 returned 128.0 m at 1.19 g/t Au from 181.5 m (grades capped at 6.8 g/t), including 37.1 m at 2.82 g/t, reported as true thickness against a 0.17 g/t cut-off. That is above the 0.62 g/t grade of the existing inferred resource (70.8 Mt), so this is an expansion hole in an open-pit heap-leach system: the value is tonnage and a possible higher-grade core, not a high-grade discovery. At roughly 150 m from surface it sits squarely in open-pit range. 0.88× GT/MCap on an approximate C$172M market cap, and the 151.9 g/t·m GT ranks #99 of 1,162 gold intercepts in the last 30 days, so it is a solid mid-table result rather than a standout. Nevada is a stable jurisdiction. Watch for resource and metallurgical updates and whether the 37 m high-grade core continues along strike.

GT/MCap Spotlight — Top 5

Two of the top three ratios are Ag-dominant intercepts (PPX, BP Silver) whose GT is inflated by silver's unit scale; they are not comparable with the Au names. The best clean gold ratio is Dynasty Gold's DP26-07 (3.12×) on a very small market cap, followed by Headwater's JC26-01 (1.20×).

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

Today's Qualifying Intercepts — Top 10 of 53

↗ View all 53 intercepts in Google Sheets  +43 not shown (BGAU, BPAG, BYN, DYG, M, NCAU, PPX, PSIL, VIO)

Near-miss	Blossom GoldBGAU	Au	RC26-011 ✓	10.6 ◉	0.65 g/t	6.9	6.9	0.04
Near-miss	Blossom GoldBGAU	Au	RC26-011 ✓	30.1 ◉	0.221 g/t	6.7	6.7	0.04
Near-miss	Blossom GoldBGAU	Au	RC26-012 ✓	14.4 ◉	0.397 g/t	5.7	5.7	0.03
Near-miss	Banyan GoldBYN	Au	AX-26-915 ✓	27.5 ◉	0.31 g/t	8.5	8.5	0.01
Near-miss	Banyan GoldBYN	Au	AX-26-913 ✓	7.3 ◉	0.82 g/t	6.0	6.0	0.01
Near-miss	Banyan GoldBYN	Au	AX-26-908 ✓	6.9 ◉	0.84 g/t	5.8	5.8	0.01
Near-miss	Dynasty GoldDYG	Au	DP26-07 *	16.6	0.6 g/t	10.0	10.0	1.12
Near-miss	Dynasty GoldDYG	Au	DP26-04 *	10.5 ◉	0.81 g/t	8.5	8.5	0.96
Near-miss	Dynasty GoldDYG	Au	DP26-04 *	15 ◉	0.54 g/t	8.1	8.1	0.91
Near-miss	Myriad UraniumM	U	HES0001BDD *	1.22 ◉	0.1079 %	0.13	2.7	0.00 (U)
Near-miss	Myriad UraniumM	U	HES0002DD *	2.59 ◉	0.0486 %	0.13	2.6	0.00 (U)
Near-miss	Myriad UraniumM	U	HES0002DD *	2.59 ◉	0.0414 %	0.11	2.2	0.00 (U)
Near-miss	Myriad UraniumM	U	ARR0003DD *	1.22 ◉	0.0786 %	0.10	2.0	0.00 (U)
Near-miss	PPX MiningPPX	Au	CA-26-34 ✓	10.3	0.64 g/t	6.6	8.0	0.03
Near-miss	Pacifica SilverPSIL	Au	26CLAU132D ✓	6.34 ◉	0.63 g/t	4.0	6.3	0.05
Near-miss	Vior GoldVIO	Au	KN-26-001 ✓	1.8	4.92 g/t	8.9	8.9	0.21
Near-miss	Vior GoldVIO	Au	KN-26-014 ✓	0.5	13.3 g/t	6.7	6.7	0.16
Near-miss	Vior GoldVIO	Au	KN-26-004 ✓	2.5	2.43 g/t	6.1	6.1	0.15

✓ True width stated or estimated 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  ·  Zn+Pb: 50 / 150 / 300 %·m  ·  U₃O₈: 0.15 / 0.75 / 5 %·m
AuEq: Au $3,200/oz · Ag $33/oz · Cu $13,700/t · APT $3,300/mtu · NdPr $70/kg · GT/MCap uses approximate C$ market caps at October 28, 2026
Silver and zinc GT/MCap ratios are cross-metal and not comparable with gold.

Not Screened

Pacifica Silver (PSIL · CSE · C$79M) — Claudia, Mexico. Best intercept: 5.04 m of 8.72 g/t Au and 49 g/t Ag. Only the holes quoted in the release text are itemised in the table above; the remainder of the 27-hole table is not.

Banyan Gold (BYN · TSX-V · C$844M) — AurMac, Yukon. 47 of 198 holes reported; the table above itemises the longer and higher-GT intervals only.

Newcore Gold (NCAU · TSX-V · C$115M) — Enchi, Ghana. NBDD092 reported in text only (e.g. 13.0 m at 0.32 g/t Au) with no depths; not itemised. Ghana is not in the jurisdiction tier list and is flagged as moderate.

Coverage — Not every release published today was reviewed. Anything missed will be picked up in the next issue.

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