The First Assay — October 29, 2026

⚑ Hole of the Day

◉ Shallow · From 193mCanada · StableEpithermal

23 m of 6.69 g/t Au and 42 g/t Ag from 193 m (est. 70–80% true width) in quartz-vein and breccia-hosted epithermal-style mineralisation at the South Zone. GT of 153.9 g/t·m rates Great (AuEq 163.8 g/t·m) and sits at 2.21× GT/MCap on an approximate C$70M market cap. From 193 m it is a mix of near-surface and underground-scale mineralisation rather than a clean open-pit case. Hole context is not stated, but the same release carries SNR26-125 (5.5 m of 16.51 g/t Au + 134 g/t Ag) and SNR26-123 (14.6 m of 4.38 g/t Au), so it is not a one-hole story. Ranks #84 of 1,361 Au results over the past 30 days by AuEq·m. Canada is a stable jurisdiction. Watch: ten further exploration holes (5,008 m) drilled below and north of the zone with assays still to come.

GT/MCap Spotlight — Top 5

Au and Cu metrics are on different price bases — not directly comparable across metals.

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

Westhaven SNR26-149 leads at 2.21× GT/MCap, followed by NorthWest Copper's Kwanika hole (1.34×, on a CuEq basis, so not comparable to the gold names) and Miata's JT-026 at 1.23×. Market caps are approximate and several are weeks old (Imperial, Laurion), so treat the ratios as indicative.

Today's Qualifying Intercepts — Top 10 of 53

Rating	Company	Metal	Hole	m	Grade	GT	AuEq·m	GT/MCap
Great	Talisker ResourcesTSK	Au	UB-2026-060*	2.1 ◉	79.23 g/t Au	166.4	166.4	0.94
Great ★	Westhaven VenturesWHN	Au	SNR26-149*	23 ◉	6.69 g/t Au + 42 g/t Ag	153.9	163.8	2.21
Great	Miata MetalsMMET	Au	26DDH-JT-026 ✓ ~	13.59 ◉	10.33 g/t Au	140.4	140.4	1.23
Great	Luca MiningLUCA	Au	TRT26-15*	18.7 ◉	AuEq 6.28 g/t	117.4	117.4	0.40
Great	Westhaven VenturesWHN	Au	SNR26-125*	5.53 ◉	16.51 g/t Au + 134 g/t Ag	91.3	98.9	1.31
Great	Westhaven VenturesWHN	Au	SNR26-123*	14.59	4.38 g/t Au + 28 g/t Ag	63.9	68.1	0.92
Great	Luca MiningLUCA	Au	DDH26-SGO-12*	11.6 ◉	AuEq 5.21 g/t	60.4	60.4	0.21
Great	Imperial MetalsIII	Au	PI-26-10*	45.5 ◉	1.24 g/t Au + 0.82 g/t Ag	56.4	56.8	0.04
Great	Talisker ResourcesTSK	Au	UB-2026-060*	2.45 ◉	21.2 g/t Au	51.9	51.9	0.29
Good	Luca MiningLUCA	Au	DDH26-RCE-02*	23 ◉	AuEq 2.1 g/t	48.3	48.3	0.17

✓ 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  ·  Cu: Good >20, Great >40, Exceptional >150 %·m  ·  WO₃: Good >1, Great >5, Exceptional >20 %·m (through-cycle APT basis)  ·  TREO: Good >50, Great >200, Exceptional >500 %·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 29, 2026
REE AuEq requires NdPr% disclosure; "N/A" if basket not specified. Deposit type shown under metal symbol.

⚡ Radiometrics — Assays Pending

Scintillometer readings — not assays. Counts-per-second is instrument-specific and non-linear; it is not grade, and these readings are not screened, rated, or archived.

Not Screened

Total Metals (TT · TSX-V) — High Lake (Purdex Zone), Ontario. Historical holes re-presented (e.g. MLHL-22-06: 14.9 m of 24.96 g/t Au); no new assays — three new holes pending. Not new drilling, so not screened.

Cantex Mine Development (CD · TSX-V · C$45M) — North Rackla, Yukon. Headline: 14 m containing 4 m of 29.45% Pb+Zn; assay table not itemised in this issue, so not screened.

Lux Metals (LXM · TSX-V) and Vior Gold (VIO · TSX-V) — New releases re-report intercepts already carried in earlier issues (LG26-241 with Cu now added; Kinebik holes) — not counted twice.

Dundee Corporation (DC.A · TSX) — Reports the same Shovelnose South Zone results shown above under Westhaven — not counted twice.

Imperial Metals (III · TSX) — Counted above; the 5 m of 5.51 g/t Au headline sits inside the 45.5 m interval and is shown as a sub-interval.

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