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💪 Bégin-Lamarche Expansion

🤩 Hercules Gold

👏 Westhaven High Grades

📌 Daily Commodity Prices

💪 Bégin-Lamarche Expansion

First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (OTCQX: FRSPF) (OTCQX ADR: FPHOY) (FSE: KD0), a sponsoring partner of TNBR, reported an updated mineral resource estimate for the Bégin-Lamarche Phosphate Deposit, in Québec, Canada.

Highlights:

• 198.5 million tonnes of 6.00% phosphate.

• 89.5 million tonnes of 6.16% phosphate.

• 6.2 million tonnes of 7.70% phosphate.

The updated mineral resource estimate delivered a 378% increase in indicated mineral resources following the 2025-2026 drilling program.

Metallurgical testing also confirmed strong phosphate recovery rates and battery-grade phosphoric acid potential, while the deposit remains open at depth.

Nice!

🤩 Hercules Gold

StrikePoint Gold Corp. (TSXV: SKP) (OTCQB: STKXF) announced drilling results from the Hercules Gold Project in Nevada, USA.

Highlights:

• 114.30 metres of 0.69 g/t gold and 5.03 g/t silver, including:

  • 9.14 metres of 2.95 g/t gold and 16.18 g/t silver.

• 13.72 metres of 0.76 g/t gold and 1.66 g/t silver, including:

  • 1.52 metres of 5.94 g/t gold and 5.20 g/t silver.

• 15.24 metres of 0.17 g/t gold and 0.71 g/t silver.

StrikePoint said hole H26-004 returned the best drill intercept in the project’s history by grade-width and confirmed a broad near-surface oxide gold zone at the Cliffs target.

The company added that mineralisation remains open to the south and drilling is continuing to support a maiden resource estimate expected in Q4 2026.

👏 Westhaven High Grades

Westhaven Gold Corp. (TSX-V: WHN) (OTCQB: WTHVF) revealed drilling results from the Shovelnose Project in British Columbia, Canada.

Highlights:

• 33.0 metres of 14.0 g/t gold and 78 g/t silver, including:

  • 8.12 metres of 47.56 g/t gold and 229 g/t silver.

• 24.63 metres of 9.51 g/t gold and 44 g/t silver, including:

  • 4.01 metres of 36.05 g/t gold and 123 g/t silver.

• 17.13 metres of 10.08 g/t gold and 82 g/t silver.

Resource infill drilling at the South Zone continues to confirm strong continuity and scale of high-grade mineralisation ahead of an updated mineral resource estimate and preliminary feasibility study.

The company added that the 2026 drilling program is progressing on schedule with four drills active at site.

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