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Eastport Critical Metals Corp. (TSXV: EVI | OTCQB: EVIIF), sponsoring partner of TNBR, revealed final assay results from Nakalakwana drilling and began a gravity survey at its Matsitama Copper Project in Botswana.

Highlights:

• 110.8 metres of 0.43% Cu

Drilling indicated continuous copper mineralisation at Nak-Main and along strike, with follow-up work at Nakalakwana to focus on structural mapping and geophysics.

A 291 km² gravity survey is under way over the 30-kilometre Thole to Copper Snake soil anomaly, to be followed by a magnetotelluric survey.

Silver Pony Resources Corp. (CSE: PONY) (FSE: BJ40) (OTCID: PONIF), a sponsoring partner of TNBR,  announced the completion of its 2026 drill programme at the Silver Pony Project in southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

Highlights:

• 7.5 metres of galena and pyrite in veined and locally brecciated marble.

• 1.9 metres of vein breccia with pyrite in schist and marble.

• 0.65 metres of disseminated to locally semi-massive pyrite in marble.

All six holes at the Revelstoke Trend intersected mineralised intervals within the same marble and schist package.

Intervals are based on visual core logging only, with assays pending for the full programme.

Thunder Gold Corp. (TSXV: TGOL | FSE: Z25 | OTCQB: TGOLF) reported infill diamond drill results from the Bench Target at its Tower Mountain Property in Ontario, Canada.

Highlights:

• 232.5 metres of 0.450 g/t Au, including:

  • 33.0 metres of 1.383 g/t Au

The hole tested the grade interpolation limit of the January 2026 Mineral Resource Estimate model, with higher grades at the contacts of a barren mafic dyke that bisects the mineralisation.

Infill drilling continues along the Bench-3738-Ellen corridor ahead of a planned MRE update in December.

Austral Gold Limited (ASX: AGD) (TSXV: AGLD) (OTCQB: AGLDF) announced initial infill drilling results from the Los Nanos sector at its Guanaco Mine in Chile.

Highlights:

• 95 metres of 1.10 g/t AuEq, including:

  • 3 metres of 8.11 g/t AuEq

• 20 metres of 3.12 g/t AuEq, including:

  • 5 metres of 5.22 g/t AuEq

• 15 metres of 3.33 g/t AuEq, including:

  • 2 metres of 16.01 g/t AuEq

Results indicate continuity of mineralisation within the existing resource and beyond the current model, with the broadest zones developed where east-west to east-north-east structures intersect north-west trends.

A follow-up programme of up to 8,000 metres is expected to begin in Q4 2026.

Kenorland Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: KLD) (OTCQX: KLDCF) (FSE: 3WQ0) reported complete assay results from drilling at the Frotet Project in northern Quebec, Canada.

Highlights:

• 2.35 metres of 71.89 g/t Au, including:

  • 0.65 metres of 252.00 g/t Au

• 73.42 metres of 2.24 g/t Au, including:

  • 3.42 metres of 8.73 g/t Au

• 14.25 metres of 9.72 g/t Au, including:

  • 2.00 metres of 55.24 g/t Au

All three intercepts are step-outs outside the Regnault deposit's maiden Inferred Mineral Resource of 2.55 Moz at 5.47 g/t Au.

The Project is 100% owned and operated by Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada, with Kenorland holding a 4% NSR royalty across it.

Miata Metals Corp. (TSXV: MMET) (FSE: 8NQ) (OTCQX: MMETF) has announced additional drill results from its Sela Creek Gold Project in Suriname.

Highlights:

• 35.25 metres of 3.41 g/t Au, including:

  • 5.55 metres of 15.36 g/t Au and 5.25 metres of 3.40 g/t Au

• 37.99 metres of 1.60 g/t Au, including:

  • 6.00 metres of 3.99 g/t Au

• 12.10 metres of 1.66 g/t Au, including:

  • 6.10 metres of 2.54 g/t Au

Step-out drilling extended a mineralised vein zone approximately 50 metres down-dip, with the stacked vein zones at Jons Trend remaining open at depth and along strike.

The 25,000 metre diamond drilling programme is ongoing.

ICG Silver & Gold Ltd. (CSE: ICG) (FSE: JI0) (OTC Pink: ICGSF) reported assay results from its 2026 Phase 1 drill programme at the Tuscarora District Project in Elko County, Nevada, United States.

Highlights:

• 24.3 metres of 10.14 g/t Au and 3.4 g/t Ag, including:

  • 4.6 metres of 51.84 g/t Au and 10.2 g/t Ag

  • 1.5 metres of 137.0 g/t Au and 25.7 g/t Ag

• 13.7 metres of 1.23 g/t Au and 3.5 g/t Ag, including:

  • 4.6 metres of 2.95 g/t Au

• 15.2 metres of 0.73 g/t Au and 2.2 g/t Ag, including:

  • 7.6 metres of 1.27 g/t Au

Drilling identified a new high-grade gold zone within a broader, lower-grade mineralised system at the newly staked, 100%-owned Battle Mountain target.

Assays are pending from further holes at the King's Vein and East Pediment targets.

Arizona Gold & Silver Inc. (TSXV: AZS) (OTCQB: AZASF) announced assay results from core drilling at its Philadelphia Gold-Silver Project in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.

Highlights:

• 43.59 metres of 1.48 g/t Au and 7.2 g/t Ag, including:

  • 21.88 metres of 2.52 g/t Au and 10.8 g/t Ag

  • 7.04 metres of 4.24 g/t Au and 15.2 g/t Ag

• 70.41 metres of 1.16 g/t Au and 5.6 g/t Ag, including:

  • 10.21 metres of 3.27 g/t Au and 19.3 g/t Ag

• 2.87 metres of 4.92 g/t Au and 5.8 g/t Ag

The results extend Perry Zone mineralisation down dip within quartz-rich hydrothermal breccias, with true thickness estimated at approximately 60% of drilled length.

Assays are pending from a completed hole, and drilling continues to the north to test the projected upflow zone.

Cascadia Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: CAM) (OTCQB: CAMNF) announced step-out drill results from its Carmacks copper-gold project in central Yukon, Canada.

Highlights:

• 75.55 metres of 1.19% Cu and 0.97 g/t Au (2.18% CuEq), including:

  • 48.66 metres of 1.61% Cu and 1.39 g/t Au (3.03% CuEq)

  • 14.50 metres of 2.30% Cu and 2.68 g/t Au (5.08% CuEq)

• 93.99 metres of 0.96% Cu and 0.70 g/t Au (1.94% CuEq), including:

  • 63.97 metres of 1.26% Cu and 0.96 g/t Au (2.52% CuEq)

• 60.51 metres of 0.71% Cu and 0.37 g/t Au (1.10% CuEq), including:

  • 31.47 metres of 0.98% Cu and 0.55 g/t Au (1.54% CuEq)

The results extend Zone 2000S beyond the existing Mineral Resource towards Zone 147, with mineralisation open up-dip and at depth.

Drilling continues until mid-October, with further assays pending.

Yukon Metals Corp. (CSE: YMC) (FSE: E770) (OTCQB: YMMCF) announced drill results from its Birch Copper-Gold Project in western Yukon, Canada.

Highlights:

• 23.5 metres of 0.48 g/t Au and 0.11% Cu, including:

  • 13.5 metres of 0.71 g/t Au and 0.17% Cu

  • 1.3 metres of 4.05 g/t Au and 0.15% Cu

• 0.8 metres of 12.10 g/t Au and 2.84 g/t Ag

• 4.2 metres of 0.82 g/t Au and 0.45% Cu

The step-out extends the drilled strike length of near-surface mineralised skarn to approximately 1 kilometre, with a deeper high-grade gold interval intersected adjacent to a fault zone.

Assays are pending for the remaining 2026 holes.

Evergold Corp. (TSXV: EVER) announced assay results from its 2026 drill programme at the Golden Lion project in the Toodoggone district of northern British Columbia, Canada.

Highlights:

• 13.5 metres of 2.84 g/t Au and 127.6 g/t Ag, including:

  • 4.9 metres of 7.70 g/t Au and 186.0 g/t Ag

• 53.23 metres of 0.94 g/t Au and 3.8 g/t Ag, including:

  • 9.35 metres of 2.26 g/t Au and 6.5 g/t Ag

• 44.0 metres of 0.74 g/t Au and 6.87 g/t Ag

The holes step out 40 to 100 metres southeast of the 2021 drilling at the GL1 Zone, with the higher-grade zone potentially extending a 2021 intercept at depth.

Assays are pending from the remaining holes, along with multi-element results for those reported.

🧐 Gold Faces Pressure

Gold prices were largely steady today but remained on track for a second consecutive weekly decline, with spot gold at around $4,181.59 per ounce.

Reuters reported that a stronger US dollar and elevated Treasury yields continued to weigh on bullion, while investors awaited the latest US payrolls data for clues on the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate path.

Softer-than-expected US inflation data has reduced expectations of another rate hike in October, with markets now pricing in about a 26% chance, down sharply from earlier in the week.

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