Trifecta Gold Hits 1,465 g/t Silver Over 1.97 Metres at Rye Project, Yukon

The news release dated December 18, 2025, reports final assays from the inaugural 2025 drilling program at the Rye Project in Yukon. The headline discovery is hole RY-25-04, which intersected 1,465 g/t silver, 0.22% copper, and 0.97% tungsten (WO3) over 1.97 metres. Crucially, the company notes that the hole "bottomed" in this mineralization and was "terminated short" at 277.97 metres due to "drilling difficulties." Other results include RY-25-06, which intersected a 210-metre wide zone of sheeted veining, though geochemical signatures suggest this area represents a lower-temperature, distal portion of the hydrothermal system. This follows news from December 2, 2025, which reported 1.98 g/t gold over 15 metres and a high-grade spike of 44.3 g/t gold over 0.58 metres in hole RY-25-02.

• The 1,465 g/t silver intercept is exceptionally high-grade and confirms the presence of a polymetallic system with significant "bonanza" potential. However, the materiality is dampened by the fact that the hole was lost precisely when it hit the target. This creates a "tease" scenario where the company must now spend more capital to re-drill a lost target.
• The 210-metre intercept in hole RY-25-06 confirms a massive hydrothermal system, but the "lower-temperature" interpretation means the bulk of the 1,992-metre program likely missed the high-grade "core" of the system.
• Market reaction has been paradoxical; despite "discovery" headlines in early December, the stock price has fallen from a late-November high of $0.43 to $0.25. This suggests the market is skeptical of the continuity or "mineability" of these narrow high-grade hits.
• The Mount Hinton project, previously touted as a major catalyst, returned "no significant results" in September 2025, shifting all pressure onto the Rye project.

Trifecta Gold is a Yukon-focused explorer targeting Reduced Intrusion-Related Gold Systems (RIRGS) within the Tombstone Gold Belt. Its flagship is the Rye Project, located 14 km south of the North Canol Road. The project is characterized by a 500m x 200m gold-bismuth-tellurium soil anomaly. The secondary project, Mt. Hinton, is road-accessible and located near Hecla Mining’s Keno Hill mill, though recent drilling there was unsuccessful.