Decade talks up silver potential at Del Norte

Executive Summary

• Decade Resources Ltd. discusses the silver potential of its Del Norte property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, confirming it has earned a 55% interest in the asset.
• The release highlights significant historical drilling results from 2020 and 2021 across the Kosciuszko, Eagles Nest, and LG/Argo zones, showing high-grade gold and silver intercepts.
• The company outlines its 2026 exploration plans, which include defining drill pads, chip sampling of ice-exposed structures, and testing new zones discovered in 2024.

Key Details

• Property Terms: Decade holds an option on the Del Norte property from Teuton Resources Corp., allowing it to earn up to a 55% interest by spending $4 million over five years. An additional 20% interest can be earned by carrying the property to commercial production. Decade has already earned the 55% interest.
• Geology: The property is situated 34 km east of Stewart, B.C., covering the contact of felsic volcanic rocks (Hazelton Group) and sedimentary rocks (Salmon River formation), the same horizon hosting the Eskay Creek mine. Mineralization is associated with a deformation corridor along this contact, featuring argillites, lapilli tuffs, and quartz-carbonate-sulphide cemented breccias.
• Drilling Highlights (2020-2021):
  • DDH-DN20-01 (Kosciuszko zone): 1.8 m at 4.5 g/t Au and 754 g/t Ag.
  • DDH-DN20-10 (Eagle's Nest zone): 6.2 m at 5.3 g/t Au and 35.88 g/t Ag.
  • DDH-DN20-18 (LG/Argo zone): 4.95 m at 6.03 g/t Au and 597.39 g/t Ag.
  • DDH-DN20-20 (LG/Argo zone): 2.46 m at 17.5 g/t Au and 815.98 g/t Ag.
  • DDH-DN21-09 (LG/Argo zone): 4.27 m at 7.13 g/t Au and 815.98 g/t Ag.
  • DDH-DN21-12 (LG/Argo zone): 7.01 m at 1.56 g/t Au and 391.27 g/t Ag.
  • DDH-DN-21-10 (LG/Argo zone): 9.91 m at 4.28 g/t Au and 1091.6 g/t Ag.
  • DDH-DN-21-15 (LG/Argo zone): 10.98 m at 3.43 g/t Au and 1039.95 g/t Ag.
• New Discovery (2024): A new zone discovered below the Kosciuszko (K-zone) is approximately 1 meter wide, assaying 6.59 g/t Au and 946 g/t Ag, as well as 6.78 g/t Au and 5184 g/t Ag.
• 2026 Exploration Plans:
  • Define areas for drill pads via glacial ice ablation.
  • Chip sampling of structures exposed by melting ice.
  • Exploration near sample ERK 896.
  • Sampling along strike of the Kosciuszko (K-zone) between it and the AP zone.
  • Sampling along strike of the Eagles Nest zone.
  • Testing quartz-sericite zones with values of 30.9 g/t Au and 80 g/t Ag.
• Assaying: Samples from 2020-2021 were assayed by MSA Labs (Langley, B.C.); historic 1994 assays were done by Activation Labs (Kamloops, B.C.).

Notable Quotes

• "Ed Kruchkowski, PGeo, president of Decade Resources, is the qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical contents of this news release."