Equity moves crews to start drilling at Silver Queen

Executive Summary

• Equity Metals Corp. has mobilized crews to commence the winter 2026 drilling program on its 100%-owned Silver Queen property in British Columbia, planning 16 holes (4,200m) to validate historical resources and support metallurgical testwork.
• Final assay results from the 2025 drilling program on the Arlington property have been received, highlighting significant gold-silver-copper intersections within the South Fresh Pots anomaly.
• The company outlined future exploration plans for 2026, including surface mapping and sampling at Arlington to upgrade targets, while continuing to derisk the Silver Queen project for economic assessment.

Key Details

• Silver Queen Property (Winter '26 Program):

  • Scope: 16 holes totaling 4,200 metres planned.
  • Objective: Test parts of the existing resource model, twin historical holes, validate historical drill results, and conduct metallurgical testwork on the No. 3 vein.
  • Additional Planned Activities:
    • Relogging and sampling of historical drill holes from 2017-2018.
    • Re-establishing underground access via the Earl Adit on the No. 3 vein for lidar scanning and resampling.
    • Drilling on newly developed greenfields targets generated from fall 2025 sampling.
  • Resource Context: The No. 3 vein and its southern extension (NG-3 vein) account for 65% of the currently modelled mineral resources (AgEq basis). NI 43-101 resource estimate effective Dec. 1, 2022, was issued Jan. 16, 2023.

• Arlington Property (2025 Drilling Results):

  • Program Summary: Nine core holes totaling 3,407 metres completed, testing three hot-spot clusters of Au-Ag-As values within the South Fresh Pots soil anomaly.
  • Geology: Intersected shallowly dipping gold-enriched quartz veins within granodioritic host rock.
  • Assay Highlights:
    • AR25-001: 1.6 metres at 3.9 g/t Au, 0.29% Cu (6.6 g/t AuEq).
    • AR25-004: 7.0 metres at 1.2 g/t Au, 0.03% Cu (1.2 g/t AuEq).
    • AR25-005: 2.0 metres at 3.1 g/t Au, 0.01% Cu (3.1 g/t AuEq).
  • Interpretation: Gold is closely associated with copper and a small granodiorite intrusion, potentially a distal part of a copper/gold-related intrusive system. IP chargeability suggests a vector toward a magnetic high beneath the North Fresh Pots target.

• Future Plans (Arlington):

  • 2026 work includes spring surface mapping and sampling to upgrade targets, specifically North Fresh Pots, Rona, and Arlington areas.
  • Historical Context: Previous work included a pack sack drill interval at North Fresh Pots (0.7m at 2.2 g/t Au, 11.34 g/t Ag, 0.35% Cu) and surface chip sampling at Arlington south (11.7 g/t Au, 211 g/t Ag, 3.22% Cu).

Notable Quotes

• "Drill results at South Fresh Pots indicated gold is closely associated with copper and a small granodiorite intrusion, potentially the distal part of a copper/gold-related intrusive system. The mineralization and IP chargeability (see figure and inset) suggest a vector toward a magnetic high beneath the North Fresh Pots target, which may be the source intrusion with thicker zones of mineralization surrounding the intrusion." — President Joe Kizis