Relevant Gold completes drilling program at Apex target

Executive Summary

• Relevant Gold Corp. completed its first-ever diamond drill program at the Apex target within its 100%-owned Bradley Peak gold camp in Wyoming, successfully intersecting the targeted orogenic shear-vein system as predicted by 3-D models.
• The program consisted of 12 oriented holes totaling 5,102 meters, designed to test structural and geochemical characteristics and vector toward high-grade zones for 2026; assay results are currently pending.
• Initial core observations confirm the Apex shear is a composite 70 to 150 m wide zone with pervasive hydrothermal alteration, multiple subshears, and significant geological complexity including lamprophyre and intermediate dikes.

Key Details

• Drilling Program Scope: 12 oriented diamond drill holes totaling 5,102 meters (m), spaced along 600 m of strike and 400 m vertical depth.
• Geological Confirmation: Initial visual observations confirm intersection of the targeted orogenic shear-vein system where 3-D structural and geophysical models predicted.
• Apex Shear Characteristics: Emerging as a composite 70 to 150 m wide zone encompassing multiple subshears; intruded by lamprophyre and intermediate dikes.
• Alteration and Veining: Pervasive hydrothermal alteration, laced by quartz veins and sulphides, extends along shears to vertical depths of 400 m within the 600 m drilled length of its 2.5-kilometre (km) surface trace.
• Specific Intersections: All 12 drill holes intersected a distinctive, pervasively altered and sheared tremolite-chlorite-quartz plus or minus fuchsite schist at the hangingwall along the north side contact.
• Lithology: More ultramafic and mafic units observed in core than in surface mapping, including komatiitic and tholeiitic basalts and peridotite.
• Intrusive Units: Area cut by quartz-feldspar porphyry, granodiorite, tonalite, and late lamprophyre dikes.
• New Targets Identified:
  • Bpex Shear: A new 100 m wide shear zone with strong quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration and quartz veining running parallel to Apex.
  • Tonalite Plug: A 50 m by 100 m sigmoidal shaped tonalite intrusive plug with complex oxidized quartz veining identified between Apex and Bpex.
• Historical Context: 2024 rock chip assays at Apex reached 46.8 grams per tonne (g/t) Au and 2.4 per cent Cu.
• Future Plans: Assays will be reported when complete to guide a more intensive drilling campaign in 2026, including testing new parallel shears.

Notable Quotes

• "These first-ever drill holes cut a highly altered shear zone with scale right where we predicted and confirm that we're seeing all the hallmarks of a productive Abitibi-style orogenic gold system. This is strong validation of our geological model," said Relevant Gold chief executive officer Rob Bergmann.
• "We are eagerly awaiting assay results to guide a much more intensive drilling campaign next season -- including testing the new shears our team recognized running parallel to Apex."