Northwire Canada EditionWednesday, August 19, 2026
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RES 0.025 +0.0% TKO 11.60 +0.0% DCOP 0.070 +0.0% HMR 0.490 +0.0% LITH 0.440 +0.0% MKA 0.770 +0.0% NGC 0.120 +0.0% JUGR 1.29 +0.0% SAGA 0.465 +0.0% B 0.520 +0.0% QGR 0.165 +0.0% ALTA 0.165 +0.0% OMG 2.98 +0.0% NTX 0.110 +0.0% QCX 0.250 +0.0% KLDC 0.280 +0.0% RES 0.025 +0.0% TKO 11.60 +0.0% DCOP 0.070 +0.0% HMR 0.490 +0.0% LITH 0.440 +0.0% MKA 0.770 +0.0% NGC 0.120 +0.0% JUGR 1.29 +0.0% SAGA 0.465 +0.0% B 0.520 +0.0% QGR 0.165 +0.0% ALTA 0.165 +0.0% OMG 2.98 +0.0% NTX 0.110 +0.0% QCX 0.250 +0.0% KLDC 0.280 +0.0%
Drill Results

Juggernaut Drills 30.11 Meters Of Quartz-Sulphide Mineralization Intersects Big Mack Zone Over 450 Meters On Strike And To Depth Of 1/2 Km And Remains Wide Open For Expansion On New District Scale High-Grade Gold Silver Copper Discovery On 100% Controlled

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Juggernaut Exploration Ltd. (JUGR) has released initial results from its maiden drill program at the Big Mac Zone on its 100% owned Big One property in the Golden Triangle, British Columbia. Following robust initial findings, the company has expanded the 2026 inaugural drill program by approximately 30%, increasing the total planned footprint from 10,000 meters to approximately 13,000 meters using two drill rigs. The early data confirms that the Big Mac Zone extends to a depth of 500 meters and a strike of 450 meters, remaining wide open laterally and at depth.

Multiple drill holes have intersected broad quartz-sulphide mineralization, with the widest interval measuring 30.11 meters in hole BO-26-14. Surface sampling has returned high-grade results up to 114.60 g/t AuEq (3.66 oz/t AuEq), and microscopic inspection has identified coarse-grained, free-milling gold.

Key drill intercepts include the following intervals:

  • Hole BO-26-14: 30.11 m from 461.40 m to 491.51 m. This interval contains two shear zones separated by pervasively silicified diorite. The first shear zone comprises 3.46 m from 461.40 m to 464.86 m, consisting of strongly sheared diorite with veins containing up to 2% disseminated pyrite. The second shear zone is characterized by strongly foliated and silicified diorite with trace sulphides.
  • Hole BO-26-02: 11.22 m from 117.48 m to 128.70 m. This interval is characterized by veins and veinlets up to 1 m wide containing up to 2% pyrite with trace chalcopyrite, enveloped by strong quartz-sericite alteration.
  • Hole BO-26-18: 10.04 m from 374.51 m to 384.55 m. This interval contains strongly foliated diorite with disseminated pyrite and veins with up to 1% pyrite, plus pervasive quartz-sericite alteration.
  • Hole BO-26-05: 9.12 m from 130.02 m to 139.14 m. This interval consists of strongly sheared diorite with veins and veinlets containing up to 1% pyrite and galena, enveloped by pervasive quartz-sericite alteration.
  • Hole BO-26-07: 6.57 m from 153.66 m to 160.23 m. This interval contains disseminated pyrite within a shear zone and veins up to 20 cm wide with strong quartz-sericite alteration.
  • Hole BO-26-04: 5.26 m from 122.81 m to 128.07 m. This interval is characterized by veins and veinlets up to 0.5 m wide containing up to 2% pyrite with trace galena, enveloped by strong quartz-sericite alteration.

Assays are currently pending for all reported holes. Drill core intervals are reported as drill lengths, with true width estimated to be 80-90% of the length. No specific cutoff grade was disclosed for the drill intervals; widths were defined by assay results and mineralized veining observed in core.

Surface sampling highlights include grab samples assaying up to 114.60 g/t AuEq (3.66 oz/t AuEq) and a continuous channel cut yielding 4.89 g/t AuEq over 5.21 meters. Additional grab samples from the Eldorado System returned up to 263.70 g/t AuEq (8.48 oz/t AuEq), while samples from the Gold Swarm Discovery returned up to 231.81 g/t AuEq (7.45 oz/t AuEq).

Geological analysis confirms pervasive propylitic alteration in all drill holes intercepting the Big Mac vein, indicating proximity to a buried porphyry core. The mineralization is linked to a Jurassic to Cretaceous transpressional system. Metallurgical assessments identified coarse-grained, free-milling gold up to 150 microns in size.

Sample preparation was conducted at MSALABS in Terrace, BC, with gold quantification performed at the PhotonAssayTM facility in Prince George. The gold method utilized Photon assay (CPA-Au1) using high-energy X-rays, with samples containing 5 ppm Au or greater analyzed to extinction. Multi-element analysis was performed via ICF6xx and IMS-230 (4-acid digestion followed by ICP-ES) at MSALABS Surrey. Quality assurance and control measures included CRMs, blanks, and duplicates added at a 10% rate, with additional out-of-sequence blanks introduced after visible gold or high-grade sulphide samples.

“The 2026 inaugural drill program has already exceeded the team’s expectations with multiple significant broad intercepts of quartz-sulphide veining up to 30.11 m wide on the Big Mac Zone... The initial Drilling has already confirmed that we were only seeing the tip of the iceberg on surface on Big Mac that now exceeds 450 m of strike and 500 m to depth and remains wide open,” said Manuele (Lele) Lazzarotto, President and COO.

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