Critical Minerals Push Drives High-Grade Exploration in BC's Golden Triangle

The most recent news release (February 17, 2026) reports high-grade assay results from the 2025 diamond drilling program at the Blueberry Contact Zone. The highlight results include 141 g/t gold over 4.55 metres and 54.6 g/t gold over 7.05 metres. These results are part of a series of releases from the 27,309-metre 2025 program. The drilling focused on infilling and expanding the resource, particularly the Fifi and Blueberry vein zones, which are central to the company’s Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) mine plan.

The news is Material - Positive for the following reasons: - Grade Superiority: Intercepts exceeding 100 g/t gold over multi-metre widths are exceptional even in the Golden Triangle. This confirms the "jewelry box" nature of the deposit required for a Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) model. - Resource Conversion: These results provide the density needed to convert inferred resources into indicated categories, a critical step for the upcoming Feasibility Study (FS). - Continuity: The results demonstrate expanding continuity within the mineralized corridor, which now exceeds 1,550 metres in strike and 525 metres in depth. - Economic De-risking: By hitting high grades in areas planned for early-year mining, the company increases the probability of achieving the rapid 1.7-year payback period outlined in the PEA.

Scottie Resources owns 100% of the Scottie Gold Mine Project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The project consists of the past-producing Scottie Gold Mine (which produced ~95k oz @ 16.2 g/t gold) and the adjacent Blueberry Contact Zone discovery. The company is pursuing a Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) model, where high-grade ore is crushed on-site and shipped directly to smelters, bypassing the need for a mill or tailings facility.