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Winshear Reports Drill Results from the Rodburn Target, Portsoy Project, NE Scotland

 

 

 

 

 

High-Grade Mineralization Extended Downdip at the South Zone and Westwards at the North Zone

 

Winshear Metals Corp.  (TSX-V: WINS) (FRA: 9HR0) reports very encouraging drill results from the recently completed drill program conducted at the Rodburn Target, Portsoy Project, NE Scotland, substantially expanding the footprint of high-grade mineralization.

 

Highlights

 

South Zone

  • Drilling extended high-grade mineralisation 100 meters down-dip from earlier high-grade intercepts (see Table 1 and Figure 1 below), returning 8.15m grading 0.77% nickel, 1.14% copper, and 0.05% cobalt, including 6.0m grading 0.98% Ni, 1.51% Cu and 0.06% Co in drill hole RBD029;
  • Drill hole RBD030 intersected 4m grading 0.29% Ni and 0.18% Cu a further 100m downdip from RB029. This intercept is interpreted to represent the mineralized halo peripheral to the massive sulphide mineralization (refer to the next bullet point);
  • Downhole electromagnetic (DHEM) surveying conducted in RBD030 detected a strong conductor, with characteristics of massive sulphide mineralization, 100m east of RBD030 – this is untested to date.
  • See Figure 1 and Figure 2 for the locations of the drill intercepts relative to the position of the DHEM target.

 

North Zone

  • Drilling at the North Zone (RBD028) extended mineralization 100m to the west of RBD015 (9m grading 0.61% Ni, 0.23% Cu, 0.03% Co) and RBD016 (9m grading 1.13% Ni, 0.73% Cu, 0.11% Co).
  • RBD028 intersected two well mineralised zones:
    • 3m grading 0.98% Ni, 0.14% Cu, 0.045% Co, and
    • 4m grading 0.76% Ni, 0.32% Cu, 0.034% Co
    • Within a 16m thick zone grading 0.39% Ni, 0.14% Cu, 0.018% Co
  • Figure 3 shows the growth of the North Zone to the west.

 

Richard Williams, CEO of Winshear, commented: “These drill results support our view that Rodburn is part of a well-mineralized nickel-copper-cobalt system. Further drilling will be required to continue expanding and defining the extent of mineralization, but the work completed this year has delivered against the key objectives we set for the program.

 

“We have successfully expanded the footprint of high-grade mineralization, demonstrated that downhole EM surveying can detect and help guide future drilling for massive sulphide mineralization, and confirmed that the mineralization responds well to conventional flotation processing, with the potential to produce marketable nickel and copper concentrates.

 

“These are important technical milestones for the Portsoy Project and provide a strong basis for the next phase of work. The Company plans to drill test the newly identified DHEM conductor at the South Zone in the next phase of drilling, alongside further step-out holes to continue expanding the North and South Zones.”

 

The 2026 Drill Program

 

The Company drilled a total of six diamond drill holes (1,235.6m), four testing the North Zone (524.5m) and two testing the South Zone (711.1m) – see news release dated May 26, 2026.

 

Table 1 below summarises the significant intersections from drilling at Rodburn to date, including drill holes from the 2023 / 2024 program. A complete table can be accessed from the 43-101 Technical Report here.

 

Intercept lengths are thought to be in the range of 85% to 100% of true thickness.

 

Hole ID From (m) Length (m) Ni (%) Cu (%) Co (ppm) % NiEq
RBD001 40.52 12.48 0.63 0.54 403 0.97
incl. 45.00 6.00 0.96 0.73 601 1.42
RBD002 50.60 35.40 0.71 0.30 473 0.93
incl. 69.00 17.00 1.16 0.51 769 1.52
incl. 70.00 12.00 1.42 0.54 929 1.82
RBD003 103.94 14.06 0.34 0.40 242 0.58
incl. 114.00 4.00 0.69 0.66 484 1.09
RBD004 112.00 12.26 1.02 0.83 633 1.53
incl. 118.29 5.97 1.92 1.50 1197 2.86
RBD008 161.00 17.00 0.14 0.08 83 0.19
incl 161.00 2.00 0.48 0.24 280 0.64
and 186.00 2.00 0.92 0.27 535 1.13
RBD009 51.60 13.79 1.39 0.53 728 1.76
incl. 60.00 5.39 2.04 0.56 1110 2.47
RBD013 30.00 24.00 0.21 0.17 89 0.31
incl. 33.00 1.00 1.14 0.59 450 1.50
RBD014 177.00 1.00 0.75 0.15 239 0.86
RBD015 36.00 33.00 0.45 0.16 237 0.56
incl. 60.00 9.00 0.61 0.23 310 0.77
RBD016 30.00 59.00 0.32 0.18 283 0.45
incl. 74.00 9.00 1.13 0.73 1056 1.64
RBD018 36.00 2.00 0.21 0.16 77 0.30
and 100.00 2.00 1.54 0.93 735 2.12
RBD024 159.00 10.60 0.50 0.34 278 0.69
incl 167.00 2.60 0.80 0.15 394 0.93
and 175 1.0 0.67 0.41 138 0.90
RBD025 43.0 6.0 0.18 0.07 101 0.24
RBD028 19.00 69.00 0.18 0.07 101 0.23
incl 72.00 16.00 0.39 0.14 183 0.49
incl 72.00 3.00 0.98 0.14 452 1.11
and incl 84.00 4.00 0.76 0.32 339 0.97
RBD029 217.85 8.15 0.77 1.14 469 1.42
incl 217.85 6.00 0.98 1.51 600 1.84
RBD030 433.00 4.00 0.29 0.18 98.00 0.40
NiEq (% nickel equivalent) based on US$19,000/t Ni, US$9,000/t Cu, US$32,000/t Co, using the formula Ni% + (0.524 x Cu%) + (1.22 x 10-4 x Co ppm). Equal Recovery Assumed.
 

Table 1                Significant intersections from drilling at Rodburn to date

 

 

Hole_ID Easting Northing Elevation Azimuth Dip End of Hole
RBD025 512100 6375370 133 360 -90 97.4
RBD026 512200 6375370 132 360 -90 108.2
RBD027 512300 6375270 129 360 -90 200.9
RBD028 512060 6375300 130 360 -90 118
RBD029 511720 6374960 97 180 -70 250.3
RBD030 511720 6375250 122 180 -50 460.8
WGS84 UTM30N
 

Table 2                New drill hole information

 

Sampling Methodology

 

Drill core is logged and mineralized intervals are marked for cutting in half along the core long axis by diamond saw. One half of the core is retained for reference purposes, and the other half sent for analysis.

 

The Company inserts QAQC samples at the rate of one standard every 20 samples, one blank and one duplicate every 25 samples. Drill core samples average ~2.5kg each and are securely bagged and transported by courier to the Bureau Veritas Commodities Canada Limited laboratory in Vancouver, Canada. At the lab, samples are prepared by crushing the whole sample, homogenising and then pulverising a 250 grams riffle-split to 80% -75 microns. Pulps are analysed by the AQ-252-EXT method using a 30g digestion and 53-element ICP. Any overlimit Ni-Cu-Co results are re-analysed using the AQ370 method.

 

Qualified Person

 

  1. Patricio Varas, P.Geo., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, and also Winshear’s President and Director, has read and approved all technical and scientific information contained in this news release.

 

About Winshear Metals Corp.

 

Winshear Metals Corp. is a Canadian-based minerals exploration company with a nickel-copper-cobalt project in Scotland (the Portsoy Project) and gold / critical minerals project in Ontario (the Thunder Bay Project).

 

Posted August 6, 2026

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