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Goliath Resources Limited (TSX-V: GOT) (OTCQB: GOTRF) (FSE: B4IF) is pleased to announce additional assay results from its 2025 drill program where drill hole GD-25-365 intersected 8.45 g/t Au over 7.13 meters, within 5.13 g/t Au over 12.00 meters, including 17.20 g/t Au over 3.35 meters at the Surebet Discovery on its 100% controlled Golddigger Property (the “Property”), Golden Triangle, British Columbia. 100% of the drill holes completed to date on Surebet have intersected substantial quartz-sulphide mineralization as well as 78% of the 2025 drill holes contain visible VG-NE that clearly demonstrates the exceptional discovery potential remaining on the property. The intercepts reported are approximately true width and reflect gold only assays (AuEq values will be adjusted accordingly once Ag, Cu, Pb and Zn are received).
Mr. Roger Rosmus, Founder & CEO of Goliath states: “Evidence that we have made one of the most important grassroots high-grade gold discoveries in the Golden Triangle (since the spectacular Eskay Creek discovery) is building with each new drill hole. We often hear the saying in mining “Grade is King”, when in reality it is truly grade and continuity that is king. I would point to our heat map image showing the widespread VG-NE, over an astounding area (over half the area size of Central Park, New York City and roughly 3 x Empire State Building’s tall) clearly shows remarkable continuity. Which leads to predictability, that has been established since very early in our success at the Surebet discovery. Our geological team has done a wonderful job at targeting the high-grade gold zones and finding new ones in each successive drill campaign. The fact that, to date, we have found VG-NE in three distinct rock packages is indicative of a multi-phased system that was long-lived and powerful. Suggesting a very large magmatic causative source is lurking not far below or laterally to our various high-grade gold zones, is readily apparent. A picture tells a story, and what we can see is a Big Mountain with widespread VG-NE over a large area, that remains open and contains high-grade gold over mineable widths. Ultimately, we feel that the Surebet high-grade gold system is evolving into a significant discovery with the potential to become a future mine one day.”
Description Of Reported Drill Holes
The recent assay results returned several high-grade gold intercepts over mineable widths, confirming the exceptional continuity and predictability of the gold mineralization at Surebet:
Drill hole GD-25-365 intersected 8.45 g/t Au over 7.13 meters, within 5.13 g/t Au over 12.00 meters, including 17.20 g/t Au over 3.35 meters, from an interval containing multiple occurrences of VG-NE within a zone of strong quartz-sulphide veining hosted in the andesite unit belonging to the Bonanza Zone that remains wide open.
Drill hole GD-25-360 returned 6.47 g/t Au over 4.00 meters, within 2.66 g/t Au over 11.10 meters, including part of a quart-sulphide breccia. Further drilling in the Bonanza Zone continues to demonstrate continuity.
Drill hole GD-25-358 intersected two separate gold intervals, both corresponding to the Bonanza Zone. The first being 10.13 g/t Au over 3.00 meters, within 6.09 g/t Au over 5.00 meters from an interval containing VG-NE associated with semi-massive to massive sulphides. The second interval assayed 3.90 g/t Au over 7.00 meters, including 6.33 g/t Au over 4.10 meters, within 2.33 g/t Au over 12.00 meters.
Drill hole GD-25-354 returned 6.96 g/t Au over 3.43 meters, within 3.95 g/t Au over 6.58 meters from the Bonanza Zone where multiple VG-NE particles were observed in andesite-hosted quartz veins, associated with semi-massive to massive sulphides.
Drill hole GD-25-359 intersected 6.38 g/t Au over 3.00 meters, within 5.09 g/t Au over 3.97 meters, from a zone of strong quartz-sulphide stockwork and breccia with multiple occurrences of VG-NE Success also extended to other targets, including the Surebet Zone which remains wide open, where.
Drill hole GD-25-350 intersected 5.01 g/t Au over 3.30 meters from a zone of stockwork and breccia containing VG-NE as well as semi-massive to massive sulphides from the Goldzilla Zone which remains wide open.
All intercepts are approximately true width, and these assays reflect gold only (AuEq value in the interval will be adjusted accordingly once Ag, Cu, Pb and Zn are received). The exceptional gold grades, coupled with VG-NE within substantial quartz-sulphide veins, stockworks, and breccias, which are mineralized with sphalerite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite, highlight the excellent potential for further resource expansion.
Table 1: Assay highlights from 2025 drill holes reported in this news release.
Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | |
GD-25-350 | Interval | 316.00 | 319.30 | 3.30 | 5.01 |
GD-25-354 | Interval | 528.57 | 535.15 | 6.58 | 3.95 |
Including | 528.57 | 532.00 | 3.43 | 6.96 | |
GD-25-358 | Interval | 434.00 | 439.00 | 5.00 | 6.09 |
Including | 435.00 | 438.00 | 3.00 | 10.13 | |
Interval | 384.00 | 396.00 | 12.00 | 2.33 | |
Including | 385.00 | 392.00 | 7.00 | 3.90 | |
Including | 387.90 | 392.00 | 4.10 | 6.33 | |
GD-25-359 | Interval | 174.00 | 177.97 | 3.97 | 5.09 |
Including | 174.00 | 177.00 | 3.00 | 6.38 | |
GD-25-360 | Interval | 99.90 | 111.00 | 11.10 | 2.66 |
Including | 106.00 | 110.00 | 4.00 | 6.47 | |
GD-25-365 | Interval | 483.00 | 495.00 | 12.00 | 5.13 |
Including | 487.02 | 494.15 | 7.13 | 8.45 | |
Including | 489.95 | 493.30 | 3.35 | 17.20 |
High-grade gold mineralization has been confirmed in three distinct rock packages at the Surebet Discovery, which include: gently-dipping gold-rich mineralized stacked quartz-sulphide breccias/stock work veins; gold-rich intermediate to felsic Eocene-aged RIRG dykes that crosscut the veins; and the broad zones of calc-silicate altered breccia. All three rock packages contain substantial amounts of VG-NE (from fine-grained to coarse-grained gold) and remain wide open. Which strongly indicates the presence of a Motherlode magmatic causative source at depth responsible for the widespread high-grade gold mineralization at the Surebet Discovery.
Table 2: Collar information for drill holes reported in this news release.
Hole ID | CRS | Northing (m) | Easting (m) | Elevation (m) | Azimuth (deg) | Dip (deg) | Length (m) |
GD-25-350 | NAD83 / UTM zone 9N | 6163117 | 457185 | 1702 | 180 | 77 | 849 |
GD-25-354 | NAD83 / UTM zone 9N | 6162856 | 457326 | 1582 | 185 | 72 | 739 |
GD-25-358 | NAD83 / UTM zone 9N | 6162734 | 457228 | 1481 | 219 | 76 | 651 |
GD-25-359 | NAD83 / UTM zone 9N | 6163255 | 457414 | 1733 | 65 | 47 | 276 |
GD-25-360 | NAD83 / UTM zone 9N | 6162507 | 457817 | 1144 | 120 | 65 | 507 |
GD-25-365 | NAD83 / UTM zone 9N | 6162958 | 457041 | 1604 | 97 | 86 | 702 |
The 2025 drill campaign has a goal of up to 60,000 meters of systematic drilling with 9 drill rigs. The campaign is aimed at expanding the full geometry of the Surebet discovery laterally and to depth. 100% of the drilling was focused on the Surebet Discovery, where the Company designed a detailed drill plan that consisted of: testing for the Motherlode Magmatic intrusive gold source; testing an additional 13 Eocene-aged dykes observed on the surface that had never been drill tested for RIRG mineralization; infill drilling with the goal of increasing pierce points density in all known stacked veins with a particular focus on the highest-grade areas from the Bonanza Zone and Surebet Zone intersection domain; testing zones where the RIRG dykes and gently dipping veins crosscut which are being called Goldilocks Zones as they are key locations where there are two styles of gold mineralization enriching the zones; and expanding the known mineralized veins laterally and to depth where they currently remain open.
Surebet Discovery Highlights
About Golddigger Property
The Golddigger Property is 100% controlled and covers an area of 91,518 hectares in a highly prospective geological setting of the Eskay Rift, within 3 kilometers of the Red Line in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia. This area, in close proximity to the Red Line, has hosted some of Canada’s greatest gold mines including Eskay Creek, Premier and Snip.
Other significant and well-known deposits in the Golden Triangle include Brucejack, Copper Canyon, Galore Creek, Granduc, KSM, Red Chris, and Schaft Creek. Goliath controls 56 kilometers of the Red Line which is a geologic contact between Triassic age Stuhini rocks and Jurassic age Hazelton rocks used as key markers when exploring for gold-copper-silver mineralization.
The Surebet discovery has predictable continuity and excellent metallurgy with gold recoveries from gravity and flotation at a 327-micrometer crush of 92.2% including 48.8% free gold from gravity alone (no cyanide required to recover the gold). The metallurgy completed to date shows no deleterious elements are present (see news release dated March 1, 2023).
The Property is in an excellent location in close proximity to the communities of Alice Arm and Kitsault where there is a permitted mill site on private property. It is situated on tide water with direct barge access to Prince Rupert (190 kilometers via the Observatory inlet/Portland inlet). The town of Kitsault is accessible by road (190 kilometers from Terrace, 300 kilometers from Prince Rupert) and has a barge landing, dock, and infrastructure capable of housing at least 300 people, including high-tension power.
Additional infrastructure in the area includes the Dolly Varden Silver Mine Road (only 7 kilometers to the East of the Surebet discovery) with direct road access to Alice Arm barge landing (18 kilometers to the south of the Surebet discovery) and high-tension power (25 kilometers to the east of Surebet discovery). The city of Terrace (population 16,000) provides access to railway, major highways, and airport with supplies (food, fuel, lumber, etc.), while the town of Prince Rupert (population 12,000) is located on the West Coast of British Columbia and houses an international container seaport also with direct access to railway and an airport.
About CASERM (Center to Advance the Science of Exploration to Reclamation in Mining)
Goliath Resources is a paying member and active supporter of the Center to Advance the Science of Exploration to Reclamation in Mining (CASERM), which is one of the world’s largest research centers in the mining sector. CASERM is a collaborative research venture between Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Tech that is supported by a consortium of mining and exploration companies, analytical instrumentation and software companies, and federal agencies aiming to transform the way geoscience data is acquired and used across the mining value chain. The center forms part of the I-UCRC program of the National Science Foundation. Research focuses on the integration of diverse geoscience data to improve decision making across the mine life cycle, beginning with the exploration for subsurface resources continuing through mine operation as well as closure and environmental remediation. Over the past three years, Goliath Resources’ membership in CASERM has allowed a high level of research to be performed on the Surebet Discovery.
Qualified Person
Rein Turna P. Geo is the qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, for Goliath Resource Limited projects, and supervised the preparation of, and has reviewed and approved, the technical information in this release. Mr. Turna is an Independent Director of the Company.
About Goliath Resources Limited
Goliath Resources is an explorer of precious metals projects in the highly prospective Golden Triangle of Northwestern British Columbia. All of its projects are in high quality geological settings and geopolitical safe jurisdictions amenable to mining in Canada. Goliath is a member and active supporter of CASERM which is an organization that represents a collaborative venture between Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Tech. Goliath’s key strategic cornerstone shareholders include Crescat Capital, a Global Commodity Group (Singapore), McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE: MUX) (TSX: MUX), Waratah Capital Advisors, Mr. Rob McEwen, Mr. Eric Sprott and Mr. Larry Childress.
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