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Troilus Drills 78.38 g/t AuEq Over 2 m, Including 153.73 g/t AuEq Over 1 m in the Southwest Zone

 

 

 

 

 

Troilus Gold Corp. (TSX: TLG) (OTCQX: CHXMF) (FSE: CM5R) is pleased to announce the final assay results from the Southwest Zone as part of its ongoing 2025 Exploration Program (see February 4, 2025 press release) at its Troilus Project located in northcentral Quebec, Canada. The now concluded Southwest drill program focused on identifying and delineating higher-grade mineralization and enhancing confidence in the block model within the Southwest Zone as outlined in the May 2024 Feasibility Study (see May 14, 2024 press release).

 

The Southwest drill program produced impactful results that have confirmed and extended the continuity of higher-grade material within the Phase 1 reserve pit, which encompasses years 1 to 5 of the mine plan. All intercepts reported herein lie within the current mine plan and have the potential to support optimization of the early production schedule. All grades are uncut, and true thicknesses are approximately 75% to 90% of drilled length. Please refer to the press releases from April 29, 2025 and May 22, 2025 for additional results from the 2025 Exploration Program.

 

Southwest Intercept Highlights (see Figure 1):

  • Hole SW-25-678 intersected 78.38 g/t gold equivalent (“AuEq”) (78.21 g/t Au, 5.95 g/t Ag, 0.06 % Cu) over 2 m, including 153.73 g/t AuEq (153.50 g/t Au, 11.00 g/t Ag, 0.06 % Cu) over 1 m starting at 120m downhole. This narrow yet high grade intercept represents the single best assay from the Southwest zone to date.
  • Hole SW-25-719 intersected 0.94 g/t AuEq (0.88 g/t Au, 0.39 g/t Ag, 0.03 % Cu) over 73 m, including 2.62 g/t AuEq (2.50 g/t Au, 0.70 g/t Ag, 0.07 % Cu) over 1 m and 15.15 g/t AuEq (15.05 g/t Au, 1.05 g/t Ag, 0.05 % Cu) over 2 m starting at 137 m downhole.
  • Hole SW-25-703 intersected 0.92 g/t AuEq (0.73 g/t Au, 1.55 g/t Ag, 0.10 % Cu) over 69.3 m, including 20.93 g/t AuEq (20.90 g/t Au, 0.80 g/t Ag, 0.01 % Cu) over 1 m starting at 84 m downhole.

 

Justin Reid, CEO of Troilus, commented, “The 2025 drill campaign delivered exactly what we set out to achieve in providing greater confidence in the block model and the discovery of additional high grade mineralization. With Phase 1 of mining focused on the Southwest Zone in years 1-5, these newly identified high-grade ounces could be particularly impactful. Our geology team continues to interpret results and is confident in the opportunity for further growth. As we advance toward a construction decision, these results help de-risk the project and reinforces its long-term value.”

 

*The completed NI 43-101 technical report associated with the Troilus Project FS can be found on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca under the Company’s issuer profile or on the Company’s website at www.troilusgold.com

 

Southwest Drilling

 

Drill hole SW-25-678 returned 78.41 g/t AuEq over 2 metres including 153.80 g/t over 1 metre, which is the single highest assay returned from the Southwest since the start of drilling in 2019. This intercept is hosted within a highly sheared felsic porphyry unit with a visible gold-bearing, foliation-parallel quartz-pyrite-tourmaline vein. These veins are interpreted to be the result of an overprinting orogenic gold event, that also remobilized and redistributed mineralization from earlier volcano-magmatic events. It is this overprinting relationship and long history of mineralizing events that have contributed to the scale of the Troilus resource, which stands at 11.21 Moz AuEq in Indicated category, and 1.80 Moz AuEq in the Inferred category (see October 16, 2023 press release).

 

Drillholes SW-24-703 and 719 returned 0.92 g/t AuEq over 69.3 m and 0.94 g/t AuEq over 73 m, respectively. Both intercepts are hosted within a distinct brecciated and magnetic volcanic unit that is the dominant host to ore in the Southwest. These results confirm strong continuity of the primary ore zones in the Southwest.

 

Some of the exploration drill holes from the Southwest drill program served a dual purpose as geotechnical holes, providing valuable data that will be incorporated into the updated pit designs, further de-risking the earliest years of production.

 

Next Steps

 

The exploration team is now incorporating these final drill results into the Southwest resource model and is shifting its focus to near-site and regional field targets. A soil sampling program of approximately 3,700 samples is currently underway, and results are pending from a 2,100 line-kilometre versatile time-domain electromagnetic (“VTEM”) survey completed earlier this year.

 

The next phase of drilling is planned for the third quarter of 2025, targeting futher high-grade extensions in the Southwest and follow-up drilling of conceptual targets that lie outside current mine plans.

 

Figure 1. Plan map with the reported drill hole locations relative to the Southwest reserve pit

 

Table 1. Southwest Drill Results

 

Hole From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Au Grade (g/t) Cu Grade (%) Ag Grade (g/t) AuEq Grade (g/t)
SW-25-674
  9 13 4 0.29 0.02 0.20 0.33
  21.8 26 4.2 0.55 0.03 0.44 0.64
  32 43 11 0.34 0.01 0.42 0.37
  48.5 62 13.5 0.21 0.05 0.51 0.31
  65 72 7 0.26 0.06 0.21 0.37
  79 94 15 0.46 0.03 0.11 0.49
  103 116 13 0.71 0.11 0.69 0.91
incl 103 104 1 2.13 0.32 3.10 2.71
incl 111 112 1 1.95 0.33 2.30 2.53
  122 179 57 0.63 0.03 0.41 0.69
incl 145 146 1 4.82 0.00 0.00 4.83
incl 153 154 1 2.49 0.11 1.30 2.70
incl 162 163 1 2.92 0.05 3.00 3.04
  207 212 5 3.30 0.04 0.44 3.38
  218 224 6 0.24 0.07 0.24 0.36
  236 239 3 0.17 0.08 0.67 0.32
SW-25-675
  22 101 79 0.53 0.07 0.46 0.66
incl 50 51 1 18.80 0.04 2.90 18.90
  120 124 4 0.35 0.04 0.23 0.42
  131 213 82 0.44 0.03 0.36 0.46
incl 135 136 1 3.46 0.64 7.00 4.62
and 196.9 197.5 0.6 9.50 0.01 0.50 9.52
  230 246 16 0.21 0.07 0.51 0.33
  250 267 17 0.22 0.07 0.73 0.35
SW-25-676
  15 25 10 0.26 0.03 0.45 0.33
  50 65 15 0.27 0.05 0.63 0.36
  79 80 1 2.08 0.10 1.20 2.27
  84 86 2 0.75 0.16 1.45 1.04
  117 161 44 0.36 0.02 0.29 0.40
  204 206.3 2.3 0.80 0.00 0.25 0.81
  212 215.5 3.5 0.17 0.09 1.14 0.33
  244.7 249 4.3 0.79 0.09 1.13 0.96
SW-25-678
  12 14 2 0.76 0.04 0.45 0.84
  28 32 4 0.42 0.01 0.13 0.54
  38 42 4 0.35 0.00 0.15 0.36
  48 60 12 0.32 0.00 0.00 0.33
  80 83 3 0.20 0.12 1.87 0.42
  90 91 1 4.49 0.09 1.30 4.67
  120 122 2 78.21 0.06 5.95 78.38
incl 120 121 1 2.91 0.07 0.90 3.03
and 121 122 1 153.50 0.06 11.00 153.73
  153 158 5 0.14 0.13 1.68 0.38
SW-25-685
  76 99 23 0.22 0.08 1.36 0.37
SW-25-687
  7.5 20.5 13 0.50 0.04 0.53 0.58
incl 7.5 8.5 1 1.79 0.17 2.10 2.09
  52.5 69.5 17 0.21 0.05 0.77 0.31
  88.5 103.5 15 1.27 0.15 2.10 1.55
incl 99.5 100.5 1 14.70 0.36 10.60 15.44
  109.5 121.5 12 0.18 0.08 0.71 0.31
SW-25-692
  26 28 2 0.49 0.00 0.00 0.50
  41 63 22 0.38 0.01 0.70 0.41
  69 80 11 2.49 0.00 0.05 2.50
incl 75 76 1 23.20 0.00 0.60 23.21
  99 107 8 0.49 0.03 0.66 0.54
  134 150 16 0.52 0.11 0.67 0.71
SW-25-693
  77 84 7 0.28 0.01 0.19 0.31
  99 103 4 0.25 0.05 0.48 0.35
  170 171 1 1.99 0.10 2.60 2.18
  184 189 5 0.31 0.01 0.44 0.34
  195 197 2 2.74 0.24 4.95 3.21
  244 246 2 3.02 0.01 0.00 3.04
SW-25-694
  20 23 3 0.31 0.05 0.63 0.40
SW-25-696
  11 14 3 0.28 0.01 0.33 0.31
  23 43 20 0.27 0.05 0.49 0.36
  54 55 1 1.23 0.12 1.00 1.45
  65 68 3 0.23 0.09 0.77 0.38
  83 96 13 0.26 0.07 0.70 0.39
  113 123 10 0.27 0.14 2.06 0.52
SW-25-698
  42 44 2 0.58 0.01 0.00 0.60
  55 63 8 0.45 0.05 0.39 0.54
  69 73 4 0.33 0.06 0.13 0.45
  84 87 3 0.35 0.01 0.23 0.38
  95 96 1 0.78 0.19 10.70 1.22
  113.6 120 6.4 0.22 0.09 0.95 0.38
  171 192 21 0.23 0.06 0.96 0.34
SW-25-700
  24 28 4 0.33 0.02 0.00 0.38
  63 64 1 1.14 0.02 0.80 1.19
  123.3 157 33.8 0.50 0.08 0.58 0.63
  168.7 187 18.3 0.20 0.09 0.24 0.33
  201 222.55 21.55 0.35 0.12 1.51 0.58
incl 211 212 1 2.69 0.28 4.40 3.21
  232 243 11 0.22 0.10 1.90 0.40
SW-25-703
  17 24 7 0.45 0.08 1.46 0.60
incl 17 18 1 2.43 0.35 9.10 3.13
  30 34 4 0.32 0.01 0.13 0.34
  77 81 4 0.36 0.01 0.00 0.39
  84 153.3 69.3 0.73 0.10 1.55 0.92
incl 93 94 1 3.35 0.22 1.20 3.73
and 111 112 1 20.90 0.01 0.80 20.93
  159 208 49 0.33 0.01 0.09 0.35
  215.3 218 2.8 0.37 0.03 0.27 0.39
  221 226 5 0.51 0.05 0.88 0.59
SW-25-704
  12 24 12 0.52 0.07 0.37 0.64
  31 36 5 0.95 0.04 0.12 1.02
incl 34 35 1 2.50 0.02 0.00 2.54
  82 158 76 0.56 0.04 0.57 0.65
incl 121 122 1 2.59 0.02 0.50 2.64
and 132 133 1 2.44 0.05 0.70 2.53
and 141 147 6 2.38 0.16 2.59 2.67
and 145 146 1 5.91 0.34 5.70 6.55
  170 178 8 0.20 0.09 0.88 0.36
  202.1 204 1.9 0.51 0.28 3.25 1.00
SW-25-705
  7 16 9 0.54 0.01 0.06 0.57
  23 25 2 0.51 0.01 0.00 0.54
  47 54 7 0.96 0.02 0.73 1.01
  71 72 1 1.17 0.00 0.60 1.18
  202 204 2 5.78 0.03 1.30 5.84
incl 202 203 1 11.05 0.05 2.60 11.16
SW-25-711
  49 52 3 0.32 0.04 0.57 0.39
  59 61 2 1.54 0.23 6.65 2.00
  103 104 1 1.21 0.00 0.00 1.22
  113 130 17 0.58 0.01 0.19 0.60
incl 126 127 1 3.22 0.00 0.00 3.23
  167 169 2 0.54 0.00 0.00 0.55
SW-25-714
  12 21 9 0.73 0.01 0.00 0.74
incl 18 19 1 5.14 0.00 0.00 5.15
  39 43 4 0.31 0.01 14.63 0.51
  51 53 2 2.23 0.03 0.00 2.28
  66 67 1 3.45 0.26 5.40 3.95
  76 88 12 0.28 0.04 0.26 0.35
  131 134 3 0.23 0.07 1.00 0.36
  169 172 3 0.17 0.11 2.00 0.37
SW-25-718
  10 37 27 0.40 0.06 0.72 0.51
  46 56 10 0.71 0.03 0.34 0.76
  62 74 12 0.34 0.02 0.09 0.37
  95 113 18 0.18 0.07 0.46 0.30
  125 129 4 0.21 0.06 0.30 0.31
  168 173 5 0.43 0.01 0.10 0.46
  179 180 1 2.19 0.00 0.00 2.20
SW-25-719
  20 67 47 0.70 0.04 0.23 0.77
incl 59 65 6 2.64 0.03 0.10 2.69
  73 75 2 0.57 0.17 1.45 0.87
  92 109 17 0.41 0.05 0.12 0.50
  126 128 2 0.60 0.29 1.80 1.12
  137 210 73 0.88 0.03 0.39 0.94
incl 183 184 1 2.50 0.07 0.70 2.62
and 196 198 2 15.05 0.05 1.05 15.15
  224 225.3 1.3 2.14 0.00 0.00 2.15
  231 239 8 0.19 0.10 0.80 0.38
SW-25-720
  31.1 113 81.9 0.33 0.06 0.39 0.45
  119 122 3 0.25 0.06 0.00 0.36
  136 138 2 0.86 0.00 0.00 0.87
  151 153 2 1.22 0.01 0.00 1.24
  170 197 27 0.40 0.06 0.71 0.52
incl 180 181 1 3.34 0.21 3.10 3.74
  205 244 39 0.51 0.04 0.45 0.60
incl 219 220 1 9.89 0.02 1.10 9.93
SW-25-721
  8 19 11 0.51 0.04 0.67 0.59
  26 44 18 0.37 0.03 0.22 0.42
incl 30 31 1 2.50 0.01 0.00 2.52
  58 67 9 0.41 0.16 1.03 0.69
  73 78 5 0.23 0.07 0.40 0.35
  172 173 1 1.04 0.01 0.00 1.06
SW-25-724
  6 14 8 0.27 0.02 0.31 0.32
  26 33 7 0.66 0.15 2.66 0.95
incl 29 30 1 2.33 0.64 13.00 3.56
  57 64 7 0.22 0.05 0.67 0.32
GT-SW-25-725
  8.8 31 22.3 0.38 0.13 0.53 0.60
  91 92 1 0.66 0.02 14.20 0.87
  113 114 1 1.37 0.16 0.90 1.64
  143 151 8 1.18 0.06 1.69 1.30
incl 147 148 1 5.75 0.00 0.60 5.76
  171 194 23 0.50 0.15 1.19 0.77
incl 172 173 1 2.35 0.20 6.50 2.76
and 183 189 6 0.80 0.32 1.80 1.35
  204 205 1 1.35 0.01 0.25 1.36
  224 252 28 0.57 0.09 0.54 0.74
incl 225 237 12 0.93 0.14 0.73 1.18
GT-SW-25-726
  106 107 1 2.93 0.01 14.70 3.12
  127 138 11 0.35 0.01 0.05 0.38
  149 153 4 0.49 0.03 0.00 0.54
  158.6 179 20.4 0.35 0.05 0.33 0.44
  186 190 4 0.34 0.02 0.00 0.38
  199 200 1 12.80 0.01 0.60 12.82
  206 212 6 0.32 0.05 0.28 0.40
  221 238 17 0.79 0.10 0.42 0.98
incl 232 233 1 7.82 0.15 0.90 8.09
  276 281 5 0.57 0.01 0.00 0.55
  290 300.1 10.1 1.63 0.01 0.00 1.65
incl 292 293 1 3.49 0.03 0.00 3.54
and 298 299 1 7.93 0.01 0.00 7.95
               

* AuEq = Au + 1.6823 x Cu + 0.0124 x Ag

 

Quality Assurance and Control

 

During the drill program, one meter assay samples were taken from NQ core and sawed in half. One-half was sent for assaying at ALS Laboratory, a certified commercial laboratory, and the other half was retained for results, cross checks, and future reference. A strict QA/QC program was applied to all samples; which included insertion of one certified mineralized standard and one blank sample in each batch of 25 samples. Every sample was processed with standard crushing to 85% passing 75 microns on 500 g splits. Samples were assayed by one-AT (30 g) fire assay with an AA finish and if results were higher than 3.5 g/t Au, assays were redone with a gravimetric finish. For QA/QC samples, a 50 g fire assay was done. In addition to gold, ALS laboratory carried out multi-element analysis for ME-ICP61 analysis of 33 elements four acid ICP-AES.

 

Qualified Person

 

The technical and scientific information in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Nicolas Guest, P.Geo., Exploration Manager, who is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. Mr. Guest is an employee of Troilus and is not independent of the Company under NI 43-101.

 

AuEq Disclosure

 

The formulas used to calculate equivalent values for resources are as follows, for 87 Pit AuEq = Au + 1.5628*Cu +0.0128 *Ag, for J Pit AuEq = Au + 1.5107*Cu +0.0119 *Ag, for SW Pit AuEq = Au + 1.6823*Cu +0.0124 *Ag, for X22 Pit AuEq = Au + 1.5628*Cu +0.0128 *Ag. AuEq was calculated using metal prices of $1,850/oz Au; $4.25/lb Cu and $23.00/oz Ag.

 

About Troilus Gold Corp.

 

Troilus Gold Corp. is a Canadian development-stage mining company focused on the systematic advancement of the former gold and copper Troilus Mine towards production. Troilus is located in the tier-one mining jurisdiction of Quebec, Canada, where it holds a large land position of 435 km² in the Frôtet-Evans Greenstone Belt. A Feasibility Study completed in May 2024 supports a large-scale 22-year, 50ktpd open-pit mining operation, positioning it as a cornerstone project in North America.

 

Posted June 17, 2025

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