Pleased to provide an update on its 2026 exploration program, including drilling progress, laboratory affairs, structural studies and surface mapping and sampling.
To date, 3,638 meters of NQ drilling has been completed in nine NQ diamond drill holes as listed in Table 1 at the locations shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 also shows the locations of all surface rock samples collected this year to date…
Beyond the Headline
Eskay has completed approximately 3,638 m in nine diamond holes across its 2026 targets. The release is primarily a geological and drilling update rather than an assay release; ALS fire assays for EM26-02 and later holes are not expected until October.
The most interesting development is at Vermillion, where Eskay reports multi-generational veins in EM26-07 that visually resemble vein relationships documented at the nearby Brucejack deposit, approximately 13 km east. Eskay appropriately cautions that visual similarity does not establish equivalent mineralogy or grade. While Eskay’s focus for years has been to find a second Eskay Creek VMS deposit, the fact is that this very large property is equally prospective for Cu-Au porphyry deposits and epithermal Au deposits that often form around them; this recent work is confirming this possibility.
There is also a potentially significant reinterpretation at Sultan. New mapping suggests it lies in Hazleton Group stratigraphy, rather than the historically mapped Stuhini rocks. That is potentially important because Hazleton stratigraphy hosts many of the Golden Triangle’s major mineral systems including the nearby Goldstorm Metals Corp. Copernicus Cu-Au porphyry prospect which is located only about 4 km south.