Brixton Metals Expands Langis Drill Program to 60,000 Metres Following High-Grade Silver Results
Brixton Metals is moving quickly at its Langis silver project in Ontario after a series of high-grade drill results from around the historic Langis mine workings. The company has expanded its 2026 drill program to a minimum of 60,000 metres, added a second drill, and is working toward a potential maiden resource estimate for Langis in the first half of 2027. Recent results have included several notable silver intercepts, including 13.0 metres grading 594.43 g/t silver, 11.35 metres grading 4,560 g/t silver, and 18.2 metres grading 3,637.99 g/t silver, as Brixton continues to test areas around the former mine and evaluate the broader potential of the project.
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Brixton has increased it's drill program to 60,000 m as a result of high-grade silver intercepts at Langis.
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Langis is a past-producing silver mine located approximately 500 kilometres north of Toronto. According to Brixton, the project benefits from existing infrastructure, including all-season road access, power, rail connections and a refiner. The historic Langis Mine operated intermittently from 1908 to 1989 and produced 10.4 million ounces of silver at a reported head grade of 777.5 g/t silver, or 25 ounces per ton. Brixton has also reported that more than 10 kilometres of underground workings were developed by previous operators, but that the shafts and openings have been capped and sealed.
“We’ve been drilling in around the old mine working,” Thompson said. “This is a brownfields exploration project. It was a mine up until 1989 that produced quite high-grade silver.”
Brixton’s current drilling is being conducted from surface and is focused on testing areas around the historic underground workings. The company has stated that silver mineralization at Langis occurs as native silver and within veins, veinlets, disseminations, rosettes and fracture infill. Mineralization is hosted across several rock types, including Archean Keewatin volcanic and metasedimentary rocks, Proterozoic Coleman Member sedimentary rocks of the Huronian Supergroup, and Proterozoic Nipissing diabase.
Recent results from the 2026 drill program include hole LM-26-350, which intersected 13.0 metres grading 594.43 g/t silver from 193.0 metres, including 2.0 metres grading 873.0 g/t silver and 0.5 metres grading 7,900.0 g/t silver. Brixton reported that LM-26-350 was drilled in the Shaft 6 Southeast target area, approximately 150 metres from the Shaft 6 South area, and that Shaft 6 Southeast has limited historic mine development and no known historic stopes.
The company also reported hole LM-26-290, which returned 82,334 g/t silver over 0.5 metres from 115.25 metres depth, within 11.35 metres grading 4,560 g/t silver from 112.0 metres depth. Brixton stated that the 82,334 g/t silver assay was the highest-grade silver result reported from the Langis project to date. In the interview, Thompson said the broader interval around the high-grade sample was important context for the result.
“The reason we put the whole 11.3 metre interval here is that it averaged out over 4,500 grams,” Thompson said. “It’s not all bonanza grade, but there’s some pretty healthy grades throughout that 11.3 metre interval.”
Earlier in the 2026 program, Brixton reported hole LM-26-305, which returned 18.2 metres grading 3,637.99 g/t silver from 113.8 metres depth, including 6.8 metres grading 9,421.03 g/t silver from 121.2 metres depth. In the same release, Brixton also reported a broader mineralized interval in LM-26-305 of 77.0 metres grading 862.23 g/t silver from 92.0 metres depth.
Reported intervals are drill lengths, and Brixton has stated that true widths of the mineralized intervals have not yet been determined. The company has also noted that lithological contacts shown in cross-sections are interpretive and based on prior drilling, with some historic drill hole assays projected onto sections.
Thompson said the mineralization observed to date appears to include high-grade zones and broader mineralized envelopes, but that additional drilling is required to define geometry and continuity.
“It doesn’t look like one big deposit,” Thompson said. “It looks like we’ve got a zone here and perhaps a zone there, and all within a reasonably small area.”
Brixton’s immediate exploration strategy is to continue drilling around the historic workings before testing additional targets outside the mined areas. Thompson said shallow silver mineralization has been encountered in some areas, while mineralization appears to deepen in other parts of the system. The company has also stated that Shaft 6 Southeast represents a potential expansion area within the broader Shaft 6 zone.
“The first thing is to push on as many metres as we can around the mine,” Thompson said. “And then the next step would be, we do have some targets outside of the workings.”
Brixton has increased the planned 2026 drill program at Langis to a minimum of 60,000 metres. In its May 11, 2026 news release, the company reported that 13,845 metres in 68 drill holes had been completed to date in 2026 and stated that it planned to add a second drill around mid-May to support the expanded program. In the interview, Thompson said the decision to add a second drill was based on the company’s objective of increasing drill density and advancing the project toward a maiden resource estimate.
“If we really want to give this a go, we need to accelerate the program,” Thompson said. “Let’s bring in a second drill.”
Brixton has disclosed an exploration target for Langis of 1 million tonnes to 2 million tonnes grading 400 g/t silver to 800 g/t silver. The potential quantity and grade are conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource at Langis, and it is uncertain whether further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource.
In addition to hard-rock drilling, Brixton has initiated drilling on the Langis tailings to quantify silver content, with metallurgical recovery test work planned to follow. In the interview, Thompson said the company plans to grid drill the tailings to better understand grade distribution and potential recoverability.
“The first thing is to quantify it, get that drilling done, get the assays in hand, and then start to do some sort of metallurgical recovery work,” Thompson said.
The company has not completed an economic study, mineral resource estimate, mineral reserve estimate or production decision for Langis. Any future development scenario would require additional drilling, technical studies, metallurgical work, permitting and economic analysis.
Looking ahead, Brixton expects continued results from Langis as the 2026 drill program progresses. Thompson said the company’s objective is to complete sufficient drilling and technical work to begin discussing a potential maiden mineral resource estimate for Langis in the first half of 2027.
“We’re hoping that once we turn the year, early into the new year, we can start talking MRE on both Langis and potentially Thorn as well,” Thompson said.
Brixton is also planning exploration work at its Thorn project in British Columbia, while partner-funded work continues at Atlin and Hog Heaven. At Langis, the near-term focus remains on drilling around the historic mine area, evaluating the tailings, and advancing the technical work required to better define the project.