Earthwise Minerals Corp. intersected gold mineralization across all three holes of its diamond drill program at the Iron Range Gold Project in southeastern British Columbia, with hole IR26055 returning 60.5 metres grading 0.76 g/t gold, including a 1.0-metre interval grading 6.62 g/t gold and 67.1 g/t silver.

The 1,182-metre program at the Talon Zone was designed to infill historical mineralized intercepts and test structural continuity. Drill hole IR26053 returned 15 metres grading 0.53 g/t gold from 374 metres, along with a 0.5-metre interval of 7.26 g/t gold and 49.9 g/t silver. Hole IR26054 intersected 24 metres grading 0.73 g/t gold from 303.5 metres, including a 4.5-metre section at 2.73 g/t gold, and a separate high-grade hit of 0.5 metres at 11.75 g/t gold and 79.9 g/t silver from 243.25 metres.

Earthwise holds an exclusive option to earn up to an 80% interest in the 20,021-hectare Iron Range project from Eagle Plains Resources Ltd., which owns the property 100%. To exercise the option, Earthwise must make cash payments, issue 1,500,000 common shares, and fund CA$4,000,000 in exploration expenditures over a four-year term. Previous operators and partners have completed 21,593 metres of diamond drilling across 87 holes and collected over 10,000 soil geochemical samples at the property since 2001.

“We are very pleased with these results, which confirm continuity of gold mineralization between historical drill holes and strengthen the geological case for the Talon Zone. Importantly, drilling has tested less than 10% of the broader multi-element soil geochemical anomaly, while the coincident IP chargeability and resistivity anomaly remains open to the southwest and north. With the vast majority of the broader anomaly still untested, we believe there is significant exploration potential remaining at the Talon Zone.”

— Mark Luchinski, Chief Executive Officer of Earthwise Minerals

“We are very encouraged by the results from the 2026 drilling program. Hole IR26055 indicates the potential for additional ore shoots within the broader Talon Zone. Similar structural splays off of the Iron Range Fault system, coincident with anomalous pathfinder geochemistry and IP geophysical anomalies that are modelled to extend to depth exist elsewhere in the Talon Zone area and are untested by drilling.”

— Chuck Downie, President and CEO of Eagle Plains

Both companies are continuing to evaluate the broader structural potential of the property as follow-up work on the multi-element anomalies and geophysical targets is planned.

Read the full announcement: Earthwise and Eagle Plains Intersect Gold Mineralization in all Holes at the Iron Range Precious Metals Project, SE BC