Stakeholder Gold Corp. has returned initial diamond drill assay results from hole BA2601 at the Loki Target within the Ballarat Gold-Copper Project in the Yukon Territory, intersecting a copper-nickel-cobalt sulphide zone grading 1,190 parts per million copper, 159 parts per million nickel, and 123 parts per million cobalt over 6 metres from 254 to 260 metres.

The initial results from the 498-metre diamond drill hole include a 1-metre interval from 258 to 259 metres grading 3,730 parts per million copper, 641 parts per million nickel, and 514 parts per million cobalt at 5.02% sulphur. The interval coincides with a logged net-textured to massive sulphide lens.

Hole BA2601 also intersected two spatially separate platinum-group-element zones hosted in weakly sulphidic rock away from the base-metal mineralization. These include a 5-metre interval from 380 to 385 metres averaging approximately 100 parts per billion platinum and palladium, and a 3-metre interval from 323 to 326 metres averaging 90 parts per billion platinum and palladium.

“We see a suite of critical minerals including copper with nickel and cobalt association and separately platinum and palladium mineralization within the Loki ultra mafic intrusive structure. The structure itself is extensive from west to east across more than 30 km through the southern section of the Ballarat project area” — Christopher Berlet, CEO and Director of Stakeholder Gold Corp.

The reported assays cover only the interval from 226 to 451 metres of hole BA2601. Assays for the remaining 0 to 226 metre and 451 to 498 metre intervals are currently pending.

Stakeholder holds 100% ownership of the Ballarat project, a land package spanning 1,140 claims and 22,700 hectares in the White Gold District. The property straddles 20 kilometres of the Northern Access Route currently under construction to service Talamore Mining's adjacent Coffee Gold Project.

“Assays from BA2601 confirm a fertile magmatic sulphide system: the intrusion has concentrated copper, nickel and cobalt into discrete sulphide zones while segregating platinum and palladium into separate, sulphide-poor horizons. This clear decoupling of base metals from platinum-group elements is the hallmark of a well-differentiated intrusion, and it gives us defined geochemical vectors to follow toward higher-tenor mineralization.” — Adam Fage, M.Sc., P.Geo.

In addition to the pending assays for the remainder of hole BA2601, results are awaited for nine additional drill holes that targeted four prospective gold zones across the northern section of the Ballarat property.

Read the full announcement: Stakeholder Delivers Standout Assays from Hole BA2601 at the Loki Target: Highly Anomalous Cu-Ni-Co and Separate PGE Mineralization Confirm a Fertile Magmatic Sulphide System