Stellar AfricaGold has finalized hole-by-hole targeting for a fully funded 5,000-metre Phase II diamond drill program at its Tichka Est Gold Project in Morocco, while also releasing final assay results from its Phase I campaign.

The 24-hole Phase II program is allocated across Zone B with 10 holes totaling 1,995 metres, Zone C with nine holes totaling 2,055 metres, and five holes totaling 950 metres for a new target area and regional objectives. The competitive tender for drilling services has been issued, with drilling planned to commence this month subject to contractor mobilization. Prior to drilling the newly identified target area, the company will complete a seven-trench program totaling approximately 217 metres alongside detailed structural mapping. Additionally, a high-resolution drone-borne magnetic survey over Zones A, B and C is planned for September 2026.

Phase II targeting builds on an integrated technical program completed during the first half of 2026. This work combined a high-resolution satellite remote-sensing study by Viridien, a 90-sample pathfinder lithogeochemical survey, and a structural review and 3D litho-structural model produced by Arethuse Geology.

The completed Phase I campaign totaled 1,579.0 metres across 11 diamond drill holes entirely within Zone B. Final assays from previously unreleased holes include TCK-010, which was abandoned at 30.2 metres for technical reasons while still in mineralization, returning 0.2 metres grading 18.03 g/t gold at the end of the hole within pyritic limestone. Hole TCK-008 intersected 3 metres grading 1.76 g/t gold in brecciated diorite, extending mineralization to the southwest of the main Zone B drill area. Hole TCK-009 returned 5 metres grading 0.69 g/t gold from a diorite-limestone contact, and hole TCK-010B intersected 4 metres grading 0.91 g/t gold within a breccia zone.

Gold is priced at US$4,390.50 per ounce, up 6.58% over the past 30 days.

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