Thor Explorations Ltd. has reported maiden reverse circulation drilling results from the Marahui Gold Project in northeastern Côte d'Ivoire, intersecting high-grade gold mineralization across a four-kilometre strike length.

The drilling program has completed 18,439 metres across 171 drillholes, testing approximately 30 percent of the overall geological trend within the 250-square-kilometre permit area. Significant intersections from the program include drillhole MRRC26-115 returning 6 metres at 6.20 grams per tonne gold from 74 metres, drillhole MRRC26-008 intersecting 6 metres at 5.60 grams per tonne gold from 129 metres, and drillhole MRRC26-012 yielding 9 metres at 5.40 grams per tonne gold from 40 metres. Additional highlights comprise 8 metres at 3.60 grams per tonne gold from 35 metres in drillhole MRRC26-053 and 8 metres at 3.40 grams per tonne gold from 50 metres in drillhole MRRC26-143.

Gold mineralization at Marahui is hosted in a subvertical, en-echelon vein array within a shear corridor approximately 200 metres wide. Individual veins show apparent strike continuity of up to 700 metres and estimated true widths of up to approximately 7 metres.

“These encouraging results show high-grade mineralisation at a significant strike length demonstrating the potential scale of Marahui and are an important step forward for Thor's exploration portfolio in Côte d'Ivoire . Wide, high-grade intersections which are characterised over a 4km strike length, including 6m at 6.20g/t Au, 9m at 5.40g.t Au and 6m at 5.60g/t Au reinforce our already high confidence in the Licence.”

— Segun Lawson, President & CEO

The Marahui project forms part of Thor Explorations' wider portfolio of early-stage exploration licences in Côte d'Ivoire, which includes the 100 percent owned Guitry Gold Exploration Project and an option to earn up to an 80 percent interest in the Boundiali Exploration Permit.

The company is awaiting remaining assay results for holes MRRC26-162 through MRRC26-171 from its ongoing reverse circulation drilling program, which are to be released as received. Thor is also scheduled to drill test additional discrete geochemical anomalies identified along the trend at Marahui in the coming months.

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