Great Atlantic Resources Corp. (TSXV: GR) has announced gold assay results from its 2025 trenching program at the 100% owned Golden Promise Property in central Newfoundland, confirming sporadic gold mineralization across a northeast–southwest corridor at least 135 metres in length. Rock grab samples from 2025 Trench No. 2 returned gold values ranging from 0.531 g/t to 1.004 g/t, with associated copper geochemistry also noted at the site. The results build on earlier 2024 trenching data and indicate additional exploration targets beyond the property's currently defined resource. Investors may be watching the announcement as management plans further geophysical surveys, additional trenching, and a diamond drilling program for this target area.

Key Points

  • Great Atlantic Resources Corp. (TSXV: GR) announced 2025 trench assay results from the Golden Promise Property, central Newfoundland
  • Five rock grab samples from 2025 Trench No. 2 returned gold values of 0.531 g/t to 1.004 g/t from excavated rubble, subcrop, and bedrock
  • Gold mineralization confirmed across a northeast–southwest corridor at least 135 metres in length, based on four 2024–2025 trenches
  • Management is planning geophysical surveys, additional trenching, and a diamond drilling program for this target area

2025 Trench No. 2 Assay Results at Golden Promise Southwest Region

Seven rock grab samples collected within an approximately 17-metre section in the southern half of 2025 Trench No. 2 returned highly anomalous gold values ranging from 0.289 g/t to 1.004 g/t. Samples were collected from highly oxidized, altered, and silicified rubble, subcrop, and bedrock, with pyrite present in most samples and chalcopyrite noted in one. The highest result, sample 36105-25-76 at 1.004 g/t gold, was collected from oxidized and silicified subcrop with abundant pyrite. An additional bedrock sample from the northern section of the same trench returned an anomalous 119 ppb gold value.

Gold Values Across 2025 Trench No. 1 and Broader Corridor Confirmation

Four samples from 2025 Trench No. 1, excavated approximately 75 metres northeast of Trench No. 2, exceeded 200 ppb gold, with values ranging from 0.203 g/t to 0.315 g/t. These samples were collected from metasediment subcrop and rubble bearing pyrite-associated quartz veins. Trenches No. 3 and 4, located approximately 120 to 210 metres south-southwest of Trench No. 2, each returned grab samples exceeding 100 ppb gold. Combined with 2024 trench data — which previously recorded bedrock grab samples exceeding 1% copper and up to 1.008 g/t gold — results now confirm the 135-metre mineralized corridor.

Laboratory Analysis and Qualified Person Sign-Off

The 2025 rock samples were analysed by Eastern Analytical Ltd., a certified laboratory independent of both Golden Promise Mines Inc. and Great Atlantic. Gold analysis was conducted by fire assay using 30-gram subsamples from pulverized fractions. Samples were also submitted for 34-element ICP-OES analysis, with multielement results for most samples still pending at the time of the announcement. David Martin, P.Geo., VP Exploration for Great Atlantic and a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, reviewed and approved all technical information contained in the release.