SAGA Metals Corp. (TSXV: SAGA) has announced the completion of eight NQ drill holes at the Trapper North zone of its Radar Titanium-Vanadium-Iron Project near Cartwright, Labrador, totalling 2,788 metres drilled between September 19 and November 5, 2026. The program was designed to increase drill density and strengthen geological modelling ahead of an expanded Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE). Oxide mineralisation was visually logged in all eight holes, bringing the project's total to 102 out of 102 logged holes containing oxide mineralisation. Assays are pending, and the drilling program is expected to be completed in the coming weeks.

Key Points

  • SAGA Metals Corp. (TSXV: SAGA | OTCQX: SAGMF | FSE: 20H)
  • Eight NQ drill holes completed at Trapper North, totalling 2,788 metres, as part of a post-MRE infill and section program
  • Logged oxide ranged from 48.8 m to 409.7 m per hole; all core was oriented; assays are pending
  • Investors may be watching for assay results and progress on the expanded Mineral Resource Estimate

Post-MRE Infill Drilling Strategy at Trapper North

The eight-hole program immediately followed SAGA's 85-hole, 22,432-metre MRE drill program at the Trapper Zone, completed in August 2026. Three of the new holes — R-0094, R-0095, and R-0099 — were drilled as infill holes on new intermediate sections N10A, N11A, and N09A, each approximately 50 metres from neighbouring 100-metre sections. This halved the section spacing in that interval. The remaining five holes were drilled on existing sections N10, N09, N08, and N07, targeting the centre of the oxide zone and the deeper southwest limb of the Trapper North anticline to gather additional geochemical and structural data for geological modelling.

Oxide Logged Across All Completed Holes at Radar

Geological logging confirmed that semi-massive and rhythmic oxide gabbronorite units hosting titanomagnetite and ilmenite mineralisation were intersected in all completed holes. Total logged oxide ranged from 48.8 metres in hole R-0098 to 409.7 metres in hole R-0094. Logging of holes R-0103 and R-0104 was still in progress at the time of the announcement. The release notes that logged lengths represent visual observations only and are not estimates of grade or true thickness; laboratory assays remain pending. All core was oriented throughout the program, enabling measurement of magmatic layering attitudes and structural features to refine the geological model.

Structural Data Central to Expanded MRE at Trapper Zone

Chief Geological Officer Michael Garagan stated in the release that the program's oriented core will help the team understand how oxide layers connect between cross-sections and how the fold structure has modified oxide layering. The release states that this structural data will be integrated into the geological model to support an expanded Mineral Resource Estimate. The holes drilled in this program were completed after the MRE drill database was closed and are therefore not included in the maiden estimate being prepared by GeoGlobal LLC, but will be utilised in a subsequent resource estimate.

Radar Project Infrastructure and Critical Minerals Context

The Radar Property comprises 690 mineral claims totalling approximately 24,175 hectares in southeastern Labrador, located approximately 10 kilometres south of Cartwright. The property is accessible year-round via paved Route 510 and benefits from proximity to the deep-water port at Cartwright, Cartwright Airport, and regional hydroelectric power. The company describes VTM mineralisation at Radar as comparable to global Fe-Ti-V systems. Subject to further exploration, resource definition, and metallurgical testing, the project may represent a potential North American source of titanium, vanadium, and iron.