Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC) has released gold assay results from nine diamond drill holes completed at its 100%-owned Ballarat Project in the Yukon Territory's White Gold District. The 2026 program successfully confirmed gold-bearing bedrock at three of four large target zones tested — Skye North, East, and Northwest — with gold intersected in seven of the nine holes drilled. The results validate the company's exploration model and establish multiple priority areas across a property where extensive surface gold anomalies now have confirmed bedrock sources, potentially significant for investors watching early-stage gold exploration in Canada's north.

Key Points

  • Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC | OTCQB: SKHRF)
  • Nine diamond drill holes (BA2602–BA2610) totalling 1,530 metres confirmed bedrock gold at Skye North, East, and NW zones at the Ballarat Project in the White Gold District, Yukon
  • Notable intercepts include 1.20 g/t Au over 1 metre within 6 metres grading 0.32 g/t Au (BA2604), 1.03 g/t Au over 1 metre (BA2603), and 0.92 g/t Au over 1 metre (BA2607); metallic-screen assays on selected samples are pending and may revise certain reported values
  • Investors may be watching pending metallic-screen assay results, expanded soil sampling, and a planned induced polarization survey covering approximately 2 kilometres at the Loki Critical Minerals corridor

Skye North and NW Zone Deliver Strongest 2026 Gold Intercepts

At Skye North, drilling confirmed multiple gold-bearing structures beneath an anomaly extending more than 2 kilometres along strike. BA2604 returned 6 metres grading 0.32 g/t Au including 1 metre of 1.20 g/t Au, while BA2603 intersected 1.03 g/t Au from a subparallel structure. At the NW zone, all three holes (BA2608–BA2610) returned gold values, including 0.58 g/t Au over 2 metres in BA2608. The NW zone encompasses two parallel structures each extending approximately 2 kilometres, within an area that has returned historic surface grab samples grading up to 31.7 g/t Au, collected in 1991 according to the release.

Epithermal Vein Discovery Shifts Ballarat Exploration Model

Post-drilling prospecting at Skye North identified multiphase epithermal quartz veining — including mineralised veins consistent with intercepts from 4 to 10 metres downhole in BA2604 — traced across an area of approximately 250 by 150 metres. The release states this finding has prompted a shift from targeting geophysical features associated with structurally hosted deposits toward pursuing epithermal vein-hosted gold systems. Similar vein-style mineralisation was subsequently identified up-slope at Skye South, with assays pending. The Qualified Person, Adam Fage M.Sc., P.Geo., noted that bedrock gold has now been confirmed beneath anomalies with a combined total strike length exceeding 8 kilometres, of which only a minimal portion has been tested.

Northern Access Route Construction Enhances Ballarat's Strategic Position

The release states that the Northern Access Route — a mine-grade road being constructed by adjacent Talamore Mining Corp. to service the Coffee Gold Project — traverses approximately 20 kilometres through the centre of the Ballarat property. Management characterises this infrastructure as a significant strategic advantage, materially improving access for exploration and, should results warrant, potential future development. Ballarat lies immediately northeast of and adjacent to Talamore's Coffee Gold Project, which the release describes as currently under development as one of Canada's newest gold mines.

Metallic-Screen Assays and IP Survey Represent Near-Term Analytical Milestones

Several samples produced notably different values between ICP and fire assay analyses, suggesting potential coarse or nuggety gold. The company has initiated metallic-screen fire assays on selected 2026 samples to resolve these discrepancies, and cautions that results may revise certain gold values already reported. Additionally, a ground-based induced polarization survey is scheduled across approximately 2 kilometres of the Loki Critical Minerals corridor, targeting sulphide mineralisation associated with the previously reported BA2601 copper-cobalt-nickel-platinum-palladium intercept. The immediate share price impact was not clear from available public information.