Yukon Metals Corp. (CSE: YMC) has reported assay results from drill hole BR26-007, the first hole of its 2026 program at the 100%-owned Birch Copper-Gold Project in western Yukon. The hole intersected 23.5 metres grading 0.48 g/t gold, 0.11% copper, and 1.47 g/t silver from 39.5 metres downhole, extending the drilled strike length of near-surface mineralised skarn to approximately 1 kilometre. The result represents a roughly 200-metre step-out east of the 2025 program's easternmost hole, demonstrating continued strike continuity of the copper-gold system.

Key Points

  • Yukon Metals Corp. (CSE: YMC, FSE: E770, OTCQB: YMMCF) reported first-hole assays from its 2026 Birch drill program
  • Hole BR26-007 returned 23.5 m of 0.48 g/t Au, 0.11% Cu, and 1.47 g/t Ag from 39.5 m, extending drilled skarn strike to approximately 1 kilometre
  • A deeper interval of 0.8 m grading 12.1 g/t Au and 2.84 g/t Ag from 261.0 m indicates gold potential at depth; assays remain pending for five additional 2026 drill holes
  • Investors may be watching for results from the remaining five holes of the approximately 2,600-metre 2026 drill program

BR26-007 Near-Surface Skarn Intercepts at Birch Copper-Gold Project

Hole BR26-007 was collared approximately 200 metres east along strike from 2025 hole BR25-003 to test the continuation of skarn-bearing stratigraphy. Near the top of the hole, the company intersected 7.5 metres grading 0.16 g/t Au, 0.04% Cu, and 1.78 g/t Ag from 7.0 metres. Further downhole, the primary interval of 23.5 metres from 39.5 metres includes a higher-grade sub-interval of 13.5 metres grading 0.71 g/t Au and 0.17% Cu from 49.5 metres, which itself contains 1.3 metres of 4.05 g/t Au from 49.5 metres and 4.2 metres of 0.82 g/t Au and 0.45% Cu from 58.8 metres. Mineralisation is hosted in interlayered schist, marble, limestone, and skarn, with chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite logged in stronger gold-copper intervals.

Deeper High-Grade Gold Interval and Structural Controls at Birch

Beyond the shallow skarn horizons, BR26-007 returned a narrow interval of 0.8 metres grading 12.1 g/t Au and 2.84 g/t Ag from 261.0 metres within an altered schist-skarn sequence immediately adjacent to a logged fault zone. The release states that this association with fault structures, together with sulphide-bearing veinlets in surrounding altered rocks, suggests structural controls may also influence mineralisation distribution at Birch. The company notes that intrusive dykes logged throughout the hole — including above the shallow mineralised package — are consistent with observations from the 2025 program, where mineralisation was concentrated along granodiorite and feldspar-porphyry dyke margins.

Scope of the 2026 Birch Exploration Program

The 2026 program at Birch comprised approximately 2,600 metres of diamond drilling across six holes, expanding on the 1,687 metres completed during the 2025 inaugural program. In addition to drilling, the company completed 12.7 line-kilometres of induced polarization surveying across the broader Birch target area, along with geological mapping and prospecting around an intrusive body located approximately 2 kilometres south of the drill area. BR26-007 is the only hole from the 2026 program for which assays have been received; results from the remaining five holes are pending and will be released as they are received and validated through the company's QA/QC procedures.