2024 High-Grade Gold Rock Sampling Results in British Columbia – Discoveries, Trends & Resource Potential

Introduction: Gold Exploration British Columbia 2024

In April 2025, Cassiar Gold Corp. proudly announced the 2024 high-grade gold rock sampling results in British Columbia, placing renewed focus on the Cassiar North project area. Our rigorous exploration campaign, designed to extend beyond traditional drill targets, has yielded remarkable surface and soil sampling anomalies, highlighting the growing resource potential in the heart of British Columbia’s rich mining corridors.

The 2024 field campaign is a testament to our ongoing commitment to unlocking value by leveraging geological mapping, targeted sampling, and geophysical modeling across mineral-rich terrains. Early results have not only confirmed known gold-bearing quartz veins but also revealed fresh discoveries—grab samples returning up to 25.60 g/t Au—and several promising trends for future development.

In a world where data-driven insights guide both mining and modern agriculture, the intersection of advanced mapping and technology has redefined how we view mineral and resource exploration. The Cassiar North project perfectly exemplifies this, with every new assay, grid, and anomaly expanding our understanding of British Columbia’s gold legacy.

Cassiar Gold: Our 2024 Exploration Program Strategy

The 2024 campaign was developed to set a solid geological, geophysical, and geochemical foundation for exploration across and beyond already established targets at the Cassiar Gold Property. Our combined approach included:

• Extensive geological mapping across an 11 km² zone—immediately south of the Taurus Inferred gold resource boundary
• Systematic surface rock sampling targeting outcrop and alteration zones
• Broad soil sampling grids identifying new gold-in-soil anomalies and trends
• Integration of 3D DC-resistivity and induced polarization (DCIP), magnetics, and very low-frequency electromagnetic (VLF-EM) surveys
• Concurrent diamond drill program advancing known and emerging prospects

This comprehensive methodology ensured a robust data set, revealing multiple mineralized trends, footprint expansions, and compelling geochemical anomalies to inform both current and future drilling priorities.

Surface Rock Sampling Results: Uncovering High-Grade Gold Veins

Our surface rock sampling underpinned the 2024 exploration results, focusing on targets both adjacent to and beyond the core Taurus resource.

• 161 rock samples gathered with strategic selectivity—designed to cover alteration and mineralization zones across the project area.
• Of these, 34 exceeded 0.50 g/t Au (the 2022 Taurus inferred resource cutoff), and 20 returned grades above 1.00 g/t Au.
• Exceptional grab sample results included up to 25.60 g/t Au (notably at the Newcoast prospect), with other significant results at Auroch (7.92 g/t and 4.68 g/t Au) and Hopeful (3.41 g/t and 2.01 g/t Au).

The mineralized showings typically mirrored the characteristics of the Taurus deposit: narrow sheeted quartz veins, mafic volcanic host rocks rich in disseminated pyrite and arsenopyrite, and distinctive alteration halos.

Our identification of new vein extensions and parallel structures exemplifies continued progress and supports expansion of the mineralized footprint—a critical path for resource growth in British Columbia’s dynamic gold belts.

Detailed Target Areas: Newcoast, Bos Trend–Auroch, and Hopeful Prospects

Detailed geological mapping in 2024 focused on three promising zones abutting or near the known Taurus resource. We break down the highlights for each below:

Newcoast Prospect

• Location: Northeast-trending, north of Highway 37; covers over 4 km in east-west strike and up to 720 m in width.
• Key Results: 25.60 g/t Au from a quartz vein grab sample (A0668688) 45 m northeast of prior showings; multiple new showings returned 3.01 g/t and 2.53 g/t Au, extending the surface mineralization 135 m west.
• Implications: Evidence suggests a significant, potentially continuous quartz vein gold deposit system, with notable lateral and width expansion opportunities.

Bos Trend – Auroch Showing

• Location: 1.6 km east of Taurus, 1.2 km northeast of the Cassiar Road; 900-m northwest-trending structure with anomalous gold-in-soil signatures.
• Key Results: Grab samples from sulphide-mineralized mafic volcanic rocks yielded 7.92 g/t Au and 4.68 g/t Au, confirming continuity along strike and open mineralization extents.
• Historical by Context: 2023 samples included 9.82 g/t Au (grab) and 20.30 g/t Au (float), with 2024 work extending these high-grade trends.

Hopeful Prospect

• Location: 600 m south and 250 m southeast of the Taurus pit shell boundary.
• Key Results: The mineralized trend now extends 200 m further along strike and 240 m further south, with grab samples returning up to 3.41 g/t Au.
• Character: Multiple parallel quartz veins and gold-mineralized wall rocks within a 475 m x 330 m expanded footprint.

Soil Sampling Anomalies and Geochemical Trends

Soil sampling played a pivotal role in revealing gold-in-soil anomalies that remain open or extend beyond the surveyed grids. In 2024, a total of 569 soil samples were collected, offering critical insights for both expansion of known mineralization and new target delineation.

• Elan Grid:
  • Located immediately north of the Taurus resource pit shell boundary; covered 1 km².
  • Anomaly E1: 640-m trend with values reaching 0.87 ppm Au; Anomaly E2: 820-m trend, 0.30 ppm peak, situated between the Elan vein and pit model boundary.
• Hopeful Grid:
  • Spans 1.5 km² around the Hopeful Prospect, south of the Taurus pit shell.
  • Anomaly H1: Runs 850 m, up to 1.02 ppm Au; Anomaly H2: Covers 850 x 300 m, with highest levels of 3.38 ppm Au, 2.83 ppm, and 2.53 ppm.

These soil sampling anomalies reinforce a growing consensus that the Cassiar North area hosts substantial expansion and new discovery potential. The results show parallel and subparallel trends echoing the gold-bearing veins identified in Taurus, the Hopeful prospect, and the broader mineral system.

Gold Rock Sampling Results Summary Table

The following table provides a concise overview of selected high-grade samples collected during our 2024 field campaign across the Cassiar North project in British Columbia. It details sample locations, quartz vein attributes, estimated gold grades, mineralization context, soil anomaly values, and notable exploration insights.

Geological Mapping, Quartz Vein Trends, and Structural Controls – 2024 Exploration Results

Our 2024 geological mapping program targeted contacts between volcanic and sedimentary sequences as well as major structural features. Mapping over 1,500 outcrops and sample points enabled us to:

• Trace and expand alteration halos and sheeted quartz veins across multiple prospects
• Understand the nature and orientation (parallel, subparallel) of the main mineralized trends, supporting ongoing and future drilling
• Refine geological exploration models for both high-grade vein and bulk-tonnage targets north and south of the Taurus inferred resource

The work confirmed that the Cassiar North Project hosts multiple structurally controlled gold systems with geological similarities to the Taurus deposit—a crucial prerequisite for establishing continuity of resource growth in the area.

Resource Potential & Inferred Gold Resource Estimate

The Cassiar Gold Property straddles a unique gold environment in northern British Columbia, hosting not only extensive districts of bulk-tonnage inferred resources (Taurus, estimated 1.4 million ounces @ 1.14 g/t Au) but also a strong history of high-grade orogenic veins (Cassiar South, yielding over 315,000 ounces Au at 10-20 g/t Au headgrades).

• The 2024 program extended mineralization trends and demonstrated the potential for new parallel or offset vein systems, supporting both infill and boundary-expanding drilling plans.
• Multiple identified surface and soil anomalies are yet to be fully tested, with geophysical survey interpretations still pending at release (April 2025).
• Inferred resource boundary expansions are anticipated, with ongoing updates to the Cassiar Gold Property’s NI 43-101 technical report and mineral resource model (next update due following the current phase of exploration).

Our latest soil and rock sampling results, combined with mapping and geophysics, are crucial for building a comprehensive exploration model—one capable of defining the district’s full gold potential and supporting responsible project development.

Technical Methodology, QA/QC, and Sample Analysis

The Cassiar Gold Corp. 2024 field campaign followed rigorous QA/QC guidelines to ensure reliability and compliance with industry standards:

• Grab samples were geologically logged, tagged, and bagged by company geologists at outcrop or trench localities.
• Certified gold reference standards and blanks inserted at regular intervals to monitor sample accuracy and contamination.
• All samples delivered to ALS Global’s Whitehorse prep facility, then to Vancouver for analytical processing.
  • Gold analysis: 50-gram fire assay with AA or gravimetric finish for rock; 30-gram fire assay for soil samples.
  • Multi-element analysis via four-acid digestion and ICP-AES or ICP-MS finish.
• Soil samples mainly comprised B and C horizon material, sieved to -180 micron (80 mesh) prior to analytical work.
• ALS Global methodologies conform to ISO/IEC 17025, ensuring global technical standards and quality control.

This robust approach guarantees that all published surface rock sampling results, soil anomaly readings, and assay data stand up to scrutiny, supporting our industry news release and technical reporting.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What are the key highlights from the 2024 high-grade gold rock sampling results in British Columbia?

Our surface rock sampling results in 2024 identified new mineralization trends at Cassiar North, included up to 25.60 g/t Au in quartz vein samples, major extensions at Newcoast, Auroch, and Hopeful prospects, and multiple soil anomalies supporting resource expansion.

What methods were used for quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) in the exploration program?

We employed certified reference standards, blanks, rigorous sample tracking, and ISO/IEC 17025-compliant laboratory analysis (ALS Global) for both rock and soil samples to ensure technical reliability.

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The 2024 high-grade gold rock sampling results in British Columbia underscore the vibrant ongoing exploration in the Cassiar North project area. These results—spanning surface and soil sampling anomalies, expansions of quartz vein systems, and promising geophysical trends—highlight the district’s robust growth potential. As we move toward updated inferred gold resource estimates, our forward plan rests on rigorous field data, innovative technology, and adherence to global best practices.

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