Banyan Gold Corp. continued to intersect high-grade mineralization in Airstrip and extend the high-grade domains at its AurMac Project. Drill-hole highlights include AX-25-708 with 3.66 g/t Au over 17.6 metres, including 6.80 g/t Au over 9.3m, with a high-grade interval of 35.98 g/t Au over 1.6m; AX-25-640 with 1.25 g/t Au over 5.4m within 0.72 g/t Au over 13.0m; AX-25-703 with 2.04 g/t Au over 11.4m, including 3.60 g/t Au over 5.6m with a high-grade interval of 7.98 g/t Au over 1.2m; AX-25-711 with 1.25 g/t Au over 7.00m; AX-25-712 with 1.36 g/t Au over 15.3m including 1.87 g/t Au over 9.1m; and AX-25-714 with 1.12 g/t Au over 18.4m including 2.12 g/t Au over 6.7m and 1.49 g/t Au over 4.6m.
The company continued to see strong replacement (skarn) style mineralization at Airstrip in the lower calcareous metasedimentary unit that contacts the felsic dyke (Cal 2) that was intersected in hole AX-25-650. Extending very high-grade mineralization over 100m down dip with an interval of 35.98 g/t Au over 1.6m (calculated true thickness is approx. 1.5m) highlights the potential to continue to add ounces to the Airstrip deposit and improve areas of the existing Mineral Resource Estimate.
The high-grade core of Airstrip associated with the felsic dyke contact now extends over 500m along strike and nearly 300m down dip. Table 1 provides significant diamond drill hole assay intercepts for Powerline in this release, including details for holes AX-25-640, AX-25-644, AX-25-702, AX-25-703, AX-25-705, AX-25-708, AX-25-710, AX-25-711, AX-25-712, AX-25-713, and AX-25-714. True widths are calculated to be approximately 90% of drilled interval.
Table 2 provides collar locations for drill holes in this release, including Easting, Northing, Elevation, Depth, Azimuth, and Dip for each hole. Analytical method and quality assurance/quality control measures included systematic logging and photographing of all diamond drill core by Banyan geology personnel, splitting of core samples on-site, delivery to Bureau Veritas, Whitehorse preparatory laboratory, and final chemical analysis at Bureau Veritas's Analytical laboratory in Vancouver, B.C. Core splits reported in this news release were analysed by Bureau Veritas of Vancouver, B.C., utilizing the four-acid digestion ICP-ES 35-element MA-300 or ICP-ES/MS 59-element MA-250 analytical package with FA-450 50-gram Fire Assay with AAS finish for gold on all samples. Samples returning >10 g/t Au were reanalysed by fire assay with gravimetric finish on a 50g sample (FA-550).
High-grade samples with documented visible gold are also analysed using metallic screen fire assay (FS-652). Bureau Veritas is an accredited lab following ISO/IEC 17025:2017 SCC File Number 15895. A robust system of standards, core duplicates and blanks has been implemented in the 2025 exploration drilling program and is monitored as chemical assay data becomes available.
Duncan Mackay, M.Sc., P.Geo., is a "Qualified Person" as defined under National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101"), and has reviewed and approved the content of this news release in respect of all disclosure other than the MRE. Mr. Mackay is Vice President Exploration for Banyan and has verified the data disclosed in this news release, including the sampling, analytical and test data underlying the information.
