Banyan Gold Strengthens Technical Team with Appointments of John Robins as Strategic Advisor and Key ESG Position
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Banyan Gold Strengthens Technical Team with Appointments of
John Robins as Strategic Advisor and Key ESG Position
February 10, 2026 TSX-V: BYN
VANCOUVER, BC, February 10, 2026 - Banyan Gold Corp . (the " Company" or " Banyan")
(TSX-V: BYN) (OTCQB: BYAGF) is pleased to announce the appointments of John Robins as
an Independent Strategic Advisor, and Allison Rippin Armstrong to its management team as
Senior Sustainability Manager.
“We are pleased to welcome John Robins and Allison Rippin Armstrong to Banyan Gold,” said
Tara Christie, President and CEO. “I previously worked with both at Kaminak Gold, and their track
records speak for themselves. John is a highly successful exploration entrepreneur whose deep
technical expertise and strategic perspective will meaningfully support the advancement of the
AurMac Project. Allison brings expertise in ESG strategy, environmental programs, permitting,
and community and Indigenous engagement—capabilities that are increasingly critical as we
advance AurMac responsibly. Their combined experience and leadership significantly strengthen
Banyan as we enter our next phase of growth and value creation.”
New Strategic Advisor
John Robins is a geologist, prospector, and mining entrepreneur with more than 35 years of
industry experience. He received PDAC’s Viola R. MacMillan Award in 2025, AME’s Murray
Pezim Award in 2022, and the Spud Huestis Award in 2008 for his contributions to mineral
exploration and financing. He has been involved in several major discoveries, including the Coffee
Gold deposit (Yukon), Three Bluffs (Committee Bay), the Aviat/Churchill diamond districts
(Nunavut), and the Great Bear project (Ontario). Mr. Robins has been instrumental in more than
$3 billion in M&A activity and over $1 billion in mineral exploration and development expenditures
across Canada, Latin America, and Australia, including the sales of Great Bear Resources to
Kinross Gold ($1.8B), Great Bear Royalties to Royal Gold ($200M), and Kaminak Gold to
Goldcorp ($510M). He is currently Chairman of K2 Gold Corp. and serves as a strategic advisor
to several junior mining companies.
Senior Sustainability Manager
Allison Rippin Armstrong is an environmental scientist and senior mining executive with over 30
years of experience in permitting, regulatory processes and environmental compliance, working
with indigenous organizations, resource companies, regulatory agencies, and Indigenous,
territorial and federal governments. She previously served as Vice President of Sustainability at
Kaminak Gold Corp., supporting the advancement of the Coffee Gold Project before its acquisition
in 2016. From 2018 to 2023, Allison assisted Lucara Diamond Corp. in developing and
implementing an ESG strategy that included building and developing the environment and
community relations departments, as well as introducing sustainability initiatives at the Karowe
Diamond Mine in Botswana. More recently, she assisted Forum Energy Metals Corp. as their Vice
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President of Nunavut Affairs. Allison sits on several boards, including Tectonic Metals Inc., the
Alberta Energy Regulator, the Alberta Environmental Appeals Board and the Alberta Public Lands
Appeal Board.
Upcoming Events
African Mining Indaba, Cape Town, February 9 – 12
BMO 35rd Global Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals Conference, Hollywood, FL, February
22 – 25
Metals Investor Forum Toronto, February 27 – 28
o Corporate Presentation: February 27, 6:00 PM ET
Yukon in Global Focus: From Rocks to Riches Breakfast - Fireside Chat - Toronto, March
2, 7 AM – 9 AM ET
o 7:00 AM to 9 AM ET
PDAC, Toronto, March 1 – 4, 2026
o Exhibitor Booth No. 2213, March 1 – 2
o 1x1 Meetings, Level 300, March 1-3
SMI Zurich, Switzerland, March 18 -19
About Banyan
Banyan's primary asset, the AurMac Project is located in the Traditional Territory of First Nation
of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun, in Canada’s Yukon Territo ry. The current Mineral Resource Estimate
(“MRE”) for the AurMac Project has an effective date of June 28, 2025 and comprises an Indicated
Mineral Resource of 2.274 million ounces of gold (" Au") (112.5 M tonnes at 0.63 g/t) and an
Inferred Mineral Resource of 5.453 Moz of Au (280.6 M tonnes at 0.60 g/t ) (as defined in the
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (" CIM") Definition Standards for Mineral
Resources & Mineral Reserves incorporated by reference into NI 43-101). The 303 square
kilometres (“sq km”) AurMac Project lies 40 kilometres from Mayo, Yukon. The AurMac Project
is transected by the main Yukon highway and benefits from a 3-phase powerline, existing power
station and cell phone coverage.
Table 1: Pit-Constrained Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources – AurMac Project
Deposit Gold Cut-Off
(g/t)
Tonnage
(M Tonnes)
Average Gold
Grade (g/t)
Contained Gold
(Moz)
Indicated MRE
Airstrip 0.30 27.7 0.69 0.611
Powerline 0.30 84.8 0.61 1.663
Total Combined
Indicated MRE
0.30 112.5 0.63 2.274
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Inferred MRE
Airstrip 0.30 10.1 0.75 0.245
Powerline 0.30 270.4 0.60 5.208
Total Combined
Inferred MRE
0.30 280.6 0.60 5.453
Notes to Table 1:
1. The effective date for the MRE is June 28, 2025, and was prepared by Marc Jutras, P.Eng., M.A.Sc., Principal,
Ginto Consulting Inc., an independent "Qualified Person" within the meaning of NI 43-101.
2. Mineral Resources, which are not Mineral Reserv es, do not have demonstrated ec onomic viability. The
estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affect ed by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation,
sociopolitical, marketing, changes in global gold markets or other relevant issues.
3. The CIM Definition Standards were followed for cla ssification of Mineral Resources. The quantity and grade
of reported Inferred Mineral Resources in this estimation are uncertain in nature and there has been insufficient
exploration to define these Inferred Mineral Resources as an Indicated Mineral Resource.
4. Mineral Resources are reported at a cut-off grade of 0.30 g/t gold for all deposits, using a US$/CAN$ exchange
rate of 0.73 and constrained within an open pit shell optimized with the Lerch s-Grossman algorithm to
constrain the Mineral Resources wit h the following estimated parameters: gold price of US$2,050/ounce,
US$2.50/t mining cost, US$10.00/t processing cost, US$2.00/t G+A, 90% gold recoveries, and 45° pit slopes.1
5. The number of tonnes and ounces was rounded to the nearest thousand. Any discrepancies in the totals are
due to rounding effects.
In addition to the AurMac Project, the Company holds the Hyland Gold Project, located 70 km
Northeast of Watson Lake, Yukon, along the Southeast end of the Tintina Gold Belt (the “Hyland
Project”) in the Traditional Territory of the Kaska Nations, closest to the Liard First Nation and
Daylu Dena Council. The Hyland Project represents a sediment hosted, structurally controlled,
intrusion related gold deposit, within a large land package (over 125 sq km), accessible by a
network of existing gravel access roads. The updated MRE comprises an Indicated Mineral
Resource of 337 thousand (“K”) ounces (“oz”) of gold (“Au”) and 2.63 million (“M”) oz of silver
(“Ag”) (11.3 M tonnes of ore at 0.93 g/t Au and 7.27 g/t Ag), and an Inferred Mineral Resource of
118 Koz of Au and 0.86 Moz Ag (3.9 M tonnes of ore at 0.95 g/t Au and 6.94 g/t Ag) (as defined
in the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (“ CIM”) Definition Standards for
Mineral Resources & Mineral Reserves incorporated by reference into NI 43-101) effective
September 1, 2025 and with technical report filed on Sedar on October 27, 2025.
Banyan also holds the Nitra Gold Project, a grassroots exploration project located in the Mayo
Mining district, approximately 10 km west of the AurMac Gold property. The Nitra Property lies in
the northern part of the Selwyn basin and is underlain by metaclastic rocks of the Late Proterozoic
Yusezyu Formation of the Hyland Group, similar to lithologies hosting portions of the AurMac
Project. Middle Cretaceous Tombstone Plutonic suite intrusions occur along the property
including the Morrison Creek and Minto Creek stocks. The property is 100% owned and operated
by Banyan and covers approximately 313.9 sq km. The property is accessible by road along the
Silver Trail Highway, South McQuesten Road and 4x4 roads.
1 The gold price and cost assumptions are consistent with current pricing assumptions and costs and, in particular,
with those employed for recent technical reports for similar pit-constrained Yukon gold projects.
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Banyan trades on the TSX-Venture Exchange under the symbol “ BYN” and is quoted on the
OTCQB Venture Market under the symbol “ BYAGF”. For more information, please visit the
corporate website at or contact the Company.
ON BEHALF OF BANYAN GOLD CORPORATION
(signed) "Tara Christie"
Tara Christie
President & CEO
For more information, please contact:
Tara Christie • 778 928 0556 • [email protected]
Jasmine Sangria • 604 312 5610 • [email protected]
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