Decade Confirms High Gold-Copper on the Bonaparte Property in Kamloops Mining Division Highlights of the October 2025 grab sampling program include: 81.3 g/t Au and 1.361% Cu. 122.1 g/t Au and 1.087 % Cu. 116.8 g/t Au and 2.284% Cu.
Decade Confirms High Gold-Copper on the
Bonaparte Property in Kamloops Mining
Division
Highlights of the October 2025 grab sampling program include:
81.3 g/t Au and 1.361% Cu.
122.1 g/t Au and 1.087 % Cu.
116.8 g/t Au and 2.284% Cu.
75.1 g/t Au and 1.165 % Cu.
Stewart, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 23, 2026) -
Decade Resources Ltd.
(TSXV:
DEC) ("Decade" or the "Company") announces that it has received assay results from sampling on the
Bonaparte copper-gold property, located approximately 50km north of Kamloops, B.C., within the
Kamloops Mining Division. The Company sent 71 grab samples from an October visit in for assaying
that included bedrock quartz-chalcopyrite vein material, hornfelsed argillite wall rock and mineralized
dump material from past open pitting activities. Gold assays ranged from 0.001 to 122.1 g/t gold and
0.006 to 2.28 % copper.
The property has different target areas including:
1
.
Cu/Au/Mo porphyry potential
2
.
Bulk-tonnage RIRGS target with high grade gold results in historic drilling, trenching, underground
exploration**
3
.
High grade gold-copper low sulphidation veins systems.
Ed Kruchkowski, President of Decade Resources, stated:
"The Bonaparte Gold project is an exciting property located in an area well accessed by a network of
logging roads and infrastructure. The Company is very excited to continue with a strategy for advancing
the project, which has the potential to add great value for both the Company and the shareholders. As the
Company continues compiling all the historic data, it is anticipated that this will aid the designing and
completing of drill programs across multiple high-priority gold and copper targets. The Company feels
that historic work basically concentrated on the Discovery Zone area which represents an area 300 m
wide and 250 m long in the NW corner of the claims and did not explore other compelling targets. The
Company plans a multi-phase program including drilling, soil and silt sampling and further geophysics."
The sampling was conducted on exposed quartz-sulphide vein material in open cuts, altered and
hornfelsed argillite in the contact areas and mineralized material in dump areas.
Highlights of the October 2025 sampling are shown below:
Sample Number
Sample Type
Au g/t
Ag g/t
Cu %
Bi ppm
Te ppm
25-BPE-14
Grab
81.3
31.83
1.361
124.9
133.03
25-BPE-15
Grab
12.9
34.35
1.556
115.8
161.24
25-BPE-31
Grab
122.1
259
1.087
321.92
>500
25-BPE-37
Grab
126.8
51.59
2.84
115.26
156.88
25-BPE-44
Grab
75.1
25.93
1.165
53.59
71.97
25-BPE-62
Grab
10.17
3.88
0.034
28.24
23.72
25-BPE-64
Grab
42.7
6.42
0.01
123.82
93.55
25-BPE-65
Grab
44.6
20.36
0.702
39.39
60.66
25-BPE-70
Grab
10.79
18.39
0.869
9.34
18.25
Note: The samples above were random in nature but do not necessarily represent the metal content in the source area. The
Company feels that the high metal content is highly encouraging and further investigation is warranted.
Samples 25-BPE 14 and 15 were taken from dump material along an overgrown trench on a quartz-
chalcopyrite-pyrite vein. Samples BPE 31, 37 and 44 are from dump material left from the previous high
grading operations consisting of mixed wall rock and quartz-chalcopyrite-pyrite mineralization. Sample
25-BPE 62 is from a quartz vein with minor chalcopyrite along the east wall of the previous mining pit.
Sample 25-BPE 64 and 65 are from sub-crop of the south Crow vein exposed during reclamation and
25-BPE-70 is a sample of quartz-chalcopyrite along the west side of the mining pit.
Highlights of the July 2025 sampling previously released are shown below:
Sample Number
Sample Type
Au g/t
Ag g/t
Cu %
Bi ppm
Te ppm
25-BP-1
Grab
175.7
78.63
2.267
139.63
218.83
25-BP-3
Grab
82.3
35.98
1.548
115.8
161.24
25-BP-4
Grab
15.02
58.3
5.902
6.27
22.86
25-BP-5
Grab
1662.2
519
0.88
675.48
>500
25-BP-7
Grab
2.45
0.58
0.006
0.66
2.1
The high bismuth and tellurium values indicate a potential for a RIRGS environment **.
The following map shows the location of Samples 25-BPE 8 to 15 inclusive and 25-BPE 63 to 67
inclusive.
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Map is extracted from a 43-101 on the property prepared in 2019 for the previous operators by R. Kemp, P.Geo.
Samples collected in July are shown in a blue colour while the October 2025 sampling is shown in a red
colour.
Out of the 71 samples collected in October, 37 assayed > 1 g/t gold while 36 assayed > 0.1 % copper.
The following photo shows the location of sample 25-BPE-27 to 49 inclusive, 25-BPE-53 to 56 inclusive,
25-BPE-59 to 62 inclusive and 25-BPE-68 to 71 inclusive. Sampling from July 2025 is shown in black
colour and October 2025 in a red colour.
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2026 Strategy to Advance the Gold-Copper Targets
The historic IP surveys
successfully delineated a number of anomalous zones and features for Discovery
Zone style Au-vein targets, extending southward as well as parallel targets to the east underlying
anomalous soil geochemistry. The Discovery Zone contains a series of parallel and sub-parallel gold-
bearing quartz veins hosted within a mylonitic shear zone some 250 to 300 meters wide. A basalt cap
immediately to the south of the Discovery Zone covers the projected extension of this auriferous zone.
Compilation of all historical exploration results have delineated a 2 km long, gold and copper soil
geochemistry anomaly extending from the Discovery Zone to the southeast, down the Cooler Creek
valley. Outcrop is limited in the valley by glacial till cover. A historic drill hole, 15-05 located roughly 500m
east of the Discovery zone area tested a coincident resistivity and Cu-Au soil geochemical anomaly
encountering quartz veins in granodiorite similar to those encountered in the "Discovery Zone." Assay
results from DDH 15-05 returned 7.88g/t gold, 38.4g/t silver and 0.33% copper over a 1.0m core width.
The 1988 soil geochemical surveys along Cooler Creek identified many anomalous Au-Cu soil
geochemical anomalies with soil results reporting up to 3,270ppb Au and a rock grab sample of quartz
vein material reporting 73.03g/t Au (2.13opt Au).
Existing geophysical data indicates the potential for a large porphyry system situated approximately 1km
South of the original Discovery Zone. A second and smaller zone also appears to lie below the original
Discovery Zone at depth. Data indicates the larger southerly body begins near the surface and gradually
increases in size to approximately 3km wide x 2km wide at approximately 275m depth and then
gradually decreases in size to a depth of 500m which is the extent of the geophysical data. Little to no
geochemical surveys have been conducted in this area.
The Company QP has not verified the above results and they should not be relied on. They are included as reference data for
exploration potential.
The Company is proposing four 1.5 km receiver lines to better define the low resistivity/high chargeability
anomaly to the south of the Discovery area. In addition, drilling will test the Discovery area as well as IP
anomalies with overlying MMI anomalies over the larger southern low resistivity/high chargeability
anomaly. Soil sampling will be conducted east of the Discovery area as well as east of the copper-gold
anomalies along Cooler Creek.
Assaying
All samples were prepared at MSA Labs' preparation laboratory in Terrace, B.C., and assayed at MSA
Labs' geochemical laboratory in Langley, B.C. Gold was assayed using a fire assay with atomic
absorption (AA) spectrometry finish. Samples over 25 parts per million gold were fire assayed with
gravimetric finish. All samples were analyzed by four-acid digestion with multielement ICP-MS, with silver
and base metal over limits being reanalyzed by emission spectrometry. MSA Labs' quality system
complies with the requirements for the international standards ISO 17025 and ISO 9001. MSA Labs is
independent of the company.
Qualified Person
Ed Kruchkowski, P.Geo., President of Decade Resources Ltd., is a Qualified Person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical contents of this news release.
He also conducted the sampling reported in this press release.
About Decade Resources Ltd.
Decade Resources Ltd. is a Canadian based mineral exploration company actively seeking
opportunities in the resource sector. Decade holds numerous properties at various stages of
development and exploration from basic grass roots to advanced ones. Its properties and projects are
mostly located in the "Golden Triangle" area of northern British Columbia. For a complete listing of the
Company assets and developments, visit the Company website at
www.decaderesources.ca
. For
investor information please call the Company at 250- 636-2264 or Gary Assaly at 604-377-7969.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
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within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements in this news release, other
than statements of historical facts, including statements regarding future estimates, plans, objectives,
timing, assumptions or expectations of future performance, including without limitation, that the Company
will receive regulatory approval of the Option, the exercise of the Option, exploration plans for the
Property and the use of funds for the recently completed private placement are forward-looking
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Forward-looking statements are based on certain material assumptions and analysis made by the
Company and the opinions and estimates of management as of the date of this press release, including
that Company will be able to receive regulatory approval for the Option, that the Company will be able or
willing to make the Option Payments in order to exercise the Option, that the Company will have the
necessary funds and resources to conduct its exploration plans on the Property and that the Company
will use the proceeds from the private placement as anticipated.
These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company
to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or
forward-looking information. Important risks that may cause actual results to vary, include, without
limitation, the risk that the Company is unable to receive regulatory approval for the Option Agreement;
that the Company may be unable or unwilling to make all Option Payments and exercise the Option; that
the Company may be unable to conduct its exploration plans on the Property as anticipated, or at all; and
that the Company may not use the proceeds from the private placement as anticipated.
Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or forward-looking
information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results
and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information.
Readers are cautioned that reliance on such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. The
Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, forward-looking information or
financial outlook that are incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable
securities laws.
References
Logan, J.M., and Mihalynuk, M.G., 2013. Bonaparte gold: another 195 Ma Au-Cu porphyry deposit in southern British Columbia? In: Geological
Fieldwork 2012, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas. British Columbia Geological Survey Paper 2013-1, 71-80.
Minfile BC
NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Bonaparte Gold Project by R. Kemp, P.Geo.
**Reduced intrusion-related gold systems (RIRGS) are characterized by widespread arrays of sheeted auriferous quartz veins that preferentially
form in the brittle carapace at the top of small plutons, where they form bulk-tonnage, low-grade Au deposits characterized by a Au-Bi-Te-W metal
assemblage, such as the Fort Knox and Dublin Gulch deposits.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277131625_Reduced_Intrusion-
related_Gold_Systems
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