Royal Road Commences Drilling at Güíntar and Advances Colombian Exploration Portfolio Multiple holes planned to follow the Güíntar porphyry system at depth; additional targets advanced at Algodona and Niverengo; widespread late gold-bearing event recognized
Royal Road Commences Drilling at Güíntar
and Advances Colombian Exploration Portfolio
Multiple holes planned to follow the Güíntar porphyry system
at depth; additional targets advanced at Algodona and
Niverengo; widespread late gold-bearing event recognized
across GAM
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 14, 2026) - Royal Road Minerals Limited
(TSXV: RYR)
(OTCQB: RRDMF)
("
Royal Road
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce that diamond drilling
has commenced at Güíntar, the most advanced target within its Güíntar-Alemán-Margaritas ("GAM")
gold-copper-silver project in Antioquia, Colombia (Figure 1).
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Elsewhere at GAM, recent underground sampling at Algodona returned
36 meters at 2.14 g/t gold and
6.95 g/t silver
, while reprocessing of historical geophysics at Niverengo has defined a previously
untested coincident chargeability and magnetic target.
Recent geological and structural mapping, underground sampling, drill-core resampling and three-
dimensional modeling have significantly advanced the Company's understanding of the GAM
mineralized system. Importantly, gold-bearing pyrrhotite veins and disseminations are now recognized
throughout GAM and are increasingly interpreted as a widespread late hydrothermal flooding event
superimposed on the earlier porphyry gold-copper-silver system.
Beyond GAM, Royal Road controls approximately 1,840 km² of mineral titles and applications across its
Colombian portfolio. Reconnaissance is underway in the Northern Block, while progress in the Southern
Block is enabling the Company to regain access to highly prospective gold and copper targets.
Güíntar drilling
Drilling has commenced from Platform 20, where multiple holes are planned to progressively follow the
interpreted mineralized system down-plunge and beneath the limits of previous drilling (Figure 2). The
new holes will test down-dip extensions of mineralization encountered in previously drilled holes GUI-DD-
013 and GUI-DD-028 (see press releases dated December 14, 2021; and March 18, 2026).
GUI-DD-013 intersected
131 meters at 1.0 g/t AuEq
1
, equivalent to 1.3% CuEq
, including
57 meters
at 1.4 g/t gold, 10.2 g/t silver and 0.6% copper
.
GUI-DD-028 intersected
176 meters at 1.2 g/t AuEq, equivalent to 1.4% CuEq
, including
76 meters
at 2.1 g/t gold, 7.9 g/t silver and 0.4% copper
, and remained open at depth.
(Not true widths and the Company does not have sufficient information to estimate true widths)
Additional drilling from Platform 19 will test the width and continuity of mineralization across adjacent
fault-bound structural blocks (see Figure 2).
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Recent geological and structural work indicates that the Güíntar porphyry system has been locally offset
by younger normal and transtensional faulting. These structures are themselves mineralized by the
younger pyrrhotite hosted gold-bearing hydrothermal event and are interpreted to reflect late-stage
regional uplift and extension associated with renewed magmatic activity and gold mineralization at
depth.
The revised model provides a substantially improved framework for targeting both the earlier porphyry
system and the younger gold-bearing event.
Multiple targets across GAM
The evolving geological model at Güíntar forms part of a broader cluster of porphyry-related targets
across GAM (Figure 3).
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At Alemán, approximately 500 meters northwest of Güíntar, previous drilling intersected
64.5 meters at
1.1 g/t gold and 1.4 g/t silver, including 24 meters at 2.4 g/t gold and 2.7 g/t silver
(Not true widths
and the Company does not have sufficient information to estimate true widths; see press release June
28, 2022). A second, deeper hole returned 25 meters at 0.7 g/t gold (see press release September 29,
2025). Recent structural mapping has identified additional mineralized structures for future testing.
Work is also continuing at Venadera and Margaritas, where mapping, sampling and geophysics are
refining additional porphyry, skarn, carbonate-base-metal and structurally controlled gold targets.
Algodona and Niverengo
Recent continuous rock-chip sampling from exposures in two artisanal workings at Algodona returned
36
meters at 2.14 g/t gold and 6.95 g/t silver
, together with a second interval of
11 meters at 1.49 g/t
gold
(the reported lengths represent the sampling lines and true widths have not been established).
Historical drilling around the margins of the interpreted Algodona target returned
42 meters at 0.7 g/t
gold, including 18 meters at 1.1 g/t gold
, and
16 meters at 0.8 g/t gold, including 10 meters at 1.0
g/t gold
. A separate six-meter interval returned
1.2 g/t gold silver
(Not true widths and the Company
does not have sufficient information to estimate true widths). The historical holes intersected diorite,
garnet-bearing calc-silicate and skarn alteration, porphyry-style quartz and magnetite-bearing veins and
later pyrrhotite-bearing veins. Integration of drilling, underground sampling and geophysical data
supports the interpretation of a concealed intrusive-hydrothermal center surrounded by mineralized skarn
that remains inadequately tested.
At Niverengo, reprocessing of historical induced-polarization data has identified an untested
chargeability anomaly of greater than 40 mV/V, coincident at depth with a pronounced magnetic
susceptibility high (Figure 3). Previous drilling was completed principally outside the core of the
coincident target. Holes drilled progressively toward it encountered increasing densities of disseminated
pyrrhotite and more strongly developed calc-silicate and skarn alteration. The Company plans to test
Niverengo as part of the GAM exploration program.
Widespread late gold-bearing event
Pyrrhotite-bearing veins and disseminations occur throughout GAM, including at Güíntar, Alemán,
Niverengo and Algodona. The Company recently completed selective resampling of pyrrhotite-bearing
veins from historical drill core at Güíntar and Niverengo. The veins range from less than one centimeter to
approximately 80 centimeters in width and had previously been incorporated within broader one-meter
sample intervals.
A total of 21 selectively sampled pyrrhotite-bearing veins returned gold values ranging from 0.15 to 69.5
g/t Au, with a median grade of 1.17 g/t Au. Of these samples, 17 returned at least 0.5 g/t Au, 11 returned
at least 1.0 g/t Au and four returned at least 5.0 g/t Au. Silver values ranged from 1.37 to 22.2 g/t and
copper values from 0.05% to 0.71% (samples were selected on the basis of the presence of pyrrhotite-
bearing veins and are not representative of the overall grade of mineralization on the property).
The results confirm a consistent association between late gold and the pyrrhotite-bearing assemblage.
Its widespread distribution across GAM suggests that the younger gold mineralization may represent a
broad (uplift-related) hydrothermal flooding event rather than a series of isolated veins. Because
pyrrhotite produces a strong magnetic response, its distribution also provides an important exploration
vector toward concealed intrusive-hydrothermal centers at depth within GAM.
Advancing the broader Colombian portfolio
Royal Road controls approximately
1,840 km²
of mineral titles and applications across two major
exploration blocks in Colombia (Figure 4).
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In the Northern Block, regional reconnaissance has commenced across the Company's Middle Cauca
Belt portfolio. Initial field programs have been completed at Cangrejo and Ebéjico, with follow-up work
advancing at other priority areas including La Merced (Figures 5 and 6). At La Merced, historical
exploration identified porphyritic intrusive rocks with sericitic alteration, quartz-vein stockworks and
hydrothermal brecciation. Channel sampling along approximately 140 meters of road-cut returned an
average grade of 1 g/t gold. The quoted distance represents the sampled traverse and should not be
interpreted as a continuous mineralized interval or true width.
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In the Southern Block, Royal Road is advancing engagement with government, communities and other
stakeholders in Cauca and Nariño with the objective of progressively reopening these highly prospective
areas to systematic exploration. Recent engagement is focused on establishing the access
arrangements, consultation processes and local relationships required to support responsible field
exploration across the Company's extensive title and application portfolio.
"Our objective at Güíntar is to advance the known system toward a maiden mineral resource while
continuing to demonstrate the broader discovery potential of GAM" said Dr. Tim Coughlin, Royal Road's
President and CEO. "Beyond GAM, we are advancing exploration across our Northern Block and,
importantly, working toward renewed access to our gold and copper portfolio in southern Colombia,
which we believe is of exceptional quality."
About Royal Road Minerals:
Royal Road Minerals is a mineral exploration and development company with its head office and
technical-operations center located in Jersey, Channel Islands. The Company is listed on the TSX
Venture Exchange under the ticker RYR, on the OTCQB under the ticker RRDMF and on the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker RLU. The Company's mission is to apply expert skills and
innovative technologies to the process of discovering and developing copper and gold deposits of a
scale large enough to benefit future generations and modern enough to ensure minimum impact on
the environment and no net loss of biodiversity. The Company currently explores in the Kingdoms of
Saudi Arabia, Morocco and in Colombia. More information can be found on the Company's website
www.royalroadminerals.com
.
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.
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been prepared, reviewed
and approved by Dr. Tim Coughlin, BSc (Geology), MSc (Exploration and Mining Geology), PhD,
FAusIMM, President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Road Minerals Limited and a Qualified
Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101.
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Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Sample preparation and analyses are conducted according to standard industry procedures. Drill
core and saw-cut channel samples are crushed, split and pulverized prior to analysis of Gold by fire