Collective Mining Selected to Present Apollo Discovery at PDAC 2026 Core Shack TORONTO ,
Collective Mining Selected to Present Apollo
Discovery at PDAC 2026 Core Shack
TORONTO
,
Feb. 18, 2026
/CNW/ -
Collective Mining Ltd.
(NYSE: CNL) (TSX: CNL) ("Collective"
or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the
Apollo system
, part of the Company's flagship
Guayabales Project
in Caldas,
Colombia
, has been selected by the
PDAC 2026 Technical
Committee
to be featured at the
PDAC 2026 Core Shack
.
Collective will display drill core and supporting technical materials during
Session A
on
Sunday,
March 1
(from
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
)
and on
Monday, March 2
(from
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
)
at
Booth #3114A
, located in the
Investors Exchange, Level 800
, at the
Metro
Toronto
Convention Centre, South Building
. The Company's technical personnel will be available to
discuss and present the Apollo project.
Separately, The Company's management team will also be available at Collective Mining's booth
within the
Investor Exchange (
booth
#2138)
from
Sunday March 1
to
Wednesday March 3
.
The PDAC Core Shack is a highly selective technical forum that highlights exploration projects
demonstrating strong geological fundamentals, scale and discovery potential. Selection reflects the
significance of Apollo as one of the most important recent mineral discoveries and underscores the
growing international recognition of Collective Mining's Guayabales Project among technical experts
and investors.
Ari Sussman
, Executive Chairman, commented:
"The Apollo system continues to demonstrate
the scale, continuity, grade and technical strength that underpins a significant, high-quality mineral
discovery. Being selected for the PDAC 2026 Core Shack provides a meaningful endorsement of the
work completed to date at Apollo and further elevates our project's profile within the global technical
and investment communities as we continue to execute on our aggressive 2026 exploration
program."
Additionally,
Ari Sussman
will be presenting at the
BMO 35th Global Metals, Mining & Critical
Minerals Conference
in
Hollywood, Florida
on
Tuesday February 24
at
5:00 p.m.
, in Ballroom D.
Following the conference, the Company will host a
group of institutional investors on-site in
Colombia
for a visit to the Guayabales Project and the Apollo system.
Apollo forms part of a large, partially reduced intrusion-related mineral system enriched in gold,
silver, copper, and tungsten. Since discovery in
June 2022
, ongoing drilling has delineated continuous
mineralization from surface to depths exceeding
1,410 vertical metres
, with multiple zones
remaining open for further expansion. The system anchors Collective's flagship Guayabales Project,
a district-scale, multi-target and infrastructure-rich project located within an established mining region
in Caldas.
To date, Collective has completed approximately
167,500 metres of diamond drilling
across the
Guayabales and
San Antonio
projects, including more than
110,000 metres at the Apollo system
.
With
US$135 million
in cash
, the Company is fully funded for its planned
2026 exploration
program
, which envisions up to
100,000 metres of additional drilling
as Collective advances
toward a maiden mineral resource estimate targeted for the first half of 2027.
About PDAC 2026
The Prospectors & Developers Association of
Canada
(PDAC) Convention is the world's leading
mineral exploration and mining event. Held annually in
Toronto
, PDAC brings together up to 30,000
participants from more than 130 countries, offering technical programming, networking, and business
development opportunities across the global mining industry.
About Collective Mining Ltd.
To see our latest corporate presentation and related information, please visit
www.collectivemining.com
.
Founded by the team that developed and sold Continental Gold Inc. to Zijin Mining for approximately
$2 billion
in enterprise value, Collective is a gold, silver, copper and tungsten exploration company
with projects in Caldas,
Colombia
. The Company's two projects are located directly within an
established mining camp with ten fully permitted and operating mines.
The Company's flagship project, Guayabales, is anchored by the Apollo system, which hosts the
large-scale, bulk-tonnage and high-grade gold-silver-copper-tungsten Apollo system. The Company's
objectives at the Guayabales Project are to expand the newly discovered high-grade Ramp Zone
along strike and to depth and drill a series of greenfield generated targets on the property.
Additionally, the Company is drilling its optioned San Antonio Project (can earn up to 100% interest)
as it hunts for new discoveries and looks to aggressively extend to the south the recently discovered
high-grade silver system made at the Pound target. The San Antonio Project is located between two
to five kilometers east-northeast of the Guayabales Project and could potentially share infrastructure
given their proximity to each other.
Management, insiders, a strategic investor and close family and friends own 45.3% of the
outstanding shares of the Company and as a result, are fully aligned with shareholders. The
Company is listed on both the NYSE American and TSX under the trading symbol "CNL".
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking information" within the
meaning of applicable securities legislation (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). All
statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based
on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that
involves discussion with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives,
assumptions, future events or performance (often, but not always using phrases such as "plans",
"expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or
"believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that
certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be
achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. In this news
release, forward-looking statements relate, among other things, to the anticipated advancement of
mineral properties or programs; future operations; future recovery metal recovery rates; future
growth potential of Collective; and future development plans.
These forward-looking statements, and any assumptions upon which they are based, are made in
good faith and reflect our current judgment regarding future events including the direction of our
business. Management believes that these assumptions are reasonable. Forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. Such factors include, among others: risks related to the speculative nature of the
Company's business; the Company's formative stage of development; the Company's financial
position; possible variations in mineralization, grade or recovery rates; actual results of current
exploration activities; conclusions of future economic evaluations; fluctuations in general
macroeconomic conditions; fluctuations in securities markets; fluctuations in spot and forward prices
of gold, precious and base metals or certain other commodities; fluctuations in currency markets;
change in national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls regulations and political or
economic developments; risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration,
development and mining (including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or
unexpected formation pressures, cave-ins and flooding); inability to obtain adequate insurance to
cover risks and hazards; the presence of laws and regulations that may impose restrictions on
mining; employee relations; relationships with and claims by local communities and indigenous
populations; availability of increasing costs associated with mining inputs and labour; the speculative
nature of mineral exploration and development (including the risks of obtaining necessary licenses,
permits and approvals from government authorities); and title to properties, as well as those risk
factors discussed or referred to in the annual information form of the Company dated
March 24,
2025
. Forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this news release
and the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or results, except as may be required by applicable
securities laws. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be
accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements and there may be other factors that cause results not to be anticipated, estimated or
intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
SOURCE
Collective Mining Ltd.
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