Banyan Gold Recognized as a 2026 TSX Venture 50 Company
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Banyan Gold Recognized as a 2026 TSX Venture 50 Company
February 18, 2026 TSX-V: BYN
VANCOUVER, BC, February 18 , 202 6 - Banyan Gold Corp . (the " Company" or "Banyan")
(TSX-V: BYN) (OTCQB: BYAGF) is pleased to announce that Banyan has been recognized as
one of the top 50 performing companies for 2025 on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV").
The TSX Venture 50 TM is an annual ranking of the top fifty performing companies from the past
year on TSXV, out of over 1,600 TSXV issuers. The ranking is an equal weighting of each
company’s performance during 2025 across three criteria: market capitalization growth, share
price appreciation and Canadian consolidated trading value.
“We appreciate being recognized as a top performer on the TSXV for 2025. This acknowledgment
reflects our team's dedication , the quality of our AurMac asset and the significant share price
appreciation of 379% we achieved in 2025, along with market cap growth exceeding 500% and
increased liquidity,” said Tara Christie, President and CEO. “We are committed to continuing to
enhance value for all our shareholders and stakeholders, as we progress our AurMac Project in
the Yukon."
For further details on the 2026 TSX Venture
50TM visit: https://money.tmx.com/en/venture50.
Upcoming Events
• 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 Territory. The current Mineral Resource Estimate
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(“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
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 Reserves, do not have demonstrated economic viability. The
estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected 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 classification 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 Lerchs -Grossman algorithm to
constrain the Mineral Resources with 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
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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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 Gold Corporation ("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.
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]
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT: Neither the TSX Venture Exchange, its Regulation Services Provider (as that term
is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) nor OTCQB Venture Market accepts responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the
information contained herein.
FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION: This release contains forward -looking information, which is not comprised of
historical facts and is based upon the Company’s current internal expectations, estimates, projections, assumptions
and beliefs. Such information can generally be identified by the use of forwarding-looking wording such as “may”, “will”,
“expect”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “intend(s)”, “believe”, “potential” and “continue” or the negative thereof or similar
variations, Forward-looking information involves risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events,
results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-
looking information. Forward looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, the potential for
resource expansion; mineral recoveries and anticipated mining costs. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from such forward -looking information include uncertainties inheren t in resource estimates, continuity and
extent of mineralization, capital and operating costs varying significantly from estimates, the preliminary nature of
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metallurgical test results, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project
approvals, political risks, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, changes
in equity markets, inflation, changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices, and the other risks involved
in the mineral exploration and development industry, enhanced risks inherent to conducting business in any jurisdiction,
and those risks set out in Banyan’s public documents filed on SEDAR. Although Banyan believes that the assumptions
and factors used in preparing the forward -looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance
should not be placed on such information, which on ly applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance
can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Banyan disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, other than as required by law.