Collective Mining Significantly Expands the Apollo System to the North by up to 450 Metres Through Multiple Broad Intercepts Representing a New Hanging Wall Vein Zone Directional drilling from mother holes positioned well outside the known breccia-hosted portion of
Collective Mining Significantly Expands the Apollo System to the North by
up to 450 Metres Through Multiple Broad Intercepts Representing a New
Hanging Wall Vein Zone
Directional drilling from mother holes positioned well outside the known breccia-hosted portion of
Apollo
unexpectedly intersected thick zones of
strongly mineralized gold-rich sheeted veinlets. This new zone, named the Hanging Wall Vein Zone, approaches surface, extends the
Apollo
system up to 450 metres northwards, and has been drilled up to 600 metres vertically. Mineralization remains open in all directions.
Highlight intercepts into the Hanging Wall Vein Zone include:
61.30 metres @ 1.78 g/t gold equivalent (APC-140D)
130.40 metres @ 1.15 g/t gold equivalent (ACP-143D)
T
he Company intends to aggressively drill the Hanging Wall Vein Zone in Q1 2026, as it has clear potential, based on continuity and width of
mineralized zones, to materially increase the overall mineral inventory of the
Apollo
system.
In addition, the step-out drilling program has expanded the breccia mineralization by approximately 250 metres vertically and 55 metres laterally
(Northern Expansion Zone). Notable intercepts include:
91.15 metres @ 2.31 g/t gold equivalent (APC106-D2)
120.35 metres @ 1.35 g/t gold equivalent (APC106-D1)
TORONTO
,
Dec. 9, 2025
/CNW/ -
Collective Mining Ltd.
(NYSE: CNL) (TSX: CNL)
("Collective" or the "Company")
is pleased to announce assay results for
seven diamond drill holes that have materially expanded the
Apollo
system ("Apollo") northwards along strike by an additional 450 metres. Apollo is a large-scale,
high-grade, partially Reduced Intrusion Related System enriched in gold, silver, copper and tungsten with mineralization traced from surface to
over 1,370
vertical metres
.
Apollo
anchors the Company's flagship Guayabales Project—a district-scale, multi-target and infrastructure-rich project in Caldas,
Colombia
.
To date, Collective Mining has completed
153,000 metres
of diamond drilling across the Guayabales and
San Antonio
projects, including
106,500 metres
at
Apollo
. With ten rigs actively operating as part of its fully funded program, the Company anticipates assay results from multiple high-priority holes in the near term.
With
US$135 million
in cash (as of
December 1, 2025
), the Company is fully funded for its planned, aggressive
2026 program
, which targets up to
100,000
metres
of additional drilling.
Ari Sussman
, Executive Chairman, commented: "It's time to reframe our view of Apollo—not merely as a mineralized breccia system, but as a much larger entity
encompassing the breccia body and surrounding sheeted vein zones with the potential to extend strike lengths by hundreds of meters. Most exciting is the
serendipitous discovery of mineralization in the Hanging Wall Vein Zone during directional drilling of mother holes, which were intended solely to establish kick-off
points for testing the high-grade Ramp Zone at depth. With targeted drilling now planned for the Hanging Wall Zone in 2026, I'm optimistic this will usher in a new
era of significant resource expansion at
Apollo
."
To watch a video of
David Reading
, Special Advisor, explain today's results please
click on the link here.
Details (see Table 1-2 and Figures 1-3)
Hanging Wall Vein Zone Discovery
Two mother holes, drilled to provide kick-off points for drill testing the Ramp Zone, discovered a major new zone of sheeted, gold-and silver-rich veinlets in the
hanging wall to the known
Apollo
system.
Assay intersections from the Hanging Wall Vein Zone include:
APC-140D (drilled south from Pad 29):
61.30 metres @ 1.78 g/t gold equivalent from 503.70 metres
→
including 13.25 metres @ 4.47 g/t gold equivalent from 503.70 metres
24.95 metres @ 1.99 g/t gold equivalent from 636.50 metres
→ including 5.60 metres @ 4.60 g/t gold equivalent from 639.30 metres
→ and including 4.25 metres @ 3.72 g/t gold equivalent from 657.20 metres
APC-143D (drilled southwest from Pad 19):
10.00 metres @ 5.74 g/t gold equivalent from 433.50 metres
130.40 metres @ 1.15 g/t gold equivalent from 622.40 metres
→ including 5.35 metres @ 3.65 g/t gold equivalent from 659.90 metres
→ and including 12.25 metres @ 3.27 g/t gold equivalent from 674.40 metres
This newly discovered Hanging Wall Vein Zone has expanded the mineralized footprint at
Apollo
. The interpreted northeast strike length has increased by 43%,
with the system now measuring approximately 1,050 metres (previously 600 metres) × 400 metres width × 1,370 metres vertical extent.
Apollo
remains
completely open along strike to the north and at depth.
The Company plans an aggressive follow-up drilling campaign targeting the Hanging Wall Vein Zone commencing early Q1 2026 to rapidly expand and delineate
this exciting new discovery.
Apollo Breccia Continues to Grow – New
Nor
t
h
ern Extension Confirmed
up to
900
Meters
Below Surface
Four drill holes from Pad 19 and Pad 29 have successfully extended the
Apollo
breccia system from 120 meters to 175 meters along strike to the northeast and
250 metres deeper than previously intersected in hole APC100-D1 (see press release dated
December 4
, 2024). These holes confirm continuity of the high-grade
breccia mineralization up to approximately 900 metres below surface locally on its northern flank where it remains open at depth for further expansion. Highlights
from the Northern Expansion Zone include:
APC106-D1 (drilled to the southwest)
120.35 m
etres
@ 1.35 g/t
gold equivalent
from
138.00 m
etres
→ including 11.65 metres @ 2.25 g/t gold equivalent from 178.20 metres
→ 29.20 metres @ 2.24 g/t gold equivalent from 229.15 metres
→ and 17.70 metres @ 3.03 g/t gold equivalent from 319.00 metres
APC106-D2 (drilled to the southwest)
91.15
m
etres
@ 2.31 g/t
gold equivalent
from 302.85
m
etres
→ including 18.20
m
etres
@ 6.31 g/t
gold equivalent
from 341.50
m
etres
(one of the highest-grade sections intersected to date at this depth and in this
location)
APC143-D1 (drilled to the southwest)
111.20
m
etres
@ 1.34 g/t
gold equivalent
from 48.55
m
etres
→ including 14.00 metres @ 3.12 g/t gold equivalent from 130.00 metres
APC140-D1 (drilled to the southwest)
15.10 metres @ 1.70 g/t gold equivalent from 197.40 metres
Table 1: Assays Results for the Hanging Wall Vein Zone Drill Holes APC-140D and APC-143D
Hole #
From
(m)
To
(m)
Length
(m)
Au
g/t
Ag
g/t
Cu
%
Zn
%
AuEq
g/t*
APC-140D
503.70
565.00
61.30
1.58
14
0.05
0.05
1.78
Incl.
503.70
516.95
13.25
4.03
34
0.06
0.12
4.47
and
636.50
661.45
24.95
1.85
8
0.02
0.20
1.99
Incl.
639.30
644.90
5.60
4.31
17
0.03
0.50
4.60
& Incl.
657.20
661.45
4.25
3.60
10
0.01
0.24
3.72
APC-143D
433.50
443.50
10.00
4.72
83
0.04
0.10
5.74
and
622.40
752.80
130.40
1.01
8
0.02
0.10
1.15
Incl.
659.90
665.25
5.35
3.35
20
0.05
0.20
3.65
& Incl.
674.40
686.65
12.25
3.10
12
0.02
0.22
3.27
Table 2: Assays Results for
Apollo's
Northern Expansion Zone Drill Holes APC106-D1, APC106-D2, APC106-D3, APC140-D1 and APC143-D1
Hole #
From
(m)
To
(m)
Length
(m)
Au
g/t
Ag
g/t
Cu
%
Zn
%
AuEq
g/t*
APC106-D1
138.00
258.35
120.35
1.26
6
0.02
0.07
1.35
Incl.
178.20
189.85
11.65
2.15
8
0.03
0.08
2.25
& Incl.
229.15
258.35
29.20
2.18
5
0.02
0.10
2.24
and
319.00
336.70
17.70
3.06
3
0.02
0.01
3.03
APC106-D2
302.85
394.00
91.15
2.13
12
0.05
0.10
2.31
Incl.
341.50
359.70
18.20
6.16
16
0.06
0.15
6.31
APC106-D3
398.95
403.35
4.40
3.47
6
0.04
-
3.50
and
421.80
432.25
10.45
3.27
5
0.03
0.01
3.28
APC140-D1
197.40
212.50
15.10
1.53
10
0.03
0.12
1.70
APC143-D1
48.55
159.75
111.20
1.28
4
0.02
0.07
1.34
Incl.
130.00
144.00
14.00
3.08
6
0.02
0.08
3.12
*AuEq (g/t) is calculated as follows: (Au (g/t) x 0.97) + (Ag (g/t) x 0.015 x 0.85) + (Cu (%) x 1.44 x 0.95) + (Zn (%) x 0.39 x 0.85) utilizing metal prices of Au –
US$2,200
/oz, Ag –
US$33
/oz, Cu –
US$4.62
/lb and Zn –
US$1.25
/lb and recovery rates of 97% for Au, 85% for Ag, 95% for Cu and 85% for Zn. Recovery rate
assumptions for metals are based on metallurgical results announced on
October 17, 2023
,
April 11, 2024
and
October 3, 2024
. The recovery rate assumption
for zinc is speculative as limited metallurgical work has been completed to date. True widths are between 60%-100% of the total length and grades are uncut.
Figure 1: Cross Section A – A’ (see Figure 2) Highlighting the Northern Expansion to the Breccia Body and the Newly Discovered Hanging Wall Zone (CNW
Group/Collective Mining Ltd.)
Figure 2: Plan View of the Apollo System Highlighting Drill Holes Announced in this Release and the Significant Strike Expansion of the System to the North (CNW
Group/Collective Mining Ltd.)
Figure 3: Plan View of the Guayabales Project Highlighting the Apollo System (CNW Group/Collective Mining Ltd.)
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 has options to acquire 100% interest in two projects 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 has launched its largest drilling campaign in history at the San Antonio Project as it hunts for new discoveries and looks to expand upon
the newly discovered porphyry system 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".
Qualified Person (QP) and NI43-101 Disclosure
David J Reading is the designated Qualified Person for this news release within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") and has reviewed and
verified that the technical information contained herein is accurate and approves of the written disclosure of same. Mr. Reading has an MSc in Economic Geology
and is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and of the Society of Economic Geology (SEG).
Technical Information
Samples were cut by Company personnel at Collective Mining's core facility in Caldas,
Colombia
. Diamond drill core was sawed and then sampled in maximum 2
metres intervals, stopping at geological boundaries. Drill hole core diameter is a mix of PQ, HQ and NQ depending on the depth of the drill hole.
Core samples have been prepared and analyzed at ALS laboratory facilities in
Medellin, Colombia
and
Lima, Peru
. Blanks, duplicates, and certified reference
standards are inserted into the sample stream to monitor laboratory performance. Crush rejects and pulps are kept and stored in a secured storage facility for
future assay verification. No capping has been applied to sample composites. The Company utilizes a rigorous, industry-standard QA/QC program.
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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
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