Drill Program Underway at Irving Resources Omu Gold-Silver Project Hokkaido, Japan
IRVING RESOURCES INC.
999 Canada Place, Suite 404
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6C 3E2
September 14, 2026
NEWS RELEASE
Drill Program Underway at Irving Resources
Omu Gold-Silver Project Hokkaido, Japan
Vancouver, British Columbia, September 14, 2026 (ACCESS Newswire) – Irving Resources Inc.
(CSE:IRV; OTCQX: IRVRF; FSE: 1IR) (“Irving” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that
its aggressive 2026 drill program at its Omu gold-silver project is underway. One diamond drill
rig, Irving’s own Zinex A5, is currently testing shallow silica-rich gold-silver mineralization at the
Nanko target, part of the Omui mining license. Two diamond drill rigs are testing mineralization
that is part of the JX/Irving collaboration within the Honpi mineralized zone of the Omui mining
license. A fourth diamond drill is actively drilling extensions of the Omu Sinter deposit. Highlights
of the 2026 drill program are as follows:
- Holes recently completed at Nanko have all encountered extensive shallow, intensely
silicified volcanic rocks and hydrothermal breccias and veining. Sulfide minerals are
readily evident where rocks are unoxidized. Examples of core from these holes can be seen
in Figures 1-3. Previous drilling in the area five years ago encountered similar rocks that
proved to contain appreciable gold and silver values (see the Company’s news release for
20OMI-003 dated August 13, 2020 and 20OMI-004/005 dated November 13, 2020).
- Irving believes a large volume of gold-silver-bearing silica is potentially present at Nanko.
This season’s drill program is designed to outline the footprint of this system. Drilling at
Nanko is immediately south of the area defined at Omui that is subject to an option by JX
Advanced Metals Corporation (“ JX”) (see the Company’s news release dated November
13, 2024).
- Two holes are currently being drilled in the JX/Irving collaboration area at Omui. These
holes are follow-up to previous drilling which tested silicification and mineralization at
shallow depths. Drilling of these holes has just recently begun but are already showing
hydrothermal breccias and veining. (see Figure 4).
- At Omu Sinter, drilling of shallow vertical holes continues to expand the footprint of the
shallow silica sinter deposit. Recent drill holes have continued to intersect significant silica
sinter and intensely silicified volcanic rocks (see Figures 5). This area is subject to the JX
option agreement described in the Company’s news release of November 13, 2024 (the
“JX Option Agreement”). Irving and JX are collaborating to define a shallow gold-silver
silica deposit that can potentially become a source of silica flux for the smelting industry
in Japan.
- In addition to the aforementioned shallow drilling at Omu Sinter, Irving has filed an
application to drill deeper holes to test the high-grade feeder discovered earlier this year.
In its news release dated June 25, 2026 (which should be read in its entirety), Irving
announced an intercept of shallow feeder mineralization grading 0.98 gpt Au and 68.96
gpt Ag (2.06 gpt AuEq) over 47.7m including 4.05 gpt Au and 54.71 gpt Ag over 7.0m
with a further subinterval of 10.68 gpt Au and 187.81 gpt Ag over 1.05m. These results
are not necessarily representative of mineralization throughout Omu Sinter. The deeper
regime, below a depth of approximately 50 metres below sea level , at Omu Sinter is not
subject to the JX Option Agreement and remains 100% controlled by Irving. Approval of
this permit is expected within the next few weeks, at which point drills that are completing
the planned program at Nanko will be repositioned at Omu Sinter to drill these deeper
holes.
“We are very pleased that our 2026 Omu diamond drill program is underway and already
demonstrating the presence of shallow silica-rich mineralization at both Nanko and Omu Sinter,”
commented Dr. Quinton Hennigh, technical advisor and director of Irving. “We have long
suspected there is extensive shallow, precious metal-bearing silica at Nanko. While we must wait
on assays, the first holes demonstrate this potential. And at Omu Sinter, the shallow silica-rich
footprint of the target continues to expand. Most excitingly, we will be in a position to test the
high-grade feeder at Omu Sinter later this year.”
Quinton Hennigh (Ph.D., P.Geo.) is the qualified person pursuant to National Instrument 43-
101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects responsible for, and having reviewed and
approved, the technical information contained in this news release. Dr. Hennigh is a technical
advisor and a director of Irving and has verified the data disclosed including sampling, through
review of photographs of core prior to and after sawing and sampling, and analytical, through
review of standard and blank analyses.
About Irving Resources Inc.:
Irving is a junior exploration company with a focus on gold in Japan. Irving resulted from
completion of a plan of arrangement involving Irving, Gold Canyon Resources Inc. and First
Mining Finance Corp. Additional information can be found on the Company’s
website: www.IRVresources.com.
Akiko Levinson,
President, CEO & Director
For further information, please contact:
Tel: (604) 682-3234 Toll free: 1 (888) 242-3234 Fax: (604) 971-0209
Some statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities
legislation including, without limitation, statements as to planned exploration activities and that approval of Irving’s application to
drill deeper holes at Omu Sinter is expected in the next few weeks. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions
and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
statements. Such factors include, without limitation, customary risks of the mineral resource exploration industry, the funding of
planned drilling and other exploration activities, as well as the performance of services by third parties.
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(Figure 1: Hole 26OMI-001 at Nanko showing extensive hydrothermal silicified breccia and
veining within interval 68.7m to 72.31m)
(Figure 2: Hole 26OMI-001 at Nanko showing extensive hydrothermal silicified breccia within
interval 76.5m to 79.53m)
(Figure 3: Hole 26OMI-004 at Nanko showing intense hydrothermal silicified breccia and
veining within interval 60.32m to 63.83m)
(Figure 4: Hole 26OMI-002 within the JX/Irving Collaboration Area showing intense
hydrothermal silicified breccia and veining within interval 24m to 27m)
(Figure 5: Hole 26OMS-006 at Omu Sinter showing sinter within interval 6m to 9m)
(Figure 6: Omui Project drilling update map as of September 3, 2026)
(Figure 7: Omu Sinter Project drilling update map as of September 3, 2026)