K2 Gold Stakes New 21,887 Hectare District Scale Gold Project in Yukon Territory
K2 Gold Stakes New 21,887 Hectare District
Scale Gold Project in Yukon Territory
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 4, 2026) -
K2 Gold Corporation
(TSXV: KTO)
(OTCQB: KTGDF) (FSE: 23K) ("K2" or the "Company") today announced the
staking of the 21,887
hectare
Wolf
Project
, a new district-scale gold exploration project in west-central Yukon Territory,
Canada, located 80 km south of the 3.0 Moz Au
Coffee Gold Project currently under development by
Fuerte Metals.
Highlights:
Project generated in-house by leveraging the extensive Yukon experience of K2's Technical team
including Eric Buitenhuis, and John Robins, founder and former Chairman of Kaminak Gold Corp.
The
Wolf
South
claim block is host to a >10 km long gold-in-soil geochemical anomaly which was
previously held by Teck Resources, Ryan Gold Corp., and Beringia Gold Corp.
.
K2 is the first
company to hold the entire anomaly in a single land position. The project lies 30 km northeast of
the Alaska Highway and powerline.
The
Wolf North
claim blocks host greenfields targets and consist of a fault-controlled window
exposing granitic intrusive rocks within volcanic cover and volcanic rocks with associated coarse
gold and epithermal pathfinders in stream sediments.
The project represents a rare opportunity to secure a large land position (1,044 claims, 21,887
hectares) across both known gold mineralization and compelling greenfields discovery targets.
The company plans to restructure the ownership of its Yukon projects, including Wolf and the Wels
property where drilling to date has intersected high-grade gold across all tested trends (including:
3.53g/t Au over 19.5m and 10.38 over 6.0m) into a wholly owned subsidiary to enhance future
strategic flexibility.
Anthony Margarit, President and CEO of K2 Gold, stated: "
The Wolf Project is exactly the type of
opportunity we look for at K2-district-scale, geologically compelling, underexplored, and located in
one of the world's premier mining jurisdictions. Our technical team has been interested in the Wolf
region since late 2024, we're excited to have secured the ground as the Yukon continues to attract
attention as a top Canadian jurisdiction for exploration.
"While we're excited about the Wolf Project, Mojave remains our flagship asset and our top priority as
we advance toward drilling.
Wolf
strengthens our pipeline and gives K2 another high-quality discovery
platform without distracting from the significant value creation opportunity we see at Mojave
."
Figure 1
: Location of the Wolf claim blocks; K2's Wels Property indicated.
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Overview
The Wolf Project is situated in the northwest Nisling Range, approximately 40 kilometres southeast of
K2's Wels Project and 75 kilometres east-southeast of Beaver Creek, Yukon. The newly acquired claims
cover a large, underexplored gold-prospective area identified by K2's technical team through proprietary
regional targeting and compilation of historical datasets from prior operators including Teck Resources,
Beringia Gold, and Ryan Gold.
The property is divided into two highly prospective areas: Wolf South, which hosts historically fragmented
gold, arsenic, antimony, and base metal soil geochemical anomalies spanning over 10 kilometres, and
the Wolf North blocks, two blocks of claims covering unglaciated, mainly un-explored ground
characterized by coarse placer gold occurrences, elevated mercury and antimony in stream sediments,
as well as structural features interpreted to be prospective for a previously unrecognized epithermal gold
system.
Wolf South Block
The
Wolf South
claim block is situated within an underexplored corner of the northwestern Nisling
Range, where Cretaceous-age granodiorite and related intrusive phases are juxtaposed against older
metamorphic rocks and younger volcanic rocks northeast of the Denali fault, and along a regionally-
significant nothwest-trending fault system.
Historical work in the district indicates that
Wolf South
hosts multiple styles of mineralization within all
rock types. Discrete, multi-kilometre scale soil anomalies with Au-Cu-Mo±As±Bi, Au-As-Bi-Cu-Ag, and
Au-As-Sb geochemical associations occur within a region hosting sheeted and discrete quartz veins
and altered volcanic breccias over a >10 kilometre mineralized trend. Peak historical soil geochemical
values include 404 ppb Au, 596 ppm As, 95 ppm Sb, and 33 ppm Bi, and 519 ppm Cu. As previous
exploration was fragmented and conducted by multiple competing operators, K2 believes its staking
represents the first consolidation of the trend in a single land package.
Figure 2
: Gold-in-soil geochemistry at the Wolf South block. Soils assembled from historical
assessment reports filed by Ryan Gold Corp (April Property), Beringia Gold Corp. (May Property) and
Teck Resources (Wolf 3N Property).
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Wolf North Blocks
In the
Wolf North
blocks, K2's geological team identified a series of horsetailing northeast-trending
normal faults exposing granitic intrusions beneath volcanic cover in the vicinity of multiple unexplained
coarse gold in stream sediment occurrences. The structures, unique to the region, juxtapose Donjek
volcanic rocks against the 72 Ma Katrina Creek suite granodiorites. The area is unglaciated and hosts
several streams which drain the claim block to the north and contain coarse gold in stream sediments.
As well, a sequence of Donjek suite volcanic rocks consisting of rhyolite, dacite, and andesite are cut by
several prominent northeast-trending fault structures. Streams surrounding the terrain contain coarse
gold in stream sediments as well as highly anomalous mercury and antimony; these features may
indicate the presence of an epithermal gold system which has seen only cursory exploration in the past.
Next Steps
The Company plans to commence an initial reconnaissance program during the 2026 field season
focused on collection of LiDAR data and high resolution orthophotography, soil sampling, geological
mapping, and prospecting across priority targets.
K2 expects the initial Yukon work program to be modest and highly scalable, designed to complement-
not compete with-the Company's planned drilling activities at Mojave.
Qualified Person ("QP")
The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with Canadian
regulatory requirements set out in NI 43-101 and reviewed and approved by Eric Buitenhuis, M.Sc.,
P.Geo., K2's QP and Vice President of Exploration.
About K2 Gold Corporation
K2 is led by a team that has delivered over $2.6 billion worth of gold transactions, including Great Bear
Resources' C$1.8 billion sale to Kinross and Kaminak Gold's sale to Goldcorp for approximately C$520
million. Chairman John Robins, who also chaired Kaminak, is now poised to deliver yet again for K2. In
addition, K2 is part of Discovery Group, an alliance of companies responsible for the discovery of over
10 million ounces of gold.
The
Mojave Project
is a 5,830-hectare oxide gold project with base metal targets located in California.
Multiple previously recognized surface gold targets have been successfully drilled in the past, most
notably by Newmont and BHP. Since acquiring the property, K2 has completed geochemical and
geophysical surveys, geologic mapping, LiDAR, a WorldView 3 alteration survey, and successfully
completed a 17-hole RC drill program focused on the Dragonfly and Newmont Zones. Highlights from
K2's drilling program include 6.68 g/t Au over 45.72m from surface at the Dragonfly Zone, and 1.69 g/t
Au over 41.15m from 44.20m depth at the Newmont Zone.
The
Si2 Project
is a low-sulphidation epithermal gold system located in Nevada within the Walker Lane
Trend. Historical shallow drilling tested only the uppermost levels of the system and returned anomalous
gold, silver, and pathfinder elements. Since acquiring the project, K2 has completed detailed geologic
mapping, surface geochemistry, geophysics, alteration mineralogy studies, fluid inclusion analysis, and
age dating. These integrated datasets confirm that prior drilling did not test the interpreted boiling zone,
where gold grades are typically maximized in epithermal systems.In early 2026, K2 completed an 8-hole,
3,871m exploration drilling program targeting the depths of the system. Assay results are pending.
The
Wels Project
lies approximately 60km south of Fuerte Metals Coffee project discovered by
Kaminak Gold Corporation (formerly a Discovery Group company prior to its acquisition by Goldcorp-
Newmont). Both the Coffee project and the Wels project lie within the Tintina Gold Belt, share similar
characteristics, and are host to structurally controlled gold mineralization within intrusive rocks exhibiting
multiple trends of mineralization.
K2's 2023 Reverse Circulation drilling program at the Wels Project intersected gold in each of 12 drill
holes, including the discovery of a new mineralized corridor at the Saddle South target. The Wels land
position consists of 350 contiguous quartz claims covering 7,200 hectares and lies within the traditional
territory of White River First Nation.
K2 is committed to responsible exploration, safety, Indigenous and community engagement, and
advancing high-quality projects through a collaborative and technically disciplined approach.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Anthony Margarit
President and CEO
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For further information about K2 Gold Corporation or this news release, please visit our website at
k2gold.com
or contact our Office in Canada at 778-266-1456 or by email at [email protected].
K2 Gold Corporation is a member of Discovery Group based in Vancouver, Canada. For more
information please visit:
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