Lodestar Metals Completes Initial 2025 Exploration Work and Finalizes Plans for Strategic Drill Program
Lodestar Metals Completes Initial 2025
Exploration Work and Finalizes Plans for
Strategic Drill Program
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 2, 2025) -
Lodestar Metals Corp
. (TSXV:
LSTR) (OTC Pink: SVTNF) ("
Lodestar
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce that, following the
completion of a soil geochemistry and high-resolution UAV magnetic survey across the Gold Run Project
in Nevada, the company is finalizing plans for both:
A maiden diamond drill program, and
A project wide DDIP (dipole-dipole induce polarization) geophysical survey.
Both of which to commence during Q1/Q2 2026.
"Our team has taken a disciplined, data-driven approach to advancing Gold Run, and we are now in a
strong position to begin drilling our most compelling targets,"
said Lowell Kamin, President and CEO
of Lodestar.
"The combination of a maiden drill program and a property-wide DDIP survey gives us an
exceptional opportunity to create meaningful value for shareholders by both testing known
mineralized trends and expanding the pipeline of high-quality targets for follow-up in 2026."
The combined programs represent the next major phase of systematic exploration intended to refine
known targets, generate new drill-ready anomalies, and evaluate district-scale potential for gold-silver
mineralization associated with epithermal and Carlin-style systems across the entire property.
Highlights:
Property-wide DDIP survey designed to:
Expand geophysical coverage beyond current prospect areas
Identify additional chargeability and resistivity anomalies
Refine target prioritization for follow-up drilling through 2026
Maiden drill program targeting four priority prospects:
Independence Trend
Gomes
Robbers Knob
Crown North
Targets all supported by:
Multi-element soil geochemistry
Historical surface and drill intercepts
Structural analysis and magnetic interpretation
Historical DDIP chargeability anomalies
Having completed the soils and magnetics, Lodestar has now completed planning of its maiden drill
program for Q1 2026 which will focus on 4 of the most highly ranked target areas on the project (Figure
4). Summary details of each prospect targeted are outlined below:
INDEPENDENCE TREND
:
Strong gold-, silver- and arsenic-in-soil geochemistry (See Lodestar announcement October 18,
2025) possibly indicative of epithermal style.
High grade silver plus gold (up to
3,307g/t Au, 2.4 g/t Au*
) from rock sampling at surface.
Significant silver and gold from historical shallow drilling including
10.7m at 55 g/t Ag, 0.4 g/t Au*
from 47.2m.
New drilling aims to target the structure interpreted for 650m strike with particular focus on 3
undrilled DDIP drill targets (See Lodestar announcement 18 August 2025) down-dip from
encouraging surface drilling intersections (Figure 1).
These targets aim to test for an increase in width and grade of silver and gold at depth as
suggested by the IP which is indicative of disseminated sulphide often associated with gold along
an extensive 1km length structure (Figure 4).
Figure 1:
3D view looking northwest showing three DDIP Chargeability Sections at the eastern
Independence Trend in relation to significant drilling intersections and recent 2024 rock sampling (stars).
Three drill targets defined in dash-black circles.
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GOMES
:
Strong gold-, silver- and arsenic-in-soil geochemistry possibly indicative of epithermal style which
is significant given the Adelaide Crown deposits are located directly along strike to the south
approximately 600m away (Figure 4).
Previous drilling intersected significant zones of gold and silver including up to
13.7m at 1.3 g/t
Au*
and
19.8m at 26.2 g/t Ag, 0.3g/t Au*
both intersected in GAD-04 (Figure 2).
The drilling focuses on targeting one very large and strong DDIP anomaly 200m wide located
140m along strike from significant intersections GAD-02 and GAD-04 (Figure 2).
New drilling aims to target the large IP anomaly interpreted to be related to disseminated sulphide
and associated gold-silver mineralisation along strike from previous drilling that could represent a
new deposit.
Figure 2:
3D view (looking north and down) of two DDIP Chargeability Sections at the Gomes Prospect
that occur north and south of Drillholes GAD-02 & 04. Drill Target defined in dash-black circle.
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ROBBERS KNOB
:
Strong gold- and mercury-in-soil geochemistry indicative of Carlin Style with a possible silver-rich
epithermal overprint toward the southeast.
Area is characterised by a very large topographic high feature 600m by 250m of widespread
jasperoid silica alteration typically observed at surface above concealed Carlin-style deposits at
depth.
Several significant historical gold intersections such as
13.7m at 2g/t Au*
and
18.3m at 1.9 g/t
Au*
in RS-18 remain open and represent drill-ready targets to expand the deposit at depth (Figure
3).
Figure 3:
Cross Section at Robbers Knob illustrating example of drill-ready target defined in dash-black
circle.
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CROWN NORTH
:
Prospect is highlighted by high grade gold intersection
27.4m at 9.7 g/t*
located on the north end
of the structure extending from the Crown Deposit (Figure 4).
Surprisingly, this drilling intersection has never been followed up at depth to the east.
Strong gold-, silver- and arsenic-in-soil geochemistry possibly indicative of epithermal style which
supports the northern extension of the epithermal Adelaide-Crown deposits.
Drilling aims to test the down-dip extension with the aim to highlight potential for a new zone of
gold-silver mineralisation.
Figure 4:
Interpreted bedrock geology map by Cambior in 1997 showing maximum assay from
historical drilling, highlight drill intersections at each of the main prospect areas and the location of the
DDIP lines illustrated in Figure 1 and Figure 2.
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PROJECT-WIDE DDIP SURVEY
Prior to the drilling activities, Lodestar will conduct a systematic, property-wide DDIP geophysical survey
during Q1 2026.
The Survey, contracted to ZongeInternational, will:
Expand IP coverage beyond currently survey prospect corridors.
Potentially generate new chargeability anomalies (indicative of disseminated sulphides) for
ranking and additional targeting.
Provide a 3D property scale to enhance on subsurface vectoring and to guide future drilling
campaigns.
Results will be integrated into the Company's targeting workflow to support expansion drilling during the
2026 field season.
ONGOING WORK
:
In parallel with finalizing drill targets and executing the project-wise DDIP geophysical survey, Lodestar is
actively advancing all operational preparations required to support the commencement of drilling the first
half of 2026. This work includes:
Initiation of drilling permit applications, including preparation of regulatory submissions,
environmental documentation (if required).
Engagement with drilling contractors, availability and scheduling alignment upon permit issuance
and reviewing staging and logistics.
Qualified Person
Ty Magee, P. Geo., a Qualified Person, as defined by NI 43-101, and a consultant to the Company, has
reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information contained in this news release.
*Additional information relating to historical drilling is contained in the Company's Technical Report dated May 12, 2025, prepared by Ty Magee,
and filed on SEDAR+ on August 12, 2025.
**The drill results disclosed are of a historical nature. While this historical data provides valuable context, the Company has not conducted a
detailed validation or verification process and, therefore, cannot ensure their accuracy or completeness. The Company intends further exploration,
including twinning historical holes to verify these results in accordance with NI-43-101 regulatory standards.
ABOUT LODESTAR METALS
Lodestar Metals Corp. is a Canadian gold exploration company focused on advancing the drill-ready
Goldrun Project in Nevada, strategically located on a major Carlin-style gold trend and adjacent to some
of the largest gold deposits in North America. With decades of combined geological and capital markets
expertise, Lodestar follows a disciplined, step-by-step approach to discovery. The Company's strategy
is clear: focus capital on high-value targets, move quickly on known mineralization, and build a compliant
gold resource that delivers lasting shareholder value. For more information, please visit
www.lodestarmetals.ca
.
CONTACT
Lodestar Metals Corp.
Lowell Kamin
President, CEO & Chairman of the Board
(416) 272-1241
Forward-Looking Statements
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assumptions as of the date of this news release. These statements reflect management's current
estimates, beliefs, intentions, and expectations. They are not guarantees of future performance.
Lodestar cautions that all forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain and that actual
performance may be affected by several material factors, many of which are beyond Lodestar's control.
Such factors include, among other things, risks and uncertainties relating to Lodestar's limited operating
history and the need to comply with environmental and governmental regulations. Accordingly, actual and
future events, conditions and results may differ materially from the estimates.
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