New Age Metals Advances 2026 Field Exploration Program Across its Kenora Gold and Critical Metals Division in Northwestern Ontario
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New Age Metals TSX-V: NAM OTCQB: NMTLF
Field Office: 59 Burtch’s Lane, Rockport, ON, Canada, K0E 1V0 [email protected]
+1.613. 659.2773 www.newagemetals.com
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New Age Metals Advances 2026 Field Exploration Program
Across its Kenora Gold and Critical Metals Division in
Northwestern Ontario
July 27, 2026 – Rockport, Ontario – New Age Metals Inc. (TSXV: NAM | OTCQB: NMTLF |
FSE: P7J) (“NAM” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on its 2026 field
exploration program across the Company’s Kenora Gold and Critical Metals Division in
northwestern Ontario.
The Company has commenced field activities at priority target areas within its Bonanza
Ridge Gold and Critical Metals Project, while continuing regional data compilation, target
generation, and exploration planning across its broader Kenora land package, including the
Double R Gold Project and recently added Dash Lake Gold-Copper Project.
The 2026 program is designed to improve the Company’s geological and structural
understanding of known mineral occurrences, evaluate priority exploration targets, and generate
follow-up work programs, including potential drill-ready targets.
Highlights
● Initial fieldwork has been completed at the Kite Lake, Blue Star, Triggs, and South
Powerline target areas within the Bonanza Ridge Gold and Critical Metals Project.
● A total of 101 grab samples were collected during the initial June field rotation. Assay
results are pending.
● At Blue Star, the Company identified and mapped additional quartz veining, silicified
mafic volcanic rocks, and carbonate-breccia zones in proximity to known quartz-vein
occurrences.
● A quartz vein was exposed approximately 250 metres southeast of the Blue Star
showing, measuring up to approximately one metre in width over an exposed strike
length of approximately five metres.
● Recent stripping at the Triggs target has assisted the Company in identifying additional
structural and geological areas for follow-up stripping, mapping, sampling, and potential
drill targeting.
● The overall objective of our summer/fall program is to outline drill target for the late Fall
2026 or 2027 winter.
● The Company’s Kenora field office and core facility is supporting regional field
operations, technical work, sample handling, sleeping facilities and coordination of
exploration personnel and contractors.
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Field Office: 59 Burtch’s Lane, Rockport, ON, Canada, K0E 1V0 [email protected]
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Harry Barr, Chairman and CEO of New Age Metals, stated, “New Age Metals is pleased to
have commenced the 2026 field season across our Kenora Gold and Critical Metals Division.
Our initial work at Bonanza Ridge is focused on systematically advancing known
showings through mapping, prospecting, stripping, sampling, and structural
interpretation. The early program has expanded our work around Kite Lake and Blue Star,
refined our understanding of priority areas at Triggs, and provided additional geological
information that will support continued target generation. With our Kenora field office now
operational, we are well positioned to carry out coordinated, cost-effective exploration
programs across our growing regional land package. The Company raised an additional
$500,000 the week of July 13th, 2026 and this additional funding will go towards the
Kenora Mining Division Projects, our Gold-Antimony Newfoundland Projects and
proposed work on our Southbay Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum-Beryllium Project.”
2026 Bonanza Ridge Field Program
The initial June field rotation focused on reconnaissance prospecting, geological mapping, hand
stripping, structural observations, and grab sampling across selected target areas of the
Bonanza Ridge Gold and Critical Metals Project.
A total of 101 grab samples were collected during the program from outcrop, subcrop,
quartz veins, and angular float considered by the technical team to be proximal to its
source. The Company will report assay results after they have been received, reviewed, and
interpreted.
Kite Lake
At the Kite Lake target area, the Company completed prospecting and mapping of roadside
outcrops west of the known showing. Fieldwork focused on areas previously identified for
follow-up and included sampling of gabbroic and mafic intrusive rocks displaying
localized silica alteration and sulphide mineralization.
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Figure 1: Weekly map highlighting samples and structures at the Kite Lake showing.
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Figure 2: Quartz veining exposed along north side of road west of Kite Lake
Observed alteration and mineralization included pyrite, chalcopyrite, malachite, and
hematite, with malachite locally occurring around chalcopyrite grains and hematite
occurring along fractures. The team also identified, hand stripped, mapped, and sampled
local quartz float and quartz veining.
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Blue Star
At Blue Star, the technical team extended mapping and prospecting north, east, and southeast
of the main quartz-vein showing. Historical trenches were examined, hand stripped where
appropriate, and sampled to evaluate the extent and character of exposed quartz veining.
Figure 3: Weekly map highlighting samples and structures at the Blue Star showing.
Approximately 20 metres north of the main Blue Star showing, the team examined a historical
trench containing quartz veining with trace sulphides and malachite alteration. A further
shallow trench approximately 250 metres southeast of Blue Star exposed a quartz vein
measuring up to approximately one metre in width over an exposed strike length of
approximately five metres. The vein displayed variable glassy to sugary textures, together
with carbonate and hematite alteration.
The Company also identified a silicified mafic volcanic zone and two carbonate-breccia zones
situated between and broadly parallel to known vein systems. These observations will be
incorporated into the Company’s structural interpretation and target-generation work.
South Powerline
At the South Powerline target area, the Company completed follow-up prospecting and
sampling of quartz veining in the vicinity of a known gold showing. This work forms part of the
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Company’s broader evaluation of known mineral occurrences and prospective structural
settings across the Bonanza Ridge property package.
Figure 4. Ontario Geological Survey regional geology map with key property acquisitions that
comprise the Bonanza Ridge Gold and Critical Metals Project. Lavender Lake and Gibi
Properties (hashed purple area) shown as one Property. Known mineralized prospects shown in
yellow diamonds. Regional deformation zone outlined by dashed lines. The combined land
position of the Bonanza Ridge Gold and Critical Metals Project now forms a ~8,500 ha,
strategically located exploration portfolio within the Kenora Gold District, an emerging Ontario
jurisdiction for both precious and critical metals.
Triggs Stripping and Structural Evaluation
At the Triggs target area, the technical team reviewed recent mechanical stripping and
examined exposed mafic volcanic rocks, quartz veining, and granitic intrusive bodies.
Initial observations included locally foliation-parallel quartz veining within mafic volcanic rocks
and irregular, locally hematite-rich quartz veins associated with granitic bodies. Based on these
observations, the Company has identified several priority areas north of the historical
Triggs Shaft for additional stripping and bedrock exposure work.
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The planned follow-up work is intended to:
● Better define the relationship between an interpreted south-dipping fault and north-
dipping quartz veins near the Triggs Shaft;
● Examine surface features potentially associated with historical east-west underground
lateral workings;
● Expose mafic volcanic rocks between the Triggs Shaft and nearby felsic intrusive rocks
to assess potential structural controls on quartz veining and hydrothermal fluid flow;
● Evaluate contacts between mafic volcanic and felsic intrusive rocks; and
● Create additional north-south exposures across the felsic intrusive body to identify
further quartz veining, alteration, and structural features.
This work is expected to support a more detailed structural model, guide future sampling
and mapping, and assist in identifying potential diamond drill targets. Depending on
results, similar stripping and exposure work may also be considered south of the Triggs Shaft.
Double R Gold Project and Regional Target Generation
In parallel with the Bonanza Ridge field program, the Company is continuing to compile and
reinterpret available geological, geochemical, geophysical, LiDAR, remote-sensing, and
historical exploration datasets across the Double R Gold Project and Dash Lake Gold-
Copper Project.
The expanded Double R land package comprises approximately 18,780 hectares across 838
mining claims in the Rainy River–Kenora district. This work is intended to identify and rank
priority targets for initial field reconnaissance, geological mapping, prospecting,
geochemical sampling, and future follow-up exploration.
Kenora Gold and Critical Metals Division
New Age Metals’ Kenora Gold and Critical Metals Division includes the approximately 8,500-
hectare Bonanza Ridge Gold and Critical Metals Project, comprising the Bonanza Gold, Magnet
Lake, Lavender Lake, and South Gibi Lake properties, as well as the Double R Gold Project and
contiguous Dash Lake Gold-Copper Project.
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New Age Metals TSX-V: NAM OTCQB: NMTLF
Field Office: 59 Burtch’s Lane, Rockport, ON, Canada, K0E 1V0 [email protected]
+1.613. 659.2773 www.newagemetals.com
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Figure 5: Regional property map highlighting the Kenora District highlighting New Age Metals
recent acquisitions illustrating proximity to Rainy River Mine and Cameron Gold Deposit and
nearby towns, cities, infrastructure. The map also highlights MetalQuest Mining West Cameron
Gold Project. New Age Metals has a strategic investment in MetalQuest Mining.
The Bonanza Gold Property hosts several known gold occurrences, with previous due-
diligence grab samples returning up to 127 g/t Au1. The Magnet Lake and Lavender Lake
properties have also confirmed copper mineralization at surface, including previous grab
samples grading up to 2.14% Cu and 1.00% Cu, respectively.
1 New Age Metals Options Bonanza Gold Project, Kenora Gold District, Ontario
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