North Peak Expands Wabash Gold Mineralization at Prospect Mountain, Nevada
North Peak Expands Wabash Gold Mineralization at
Prospect Mountain, Nevada
Calgary, Canada January 30, 2026
North Peak Resources Ltd. (TSX Venture: NPR) (the “Company” or “North Peak”) announces results from
the first 6 holes totaling 807m (2650ft) drilled at the Wabash and Industry Tunnel targets (Areas 1 and 2 in
Figure 3) on their 100% owned Prospect Mountain property, Nevada (the “Property”).
Highlights of the program to date include:
• Expanding the halo mineralization between the Wabash and Williams high grade gold lodes
northwards with intersections of 42.67m (140 ft) @ 0.82 g/t Au, 9.43 g/t Ag and 2 .57% Zn in PM25-
001RC incl. 12.192m (40ft) @ 2.56g/t Au, 25.9 g/t Ag, 1.79% Zn and 99.06 m (325ft) @ 0.56 g/t Au,
5.13 g/t Ag in PM25-002RC incl. 13.716m (45ft) @ 2.52g/t Au, 15.7 g/t Ag.
• Discovery of new zone along the Silver Connor fault of 24.38m (80ft) @ 1.14 g/t Au, 10.76 g/t Ag incl.
4.57 m (15ft) @ 4.67g/t Au, 21.02 g/t Ag, 1.38% Zn in PM25-002 RC (see Table 1 for details).
“We are pleased to have hit the target and continued to expand the potential for low grade bulk tonnage
mineralization between the previously reported high grade zones at the Wabash and Williams Lodes ,”
commented Rupert Williams, CEO. “While the area is structurally complex and we continue to test new areas
of cross faults, it shows considerable potential and remains open in all directions.”
Area 1: Wabash/Williams extensions - PM25-001RC and 002RC were aimed at extending the previously
unknown lower grade “halo” style mineralization encountered between the high-grade Wabash and Williams
Lodes exemplified by PM24-04RC that intersected 126.5m (415ft) @ 1.06 g/t Au (previously announced 14th
August 2024). Both holes successfully intercepted lower grade mineralization between the two lodes. The holes
were collared on the Wabash lode and were drilled towards the Williams lode. The intersections in both holes
were interrupted by a shaley unit suspected to be the Dunderberg shale, indicating fault complications (see
Figure 2 for a possible interpretation). The holes extended the mineralization of both the Williams Lode, and
the lower grade halo a further 30 m (98 ft) to the north.
Furthermore, a new zone was encountered at the bottom of hole PM25-002RC, from 146 m downhole, on the
east side of the Silver Connor fault, where drilling intersected 24.38m (80ft) @ 1.14 g/t Au, 10.76 g/t Ag incl.
4.57m (15ft) @ 4.67g/t Au, 21.02 g/t Ag, 1.38% Zn . This zone is important as it is the first significant
mineralization encountered east of the Silver Connor fault in this area. The zone is still open at the end of the
hole (red circle Figure 2).
Further drilling is planned to follow -up on the current results and the high-grade Western Lode drilled in 2024
where PM24-039 intersected 85.7 g/t Au over 3.0m (10ft) within 12.0 g/t Au over 22.9m (75ft) (see the
Company’s news release dated 12th Nov 2024).
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Hole ID from (m) to (m) interval (m) interval (ft) Au g/t Ag g/t Pb % Zn %
PM25-001RC 0 42.672 42.672 140 0.82 9.43 0.06 2.57
incl. 0 12.192 12.192 40 2.56 25.89 0.15 1.79
PM25-001RC 70.104 97.536 27.432 90 0.37 21.54 0.55 1.68
incl. 86.868 89.916 3.048 10 3.21 147.5 4.3 10.9
PM25-002RC 0 99.06 99.06 325 0.56 5.13 0.03 0.18
incl. 0 13.716 13.716 45 2.52 15.66 0.97 0.36
incl. 33.528 35.052 1.524 5 1.01 2.1 0.04 0.03
incl. 56.388 57.912 1.524 5 2.15 39.6 0.12 0.29
incl. 83.82 88.392 4.572 15 1.23 5.19 0.04 0.15
PM25-002RC 146.304 170.688 24.384 80 1.14 10.76 0.07 0.41
incl. 146.304 150.876 4.572 15 4.67 21.02 0.12 1.38
Table 1: Significant assay intervals, reported with a 0.1 g/t Au cutoff and 10m internal dilution. True widths are unknown but
expected to be >70 of the intervals.
Williams lode
PM25-002RC
Wabash
lode
Western
lode
PM24-004RC
“Halo” style
mineralization
Figure 1: Wabash area (Area 1 in Fig. 3). Significant assay intervals in PM25-001RC and PM25-002RC,
reported with a 0.1 g/t Au cutoff and 10m internal dilution. True widths are unknown, but expected to be >70% of
the intervals. Blue dashed ellipse encompasses data shown in cross section (Fig. 2).
PM25-001RC
Distance, m
Figure 2: Hypothetical Wabash drill hole cross section looking southwest. Dotted red circle is the new mineralization zone on the
east side of the Silver Connor fault.
Area 2: Industry Tunnel
Drilling in the Industry Tunnel target consisted of four holes following up on a 10,000m2 area of >0.1 g/t Au in
soil anomaly in the Eldorado dolomite , and a second tar get of surface workings in the area of the Industry
Tunnel-- Silver Connor fault intersection. The holes failed to intersect significant mineralization , with only
sporadic low grade gold miner alization encountered. Possible explanations for the soil anomaly are
contamination from the old mule train ore haulage route , or that the mineralization follows the dip of the El
Dorado dolomite, which due to the location of the drill pads, was sub-parallel to the hole orientation. The holes
drilled into the fault intersection area encountered a structurally complex zone and failed to hit the target zone.
As our understanding of the complex structural story grows, our drillhole targeting will be refined and further
drilling is planned into the area, to ensure the targets are properly tested.
Figure 3. Geology map showing drill areas for 2025 campaign (numbered light blue boxes), and their geologic context.
1) Wabash/Williams, 2) Industry Tunnel, 3) Dean Cave, 4) Lower Prospect Mountain East (LPME).
Hole ID
Total Depth
(m)
Total Depth
(ft) Easting Northing Azimuth Dip
PM25-001RC 149.4 490 164718 8524549 123.6 -48.5
PM25-002RC 170.7 560 164718 8524550 123.3 -58.4
PM25-003RC 77.7 255 164922 8524676 287.1 -43.4
PM25-004RC 100.6 330 164946 8524664 295.2 -44.6
PM25-005RC 102.1 335 164996 8524681 330.8 -44.1
PM25-006RC 166.1 545 164996 8524683 45.6 -48.0
PM25-006RCA 41.2 135 164994 8524682 40.0 -50.0
EPSG: 32107, Nevada East grid, NAD83 m
Table 2: Drill hole coordinates and data.
Review by Qualified Person, Quality Control and Reports
Mr. David Pym, CGeol., independent Consulting Geologist for the Company, is the Qualified Person, as defined
under National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, who reviewed and approved
scientific and technical disclosure in this press release. The Qualified Person has not reviewed the mineral
tenure, nor independently verified the legal status and ownership of the Property or any underlying property
agreements.
Drilling and sampling: Drilling was carried out using a Canadian built tracked MultiPower Explorer RC drilling
unit, the rig has jacks and a blade and is capable of working on small pads on steep ground to minimise ground
prep. It is capable of drilling to 609m (2000ft) using 4-inch pipe and a 51/4 inch bit. Holes were cased down to
5-30ft with 8-inch steel casing drifted in using a tricone bit. RC drilling uses a hammer, that is not face sampling
but samples 4ft away from the hammer. A face sampling hammer was also used in areas of expected grade.
Under Nevada law dry sampling is not allowed due to dust restrictions so RC drilling is done wet, with water
actively pumped down the hole mixing with pulverised sample and coming through the cyclone to an 8 -
compartment rotary fan wet splitter. Each comp artment can be shut off giving control of the amount of split
material. Rotary splitter was setup with 1:4 split, with the quarter split going into two cal ico bags housed in
buckets, for an assay sample and a field duplicate for permanent reference. The remainder of the sample falls
to the ground and runs into the sump. Each assay sample is for a 5ft (1.52m) interval. The splitter and cyclone
are flushed every 4 samples or on noticing a change in colour. Chips were collected from the splitter reject and
put into chip trays for reference. Calico bags are pre-labelled with hole number and footage, with an FD for field
duplicate added to the sample number for the field duplicate. The drilling team are responsible for changing the
bags and the clearly labelled footage intervals on the bags avoids sample mix-ups. Filled sample bags are laid
on the ground in order so a visual check can be easily performed when collecting samples. Samples are loaded
into a plastic crate and dispatched daily to the ALS Global prep-lab in Elko, Nevada. A standard, a blank and a
field duplicate were inserted after every 20 samples, for a QA/QC rate of 15%. Six standards from CDN
Resource Laboratories were rotated through the samples. The standards had gold values ranging from 0.433
to 7.34 ppm. Samples are dried crushed and pulverised and assayed for gold with a 30g fire assay and a 44
element ICP MS suite. Overlimit samples for gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper are automatically re -assayed
by suitable methods.
Market Awareness Program
The Company also announces it has engaged the services of Marcus Brummell (the “Consultant”) to conduct
a 38-day market awareness program, aimed at enhancing the Company’s market visibility and engagement.
Services will include the production and publication of investor bulletins, distribution of investor bulletins to the
Consultant’s e-mail list, and posts via the Consultant’s electronic and social media accounts.
The Consultant will be paid a one -time fee of C$10,000. There are no performance factors contained in the
agreement and no stock options or other compensation in connection with the engagement. The Consultant is
arm’s length to the Company, and his clients may acquire an interest in the securities of the Company in the
future. The engagement with the Consultant is subject to acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.
About North Peak
The Company is a Canadian based gold exploration and development company listed on the TSX Venture
Exchange under the symbol “NPR” and the OTCQB under the symbol “NPRLF”. Launched by the founding team
behind both Kirkland Lake Gold and Rupert Resources, the team has a strong track record of acquiring mining
assets, applying modern exploration techniques and taking them into operational mines.
North Peak’s flagship property is the Prospect Mountain Mine complex which lies in the Battle Mountain Eureka
trend, in an area known as the Southern Eureka Gold Belt, where three styles of mineralization have been
identified, gold, silver Carlin style mineralization, Carbonate Replacement gold, silver, lead, zinc mineralization
(CRD) and carbonate hosted Porphyry Related Skarn lead, zinc and gold mineralization associated with
cretaceous intrusions. At the Property, the CRD mineralization is heavily oxidized to depths of at least 610m
(2,000ft) below the top of the ridge line.
A Plan of Operations is in place which covers part of the Property and entitles an operator to pursue surface
exploration (totaling 189 acres), underground mining of up to 365,000 tons per annum and certain infrastructural
works. A more complete description of the Property’s geology and mineralization, including at the Wabash area,
can be found in the NI 43-101 Technical Report (the “Technical Report”) on the Prospect Mountain Property,
Eureka County, Nevada, USA dated and with an effective date April 10, 2023, prepared by David Pym (Msc),
CGeol. of LTI Advisory Ltd. and Dr Toby Strauss, CGeol, EurGeol., of Merlyn Consulting Ltd., which has been
filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca under the profile of the Company and on the Company’s website.
For further information, please contact:
Rupert Williams, CEO
Phone: +1-647-424-2305
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.northpeakresources.com
Chelsea Hayes, Director
Phone: +1-647-424-2305
Email: [email protected]
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