Omineca Provides Operational Update of Placer Gold Recovery at Wingdam
Omineca Provides Operational Update of Placer Gold Recovery at
Wingdam
SASKATOON, SK – February 19, 2026 – Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd. (TSXV: OMM)
("Omineca" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an operati onal update from the
Wingdam underground paleoplacer project located in the Cariboo Mining District of south
central British Columbia. The Company’s mining contractor, D&L Mining reports:
Following the year-end holiday break, tunnelli ng and placer recovery operations have
recommenced at crosscut 3A. Additional time was given to tunnelling through a fault zone
at the channel periphery. Modified grout formulations and spiling patterns were
successfully implemented allowi ng operations to return to standard tunnelling and
excavation procedures. Having safely m anaged the faulted gro und conditions, D&L
anticipates the tunnelling, and excavation will now proceed at an increased pace within
the more competent compacted sand and gravel of the channel interior.
As expected, pay gravels excavated from the initial advance into the channel interior have
yielded increasing amounts of placer gol d and nuggets compared to the earlier bedrock
contact zone (see news release dated December 5, 2025 and photos below).
Placer gold recoveries will be fully tabulated , subject to quality assurance and quality
control by a Qualified Pers on and reported as the crosscut makes its way through the
central main placer gold target and through to the opposite side of the channel.
Exploration Program:
Separate from the underground placer project, approximately 3,500 meters of core from
6 holes drilled during the 2025 winter drill program has been logged, split and samples
sent in for assay. Results will be reported once they are re ceived with a drill program to
be designed to follow up on these results.
Photos
(more pictures and videos available here: More Videos and Photos Link)
1. Brokk Electric Demolition Robot – pictured here fitted with a drum cutter head, cutting
into the crosscut face. (video available on website link above)
2. Scooptram – mucking gravels from the face after Brokk cutting (videos available on
website link above)
3. Washplant Screen and Carpet – placer gold first caught after trommel and before boil
boxes, some larger gold nuggets
4. Gold Recovered on Shaker Table – placer gold close-up in sample tube
Qualified Person
All scientific and technical information in this news release has been prepared by, or
approved by Stephen Kocsis, P. Geo. Mr. Kocsis is an i ndependent qualified person for
the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd.
Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd.’s flagship Wingdam gold exploration and placer recovery
projects are located along the Barkerville Highway 45 km east of the City of Quesnel. The
Wingdam Property includes mineral tenures totaling over 61,392 hectares (613 square
kms) and in excess of 15 linear kilometers of placer claims, both encompassing the
Lightning Creek valley where topographic conditions created thick layers of overburden,
which preserved a large portion of a buried paleochannel containing placer gold-bearing
gravels. Omineca also has an exploration and diamond drill program currently underway
exploring for the potential multiple hard rock sources of the placer gold at Wingdam.
For further information, please contact:
Tom MacNeill
President and CEO
306-653-2692
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