Onyx Gold Defines Gold Mineralization Right at Surface at Argus North Channel samples up to 5.0 g/t Au over 4.0 m within 2.0 g/t Au over 21.3 m and step-out drilling up to 5.0 g/t Au over 8.6 m within 1.8 g/t Au over 37.8 m confirm the potential for a near-
Onyx Gold Defines Gold Mineralization Right
at Surface at Argus North
Channel samples up to 5.0 g/t Au over 4.0 m within 2.0 g/t Au
over 21.3 m and step-out drilling up to 5.0 g/t Au over 8.6 m
within 1.8 g/t Au over 37.8 m confirm the potential for a near-
surface, road-accessible gold discovery
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 7, 2025) -
Onyx Gold Corp.
(TSXV: ONYX)
(OTCQX: ONXGF)
("
Onyx
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce surface channel sampling and
drill results from the Company's ongoing 25,000 metre drill program (the "
Program
') at its 100% owned
Munro-Croesus Project ("
Munro-Croesus
" or the "
Project
"), located 75 km east of Timmins, Ontario.
Results are reported today for four (4) shallow step-out holes and a series of sawn channel samples of
new outcrop exposed by mechanical stripping near previously reported drill hole MC25-180 (
see
Company news release dated July 23, 2025
) which returned
4.0 meters ("m") of 5.9 grams per
tonne gold ("g/t Au") within 50.4 meters of 1.9 g/t Au
starting at 6.1 m downhole. Collectively, the
new results outline a significant zone of gold mineralization that comes right to surface, located just two
kilometres off Highway 101 (
Figures 1
,
2
&
3
).
Highlights
Drill Holes
60.8 m grading 1.2 g/t Au
, in drill hole MC25-200, including
3.0 m grading 5.9 g/t Au
37.8 m grading 1.8 g/t Au
, in drill hole MC25-202, including
8.6 m grading 5.0 g/t Au
37.5 m grading 1.2 g/t Au
, in drill hole MC25-204, including
10.2 m grading 2.4 g/t Au
Channel Samples
10.7 m grading 0.6 g/t Au
, including
3.1 m grading 7.4 g/t Au
, within, in Channel A
8.9 m grading 0.9 g/t Au
, including
2.8 m grading 1.6 g/t Au
, within in Channel B
21.3 m grading 2.0 g/t Au
, including
4.0 m grading 5.0 g/t Au,
within in Channel C
15.5 m grading 1.6 g/t Au
, including
6.5 m grading 2.8 g/t Au
, within in Channel D
7.4 m grading 4.9 g/t Au
, including
3.9 m grading 8.4 g/t Au
, within in Channel E
3.4 m grading 1.8 g/t Au
, including
1.0 m grading 4.0 g/t Au
, within in Channel F
7.4 m grading 4.9 g/t Au
, including
3.9 m grading 8.4 g/t Au
, within in Channel G
15.4 m grading 2.2 g/t Au
, including
2.0 m grading 8.4 g/t Au
, within in Channel H
Surface sampling and ongoing step-out drilling at Argus North continues to demonstrate
wide
intervals of promising gold mineralization over >100 meters of strike length
and
from
surface to >350 meters vertically
.
The Company has
completed 64 drill holes
(assays announced for 18 holes to date) completing
approximately 20,000 m
(80%) of the expanded 25,000 m Program.
"Argus North continues to deliver wide intervals of gold mineralization right from surface, just two
kilometres off the highway — a rare and highly attractive combination in the Timmins camp," said Brock
Colterjohn, President & CEO of Onyx Gold. "These results reinforce the potential for Argus North to
evolve into a significant, road-accessible gold system and, with the majority of assays from our fully
funded 25,000 metre program still pending, we are steadily building a clearer picture of the opportunity.
With the recent closing of our $20 million bought-deal financing and the upcoming close of our upsized
$6.4 million non-brokered financing with strategic investors, Onyx is well financed to maintain strong
news flow and advance exploration through 2026."
Discussion of 2025 Argus North Near-Surface Results
The Argus North Zone is located on the western half of the Munro-Croesus Project, approximately 150
metres north of the regional Pipestone Fault, a major structural corridor that hosts several significant gold
deposits in the Timmins camp. Discovery hole MC24-163, reported earlier this year, returned
69.6 m
grading 3.4 g/t Au
, including
34.5 m grading 5.4 g/t Au
and
9.5 m grading 13.9 g/t Au
(
see
Company news release dated April 10, 2025
). Argus North lies roughly 100 metres north of the east-
west trending Argus Main Zone, which represents a separate 750 m x 200 m near-surface bulk-tonnage
gold target (e.g., 1.0 g/t Au over 63.3 m and 0.5 g/t Au over 136 m).
Gold mineralization at Argus North is distinguished by broad zones (50 m to over 100 m) of +1 g/t Au
mineralization containing multiple continuous higher-grade sub-intervals. Notable recent high-grade
intercepts include
17.0 m grading 5.3 g/t Au
in hole MC25-168,
18.7 m grading 5.2 g/t Au
in MC25-
171,
5.2 m grading 5.1 g/t Au
and
6.6 m grading 4.2 g/t Au
in MC25-178,
4.0 m grading 6.6 g/t Au
in MC25-179,
4.0 m grading 5.9 g/t Au
in MC25-180, and
4.0 m grading 4.6 g/t Au
in MC25-177. For
context, intercepts of this grade and thickness, in addition to the broad zones of +1 g/t Au mineralization,
compare favorably with those reported from other major gold deposits in the Timmins camp,
underscoring the potential significance of Argus North as a material new gold discovery in the district.
Geologically, the high-grade sub-intervals are closely associated with zones of strong albitization and
silicification, pyritic stringers, and localized porphyritic intrusions within variolitic basalt and volcanic
breccias. This combination of alteration and structural preparation is interpreted to be a key control on
gold deposition. Drilling to date demonstrates excellent vertical continuity of mineralization, traced from
surface to over 350 meters depth, with the system remaining open along strike, down-dip and down-
plunge.
Mechanized stripping and power washing at Argus North over a 15 m by 80 m area has now exposed an
alternating stratigraphic sequence of massive, variolitic, fragmental, and pillowed basalts intruded by two
feldspar porphyry dykes. Mineralization is hosted primarily within fragmental basalt units which represent
the main lithology of the stripped area, and correlates well with observations from drill core. The
mineralization is broadly disseminated pyrite within the fragmental basalts, with higher Au grades
associated with 2-5% disseminated and stringer pyrite, strong albite alteration, and locally feldspar
porphyry dykes.
One hundred and seventy-four (174) individual channel samples averaging 1 m in length were collected
in total from 11 channels crosscutting main structures and volcanic stratigraphy.
Details of the channel sample lines reported in this news release are shown in
Figures 1
and
Table 1
.
Details for drill hole assay reported in this news release are shown in
Figures 2 and 3
and
Table 2
.
Results for a fourth hole, MC25-203, are still pending.
The Company has completed 64 drill holes (assays announced for 18 holes to date) completing
approximately 20,000 m (80%) of the expanded and fully funded $10 M, 25,000 m Program.
Figure 1 - Plan Map Highlighting Argus North Zone Channel Samples Reported in this Release
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Figure 2 - Longitudinal-Section Highlighting Drill Holes Reported in this Release - Looking
North
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Figure 3 - Plan Map Highlighting Argus North Zone Drill Holes Reported in this Release
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Figure 4 - Location of the Munro-Croesus Gold Project, Ontario
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Table 1 - Significant Assay Results from 2025 Drilling Completed at the Argus North Zone
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*Intersections are reported as drilled width; true width is estimated to be 70-90% of drilled width.
Table 2 - Significant Assay Results from 2025 Channel Sampling Completed at the Argus North
Zone