Radisson Continues to Intersect High-Grade Gold Mineralization in the "Trend 1-Trend 2 Gap" at O'Brien, Including 52.34 g/t Gold over 3 Metres
Radisson Continues to Intersect High-Grade
Gold Mineralization in the "Trend 1-Trend 2
Gap" at O'Brien, Including 52.34 g/t Gold over
3 Metres
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec--(Newsfile Corp. - September 2, 2026) -
Radisson Mining Resources Inc.
(TSXV: RDS) (OTCQX: RMRDF)
("
Radisson
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce the results
of six new drill holes recently completed at its 100%-owned O'Brien Gold Project ("
O'Brien
" or the
"
Project
") located in the Abitibi region of Québec. The six holes represent new wedge branches
targeting the "
Trend 1-Trend 2 Gap
", an area of little previous drilling extending over an approximate
800-metre vertical extent in the central portion of the Project. All have returned significant intercepts of
high-grade gold mineralization. This follows a pattern developed in recently published results in the same
area (see news releases dated
June 1, 2026
,
June 22, 2026
, and
July 7, 2026
), with important
implications for future mineral resources. These results are the latest from the Company's ongoing
140,000-metre step-out drill program and continue to extend the scope of gold mineralization beyond the
Company's March 2026 Mineral Resource Estimate ("
MRE
"). Highlights (Figure 1 and Table 1) include:
OB-26-386W4
intersected 52.34 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold ("Au") over 3.0 metres (core lengths)
including 154.95 g/t Au over 1.0 metre,
and
3.82 g/t Au over 10.2 metres including 9.98 g/t Au over
3.0 metres,
and
9.39 g/t Au over 2.0 metres including 11.50 g/t Au over 1.0 metre;
OB-26-387W7
intersected 10.62 g/t Au over 4.7 metres including 40.90 g/t Au over 1.1 metres,
and
29.34 g/t Au over 1.0 metre,
and
6.43 g/t Au over 3.0 metres including 8.20 g/t Au over 2.0
metres;
OB-26-386W5
intersected 5.37 g/t Au over 4.2 metres including 14.38 g/t Au over 1.2 metres;
OB-26-386W6
intersected 6.14 g/t Au over 3.7 metres including 11.11 g/t Au over 1.0 metre.
Matt Manson, President and CEO: "We have now released results from two pilot holes and thirteen
directional wedge branches in the "Trend 1-Trend 2 Gap", previously a large hole in our drill
coverage extending over 800 metres vertically in the centre of the deposit. Thirteen of these fifteen
holes have intersected mineralization with grades and thicknesses consistent with the Project's
mineral resources. In many cases, as with today's news, we have intersected multiple, parallel
zones of mineralization with very high grades. Previous drilling at O'Brien has defined steeply
plunging mineralization "Trends" separated by "Gaps", a pattern that defines the character of our
mineral resource block model and influences our exploration targeting and conceptual mine
design. We now know that the gap between Trend #1 and Trend #2, at least, is a function of
insufficient drilling. Gold mineralization appears laterally continuous across this area. This has
important implications for mineral resource growth and may positively influence future
development scenarios such as stope continuity in a potential mine and the location of future
mining infrastructure such as drifts and ramps. All of this gap drilling has been achieved from just
two drill rigs successfully completing multiple wedge branches over a broad area from two pilot
holes (OB-26-386 and 387). A total of eight drill rigs are currently active at the Project as part of the
ongoing 140,000-metre step-out drill program focused exclusively on mineral resource growth.
This drilling will run concurrently with the recently announced advanced underground exploration
program (see news release dated
August 24, 2026
). These parallel, fully-funded programs offer
substantial progress on both the exploration of the Project and its development path."
Figure 1
: Longitudinal Vertical Section and Plan View of Gold Vein Mineralization and Mineral
Resources at the O'Brien Gold Project, with Today's Drill Holes Illustrated
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Gold Mineralization at O'Brien
Gold mineralizing quartz-sulphide veins at O'Brien occur within a thin band of interlayered mafic volcanic
rocks, conglomerates, and porphyritic andesitic sills of the Piché Group occurring in contact with the
east-west oriented Larder Lake-Cadillac Break ("LLCB"). Gold, along with pyrite and arsenopyrite, is
typically associated with shearing and a pervasive biotite alteration, and developed within multiple Piché
Group lithologies and, occasionally, the hanging-wall Pontiac and footwall Cadillac meta-sedimentary
rocks.
Table 1
: Assay Results Calculated at a 3 g/t Au Bottom Cut-Off from Drill Holes Published Today
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Notes on Calculation of Drill Intercepts:
The O'Brien Gold Project Mineral Resource Estimate effective January 31, 2026 utilizes a 2.20 g/t Au bottom cut-off, a US$2,500 gold price, a
minimum mining width of 1.2 metres, and a 60 g/t Au upper cap on individual assays. Intercepts presented in Table 1 are calculated with a 3.00 g/t
Au bottom cut-off.
Sample grades are uncapped. True widths, based on depth of intercept and drill hole inclination, are estimated to be 30-80% of
core length. Table 3 presents additional drill intercepts calculated with a 1.00 g/t Au bottom cut-off over a minimum 1.0 metre core length so as to
illustrate the frequency and continuity of mineralized intervals within which high-grade gold veins at O'Brien are developed. Lithology Codes: PON-
S3: Pontiac Sediments; V3-S, V3-N, V3-CEN: Basalt-South, North, Central; S1P, S3P: Conglomerate and Greywackes; POR-S, POR-N: Porphyry
South, North; TX: Crystal Tuff; ZFLLC: Larder Lake-Cadillac Fault Zone
As mapped at the historic O'Brien mine, and now replicated in the modern drilling, individual veins are
generally narrow, ranging from several centimetres up to several metres in thickness and areassociated
with broader, mineralized alteration envelopes. Multiple veins occur sub-parallel to each other, as well as
sub-parallel to the Piché lithologies and the LLCB. Individual veins have well-established lateral
continuity, with steeply plunging grade shoots developed over significant lengths.
The historic O'Brien mine produced over half a million ounces of gold from such veins and shoots at an
average grade exceeding 15 g/t Au and over a vertical extent of at least 1,000 metres. Modern
exploration has focussed on delineating well-developed vein mineralization below and to the east of the
historic mine. Based on the historic data available, it is clear that the former mine was "high-graded",
with mining focussed on a main central stope and parallel veins identified but left undeveloped.
Figure 2
: The "Trend 1-Trend 2 Gap" Illustrated on the Basis of the March 2026 MRE (left) and the July
2025 PEA Mine Design (Right). This Graphic Also Illustrates the Growth in the Project's MRE since the
July 2025 PEA was Completed.
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Step-Out Drilling at O'Brien
Since the end of 2024, Radisson has been pursuing a program of broad step-outs beneath the historic
O'Brien Gold mine and the existing mineral resources designed to test the extent of gold mineralization
at the Project. This drilling is accomplished with pilot holes followed by wedges and directional drilling to
maximize drill efficiency and minimize costs. In October 2025, Radisson announced the expansion of the
step-out drill program to 140,000 metres employing eight drill rigs (see
Radisson news release dated
October 16, 2025
).
The origin of the step-out drill program was the deep pilot hole OB-24-337, which was the first
exploration drill hole located below the former mine workings since mining ended in 1957. This hole
intersected 31.24 g/t Au over 8.0 metres, including 242.0 g/t Au over 1.0 m at approximately 1,500
metres vertical depth (see
Radisson news release dated December 16, 2024
). Fifteen wedge branches
were completed from OB-24-337 delineating up to eight gold-bearing veins over a 250-metre by 700-
metre area in what is referred to as "O'Brien Mine East" (see
Radisson news release dated February
12, 2026
). In March 2026, Radisson published an interim update in the Project's mineral resources,
showing meaningful growth based on the on-going drilling (see
Radisson news release dated March 2,
2026
).
The focus of the step-out drill program has been the extension of mineralization at depth, with an
exploration floor of 2 kilometres depth, and recently announced plans to extend this drilling to 2.5
kilometres depth (see
Radisson news release dated May 28, 2026
). Given the character of neighbouring
gold deposits and the wealth of mining infrastructure within or close to the O'Brien Gold Project,
Radisson believes that significant exploration potential exists to these depths, and such mineralization
might reasonably be expected to be developed.
Figure 3
: Vertical Section Through "Trend 1 - Trend 2 Gap" with Today's New Drill Results
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In addition to the progressively deeper drilling, the 140,000-metre program includes targeting of areas
within the O'Brien geological model that have not previously been tested and offer the potential for
additional mineral resources at shallower depths. As exploration drilling at O'Brien has progressed over
the last several years, high-grade intercepts and vein delineations have typically been followed up with
additional drilling on steep east plunging trends. This is consistent with the observation of steeply
plunging high-grade shoots in the historical O'Brien mine, from surface trenching, and from the
orientation of grade trends in the MRE. This exploration strategy has resulted in a number of large-scale
mineralization "Trends 0 to 5" being delineated, with intervening "gaps". These gaps are typically
defined by a lack of drilling rather than a lack of mineralization. Significant gaps include between the
former mine and "Trend 0", and a gap of 800 metres vertical extent between "Trends 1 and 2" (Figure 1
and Figure 2).
Figure 4:
Deep Step-Out Drill Holes Completed and/or Published by the Company Since March 2026
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Pilot holes OB-26-386 and OB-26-387 were established to target the Trend 1-Trend 2 Gap at
approximately 500 and 1,000 metres vertical depth. Thirteen directional wedge branches have now been
completed from the two pilot holes for a total of fifteen cuts through the Piché Group. All of these drill
holes have returned intercepts of gold mineralization in the characteristic quartz-sulphide-gold veins and
alteration envelops developed within the conglomerate, porphyry and volcanic units of the Piché Group
(Figure 3). Thirteen of the fifteen have returned intercepts with grades and thicknesses consistent with
the Project's mineral resources. Selected highlights of these fifteen holes now include:
OB-26-386W1
intersected 3.43 g/t Au over 13.4 metres including 8.63 g/t Au over 1.0 metres
and
including
10.26 g/t Au over 1.0 metres
and including
8.24 g/t Au over 1.0 metres;
OB-26-386W4
intersected 52.34 g/t Au over 3.0 metres including 154.95 g/t Au over 1.0 metre,
and
3.82 g/t Au over 10.2 metres including 9.98 g/t Au over 3.0 metres,
and
9.39 g/t Au over 2.0
metres including 11.50 g/t Au over 1.0 metre;
OB-26-387W2
intersected 7.57 g/t Au over 9.7 metres including 52.75 g/t Au over 1.1 metre;
OB-26-387W3
intersected 66.93 g/t Au over 1.0 metres and 24.97 g/t Au over 1.0 metres;
OB-26-387W7
intersected 10.62 g/t Au over 4.7 metres including 40.90 g/t Au over 1.1 metres,
and
29.34 g/t Au over 1.0 metre,
and
6.43 g/t Au over 3.0 metres including 8.20 g/t Au over 2.0
metres.
These results demonstrate that continuity of mineralization at O'Brien can be established laterally
between what were previously thought to be discrete mineralization trends. In addition, the presence of a
gap in the mineral resource block model between Trends 1 and 2 drives a gap between mining areas
and mine infrastructure planning, as was demonstrated in the mine design contained within Radisson's
July 2025 Preliminary Economic Assessment ("
PEA
") for the Project (Figure 2). Additional mineral
resources in these under-drilled gaps will also benefit the density of mineralization at the Project, which
is a common measure of economic viability and capital efficiency in underground mine design.
The six new drill holes at the Project continue to demonstrate the very high incidence of intercepts with
grades and thicknesses consistent with the Project's mineral resources ("hits", per Table 2). This now
stands at 82% of all drill holes completed to date, an impressive result for a step-out drill program
specifically targeting non-resource areas (Figure 4). Mineralization remains open in every direction, with
clear opportunities to expand the quantity of new mineral resources, in particular by drilling at depth.
Table 2
: Drill Results Published for the O'Brien Gold Project Since December 2024
Date of Publication
Total Number of
Drill Holes
Drill Holes with
Intercepts >+3g/t
Success
Rate (%)
September 2, 2026
6
6
100%
July 7, 2026
3
3
100%
June 22, 2026-O'Brien
5
5
100%
June 22, 2026-Thompson-Cadillac
2
1
50%
June 1, 2026
7
6
86%
April 30, 2026-O'Brien
7
7
100%
April 30, 2026-Thompson-Cadillac
9
2
22%
January 27, 2026
7
7
100%
January 6, 2026
6
5
83%
October 28, 2025
15
13
87%
September 8, 2025
15
13
87%
July 16, 2025
14
11
79%
April 2, 2025
3
3
100%
February 26, 2025
20
15
75%
December 16, 2024
1
1
100%
Total
120
98
82%
Table 3
: Detailed Assay Results (see "Notes on Calculation of Drill Intercepts")
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