Yorbeau Resources Begins Exploration Program on its Beschefer, Selbaie West and Allard Properties in Northwestern Québec
YORBEAU RESOURCES INC.
50 Place Crémazie, Suite 403, Montréal, QC, H2P 2T1
www.yorbeauresources.com
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Yorbeau Resources Begins Exploration Program on its Beschefer, Selbaie West and
Allard Properties in Northwestern Québec
Montreal, Québec, February 19, 202 6 – Yorbeau Resources Inc. (TSX: YRB) ( “Yorbeau” or the
“Company”) commenced an exploration drilling program in January on its Beschefer and Selbaie West
properties near the former Selbaie mine, as well as on the Allard property located southwest of the town
of Matagami. The programs consist of approximately 2,545 meters of drilling on the Beschefer property,
2,100 metres on the Selbaie West property and 1,000 meters on the Allard property.
Beschefer Property
The Beschefer property is located 9 km southeast of the former Selbaie producer (historical production of
56.9 Mt @ 0.87% Cu, 1.85% Zn, 39 g/t Ag) 1 and immediately east of the B -26 Zone currently being
developed by Abitibi Metals Corp. and SOQUEM (13.0 Mt Indicated at 2.1% Cu Eq and 12.3 Mt Inferred
at 2.2% Cu Eq)2,3 (Figure 1). The 2026 program aims to trace the B -26 Zone near surface and to test a
series of induced polarization anomalies along the extension of the B -14 gold zone located approximately
2 km to the east. Drilling is currently underway, and results will be released as soon as they become
available.
Selbaie West Property
Drilling on this property will begin once all required permits have been obtained. The objective of this
campaign is to test the continuity of newly identified copper, zinc, gold and silver zones discovered over
the past two years by SOQUEM (Figure 1) on the adjacent Wagosic property. The Selbaie West property
is located less than 3 km west of Soquem’s recent discoveries on the Wagosic property (Hole 1338-25-
087 cut a mineralized zone of 296.9 meters at 1.47% Zn, 0.20% Cu, 0.06 g/t Au and 18.3 g/t Ag) 3,4 within
the Selbaie horizon.
This horizon extends onto Yorbeau’s property for more than 9 km (see Figure 1). In 2008, Yorbeau
completed a series of drill holes near the eastern boundary of the Yorbeau- SOQUEM properties and
identified the Selbaie horizon, which returned several copper and zinc values. Additional results were
obtained in the southwest portion of the property, possibly within the B -26 horizon. Furthermore, a 2012
drill hole (SW-12A) intersected a zone of more than 20 meters of disseminated mineralization containing
copper and nickel values within a gabbro. The 2026 program includes drilling in this sector to assess the
significance of this copper and nickel intersection.
Over the past 24 months, the area surrounding the former Selbaie Mine north of La Sarre has seen
significant developments including the advancement of the B -26 Zone and the discovery of significant
copper and zinc mineralization northwest of the Selbaie Mine by SOQUEM . Major exploration work ,
including more than 56,000 meters of drilling, is ongoing in the area.
1 Faure, S., 2012. Réévaluation paléo environnementale du complexe volcanique de Selbaie et de son potentiel métallogénique.
Rapport, Projet CONSOREM 2011-08, 26p.
2 Abitibi Métals Corp., press release February 5, 2026
3 The mineral resource estimates and exploration results described above with respect to the properties of Abitibi Metals Corp. and
SOQUEM are sourced from public disclosure by those companies as cited herein. The Company has not independently verified this
information. The mineralization hosted on adjacent or nearby properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization hosted on the
Company's properties.
4 SOQUEM, press release October 20, 2025
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Yorbeau holds a strategic land position neighboring these two projects. Based on Yorbeau’s geological
interpretation, the host rocks of these deposits could logically extend for several kilometers within the
boundaries of the Beschefer and Selbaie West properties (Figure 1). The Company plans to conduct
additional work over the next 12 months on both properties.
Allard Property
The Allard property is located 30 km southwest of the town of Matagami within the western extension of
the Casa Berardi corridor. Three drill holes were completed in January 2026 to test an induced
polarization anomaly in the eastern sector and to follow up on drilling completed by Canamax in 1988 in
the central sector.
The drill holes intersected multiple multi-meter sections of quartz veins containing pyrite and traces of
arsenopyrite. Approximately one hundred gold assays are currently pending, and results will be released
as soon as they become available.
The scientific and technical content of this press release has been reviewed, prepared and approved by
Mr. Laurent Hallé, P.Geo. (OGQ 388), Senior Exploration Consultant to Yorbeau, who is a “Qualified
Person” within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Yorbeau Resources Inc.
Yorbeau Resources is a Canadian public company (TSX: YRB) active in gold and base metal exploration
in Quebec, Canada. The Company is focused on securing a partner to further explore and advance its
zinc and copper deposit at Scott Lake, near Chibougamau, Quebec (see Yorbeau’s National Instrument
43-101 compliant technical report dated December 6, 2017, titled “ Technical Report on the Preliminary
Economic Assessment for the Scott Lake Project, Northwestern Québec, Canada ,” available on the
Company’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca). Yorbeau also has the necessary funds to explore its
properties located in the Détour, Joutel and Selbaie areas of northwestern Quebec. These properties
include the Beschefer property, which is adjacent to the B-26 base metal deposit currently being explored
by Abitibi Metals Corp. and the Selbaie West property adjacent to SOQUEM’s Wagosic property, where
base metal values are currently being intersected along the Selbaie mine horizon.
Additional information about the Company is available on its website at www.yorbeauresources.com.
For further information, please contact:
G. Bodnar Jr. Laurent Hallé
President, Chief Financial Officer Consulting Geologist
Yorbeau Resources Inc. Yorbeau Resources Inc.
[email protected] lhallé@yorbeauresources.com
Tel: (514) 384-2202 Tel: (819) 629-9758
Toll free in North America: 1 (855)-384-2202
Forward-looking statements: Except for statement s of historical fact, all statements in this news
release, including, without limitation, statements regarding the planned drilling program, are forward -
looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such
statements will prove to be accurate; actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Yorbeau disclaims any obligation to update such forward-looking
statements, other than as required by applicable securities laws.
YORBEAU RESOURCES INC.
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Figure 1 Properties localisation