Power Metallic Mines Inc. TSXV: PNPN) (OTCBB: PNPNF) (Frankfurt: IVV1) is pleased to provide a release of assays from its Winter 2026 drill campaign.
Lion MRE In-fill program
Drilling continued to define the high-grade Lion Zone in preparation for a 2026 Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE). The majority of infill drill holes in this release are for holes that are mostly defining the eastern side of the Lion zone (Figure 1) for future mineral resource estimates to an Indicated Resource classification. The 2026 winter drill campaign continues to support the modelled interpretation of the Lion Zone based on earlier wider spaced drilling and includes PML-26-050 intersected the Lion Zone and confirmed the eastern edge of the high-grade copper shoot with 4.76m @ 10.43% CuEqRec1 (Table 1).
Hole PML-26-052 tested the eastern edge of the western high-grade shoot 4.35m @ 5.94% CuEqRec1) and confirmed the expected mineralization modeled from the wider spaced earlier drilling in this area.
Figure 1 – Lion Drill holes reported in this news release (CNW Group/Power Metallic Mines Inc.)
Note: Reported length is downhole distance; true width based on model projections is estimated as 85% of downhole length
1Copper Equivalent Rec Calculation (CuEqRec1)
CuEqRec represents CuEq calculated based on the following metal prices (USD) : 2,360.15 $/oz Au, 27.98 $/oz Ag, 1,215.00 $/oz Pd, 1000.00 $/oz Pt, 4.00 $/lb Cu, 10.00 $/lb Ni and 22.50 $/lb Co., and recovered grades based on recent locked-cycle metallurgical recoveries by SGS Canada Inc (see press release Jan 21, 2006).
Current MRE drilling has concentrated on the Lion zone near surface that may be amenable to early open pit extraction in a possible future mining operation. This drilling continues to intersect strong copper sulphide mineralization (Figures 2 and 3).
Figure 2 – Lion Drill hole PML-26-095 shallow MRE in-fill drilling (assays pending) (CNW Group/Power Metallic Mines Inc.)
Figure 3 – Lion Drill hole PML-26-101 shallow MRE in-fill drilling (assays pending) (CNW Group/Power Metallic Mines Inc.)
Exploratory Drilling – East and West of Lion
Drill holes PML-26-056, 058, 059 and 060 were designed to define the eastern edge of the Lion Zone, which is interpreted as possibly being fault controlled. All these holes (Figure 1) encountered low grade mineralization, Cu (up to 0.22%), Au (up to 0.20 g/t Au), Pd (up to 0.60 g/t Pd), and Pt (0.21 g/t Pt) and effectively define the eastern boundary of the Lion Zone.
Holes PML-26-060 and 064 were drilled 400-450 meters west of the Tiger Zone (Figure 1) and failed to intersect any sulphide mineralization or the ultramafic unit that occurs at Lion.
Hole PML-26-066 was designed to test above an interpreted arm of the Tiger Zone. The hole collared in mineralization (0.27% Cu, 0.17 g/t Pd) at the overburden bedrock contact before intersecting 2 wide ultramafic units of the type found at Lion. Between these two units 1.31m @ 32.9 g/t Ag was intersected. It is unknown how this may relate to the Tiger mineralization down dip of this intersection. When ground conditions permit, testing behind the initial Cu, Pb mineralization will be done.
Hole PML-26-062 was drilled 800m to the west of Lion. Although the favourable ultramafic unit was encountered over a wide intersection, no significant mineralization was encountered.
Exploratory Drilling – Elephant Target
Hole PML-25-021 was extended (PML-25-021x) to test a large BHEM anomaly detected in PN-24-064. Hole PML-25-021x failed to explain the BHEM anomaly, and work is continuing to refine this target area for further drilling.
PML-25-021x entered the paragneiss formation that define the footwall of Power Metallic’s Nisk Ni-Cu-Pd deposit to the west of Lion. This formation was intersected more than a kilometer below surface and contained recognizable favourable geological units (Figure 4) that had hosted a high-grade gold intersection in PMX-25-016 (1.5m @ 34.6 g/t). Assay results from PML-25-021x returned 6m @ 0.78 g/t Au, including 1.5m @ 2.56 g/t Au. Although low grade, this intersection establishes a large sized area of gold structure. Associated with wide anomalous Au, As and W, summer surface mapping, prospecting and re-interpretation of geophysics will be done to localize this recognizable unit and determine whether this gold target requires more drill follow-up.
Figure 4 – Lion Drill hole PML-25-021x intersecting the gold zone discovered in PMX-25-016 (CNW Group/Power Metallic Mines Inc.)
“Lion MRE drilling continues to deliver as or better than expected. The shallow hole success, which we expect assays to confirm what we are seeing in the cores, should be very supportive to the starter open pit. This all will support the upcoming MRE and PEA. On the exploration side the drill bit continues to give us clues and points us to more structures to test. We have 37 holes in for assay and we’re drilling our last few holes of the winter campaign. The team remains very bullish on our discovery process”, commented Terry Lynch, CEO & Director.
Qualified Person
Joseph Campbell, P. Geo, VP Exploration at Power Metallic, is the qualified person who has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure contained in this news release.
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