Announcement • Jul 22
Gladiator Metals Corp Reports Assay Results and Extends High-Grade Strike Continuity at Cub East
Gladiator Metals Corp. has announced the latest assay results from Cub East, confirming high-grade copper, gold, and silver mineralization across multiple drill holes. Step-out drilling has successfully extended high-grade strike continuity to over 300 metres. Continued high-grade strike continuity now confirmed over greater than 300 metres, with recent results returning: 32.0m @ 1.36% Cu, 0.63g/t Au & 10.93g/t Ag from 178.0m, including 18.0m @ 2.12% Cu, 1.06g/t Au, 16.33/t Ag from 188.0m; 32.77m @ 1.06% Cu, 0.44 g/t Au & 6.37g/t Ag from 176.73m, including 7.28m @ 2.47% Cu, 1.45 g/t Au, & 15.09 g/t Ag from 186.52m and 3.70m @ 1.97% Cu, 0.46 g/t Au, & 8.04 g/t Ag from 204.3m; 38m @ 1.20% Cu, 0.43 g/t Au & 10.29 g/t Ag from 168m, including 15.1m @ 2.41% Cu, 0.93g/t Au &18.85 g/t Ag from 185.4m. In addition, six rock chip samples of exposed mineralized copper skarn mineralisation were collected from historic trenches located approximately 300m along strike to the southeast of BCG-017, within the interpreted mineralized corridor: 2.37% Cu, 0.88 g/t Au & 32.6 g/t Ag (SA0047516); 1.00% Cu, 3.24 g/t Au & 10.8 g/t Ag (SA0047512); 1.31% Cu, 1.43 g/t Au & 30.8 g/t Ag (SA0047514). These samples further support the potential for mineralization to extend beyond the currently drilled Cub East footprint and provide compelling near-surface targets for follow-up drilling. Planned drilling metres for 2026 has increased to 50,000m from 35,000m. At Cub East, Gladiator has completed 18 holes for 5,406 metres to date and assays have been received for eleven holes. Recently returned assays from Cub East further reinforce the discovery as an emerging high-grade copper-gold-silver centre within the broader 1.5km prospective Bear Cub trend. Current drilling is targeting down-dip, up-dip and strike extensions across a currently defined 900-metre coincident gravity and Induced Polarization (IP) geophysical anomaly. The high-grade core has now been confirmed over 300 metres of strike continuity from drill holes BCG-015 to BCG-017, with further step-out drilling continuing to demonstrate the scale, continuity and growth potential of the Cub East system. This release reports five additional drill holes — BCG-024, BCG-025, BCG-030, BCG-031 and BCG-035 — for a total of 1,576m, delivering multiple broad copper-gold-silver intercepts, including: BCG-024: 32.77m @ 1.06% Cu, 0.44 g/t Au & 6.37 g/t Ag from 176.73m, including 7.28m @ 2.47% Cu, 1.45 g/t Au, & 15.09 g/t Ag from 186.52m and 3.70m @ 1.97% Cu, 0.46 g/t Au, & 8.04 g/t Ag from 204.3m; BCG-030: 38m @ 1.20% Cu, 0.43 g/t Au & 10.29 g/t Ag from 168m, including 15.1m @ 2.41% Cu, 0.93 g/t Au &18.85 g/t Ag from 185.4m; BCG-031: 6m @ 1.10% Cu, 0.49 g/t Au & 11.77 g/t Ag from 168m and 35.0m @ 0.83% Cu, 0.18 g/t Au & 6.91 g/t Ag from 198.0m, including 17.0m @ 1.38% Cu, 0.29 g/t Au, 11.75 g/t Ag from 202.00m; BCG-035: 32.0m @ 1.36% Cu, 0.63 g/t Au & 10.93 g/t Ag from 178.0m, including 18.0m @ 2.12% Cu, 1.06 g/t Au, 16.33 g/t Ag from 188.0m; BCG-025: 16.0m @ 0.57% Cu, 0.16 g/t Au & 3.50 g/t Ag from 180.0m, including 6.3m @ 1.06% Cu, 0.33 g/t Au, 6.41 g/t Ag from 185.7m. In addition, five rock chip samples of exposed mineralized garnet-diopside skarn were collected from historic trenches located approximately 300m along strike to the southeast of BCG-017, within the interpreted mineralized corridor. These samples further support the potential for mineralization to extend beyond the currently drilled footprint and provide compelling near-surface targets for follow-up drilling. Newly received results from this area include: 1.00% Cu, 3.24 g/t Au & 10.8 g/t Ag (SA0047512); 1.31% Cu, 1.43 g/t Au & 30.8 g/t Ag (SA0047514); 1.67% Cu, 0.79 g/t Au & 38.0 g/t Ag (SA0047515); 2.37% Cu, 0.88 g/t Au & 32.6 g/t Ag (SA0047516). RC drilling is scheduled to commence in September, initially targeting these historic trenches before expanding to additional known targets and mineralization proximal to the Cub East discovery. Gladiator Metals has commenced a structural geology review at Cub East to improve drill targeting and better understand the controls on high-grade copper-gold mineralisation. Early work has identified northeast-trending structures that appear to host high-grade mineralisation and may represent previously under-tested exploration targets due to the orientation of historic drilling. Combined with the recently completed 3D IP survey, which has outlined a mineralised trend exceeding 900 metres, these findings suggest significant expansion potential at Cub East. The structural model will also be applied across Cowley and the broader Whitehorse Copper Belt to support district-scale exploration and future discoveries. At Cub East, Gladiator has completed 18 holes for 5,406 metres to date and assays have been received for eleven holes. Recently returned assays from Cub East further reinforce the discovery as an emerging high-grade copper-gold-silver centre within the broader 1.5km prospective Bear Cub trend. Current drilling is targeting down-dip, up-dip and strike extensions across a currently defined 900-metre coincident gravity and Induced Polarization (IP) geophysical anomaly. The high-grade core has now been confirmed over 300 metres of strike continuity from drill holes BCG-015 to BCG-017, with further step-out drilling continuing to demonstrate the scale, continuity and growth potential of the Cub East system. This release reports five additional drill holes — BCG-024, BCG-025, BCG-030, BCG-031 and BCG-035 — for a total of 1,576m, delivering multiple broad copper-gold-silver intercepts. The Whitehorse Copper Project is an advanced-stage high grade copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo), silver (Ag) and gold (Au) skarn exploration project in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Copper mineralization was first discovered in 1897 on the Whitehorse Copper Belt and comprises over 30 copper-related, primarily skarn occurrences covering an area of 35 km long by 5 km wide on the western margin of Whitehorse City, Yukon.
