Announcement • Jul 09
Osisko Development Extends Gold Mineralization At Cariboo Gold Project Beyond 700 M Vertical Depth in Previously Untested Areas
Osisko Development announced new drilling results from eleven surface diamond drill holes that were completed as part of an ongoing deeps and near mine gap infill exploration program at the Company's permitted, 100%-owned Cariboo Gold Project, located in central British Columbia, Canada. The news release includes assays from eleven surface deeps and gap zone exploration diamond drill holes totaling 8,971 metres with depths ranging from 114 to 1,159 m completed between December 2025 and April 2026. Approximately 65%, or 5,823 m of drilling transected areas outside the current Cariboo Gold Mineral Resources, as defined by a 15 m buffer around optimized Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources stope shapes. All holes were collared in HQ (63.5 millimetre diameter) and reduced to NQ (47.6 millimetre diameter) where necessary to continue advance or implement directional drilling. Available tooling for directional drilling requires advance in NQ with a BQ (36.5 millimetre diameter) output while steering is active. All assays were received by June 1, 2026. Results to date confirm the presence of high-grade mineralization at depth and reinforce the strong potential for upside within under-tested gap zones and below the current Cariboo Gold deposit footprint, which extends to an average depth of approximately 350 metres. Five drill rigs continue operating at surface systematically testing targets down-dip of the current Mineral Resource to a maximum vertical depth of up to 800 metres. The ongoing program is designed to test the potential for vein corridor extensions of the existing Cariboo Gold deposit down to vertical depths of up to 800 m. The defined limit of the existing Cariboo Gold Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves reflects limitations imposed by local topography and the practical depth of surface drills for achieving intercept spacing required for a mineral resource estimate, which is approximately 350 m vertical on average across the 4.4 km strike of the deposit. The program is also designed to target under-tested gap areas between defined deposit zones where historic mining was observed, including, for example, the approximately 1.2 km gap between the Shaft and Mosquito Creek Zones. Drillholes collared within the defined resource provide additional infill intercepts at shallower depths. Directional drilling has been implemented on select drillholes for higher precision targeting to depth. Ongoing surface drilling will continue to systematically test down-dip of the current resource to a maximum along strike target spacing of 300 m. Additional holes at target spacing 50 m near surface and 100 m at depth will be drilled to test continuity around the most prospective intercepts outside the current Mineral Resources footprint. New lithologic data incorporated into updated and extended geologic models is expected to aid in further refining of at depth targets. The Cariboo Gold Project hosts Probable Mineral Reserves of 2.07 million ounces of contained Au (17,815 kt grading 3.62 g/t Au); Measured Mineral Resources of 8,000 ounces of contained Au (47 kt grading 5.06 g/t Au); Indicated Mineral Resources of 1.60 million ounces of contained Au (17,332 kt grading 2.88 g/t Au); and Inferred Mineral Resources of 1.86 million ounces of contained Au (18,774 kt grading 3.09 g/t Au). Mineral Resources are reported exclusive of Mineral Reserves. Scientific and technical information relating to the Cariboo Gold Project and the 2025 feasibility study on the Cariboo Gold Project is supported by the technical report, titled "NI 43-101 Technical Report, Feasibility Study for the Cariboo Gold Project, District of Wells, British Columbia, Canada" and dated June 11, 2025 (with an effective date of April 25, 2025). The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed, verified and approved by Scott Smith, P. Geo., Vice President, Exploration of Osisko Development, a "qualified person" within the meaning of NI 43-101. HQ and NQ diameter drill core is cut (halved) on site at the Cariboo Project subsequent to QAQC checks for logging and sampling errors. BQ core (limited to directional intervals) are whole core sampled following daily QAQC. Any BQ intercepts external to the footprint of the current resource (none herein) are to be excluding from informing any new resource shapes. Quality control samples are inserted at regular intervals in the sample stream, including blanks and reference materials with all sample shipments to monitor laboratory performance. Samples are bagged, labeled, sealed with numbered security tags. All drill core samples are submitted to ALS Geochemistry's analytical facility in North Vancouver, British Columbia for preparation and analysis. The ALS facility is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard for gold assays, and all analytical methods include quality control materials at set frequencies with established data acceptance criteria. The entire sample is crushed, and 250 grams is pulverized. Analysis for gold is by 50 gram fire assay fusion with atomic absorption (AAS) finish with a lower limit of 0.01 ppm and upper limit of 100 ppm. Samples with gold assays greater than 100 ppm are re-analyzed by fire-assay with gravimetric finish (upper limit 10,000 ppm). Select samples containing visible gold and/or cosalite are flagged during logging for an additional 1,000-gram screen metallic fire assay to ensure accurate quantification of any coarse fraction. All samples are also analyzed using a 48 multi-elemental geochemical package by a 4-acid digestion, followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS).
