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Eagle Plains Announces Fully Funded Drill Program at the George Lake Critical Metals Project, Saskatchewan
CRANBROOK, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 12, 2026 / Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSXV:EPL)(O...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Eagle Plains Announces Fully Funded Drill Program at the George Lake Critical Metals Project, SaskatchewanCRANBROOK, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 12, 2026 / Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSXV:EPL)(OTCQB:EGPLF) (\"EPL\" or \"Eagle Plains\") is pleased to announce that planning is underway for its upcoming 2026 diamond drill program at the 100% owned George Lake Project. Drilling is expected to commence in late January and will include approximately 1650m of diamond drilling.The 2026 program is driven by results from geophysical and technical work, paired with advanced interpretation to prioritize targets. The first phase of drilling is designed to intersect the sedimentary exhalative (sedex) stratigraphy that hosts the George Lake deposit, in systematic 200 m step outs (both down-dip and along strike) from historical intersections such as 8.0m of 6.96% Zn, 1.42% Pb, and 5.91 g/t Ag within a broader interval of 47.8m of 4.50% Zn, 0.61% Pb, and 3.49 g/t Ag (DDH GL-08-02).Mineralization at George Lake is characterized by significant but sub-economic critical metal mineralization over a broad strike length of approximately 8.1kilometers. The source of this mineralization has never been established, and forms the basis for Eagle Plains' continuing exploration work. The program will be conducted by TerraLogic Exploration Inc. of Cranbrook, BC under the direction of Kerry Bates, MSc., P.Geo., Exploration Manager for Eagle Plains. New Age Drilling Solutions has been contracted to complete diamond drilling activities.See George Lake Drill Plan Map hereChuck Downie, P.Geo., President and CEO of Eagle Plains, commented, \"We are excited to undertake the first drill program at George Lake since 2008. Sedimentary-exhalative systems are a compelling target and on a world-wide scale represent some of the largest critical metals deposits discovered. In addition, they typically occur in clusters along the host stratigraphy which indicates the potential for other discoveries on the project. The project has benefited from the the 2022 high resolution geophysical survey funded by the Government of Saskatchewan, which aided in refining property scale geological mapping of the deposit stratigraphy.\"George Lake is one of the projects included in a formal Exploration Agreement between Eagle Plains and the Ya'thi Néné Lands and Resource Offic...