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Eskay Mining Establishes Rapid Turnaround Analytical Laboratory in Stewart, BC to Accelerate Gold Discovery using detectORE(TM) Technology
TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 28, 2026 / Eskay Mining Corp. ("Eskay Mining" or the "Company") (TSXV:ESK) (OTC PINK:ESKYF) (Frankfurt:KN7) (WKN:A0YDPM)
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[{"type":"text","content":" TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 28, 2026 / Eskay Mining Corp. (\"Eskay Mining\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV:ESK) (OTC PINK:ESKYF) (Frankfurt:KN7) (WKN:A0YDPM) is pleased to announce that it is establishing a new, dedicated rapid turnaround analytical laboratory in Stewart, British Columbia. This facility is specifically designed to conduct detectORE™ gold analysis on drill core samples from the Company's extensive 459 square kilometer land holding in the heart of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The establishment of this laboratory in Stewart directly addresses a primary challenge for exploration in northern British Columbia: the bottleneck imposed by the short operational summer field season. Historically, gold exploration in this region has been compromised by long turnaround times at conventional commercial laboratories, which often exceed several weeks or months. Such delays frequently result in the exploration season concluding before critical assay data can be used to refine targets or adjust drilling priorities. Eskay's drill core will be flown out of the field on a daily basis to its road-accessible camp, and then conveyed by road to Stewart, where it will be logged and cut for sampling. By utilizing the detectORE™ system developed by Portable PPB Pty Ltd and applied to drill core cuttings, Eskay will be able to receive gold analyses within 48 hours of the core having been cut. This \"game-changing\" time compression will allow the Company's geologic team to engage in fast, results-based decision-making, keeping the drill rig on gold-yielding targets while the season is still active. The detectORE™ system is a geochemical technology that enables the detection of low-level (ppb) and high-level gold concentrations in a field laboratory. The process involves: Leaching: Gold is leached from drill core cutting sludge samples using the proprietary GLIX-24™ reagent system. Collection and Measurement: The leached gold is adsorbed onto a specialized collector device and then measured using a calibrated portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analyzer, which, separate to the detectORE process, is also used to analyse for a suite of other elements, including copper and zinc. Reporting: Gold results are reported in detectORE™ Units (dU), which serve as a semi-quantitative measure of gold in the sample. A detectORE unit represents...