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Pirate Gold Provides Crippleback Drilling Update, Appoints New CFO and Releases Episode 8 of Treasure Hunters
Two drills are actively targeting the argillic alteration envelope at Crippleback Lake , the alte...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Pirate Gold Provides Crippleback Drilling Update, Appoints New CFO and Releases Episode 8 of Treasure HuntersTwo drills are actively targeting the argillic alteration envelope at Crippleback Lake, the alteration envelope thought to indicate high sulphidation epithermal system or porphyry style mineralizationDrill hole PGC-26-058, encountered vuggy silicified mineralization near the bedrock surface; indications of advanced argillic alteration and silicification and strong pyrite mineralization throughoutDrill hole PGC-26-064, encountered a broad zone of vuggy silicified mineralization from 120 to 300m depth showing advanced argillic style alteration Episode 8 of Pirate Gold Treasure Hunters now airing: https://youtu.be/Nii-tDFo2cESt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador--(Newsfile Corp. - April 2, 2026) - Pirate Gold Corp. (TSXV: YARR) (OTCQB: SICNF) (\"Pirate Gold\" or the \"Company\"), is pleased to provide an update on drilling at the Crippleback Lake target zone (\"Crippleback\") within its district-scale Treasure Island Project in central Newfoundland, alongside the release of Episode 8 of The Pirate Gold Treasure Hunters series.Crippleback: Drilling Into the SystemTwo drill holes are ongoing targeting the argillic alteration zone first encountered in 2024. One drill is operating on the north and one on the south side of the alteration anomaly. Below is a general summary of the drilled intervals and alteration sequences:PGC-26-058 targeted the alteration system from the south side of Crippleback Lake; this hole intersected an interval of vuggy, silicified volcanic rock from 15 to 137m downhole containing disseminated pyrite and muscovite alteration; from 137 to 247m in highly altered quartz monzonite marked by chlorite and montmorillonite alteration with pyrite mineralization. This included a veined zone from 224.5 to 232.0m with locally massive to semi massive pyrite; 247 to 293m intersected a phengite dominated volcanic sequence with disseminated pyrite and locally chalcopyrite; 293 to 395m intersected a kaolinite dominated alteration in both volcanic and felsic intrusive rocks with pyrite mineralization including a veined zone from 343.0 to 349.5m containing semi-massive pyrite mineralization; 395 to 562m intersected a volcanic sequence with muscovite-phengite alteration and disseminated pyrite mineralization; 562 to 602m in...