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RUA GOLD Provides Exploration Update and 2026 Outlook for the Auld Creek Gold-Antimony Project, Reefton Goldfield
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 19, 2026) - Rua Gold Inc. (TSXV: RUA) (OTC...
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[{"type":"text","content":"RUA GOLD Provides Exploration Update and 2026 Outlook for the Auld Creek Gold-Antimony Project, Reefton GoldfieldVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 19, 2026) - Rua Gold Inc. (TSXV: RUA) (OTCQB: NZAUF) (WKN: A40QYC) (\"RUA GOLD\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to provide an exploration update on its Auld Creek gold-antimony project in the Reefton Goldfield, New Zealand, and to outline the key permitting catalysts for 2026. Highlights:The Company is ramping up permitting related activities, targeting inclusion on the list of projects eligible for New Zealand’s FAST TRACK process in the first half of 2026Highlighted assay results from Auld Creek include:ACDDH050: 3.0m @ 21.27 g/t AuEq1 (4.5 g/t Au & 3.9% Sb) from 137mIncluding 2.0m @ 27.4 g/t AuEq1 (5.2 g/t Au & 5.5% Sb)ACDDH055: 3.4m @ 4.18 g/t AuEq1 (2.6 g/t Au & 0.4% Sb) from 152.7mACDDH056: 5.1m @ 7.27g/t AuEq1 (5.3 g/t Au & 0.5% Sb) from 240.4Three drill rigs are operating from January, accelerating progress and testing extensions 400m north of the Fraternal lode and 250m northwest of the Bonanza lode.Further drilling has increased the strike length of the deposit a further 250m to 870m length, remains open along strike to the north and at depth via plunging ore shoots.Scout drilling is being mobilized to test the full 2,500m strike length of the surface gold-arsenic-antimony soil geochemical anomalies.RSC Consulting has been engaged to prepare an updated NI 43-101 Reefton Technical Report, scheduled to be published in February 2026 and incorporating drilling to date.Tendering underway for works to support a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”).January 19, 2026.Encouraging new mineral intersections confirm expansion of the Auld Creek system beyond 870m (Fraternal lode), with mineralization remaining open to the north and unconstrained at depths exceeding 320m. A third drill rig is scheduled to commence drilling by the end of January, accelerating resource development and testing anomalies directly along strike of both the Fraternal and Bonanza lodes. The Company has significantly advanced permitting activities in the region and is targeting submission of a Fast Track referral application in the first half of 2026. Consultant and stakeholder site visits commenced in December 2025, with the majority of the independent a...