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Solitario Adds Bright Angel Gold - Copper Project, Further Diversifying Its Property Portfolio
DENVER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Solitario Resources Corp. ("Solitario" or the "Company") (NYSE American:XPL)(TSX:SLR) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Bright Angel copper-gold project in Colorado. At Bright Angel, ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"DENVER, CO / ACCESS Newswire / January 22, 2026 / Solitario Resources Corp. ("Solitario" or the "Company") (NYSE American:XPL)(TSX:SLR) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Bright Angel copper-gold project in Colorado. At Bright Angel, mineralized porphyry stockwork contains significant values of gold and copper, with minor silver values. Mineralization has been traced over an area approximately 750 meters long and up to 600 meters wide. Both gold and copper are trading at all-time highs, with copper being designated as a critical metal by the U.S. government.","length":597,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Bright Angel was originally discovered and drilled in the late 1960's by a private party. Anaconda Copper leased the property in 1970 and drilled eleven core holes, maintaining the lease for ten years. The property has sat idle for the past 50 years until Solitario acquired the rights to earn 100% interest in the minerals from a private entity in September 2025.","length":368,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"To date, Solitario has completed a surface reconnaissance rock sampling program and has initiated drill hole permitting. Results of the surface sampling program have been highly encouraging with consistently anomalous to strong values of gold and copper (see table below and sample map here). Solitario has submitted a Notice of Intent to the U.S. Forest Service to commence an exploration drilling program at Bright Angel and is currently working on submitting a Plan of Operations.","length":483,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Chris Herald, President and CEO of Solitario, stated: "With gold and copper prices at all-time highs, we are extremely excited about the potential of our newly acquired Bright Angel gold-copper property. Our geologic evaluation of Bright Angel is that it is an alkaline pipe-like porphyry system characterized by potentially high grades for both gold and copper with deep roots. We are focused on obtaining a drilling permit and testing this exceptional target, hopefully in late-2026.","length":490,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The importance of this type of gold-copper deposit is now well-known, in large part due to Newcrest Mining's (now Newmont) world-class Cadia - Ridgeway copper-gold pipe-like porphyry deposits discovered i...