INITIAL DRILL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO EXPAND HISTORICAL SILVER RESOURCE, EVALUATE GOLD POTENTIAL AND TEST PRIORITY GOLD-ANTIMONY TARGETS
TONOPAH, Nev., July 6, 2026 /CNW/ - A2Gold Corp. ("A2Gold" or the "Company") (TSXV: AUAU) (OTCQX: AUXXF) (FRA: RR7) is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced at its Taylor Silver-Gold Project ("Taylor" or the "Project") located in White Pine County, Nevada.
The commencement of drilling at Taylor represents an important milestone for A2Gold following the Company's recently completed acquisition of the Project and the consolidation of key internal claims within the district. Taylor is now held as a unified district-scale land package under a single operator (see Map 1), providing A2Gold with enhanced flexibility to systematically explore and advance the Project.
The initial Taylor drill program consisting of 16-18 Reverse Circulation ("RC") holes for a total of 5,000 metres (see Map 2) is designed to advance three principal objectives:
Expand the Existing Historical Silver Resource
Drilling will focus on areas within and adjacent to the existing historical silver resource footprint, with the objective of confirming and expanding known silver mineralization along strike and at depth. The Company intends to use results from this program to support the preparation of an updated NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate.
Evaluate Near-Surface Gold Mineralization
Taylor hosts significant oxide gold exploration potential across a large district-scale corridor. Prior exploration has identified a 3 km by 10 km anomalous gold corridor, with surface sampling and historical drilling indicating potential for near-surface oxide gold mineralization. Gold was not included in the historical 2018 silver resource estimate, and A2Gold believes there is an important opportunity to evaluate the potential contribution of gold mineralization to the broader Taylor system.
Test Priority Gold-Antimony and CRD Targets
The program will also begin testing priority gold-antimony targets identified through historical work, surface sampling, geological mapping and modern geophysical surveys. These targets are considered important to evaluating Taylor's potential as a precious metals project with meaningful critical mineral upside. The broader district also includes carbonate replacement deposit ("CRD"), skarn and porphyry exploration concepts that remain largely untested by modern drilling.
Peter Gianulis, CEO of A2Gold, commented: "The start of drilling at Taylor is an important moment for A2Gold. In a short period of time, we have acquired the Taylor Project, consolidated the district under one operator, and now moved directly into drilling. Taylor gives us a second district-scale Nevada project with an existing historical silver resource, meaningful gold potential, and an emerging antimony opportunity at a time when critical minerals are becoming increasingly important in the United States. We believe Taylor has the potential to become an important Nevada silver-gold project with multiple avenues for discovery and resource growth."