Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 16, 2026) - Galactic Gold Corp. (TSXV: GGAU) ("Galactic Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an exploration update for their 100% owned Hardrock West Project. Field crews mobilized to investigate high priority geological targets identified by the recently completed geophysical survey and Phase I district-scale targeting study on the Hardrock West claim block. The HWP is approximately 250 km northeast of Thunder Bay, ON and covers 28,586 hectares of the Beardmore-Geraldton Greenstone Belt (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Regional location of Galactic Gold Corp's Hardrock West Project and Equinox Gold's Greenstone Gold Mine.
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Results from the Total Magnetic Intensity (TMI) and Electromagnetic (EM) surveys completed by Geotech Ltd. will be used to prioritize conductive horizons along the Paint Lake Fault (PLF) and Bankfield-Tombill Deformation Zone (BTDZ), key structural corridors along the Beardmore-Geraldton Greenstone Belt (BGGB) that are thought to be associated with gold mineralization in the area (Figure 2). The ongoing field program is intended to investigate high priority magnetic targets on the property, some of which have coincident conductive horizons (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Preliminary results of the airborne EM survey by Geotech Ltd. showing conductive horizons on the main claim block of Galactic Gold Corp's Hardrock West Project.
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Based on results of the Phase I historic data compilation which included digitizing more than 600 drill holes, 200 channel samples and over 2,000 surface grab samples, prospecting crews were deployed to priority targets including the Sturgeon Bridge area (Figure 2). The diamond drill database has prioritized historical gold assays, base metal results, and geochemical pathfinder elements to support the evaluation of mineralized horizons for the planned 2026 drill campaign.
CEO Ken Berry commented: "Galactic is excited to commence our field mapping and data verification on the Sturgeon Bridge area while we negotiate our exploration agreement and wait for permit approvals. The summer field program will continue to evaluate property wide targets with geological mapping planned in the Trench Lake and Missing Link North areas while simultaneously updating the geological and mineralization model at Sturgeon Bridge. As we await results of the recent prospecting program, we are confident that they will continue to validate our exploration model and highlight the exceptional scale, continuity, and prospectivity of the Hardrock West land package."