Company Simultaneously Stakes 4 km Placer Prospecting Lease and Expands Claim Position to Secure Yukon River Barge Landing and Second Historic Airstrip
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 7, 2026) - Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC) (OTCQB: SKHRF) (WKN: A2QEP1) ("Stakeholder" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a step-change in the scale of its exploration ambitions: the submission of a Class 3 Mining Land Use Permit ("MLUP") application and the staking of Placer Prospecting Leases at its 100%-owned Ballarat Gold-Copper Project ("Ballarat") located in the rapidly evolving White Gold District of the Yukon Territory.
The Class 3 MLUP application is key to unlocking advanced exploration at Ballarat. It is designed to permit a significantly scaled-up diamond drilling campaign which can be supported by a dedicated on-site exploration camp. The Class 3 application is considered to be a major operational upgrade from the Company's remotely based 2,000 m diamond drill program completed May-June 2026, for which assay results are pending.
Highlights
Permitting for Scale: The Class 3 Mining Land Use Permit (MLUP) application submitted for the Ballarat Gold-Copper Project is designed to support an expanded diamond drilling program and camp-based exploration, leveraging existing and upcoming infrastructure on the property to run larger programs faster and more cost-efficiently.
Strategic ground secured: Stakeholder has recently expanded its Ballarat claim position to cover additional highly prospective ground as well as to cover existing road access to the Yukon River barge landing (the "Ballarat Barge Landing") located where the southern portion of the Ballarat property meets the Yukon River. New claims also bring a second, larger, historic airstrip - located adjacent to the Ballarat Barge Landing - inside the Company's 100%-owned land package, adding river, road and air logistical support to the project (Figure 2 below).
A new placer dimension: Stakeholder has also staked Placer Prospecting Leases running 4 km along a key Ballarat drainage basin. The staked drainage is bookended by opportunity: the Skye Zone North and Skye Zone South gold prospects sit at its upstream headwaters, while active placer gold operations define its downstream limit (Figure 2).
Positioning at the Center of a District on the Move
The Ballarat Gold-Copper Project occupies what management believes to be one of the most strategic land positions in the rapidly advancing White Gold District. The property lies immediately northeast of, and adjacent to, Talamore Mining's Coffee Gold Project, which is currently under development as one of Canada's newest gold mines (Figure 1).