Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 14, 2026) - Sun Summit Minerals Corp. (TSXV: SMN) (OTCQB: SMREF) ("Sun Summit" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update from its ongoing project-wide 2026 exploration program at the Company's JD Project, Toodoggone Mining District, north-central British Columbia (the "JD Project").
Highlights:
Drilling nearly complete at the Creek zone: Over 5,100 meters of drilling have been completed across thirteen holes at the Creek zone using two drill rigs, with an additional 9 holes planned. The holes were designed as both step-out and infill drill holes to investigate the extent and continuity of near-surface, high-grade and bulk-tonnage gold mineralization. Highlight intercepts from 2025 drilling at the Creek zone include 81.0 meters of 4.80 g/t gold, including 34.0 meters of 9.07 g/t gold in drill hole CZ-25-021 (November 25th, 2025, News Release).
One drill rig has been moved to the Finn zone where up to nineteen drill holes are planned: The holes were designed as step-out, infill and exploration drill holes to investigate the extent and continuity of near-surface bulk-tonnage gold-silver mineralization. Highlight intercept from 2025 include 17.0 meters of 2.31 g/t gold with 113.1 g/t silver, including 6.0 meters of 5.30 g/t gold with 157.9 g/t silver in drill hole FZ-25-002 (January 22nd, 2026, News Release).
Focused and Systematic Drill Program: Results from the completed 2026 drill program are expected to contribute to an inaugural mineral resource estimate planned for Q1 of 2027.
Project-wide exploration activities focused on drill target refinement are ongoing, including:
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740-line km of Mobile MagnetoTelluric ("MobileMT") airborne geophysical survey completed across the JD Project at a nominal line spacing of 250 meters designed to investigate the scale of alteration zones of known targets as well as identify new target areas. Final data deliverables are expected in mid-July 2026.
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Additional Induced polarization (IP) geophysical surveying will be planned subject to refinement of targets once the MobileMT survey data has been received and integrated into the property-wide geophysical compilation with particular emphasis along the JD Porphyry Trend.
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Geological mapping, geochemical and geochronological studies are ongoing across the greater JD Project with the aim of refining the ages and controls on the epithermal and porphyry systems. These data will be used to place key magmatic and mineralization events at the JD Project into the greater Toodoggone district metallogenic framework.
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