Exploration Results

Perth – October 19, 2026 -- Hot Chili (ASX: HCH, TSXV: HCH, OTCQX: HHLKF) has confirmed a second porphyry centre, La Verde South, after its first step-out hole returned 148 m grading 0.44% copper equivalent (CuEq) at the La Verde copper-gold discovery in Chile. The company says the find near-doubles the growth potential of La Verde, which sits 30 km south of the planned central processing hub for its Costa Fuego project.

Step-out hole DKP084 intersects 148 m at 0.44% CuEq beneath shallow gravel

Reverse circulation hole DKP084 was collared about 250 m south of La Verde's +0.4% copper footprint, which more than 40,000 m of drilling has defined. It returned 148 m at 0.44% CuEq (0.39% Cu, 0.07 g/t Au) from 36 m. That includes 44 m at 0.56% CuEq (0.50% Cu, 0.06 g/t Au) from 138 m.

Vancouver – October 19, 2026 -- Nevada Organic Phosphate Inc. (CSE: NOP) reported that drill hole MM26-11 intersected 28.7 metres (94.2 feet) of the target Meade Peak Member in northeast Nevada, extending the confirmed strike length of phosphate mineralization to more than 3.3 kilometres.

MM26-11 steps out 315 metres southwest of MM26-10

The hole lies roughly 315 metres (1,037 feet) further southwest along trend from MM26-10. That hole in turn sits 1.5 kilometres (4,921 feet) along strike from MM26-9. Core logging noted oolitic zones typical of the Upper Phosphate Zone. True thickness and phosphate content have not yet been established and await assay.

Vancouver – – October 14, 2026 -- SAGA Metals Corp. (TSXV: SAGA) has completed an 85-hole, 22,432-metre drill program at the Trapper Zone of its Radar Titanium-Vanadium-Iron Project in Labrador, with every hole intersecting oxide mineralization. The final assays, from holes R-0088 to R-0092, give the company a complete database for the maiden resource estimate, which is due in Q4 2026.

Three Trapper North holes return intervals of 470 to 495.6 metres

Hole R-0085 returned 495.6 metres of mineralization grading 37.86% Fe2O3, 5.51% TiO2 and 0.273% V2O5. That includes 68.2 metres at 52.95% Fe2O3, 8.57% TiO2 and 0.381% V2O5. R-0075 delivered 485.4 metres and R-0072 returned 470 metres.

At Trapper South, R-0046 cut 127.9 metres at 52.94% Fe2O3, 7.35% TiO2 and 0.388% V2O5. A 54-metre section within it graded 58.33% Fe2O3, 8.78% TiO2 and 0.415% V2O5.

Winnemucca – October 13, 2026 -- Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: HYMC) drilled 19.6 meters grading 30.49 g/t gold and 1,726.72 g/t silver at its Vortex system in Nevada, the best hole in the company's more than 40-year history and the highest gold grades ever reported at Hycroft.

Hole H26D-6175A includes a 1.7-meter interval at 347.07 g/t gold

The high-grade core of the intercept returned 347.07 g/t gold and 9,526.36 g/t silver over 1.7 meters, with visible gold present. The result also marks the highest silver grades ever drilled at Vortex. The hole came from the 2025-2026 Exploration Drill Program.

H26D-6175A also intersected significant intervals of gold and silver mineralization along the full length of the hole, adding to mineralization within the resource.