en.Wedoany.com Reported - A2Gold completed surface trench sampling at the Blackrock target of the Eastside gold-silver project in Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA, with assay results showing gold grades up to 10.5 g/t and silver grades up to 74.7 g/t.

Sampling was conducted in the Castle zone at the southern end of the Eastside claim block, and the assay results confirm the presence of high-grade gold-silver mineralization at surface. A2Gold stated that these findings indicate the area may host a higher-grade epithermal vein system within the broader Castle zone. The mineralized veins found in Paleozoic basement rocks were not the primary target of earlier drilling.

Key results from individual samples include: Sample 1871515 (a banded quartz vein in Paleozoic rocks) returned 10.5 g/t gold and 33.6 g/t silver; Sample 1871516 returned 5.63 g/t gold and 68.7 g/t silver; Sample 1871510 returned 0.59 g/t gold and 74.6 g/t silver.

The trenching revealed epithermal quartz vein characteristics, such as banded and massive quartz, as well as calcite-replaced quartz bladed textures, which are associated with low-sulfidation epithermal systems. A2Gold is currently conducting a seven-hole, 2,500-meter diamond core drilling program aimed at evaluating volcanic-hosted mineralization and potentially higher-grade basement-hosted vein targets.

According to the company, the current inferred resource estimate for the Castle zone is 314,000 ounces of gold at an average grade of 0.49 g/t, and this resource estimate does not yet include the Blackrock target or any silver resources. A2Gold CEO Peter Gianulis stated that the Blackrock sampling results are very encouraging, demonstrating high-grade gold-silver mineralization at the surface of the Castle zone, and these results reinforce that Eastside is not only a large gold-silver system but also a mining district with opportunities to identify multiple higher-grade zones within the broader mineralized area. He emphasized that Blackrock fully aligns with the company's evolving exploration strategy at Eastside, which is increasingly focused on identifying and drilling high-grade conduit structures that may drive mineralization throughout the system.

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