en.Wedoany.com Reported - Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) will completely avoid its main Goldstorm deposit in its 2026 drilling program, allocating at least 10,000 meters entirely to two other zones—CBS and Perfectstorm—within the Treaty Creek project. This decision indicates that management views Treaty Creek as a broader mineralized system rather than a single deposit with scattered mineralization around it.
According to the NI 43-101 report dated November 30, 2025, the Goldstorm deposit hosts indicated mineral resources of 24.9 million ounces of gold, 148.7 million ounces of silver, and 3.048 billion pounds of copper, making it one of Canada's largest undeveloped gold-copper-silver deposits. Inferred mineral resources add a further 2.6 million ounces of gold, 7.2 million ounces of silver, and 67.9 million pounds of copper.
The 2026 drilling program is set to begin in May, deploying two diamond drills on the 17,913-hectare project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The first phase allocates at least 2,000 meters to the CBS zone, based on previous results from hole CBS-21-02, which returned 0.78 g/t gold and 2.34 g/t silver over 155 meters, including a higher-grade interval of 1.24 g/t gold and 4.35 g/t silver over 53 meters. Geological work by the Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) at the University of British Columbia and Tudor suggests that CBS may share a common genesis with Goldstorm. If the 2026 drilling supports this interpretation, it would imply that the two zones belong to the same larger system. CBS also offers a practical advantage—its lower elevation compared to other Treaty Creek zones allows for earlier spring and later fall drilling, extending the limited annual drilling window in the Golden Triangle.
The second phase targets the Perfectstorm zone, with at least 8,000 meters allocated. According to a May 21, 2026 news release, 2023 drilling results from hole PS-23-10 intersected 1.23 g/t gold and 3.43 g/t silver over 102.15 meters, including 1.80 g/t gold and 5.76 g/t silver over 42.5 meters. Perfectstorm is located on the same geological corridor as Goldstorm and hosts two distinct styles of gold-silver mineralization: hole PS-21-03 shows mineralization characteristics similar to Goldstorm, while PS-23-10 reveals a higher-grade style. The program also follows up on geophysical surveys completed in 2022.
Tudor has submitted a permit application to construct an underground portal ramp to the SC-1 zone, a high-grade area within Goldstorm, and is currently conducting a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) to model the potential form of a production mine at Treaty Creek. If CBS is confirmed as part of the same mineralized system as Goldstorm, it could impact deposit modeling and add a feed source to the mine plan with lower elevation and a longer seasonal drilling window. If Perfectstorm yields resource-grade results, it would add further tonnage to a project already possessing a large resource base. The two drills are scheduled to operate continuously until late September to early October 2026.
The Goldstorm deposit's indicated gold resource of 24.9 million ounces and inferred resource of 2.6 million ounces provide a sufficiently large base to support a multi-zone exploration program. The potential genetic link between CBS and Goldstorm, if confirmed by drilling, would expand the known mineralized footprint available for the PEA without requiring new claim acquisitions. CBS's lower elevation extends the drilling season, reducing weather-related interruptions. Perfectstorm's two mineralization styles increase the probability of yielding higher-grade intervals. Any positive results in 2026 will emerge during the PEA process, potentially influencing mine design assumptions before the assessment is finalized. Tudor holds an 80% interest in Treaty Creek, with the project bordering Seabridge Gold's KSM claims to the southwest and Newmont Corporation's Brucejack mine to the southeast.
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