en.Wedoany.com Reported - Nordic Resources has intersected the highest gold assay ever recorded at its Kopsa gold-copper project in Finland, with the first two drill holes of the 2026 program revealing a new high-grade North Zone. Hole 024 returned the project's highest gold assay to date.

Hole 024 intersected 70.8 meters at 2.90 g/t gold and 0.13% copper (equivalent to 3.04 g/t gold equivalent) from 207.4 meters depth, including 8.4 meters at 20.13 g/t gold equivalent from 229 meters, which itself contained 1.2 meters at 105.71 g/t gold equivalent (105.50 g/t gold). This is the highest gold assay ever recorded in Kopsa drilling.

Located approximately 60 meters behind the same section line as Hole 012B, the hole was designed to test the footwall contact zone approximately 50 meters below previous drilling. This result surpasses the previous high-grade intersection in the North Zone—17 meters at 2.84 g/t gold equivalent within a 63-meter interval (overall grade 1.11 g/t gold equivalent)—further confirming the strengthening trend of the Kopsa North high-grade zone as drilling continues.

Nordic Resources (ASX: NNL) Executive Director Robert Wrixon said the result reinforces management's long-held view that Kopsa has significant upside potential, despite already hosting a JORC-compliant resource of 23.2 million tonnes at 1.09 g/t gold equivalent (814,800 ounces gold equivalent). He noted that the exceptional intersection in Hole 024 confirms the Central Zone is not the only high-grade zone at Kopsa, with its high-grade nature and location suggesting potential continuity with the North high-grade zone identified in late 2025.

The second hole, Hole 025, located 100 meters east of Hole 024, also returned significant mineralization outside the current Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) boundary. The hole intersected 20 meters at 0.87 g/t gold equivalent from 31 meters depth, 35 meters at 0.80 g/t gold equivalent from 180 meters (including 2 meters at 3.36 g/t gold equivalent), and 25 meters at 0.87 g/t gold equivalent from 230 meters (including 2 meters at 3.25 g/t gold equivalent). While these grades are not as high as those in Hole 024, they are critical for demonstrating continuity in the North Zone and show that mineralized veins extend beyond the current resource model both at depth and along strike.

Nordic Resources views Kopsa as a multi-zone growth opportunity. Recent drilling has revealed a high-grade North Zone beyond the current resource, providing new expansion targets for the next resource update. The company's current MOGB project portfolio (including Kopsa, Angneva, and Hilsikangas) totals 34.3 million tonnes at 1.11 g/t gold equivalent (1.23 million ounces gold equivalent). The company continues to position Kopsa as the core of its gold-copper portfolio and is advancing multiple resource updates. Last week, NNL also announced a broader and stronger mineralized zone beyond the existing resource at the Angneva gold deposit.

Assay results for nine additional Kopsa drill holes, along with metallurgical test results, are expected to be released by the end of July. Nordic Resources plans to compile drilling data from 2025 and 2026, together with metallurgical work, into an updated Kopsa resource report by the end of the third quarter of 2026.

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