Athena Gold Corp. reports news as a mineral exploration company focused on acquiring and exploring precious and base metal properties in North America. Company updates center on project acquisitions, exploration programs, drilling and sampling at Laird Lake in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District, the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada's Walker Lane Trend, the Forester Gold Project, and the Oneman Lake Au-VMS project.
Recurring disclosures also cover option and earn-in arrangements, mineral-property ownership, capital-structure matters, shareholder voting, governance, and operating or financial results tied to Athena's exploration-stage portfolio.
Athena Gold (OTCQB: AHNRF) completed its maiden diamond drill program at the Laird Lake Project in Ontario's Red Lake Gold District. The program totaled 5,134 metres across nine drill holes. Assay results are expected by early August, and demobilization and site clean-up are underway. Technical information was reviewed by Qualified Person Benjamin Kuzmich, P.Geo.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) will hold its 2026 Annual General and Special Meeting virtually via Zoom on July 24, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. MDT. Shareholders of record on June 9, 2026 can vote on board elections, auditor appointment, and a new 2026 Stock Option Plan, which is a rolling plan reserving up to 10% of issued and outstanding shares, subject to shareholder approval. Meeting materials are delivered via notice-and-access.
Athena Gold (OTCQB: AHNRF) reported new exploration results from the Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada, where Mammoth Minerals can earn an 80% interest, giving Athena a free-carry to a Definitive Feasibility Study.
Channel and grab sampling at the Blue Dick Mine Prospect returned silver assays up to 17,582 g/t Ag, with notable gold, copper and antimony values, defining high-confidence targets for an RC drilling program planned for Q3 2026. Significant copper channel intercepts include 3.02m at 1.61% Cu and 4.57m at 1.49% Cu. A Qualified Person has reviewed the technical information, while historical records remain unverified and require further work.
Athena Gold (OTCQB: AHNRF) reported portfolio updates across its Laird Lake, Forester, Oneman Lake and Excelsior Springs projects. Drilling continues at Laird Lake, with visual mineralization in holes LL-26-006 and LL-26-007 and assays expected in early Q3 2026.
At Forester, Athena is preparing airborne EM/magnetic surveys and field work focused on the Tex Zone. The company will let Oneman Lake claims lapse, while partner Mammoth Minerals targets a maiden resource at Excelsior Springs in Q3 2026. Athena plans to settle $21,000 of debt via 46,667 shares at $0.45, subject to Canadian Securities Exchange approval.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) reported an exploration update from its maiden drill program at the Laird Lake project in Ontario’s Red Lake district. Hole LL-26-005 intersected a structural zone containing visible gold, while Hole LL-26-001 at the G1 anomaly returned no significant gold values.
Holes LL-26-004 and -005 cut an approximately 70 m mineralized corridor near the Balmer-Confederation contact. Follow-up Hole LL-26-006 is underway to test the G4 anomaly and high-priority contact zones, with assays for Holes LL-26-002 to -005 expected in June.
Athena Gold (OTCQB: AHNRF) reported visual drilling results from Holes LL-26-002 and LL-26-003 at the Laird Lake project in Ontario’s Red Lake Gold District.
Both holes intersected the key Balmer-Confederation contact with strong alteration, veining and sulphide mineralization; assays for the first three holes are expected in June.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) has mobilized crews for a fully funded, ~5,000-metre, ~ten-hole maiden diamond drill program at its Laird Lake project in Red Lake, Ontario, with drilling beginning imminently on high-priority geophysical and geochemical targets.
The program targets BIF, Balmer and Confederation assemblages, will test multi-km conductors, and plans core assays for gold plus copper, nickel and platinum-group elements. The company completed a 9.9-for-1 share consolidation; post-consolidation shares outstanding are 35,820,061.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) approved a 9.9-for-1 share consolidation, reducing issued common shares from 354,618,607 to approximately 35,820,061, with a record date of April 2, 2026 pending Canadian Securities Exchange approval.
The consolidation leaves the trading symbol unchanged, assigns post-consolidation CUSIP CA04684R2046, adjusts options and warrants proportionately, and uses rounding rules for fractional shares (round up at 0.5).
Management says the restructuring tightens the capital structure ahead of a fully funded maiden drill program at Laird Lake in Red Lake and that further drill mobilization news will follow.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) provided an exploration update on Excelsior Springs, Nevada, reporting new assay results from partner Mammoth Minerals that expand the 7 km long Buster Trend.
Key results include 33.54m @ 1.25 g/t Au from surface (incl. 9.15m @ 3.18 g/t and 3.05m @ 7.70 g/t), 13.72m @ 1.15 g/t Au, and 7.62m @ 2.1 g/t Au. RC drilling continues along strike and down-dip. Athena remains a significant (>5%) shareholder of Mammoth. Athena also granted 2,020,000 options at CDN$0.06 and issued 100,000 shares to Wabauskang First Nation.
Athena (OTCQB:AHNRF) completed the acquisition of Last Bounty, gaining a 100% interest in the Forester Gold Project near Orla's Musselwhite mine on March 13, 2026. Athena issued 42,000,000 common shares at CAD $0.08 each (≈CAD $3.36M), representing ~12% of the company on a non‑diluted basis.
The Consideration Shares carry a statutory hold period of four months and one day. The transaction was arm's length, with no finder's fees paid and no new insiders created at closing. Management plans to mobilize rigs soon at permitted Laird Lake targets.