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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 (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.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) received permits to begin a maiden ~5,000 metre diamond-drilling program at its Laird Lake project in Ontario's Red Lake district. Drill contractors are selected and targets refined using reprocessed SkyTEM magnetic and EM data to test conductive targets G1–G6.
The program will test geophysical and geochemical anomalies, assay for gold plus copper, nickel and PGEs, and follows historical work including a reported high-grade grab up to 373 g/t Au. Athena also signed an exploration agreement with Wabauskang First Nation and agreed to issue 100,000 shares at C$0.065, subject to regulatory approvals.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) agreed to acquire a 100% interest in the 4,900-hectare Forester Gold Project via an all-share deal dated Feb 25, 2026. Athena will issue 42,000,000 shares (deemed C$0.08) representing ~12% of the company on a non-diluted basis.
Forester lies <30 km southeast of Orla's Musselwhite mine, hosts historical assays up to 147 g/t Au, historical shallow drilling with notable average grades, and carries a 2% NSR (1% repurchaseable for C$2M).
Athena Gold (CSE:ATHA / OTCQB:AHNRF) will attend the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from March 1–4, 2026. The company invites existing and prospective investors to visit Booth #2149 for meetings and updates.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) reported exploration updates from the Excelsior Springs project (Nevada) and Laird Lake project (Ontario). Athena remains a >5% shareholder of Mammoth Minerals, which reported shallow high-grade gold intercepts at the Buster Trend and expanded the Blue Dick silver-polymetallic zone.
RC drilling is underway at Excelsior Springs with assays expected in ~four weeks. A ~5,000m, eight-hole diamond program is planned at Laird Lake; permits remain pending after a Species at Risk plan was completed.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) will attend the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC) at the Vancouver Convention Centre on January 25–26, 2026 and invites investors to visit Booth #212. The company expects to present its exploration progress and engage with existing and prospective investors during the event.
The VRIC is a 25-year industry forum that typically attracts over 5,000 mining investors, features more than 120 speakers and a marketplace of over 300 mining investment opportunities.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) closed the third and final tranche of a non-brokered private placement, raising a total of CDN $3,500,028.99 through the sale of flow-through and non-flow-through units.
The third tranche raised CDN $502,002.98 via 7,142,900 flow-through units at CDN $0.07 and 33,333 non-flow-through units at CDN $0.06. FT and NFT warrants are exercisable at CDN $0.09 for 24 months and include an acceleration clause tied to a CDN $0.14 10-day VWAP trigger. FT proceeds will be spent on Laird Lake and Oneman Lake exploration and renounced as Canadian Exploration Expenses with an effective date no later than December 31, 2025.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) closed the second tranche of its private placement on December 15, 2025, raising CDN $270,499.98 from 150,000 flow-through units at CDN $0.07 and 4,333,333 non-flow-through units at CDN $0.06.
The company increased the total Offering to CDN $4.2M after CSE approval, expanding FT units to CDN $2.2M and allocating CDN $1.1M to CMETC-qualified FT shares; NFT units total CDN $900,000. Proceeds will fund exploration at Laird Lake and Oneman Lake, with FT expenditures to be renounced by December 31, 2025.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) closed the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement on December 9, 2025, raising CDN $2,727,526.03 in cash. The tranche issued 19,025,729 FT Units, 14,507,144 CMETC FT Shares and 6,337,082 NFT Units. The company expects the NFT component to be oversubscribed by ~CDN $400,000 (up to CDN $900,000), allowing issuance of up to 15,000,000 NFT Units. FT and CMETC FT Shares qualify as Canadian flow-through shares and CMETC FT Shares qualify for the Critical Mineral Exploration Tax Credit. Proceeds will fund exploration at Laird Lake and Oneman Lake, plus G&A and working capital. Finder's fees totalled CDN $133,779.90 plus 1,903,970 finder’s warrants. Closing of a second tranche is expected within days.
Athena Gold (OTCQB:AHNRF) provided an exploration update for the Excelsior Springs Project, Nevada, following Mammoth Minerals' recent field results under its option to earn an 80% interest. Maiden diamond drilling at the Buster Trend returned notable intercepts including 14.4m @ 4.33 g/t Au and 25.5m @ 1.05 g/t Au, with mineralization open along strike and to depth and confirmation to ~250m. An initial Mineral Resource Estimate and Exploration Target work has commenced. A 40m-line-spacing magnetic survey defined a 5.5 km x 4.2 km interpreted intrusive/caldara and extended the prospective strike to 7.3 km. Athena remains a >5% shareholder of Mammoth.