American Eagle Identifies New Mineralized Zone; Intersects 911 m of 0.3% CuEq from Surface
Rhea-AI Summary
American Eagle Gold (OTCQB:AMEGF) reported a new mineralized zone at its NAK property centered on the Babine porphyry stock. The standout result is NAK25-53: 911.82 m @ 0.30% CuEq from 39.5 m (from surface). Additional long intervals include NAK25-56, NAK25-58 and NAK25-60 with CuEq intervals between 0.22–0.40%. The Company has a 30,000 m 2025 program with ~3,000 m remaining, ~44 holes planned and 29 holes yet to be assayed; follow-up drilling shows the new zone remains open to the east, northeast and southeast. Results support the Babine stock as a valid exploration target for bulk-tonnage, porphyry-style mineralization and justify continued drilling and assaying through 2025–2026.
Positive
- NAK25-53: 911.82 m @ 0.30% CuEq from 39.5 m (from surface)
- NAK25-56: 216.15 m @ 0.40% CuEq (381–597.15 m)
- NAK25-60: 504.32 m @ 0.29% CuEq (38.64–542.96 m)
- NAK25-58: 452.83 m @ 0.22% CuEq (275.17–728 m)
- 30,000 m 2025 program with ~3,000 m remaining and ~44 holes planned
- New mineralized area remains open east/northeast/southeast for expansion
Negative
- 29 holes remain unassayed, delaying full mineralization assessment
- Drill program incomplete with ~3,000 m left to reach planned meters
- Grades reported as patchy below key intervals (e.g., NAK25-56 below 597 m)
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, AMEGF declined 1.21%, reflecting a mild negative market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Key Figures
Market Reality Check
Peers on Argus
While AMEGF was up about 4.99%, key gold peers were negative, including FSXLF at -4.52%, SRCRF at -7.45%, YMMCF at -19.68%, and SNGCF at -14.09%, pointing to a stock-specific move rather than sector strength.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 01 | Drill results | Positive | -1.2% | New Babine stock zone with 911.82 m at 0.30% CuEq from surface. |
| Oct 07 | Drill results | Positive | -5.7% | High‑grade South Zone holes including 77 m at 1.78% CuEq and deep continuity. |
| Sep 25 | Drill results | Positive | -8.3% | North Zone intercepts and new porphyry stock discovery 1.2 km east of Main Zone. |
| Sep 08 | Program update | Positive | +2.0% | Third rig added and helicopter‑supported 30,000 m 2025 drill program advanced. |
| Jul 23 | Drill results | Positive | +1.6% | South Zone expansion with 644 m at 0.50% CuEq and other strong intervals. |
Recent drill and program updates have generally been positive, yet price reactions have more often been negative, indicating a tendency toward selling or skepticism on strong exploration news.
Over the last six months, American Eagle has repeatedly reported broad copper‑gold intercepts and step‑outs at NAK, including 644 m of 0.50% CuEq in the South Zone and multiple strong intervals in both South and North zones. The company advanced a 30,000 m 2025 program, added a third rig, and expanded targeting across several zones. Today’s new Babine porphyry stock intercepts, including 911.82 m at 0.30% CuEq, extend this theme of large-scale porphyry potential and footprint expansion.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement underscores continued expansion of the NAK copper‑gold porphyry system, with a new Babine porphyry stock zone returning 911.82 m at 0.30% CuEq and additional supportive intervals in multiple holes. It builds on earlier South and North Zone successes and a planned 30,000 m 2025 program. Investors may watch how follow‑up drilling, pending assays from 29 holes, and future program updates refine the scale, grade continuity, and development optionality of the project.
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porphyry technical
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Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 1, 2025) - American Eagle Gold Corp. (TSXV: AE) (OTCQB: AMEGF) ("American Eagle" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a series of broad copper-gold mineralized intercepts from drill holes collared within the Babine Porphyry Stock ("BPS"), east of the Company's primary drilling focus at the NAK property ("NAK"). These results outline a new mineralized zone in an underexplored part of the property, an area previously regarded as largely unmineralized and point to a meaningful opportunity to expand the project's overall footprint.
Highlighted by an intersection in the BPS, there is over 900 meters of continuous copper and gold mineralization starting from surface. Our view of the BPS has evolved significantly, not only based on these new results, but also from other visual observations, such as those in NAK25-59, referenced in the September 25 news release. While assays NAK25-59 are still pending, the hole exhibited clear visual mineralization. These observations contribute to our growing understanding of the overall system, including the BPS and other mineralized zones within NAK.
Highlights:
- Strong Continuity of Grades Within the BPS: NAK25-53 returned consistent mineralization from top to bottom, delivering 911 m of
0.30% CuEq.
- BPS Confirmed as Mineralized: The BPS is now shown to host meaningful grades. Drill holes NAK25-53, -56, -58, and -60 all returned strong results, and follow-up holes show similar visual and portable pXRF copper indications. Taken together, these data suggest a substantial volume of well-mineralized material in this newly defined area east of the historical North Zone, potentially forming part of a continuous system.
- New Zone Remains Open: Ongoing drilling indicates that the mineralized area remains open to the east, northeast, and southeast, supporting potential for further expansion.
- Exploration Update: Approximately 3,000 meters remain to be drilled for the Company's 30,000-meter target for the 2025 season. The three rigs currently in operation are concentrated on different areas of the NAK property: the historical South zone, the IP Embayment zone, and the Babine porphyry stock. An estimated 44 holes will be drilled by the end of the 2025 season, with 29 additional holes to be assayed and released throughout 2025 and into 2026.
- Results for holes drilled in the South zone will be released in the next two weeks.
See plan map of 2026 drill holes to date
"These new results highlight the growth potential and scale of the NAK system. What sets NAK apart is not only its scale, but also the discovery of new zones of mineralization. In addition to the property's excellent geography, proximity to infrastructure, low-lying elevation, and favorable topography, these factors make it ideal for a bulk-tonnage project. At the same time, we continue to identify higher-grade parts of the system that add to the near-surface high-grade intersections of the South zone, which is becoming an expanding center of gravity," said Anothny Moreau, CEO of American Eagle Gold.
Geological Setting and Significance
The easternmost hole described in this release, NAK25-53, was drilled within the largely underexplored Babine porphyry stock, which was previously viewed as largely unmineralized. In contrast, however, NAK25-53, along with a long interval at the bottom of NAK25-58, and the top of NAK25-60, yielded lengthy intervals of economic-grade mineralization, with hole NAK25-53 returning over 900 meters of
The geological framework of the area is complex in detail but can be summarized by a chronology constrained by cross-cutting relationships among a number of distinct intrusions, including the Babine porphyry stock, by associated mineralization, and by related alteration assemblages that may affect both the intrusions and their host stratified rocks, which are largely sedimentary.
The intrusive system and related mineralization and alteration can be simplified and viewed as occurring in three stages: Early, Middle and Late
The Early-stage is defined by dark-colored, magnetite-biotite altered dykes and diorite that mineralize and alter the surrounding sedimentary rocks.
The Middle-stage is marked by emplacement of the Babine porphyry stock, which is younger, less altered, and paler colored than the Early stage and dark colored biotite magnetite bearing intrusions.
The Late-stage intrusions consist of Seriate Dykes ("DSE") and Copper Dykes ("DC"), typically very pale colored, phyllically altered and commonly associated with another significant pulse of mineralization, chiefly of chalcopyrite and bornite.
The late-stage intrusions and mineralization crosscut and affect all the earlier phases of intrusions, mineralization and alteration, including the Babine stock and the earlier dark colored dykes. While the geology may appear complex due to the number of intrusions, their compositional variation, and the overprint of mineralization and alteration, understanding their relationships is critical, as porphyry mineralizing systems are driven by the intrusions.
What our current understanding strongly suggests, is that the Babine porphyry stock acts primarily as wall rock to the Late stage DSE-DC and the associated mineralization in the drill holes reported on in this release. These dykes, although at times narrow, and although at times perhaps only nearby the drill hole traces, represent the intrusive system that drives the hydrothermal solutions from which the mineralization is deposited. What is particularly exciting about the Nak system, is that we have likely not yet hit the better part of the Late-stage system on the property.
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NAK25-53 Assay Results (Table 1) and Details*
| Hole | From | To (m) | Length (m) | Cu % | Au g/t | Ag g/t | Mo ppm | CuEq % |
| NAK25-53 | 39.5 | 951.32 | 911.82 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 1.28 | 71.48 | 0.30 |
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NAK25-53 was collared 160 m northeast of NAK22-06 and drilled at a steep inclination to the west. It represents the easternmost collar location for drill holes released to-date within the NAK Main zone, which links the historical South (Stockwork) and North (Copper) zones. Within the Main zone at NAK, and particularly within the north end of the Main zone, the strongest mineralization to date has almost exclusively been encountered to the west of crowded (hornblende) biotite feldspar porphyritic rocks of the Babine porphyry stock, mainly in sandstone and conglomerate outboard of the stock, but also in early and similarly altered dikes. NAK25-53, in contrast, was collared into, and remained entirely within, intensely sericite altered rocks of the stock, and in younger, cross-cutting seriate textured monzonitic dykes (the DSE-type dykes). Mineralization consisted of common stringer style chalcopyrite-bornite-molybdenite veining, along with local zones of disseminated chalcopyrite which replaces mafic sites (likely biotite) in the intrusions, and locally within the Babine porphyry wallrocks. In addition, two notable intercepts of bornite-bearing sparsely plagioclase phyric monzonitic dykes were also encountered. These occur deeper than 800m down hole, and they returned among the strongest grades in the hole.
The discovery of continuous, moderate to strong mineralization within the Babine porphyry stock suggested strongly that excellent potential remains eastward from the Main zone within the largely untested one-kilometre square region inferred by previous workers to be underlain by similar rocks. As a result, crude fence of drill holes extending a further 300 meters eastward into that area has been drilled and sampled, and the Company is awaiting the results of assaying.
NAK25-56 Assay Results (Table 2) and Details*
| Hole | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Cu % | Au g/t | Ag g/t | Mo ppm | CuEq % |
| NAK25-56 | 381 | 597.15 | 216.15 | 0.25 | 0.12 | 1.14 | 65.10 | 0.40 |
| Within | ||||||||
| NAK25-56 | 381 | 734 | 353 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.91 | 60.88 | 0.32 |
| within | ||||||||
| NAK25-56 | 29 | 788 | 759 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.61 | 60.64 | 0.23 |
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NAK25-56 was drilled 200 m to the south of NAK25-53, and inclined to the west, testing an under-drilled area of the central part of the Main zone. NAK25-56 collared into crowded (hornblende) biotite feldspar porphyry of the Babine porphyry stock, which intrudes fine- to coarse-grained sandstone hosting increased disseminated chalcopyrite. Farther downhole, mineralization was strongest between 381 and 597 m down hole in conglomerate, consisting of veins and local clast and/or matrix replacements by disseminated chalcopyrite and/or bornite.
Below the well-mineralized conglomerate, grades were patchy, with local zones of densely disseminated chalcopyrite but with a generally increasing abundance pf pyrite westward and to depth.
NAK25-60 Assay Results (Table 3) and Details*
| Hole | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Cu % | Au g/t | Ag g/t | Mo ppm | CuEq % |
| NAK25-60 | 56 | 256 | 200 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 1.04 | 32.93 | 0.33 |
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| NAK25-60 | 405.37 | 542.96 | 137.59 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.80 | 69.59 | 0.33 |
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| NAK25-60 | 38.64 | 542.96 | 504.32 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.74 | 47.47 | 0.29 |
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NAK25-60 was collared 160 m north of NAK22-01 and was designed to test the northern extent of the near surface gold-rich mineralization in the historical South (or Stockwork) zone. In keeping with the targeting strategy outlined in NAK25-56, this hole was drilled to the west and was successful in showing continuity of moderate grade mineralization from surface down to a down-hole depth of 543 meters. NAK25-60 collared into intrusive rocks of the Babine porphyry stock that hosted sparse quartz stockwork veins and fracture coatings with chalcopyrite and trace bornite; these are characteristic mineralization at the South zone.
At approximately 85 m depth, the hole crossed the contact of the porphyry stock into fine- to coarse-grained sandstone, and from a depth of 200 meters until the end of the hole, it intersected conglomerate. Mineralization in the sedimentary rocks was a mix of vein-hosted and disseminated chalcopyrite (+/- bornite), with the strongest mineralization hosted in the upper 50 m of the conglomeritic unit. Like NAK25-56, this hole improves upon the grade profile defined by the generally easterly inclined and/or steeper drill holes drilled in previous years at this latitude, raising questions about the best orientation for drill testing and suggesting opportunities for shallower drilling.
NAK25-58 Assay Results (Table 4) and Details*
| Hole | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Cu % | Au g/t | Ag g/t | Mo ppm | CuEq % |
| NAK25-58 | 400 | 643 | 243 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.93 | 53.30 | 0.25 |
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| NAK25-58 | 275.17 | 728 | 452.83 | 0.12 | 0.080 | 0.88 | 38.55 | 0.22 |
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NAK25-58 was collared from the same location as NAK25-56 and drilled to the north. The drill hole was designed to traverse from poorly mineralized Babine porphyry stock known to occur in the vicinity of the collar to better mineralized stock rocks encountered to the north in NAK25-53. Like NAK25-53, this hole remained largely within rocks of the Babine porphyry stock, crosscut mainly by relatively narrow intervals of seriate textured dykes, particularly in its lower reaches where the hole was better mineralized.
At a depth of 275 m, mineralization sharply increased in abundance, with irregular stringer veins and local disseminated chalcopyrite (+/- bornite and molybdenite), with the strongest zone of mineralization between 400 and 643 m down hole.
Collar details for holes in this release (table 5):
| Hole | UTM_Grid | UTM_East | UTM_North | Azimuth | Dip | TD (m) |
| NAK25-53 | NAD83_Z9 | 675422 | 6129919 | 275 | -80 | 951 |
| NAK25-56 | NAD83_Z9 | 675377 | 6129711 | 265 | -55 | 788 |
| NAK25-58 | NAD83_Z9 | 675375 | 6129717 | 340 | -60 | 740 |
| NAK25-60 | NAD83_Z9 | 675322 | 6129518 | 270 | -60 | 578 |
QA/QC and Sampling Protocol
Sampling at NAK follows a rigorous methodology and internal QA/QC protocol. Drill core is halved on site, and samples are submitted to ALS Geochemistry in Langley, British Columbia for preparation and analysis. ALS is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard for assays. All analytical methods include quality control standards inserted at set frequencies. The entire sample interval is crushed and homogenized, and 250 g of the homogenized sample is pulped. All samples were analyzed for gold, silver, copper, molybdenum and a suite of 45 other major and trace elements. Analysis for gold is by fire assay fusion followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) on 30 g of pulp. Analysis for silver, copper, and molybdenum and all other major and trace elements are analyzed by four-acid digestion followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS).
Internal QA/QC protocols dictate that individual core samples are no less than 70 cm and no greater than 3 m in length. To control standard, blank, and duplicate sample frequency, and to better constrain pass/fail re-analysis intervals, samples are submitted to the lab in 50 sample batches. Within each 50-sample batch, there is one gold-copper standard and two coarse reject duplicates, inserted at regular intervals, and two blank samples, inserted sequentially following well-mineralized samples where possible, for a total of
About American Eagle's NAK Project
The NAK Project lies within the Babine copper-gold porphyry district of central British Columbia. It has excellent infrastructure through all-season roads and is close to the towns of Smithers, Houston, and Burns Lake, B.C., which lie along a major rail line and Provincial Highway 16. Historical drilling and geophysical, geological, and geochemical work at NAK, which began in the 1960's, tested only to shallow depths. Still, the work revealed a very large near-surface copper-gold system that measures over 1.5 km x 1.5 km. Drilling completed by American Eagle in 2022, 2023, and 2024 returned significant intervals of high-grade copper-gold mineralization that reached beyond and much deeper than the historical drilling, indicating that zones of near-surface and deeper mineralization, locally with considerably higher grades, exist within the broader NAK property mineralizing system. Drilling is currently in progress, with over 28,000 metres drilled across 40 holes out of the planned 30,000-metre drill program. Three drills are actively operating, including one helicopter-supported hole, and drilling is expected to continue into December.
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About American Eagle Gold Corp.
American Eagle is dedicated to advancing its NAK copper-gold porphyry project in west-central British Columbia, Canada. The Company has benefited from investments in the past two years of over
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Q.P. Statement
Mark Bradley, B.Sc., M.Sc., P.Geo., a Certified Professional Geologist and independent 'qualified person' for the purposes of Canada's National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Properties, has verified and approved the information contained in this news release.
Forward-Looking Statements
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