Orogen Royalties Acquires Two Gold Projects in Southwest Utah
Both newly acquired projects are early-stage and undrilled, and Orogen will showcase them on Sept. 16, 2026 via Project Generator Day.
Rhea-AI Summary
Orogen Royalties (OGNNF) announced the acquisition of the Toro de Oro and El Gigante gold projects in southwest Utah, USA. Both are low-sulphidation epithermal targets in caldera complexes and were generated in partnership with Triple Flag Precious Metals.
Toro de Oro covers about 8.6 km² of BLM claims and Utah State mineral lease in the Indian Peak Caldera Complex. It hosts an extensive advanced argillic alteration cell with alunite, silicification, chalcedony veins and anomalous mercury, interpreted as the high-level steam-cap expression of a prospective epithermal system and is untested by drilling.
El Gigante covers about 3.4 km² of BLM claims near Modena, Utah, centered on two sub-parallel quartz veins up to 3.0 metres wide and 350 metres long. Reconnaissance sampling returned anomalous pathfinders and up to 101 ppb gold. Both projects are early stage, undrilled and available for option or sale, and will be showcased at Orogen’s Project Generator Day webinar on September 16, 2026.
Positive
- Acquisition of two new gold projects in Utah, Toro de Oro and El Gigante
- Projects generated and advanced within a funded exploration alliance with Triple Flag Precious Metals
- Both projects are available for option or sale, fitting Orogen’s royalty and prospect generator business model
- Toro de Oro covers 8.6 km² and El Gigante 3.4 km², adding sizeable land positions in a prospective district
Negative
- Toro de Oro and El Gigante are both untested by drilling, indicating very early-stage exploration risk
- El Gigante sampling to date has reported only up to 101 ppb gold, a low-grade first-pass result
- Reported assays are reconnaissance grab/select samples that do not represent true widths or grades of mineralization
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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / September 2, 2026 / Orogen Royalties Inc. ("Orogen" or the "Company") (TSXV:OGN)(OTCQX:OGNNF) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Toro de Oro and El Gigante gold projects in Southwest Utah, USA.
Project Highlights
Two low-sulphidation epithermal targets located in caldera complexes of southwest Utah
Toro de Oro is centered on an extensive footprint of steam cap alteration and chalcedonic vein sets indicating the high-level expression of an epithermal system, geologically similar to AngloGold Ashanti's Arthur Project
El Gigante contains two separate quartz veins up to and exceeding three metres wide and over 350 metres long with strong similarities to the surface expression of First Majestic's Ermitaño vein. Multiple vein splays and sub-parallel vein structures are also present.
Both projects are underexplored with no evidence of historical drilling
Both projects were generated in partnership with Triple Flag Precious Metals
The Toro de Oro and El Gigante projects are available for option or sale
"Orogen have applied discovery-proven epithermal exploration strategies developed in Nevada, USA and Sonora, Mexico to underexplored caldera complexes of southwest Utah in an alliance funded by Triple Flag Precious Metals," said Laurence Pryer, VP Exploration of Orogen. "Toro de Oro and El Gigante are the first projects to come out of this partnership and exhibit strong similarities to Orogen's previous major discoveries. We look forward to showcasing these projects at Orogen's upcoming Project Generator Day on September 16th."
About the Toro de Oro Project
The Toro de Oro project covers approximately 8.6 square kilometres of BLM claims and Utah State (SITLA) mineral lease located 30 kilometres northeast of Modena, Utah (Figure 1).
Toro de Oro is located in the Indian Peak Caldera Complex at the intersection of multiple caldera boundaries creating a complex structural framework for hydrothermal fluids.
The project is centered on an extensive footprint of advanced argillic alteration (kaolinite and alunite). The host rocks to the alteration cell are a thick sequence of Oligocene ignimbrite tuffs and volcanic units (Figure 2). The alteration cell is open in multiple directions under younger Miocene Rhyolites and Quaternary colluvium. Geological mapping has identified alunite, silicification and more crystalline kaolinite associated with specific structures interpreted to represent feeders to the hydrothermal system. Chalcedony veins and vein float are abundant in the centre of the property, on the periphery of the main hydrothermal cell, and associated with anomalous mercury.
These observations are consistent with the high-level expression of a steam cap centered above a prospective low-sulphidation epithermal system.
Toro de Oro is untested by drilling.
About the El Gigante Project
The El Gigante Project covers approximately 3.4 square-kilometres of BLM claims 4.0 kilometres north of Modena, Utah (Figure 1).
The property is centered on two sub-parallel 350 metre long quartz veins on surface and , up to 3.0 metres wide. The veins display abundant overprinting of boiling textures including quartz after platy calcite and sparse crustiform and banded textures, evidence for multiple veining episodes. Sampling of the vein has returned anomalous pathfinder elements and up to 101 parts per billion ("ppb") gold.
The peripheries of the main veins and subsidiary structures display silica-smectite-dominant alteration suggesting a shallow level of exposure and the potential for greater widths and gold grades at depth.
The El Gigante vein displays strong textural and mineralogical similarities to the Ermitaño vein, Mexico (Photo 1) identified by Orogen a decade ago. Initial sampling at Ermitaño returned only 70 ppb gold but follow-up drilling by exploration partners intercepted 14.5 metres (true length), at 11.4 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold and 86 g/t silver from 242 metres downhole. Production started at Ermitaño in 2021.
El Gigante is untested by drilling.
Prospect Generator Day
Toro de Oro, El Gigante and Orogen's other recently created exploration projects will be presented during Orogen's third annual Project Generator Day.
Project Generator Day - New Exploration Assets
Date & Time: Wednesday September 16, 2026, at 10:00AM PST / 1:00PM EST
Zoom Webinar Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u5xCHk0LSbSXSJqSDnuwUw
Qualified Person Statement
All technical data, as disclosed in this press release, has been reviewed and approved by Laurence Pryer, Ph.D., P.Geo., VP Exploration for Orogen. Dr. Pryer is a qualified person as defined under the terms of National Instrument 43-101.
Summary of Analytical Method
The assay results reported from the Toro de Oro and El Gigante property represent first pass reconnaissance samples typically "grab" or "select" in nature. They do not represent the true width or grade of the mineralization. All rock samples were analyzed by ALS Geochemistry via Au-ICP21 (Au 30g FA ICP-AES Finish), ME-MS61 and Hg-MS42. The samples were processed at ALS Reno and ALS North Vancouver. Orogen does not insert any standard, blanks or duplicates during first pass reconnaissance rock sampling.
About Orogen Royalties Inc.
Orogen Royalties is focused on organic royalty creation and royalty acquisitions on precious and base metal discoveries in western North America. The Company's royalty portfolio includes the Ermitaño gold and silver Mine in Sonora, Mexico (
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OROGEN ROYALTIES INC.
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