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Orestone Mining Corp. (ORESF) generates news primarily through exploration and corporate developments on its gold, silver and copper projects in Canada and Argentina. Company releases highlight work on the 100% owned Captain gold‑copper project in North Central British Columbia and on optioned properties in Salta Province, Argentina, including the Francisca gold‑silver project and the Las Burras‑Incahuasi copper‑gold‑molybdenum porphyry project.
News updates commonly cover exploration programs such as geological mapping, trench and rock sampling, geophysical surveys, and drilling plans or results. At Francisca, Orestone reports on sampling campaigns across the North and South oxide gold zones and outlines plans for reverse circulation drilling to test the stock‑work trend. At Las Burras‑Incahuasi, news items describe historic drill intercepts, large geophysical anomalies and proposed Airborne Magnetotelluric surveys to refine porphyry targets.
Corporate news also includes information about option agreements and financing. Orestone has announced Option Agreements to earn interests in the Francisca and Las Burras‑Incahuasi properties, along with non‑brokered private placements and share‑for‑debt transactions that support exploration. Releases note the participation of strategic investors such as Crescat Capital LLC in private placements and provide context on how new capital will be applied to the company’s property portfolio.
Investors and followers of ORESF can use this news feed to review technical updates on sampling and drilling, changes in property interests, and financing activities that may influence the pace and scope of exploration. Because Orestone’s projects are at the exploration stage, news items often focus on target definition, geologic interpretation and the design of upcoming work programs.
Orestone Mining (symbol: ORESF) will exhibit at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada annual convention, PDAC 2026, March 1-4 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Visit booth 2215 in the Investors Exchange on March 3-4, 2026 to discuss Francisca (Argentina) and Captain (BC) projects.
The company emphasizes exploration plans for the Francisca gold-silver porphyry and the 100% owned, permitted, drill-ready Captain gold-copper porphyry.
Orestone Mining (OTC: ORESF) granted incentive stock options for an aggregate of 3,935,000 common shares at a strike price of $0.15 per share. The options expire five years from the grant date, on February 9, 2031, and vest 25% at grant then 25% at three, six and nine months.
All grants are subject to regulatory approval and the company's stock option plan approved by shareholders on December 11, 2025.
Orestone (OTC: ORESF) has begun a Phase I exploration program at the Francisca gold project, Salta Province, Argentina.
Phase I: detailed mapping and 600 rock chip, channel and grab samples over a 200x500 m grid and resampling of 11 trenches across a 500 m strike. Phase II (planned): ~1,500 m RC drilling in 10 holes on 40–80 m spacing to test the oxide gold-silver zone and deeper porphyry target. Previous 2025 confirmation sampling averaged 5.78 g/t Au and 29.2 g/t Ag (grades reported with caps of 10 g/t Au and 60 g/t Ag); individual assays ranged 0.03–33 g/t Au and 2–160 g/t Ag. Orestone can earn up to 85% interest for US$4.2M of cash/exploration over seven years. Project elevation 3,300–3,650 m with year-round access.
Orestone Mining Corp (ORESF) will exhibit at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC) on January 25–26, 2026 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, Exhibition Hall A-C. Visit Booth 912 to discuss the Francisca gold-silver porphyry project in Salta, Argentina and the Captain gold-copper porphyry project in British Columbia.
CEO David Hottman will deliver a corporate presentation on January 26 at 2:40 PM in Workshop 1. The release notes Francisca has an oxide gold stock-work trend along a northwest strike of 1,100 metres with an IP anomaly ~400x500 metres; Captain is described as permitted and drill ready.
Orestone Mining (symbol: ORESF) announced that strategic shareholder Crescat Capital LLC will participate as a lead investor in the company's non-brokered private placement announced October 14, 2025.
Crescat will subscribe for 2,910,000 Units for gross proceeds of $232,800 through Crescat Portfolio Management LLC on behalf of five pooled funds, intended to maintain its 11.64% ownership in the company. The private placement has a stated maximum size of up to $2,000,000. Crescat cited recent ground acquisition on the Francisca property and plans for drilling as reasons for continued support.
Orestone Mining (OTC:ORESF) has expanded its Francisca Gold-Silver Project in Salta, Argentina by adding 2 square kilometers of contiguous land. The expansion, costing US$10,300, is part of the company's option agreement to acquire up to 85% interest in the property for US$4.2 million over seven years.
The property features an oxide gold stock-work mineralized trend extending 1,100 meters in length, with two zones (North and South) showing significant potential. Recent sampling in the South Zone yielded impressive results, with values ranging from 0.03 to 33 g/t gold and 2.0 to 160 g/t silver, averaging 5.78 g/t gold and 29.2 g/t silver.
Orestone has planned a two-phase exploration program, including detailed mapping, sampling of 11 existing trenches, and a 1,200-meter reverse circulation drill program with 8 holes.
Orestone Mining (OTC:ORESF) provided a corporate update highlighting exploration activities and financial developments. The company is preparing for a Phase I exploration program at the Francisca Gold-Silver Project in Argentina, which will include detailed mapping and up to 600 rock and trench samples. At the Captain Gold Porphyry Project in British Columbia, Orestone filed an amended permit for 23 additional drill locations, with drilling expected in Q1 2026.
On the financial front, Orestone completed a $600,000 non-brokered private placement and issued shares for debt worth $180,000 in Q2 2025. The company also welcomed Crescat Capital LLC as a new strategic investor through its five pooled investment funds.
Orestone Mining Corp. (OTC Pink: ORESF) has announced the granting of incentive stock options to its officers, directors, advisors, and consultants. The company has granted options to purchase 4,725,000 common shares at a price of $0.10 per share, valid for five years until June 30, 2030.
The options will vest in four equal installments: 25% on the grant date, and additional 25% increments at three, six, and nine months after the grant date. The grants are subject to regulatory approval and the Company's Stock option plan, which received shareholder approval on August 29, 2024.
Orestone Mining Corp (TSXV: ORS) (OTC: ORESF) has completed a sampling program at its Francisca gold property in Salta Province, Argentina. The program yielded significant results, particularly in the South gold zone, where 11 out of 20 samples exceeded 6.0 g/t gold. The South zone, characterized by strongly altered quartz stockwork, extends over 500 meters in length and 50-100 meters in width.
The South zone samples ranged from 0.03 to 33 g/t gold and 2.0 to 160 g/t silver, averaging 5.78 g/t gold and 29.2 g/t silver. The North zone, featuring a quartz manganese stockwork, showed values from 0.01 to 21.7 g/t gold, averaging 0.38 g/t gold excluding two high-grade samples of 9.4 and 21.7 g/t gold.
The company aims to define an oxide gold deposit suitable for open-pit mining and heap leach gold recovery methods. The mineralized trend extends over 1100 meters and is associated with quartz feldspar porphyry intrusive dykes and intense sericite alteration.
Orestone Mining Corp (TSXV: ORS) (OTC: ORESF) has announced plans for an airborne MagnetoTelluric (AirMT) survey at its Captain Gold Porphyry Project in North Central BC. The survey will focus on the T-2 conductivity target, covering 18 lines at 7.2 kilometers in length, totaling 157 line kilometers, scheduled for summer 2025.
The Captain Project, located 40 kilometers north of Fort St. James and 30 kilometers south of Mt. Milligan copper-gold mine, features a gold-dominant porphyry system within a 5-kilometer N-S trending corridor. The central T1 target has shown promising results with gold-copper mineralization zones grading 0.20 to 0.84 g/t gold and 0.05-0.11 percent copper.
The property has attracted major producers including Centerra Gold, IAMGOLD, and New Gold to stake surrounding claims. The project is fully permitted and drill-ready, with the upcoming AirMT survey designed to effectively define conductive porphyry targets for systematic drill testing.