Prospector Continues to Extend High-Grade TESS Zone: Hole ML26-56 Yields 41.34 g/t Au over 7.81m Including 130.77 g/t Au over 2.25m
Results for 84 holes remain pending after the fully funded 2026 drilling program finished on schedule and on budget.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Prospector Metals (PMCOF) reported gold grading 41.34 grams per tonne over 7.81m in hole ML26-056 at its Yukon ML Project. The interval includes 130.77 g/t gold over 2.25m. Hole ML26-054 returned 6.10 g/t gold, 10.76 g/t silver and 0.55% copper over 5.79m. Of the six newly reported holes, ML26-053 had no significant values, while ML26-048, ML26-049 and ML26-055 returned anomalous results.
The TESS corridor has been defined over at least 400m along trend and to 175m depth, with high-grade gold drill-confirmed over at least 100m. Three interpreted mineralized shoots remain open in each direction. The fully funded 2026 program finished on schedule and on budget, completing 100 holes totaling 20,980m; results for 84 holes remain pending. Another 547 surface rock samples await final assays, supporting work to generate new drill targets for 2027.
Positive
- Minor pointML26-056 returned 41.34 g/t gold over 7.81m, including 130.77 g/t over 2.25m.
- Minor pointML26-054 returned 6.10 g/t gold, 10.76 g/t silver and 0.55% copper over 5.79m.
- Minor pointTESS high-grade gold is drill-confirmed over at least 100m along strike.
- Minor pointTESS corridor extends at least 400m along trend and to 175m depth, remaining open along trend and at depth.
- Minor pointTESS interpretation identifies at least three mineralized shoots, each remaining open in every direction.
2 minor points
- Minor pointFully funded 2026 drilling completed 100 holes totaling 20,980m on schedule and on budget.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Surface exploration collected 547 rock samples to help generate new drill targets for 2027.
Negative
- Minor pointAssay results for 84 drill holes remain pending; 16 holes have received and released results.
- Minor pointML26-053 returned no significant values.
- Minor pointML26-055 returned only anomalous results: 0.34 g/t gold over 20.36m, including 1.86 g/t over 1.94m.
- Minor pointML26-049 returned only anomalous results: 0.18 g/t gold and 0.11% copper over 8.30m.
- Minor pointML26-048 returned only anomalous results, with 2.89 g/t gold, 37.90 g/t silver and 1.58% copper over 1.10m.
News Explained
The reported intercept lengths are downhole measurements, with estimated true thicknesses at 60–70% of drilled lengths; the reported metre intervals are therefore not the widths of mineralization across the zone.
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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 6, 2026) - Prospector Metals Corp. (TSXV: PPP) (OTCQB: PMCOF) (FSE: 1ET) ("Prospector" or the "Company") today provided a progress update on the fully funded drill program at its ML Project, Yukon. The 2026 field season at ML is now complete and 100 holes were drilled totalling 20,980m. This news release reports results from the TESS Zone, including results from 6 holes. To date, assays from the 2026 program have been received and released for 16 holes and 84 holes are awaiting assay results.
Prospector has posted a pre-recorded webinar hosted by CEO Rob Carpenter and VP Exploration Jodie Gibson, where they discuss the results from today's release. Click on the following:
Dr. Rob Carpenter, Ph.D., P.Geo., Co-Chairman, President and CEO of Prospector, commented: "The TESS structural corridor has now been traced for at least 400m and high-grade gold mineralization is now drill confirmed over at least 100m within it. Our exploration strategy continues to be anchored by an appreciation for structural control and new 3D interpretations at TESS strongly suggest the presence of multiple, stacked, high-grade plunging zones occurring within a dynamic fault zone. We believe this setting resembles structurally controlled gold systems more typically observed in metamorphic terranes such as the Canadian Shield, where plunging shoots also control the location of high-grade gold."
New TESS Drill Results
Hole ML26-56 yielded a high-grade zone of: 41.34 g/t Au over 7.81m (from 100.62m) including: 130.77 g/t Au over 2.25m (from 105.54m) and 194.23 g/t Au over 1.03m (from 106.76m).
Hole ML26-54 yielded 6.10 g/t Au, 10.76 g/t Ag and
Figure 1: Long-Section of the TESS showing SE plunging high-grade shoots T1, T2, & T3 with Gold Assays > 1g/t Au.
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Figure 2: Core Photos of Mineralized Zone in ML26-056
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Project Update / Summary
The high-grade gold trend at TESS is now drill confirmed over at least 100m along strike and new 3D drill data shows that TESS is comprised of at least three (3) individual shoots (named T1, T2 and T3) which appear roughly "rod-shaped" and plunge at a moderate angle. Each of these zones remains open in each direction and the likelihood of discovering additional plunging zones along the >400m TESS corridor remains high. A total of 54 holes were drilled at TESS in 2026 totalling 10,680m.
High-grade copper (Cu) and silver (Ag) mineralization typically accompanies gold at TESS and their distribution is also controlled by plunging shoots within the wider structural zone. Significant Au-Ag-Cu intercepts released to date include: 13.79 g/t Au,
1.84% Cu and 38.08 g/t Ag over 44m from hole ML25-31 as well as 5.05 g/t Au, 29.25 g/t Ag and1.16% Cu over 27.35m from hole ML26-046.The 2026 ML drill program was finished on schedule and on budget. A total of 20,980m were completed from 100 total holes. Assays are pending for 84 holes and will be released when complete. A total of 54 holes along the TESS trend (10,823m), 11 holes from the Phoenix Trend (2,027m), 11 holes from the Pebble target (2,273m), and 12 holes from the NIT (3,008m) target area. A final 12 holes (2,849m) were drilled at a number of isolated or "wildcat" targets informally known as Lorrie, ML North, Rubble North, and Camp Valley.
Project-wide prospecting and geological mapping during 2026 resulted in the collection of 547 surface rock samples. Priority was given to areas of the project where no previous drilling has been completed to continue generating new drill targets for 2027. Results for all 547 samples will be released once final assays are received.
2026 ML Drill Program
A total of 100 holes for 20,980 meters were drilled on the ML Project in 2026 testing nine target areas including TESS, Pebble, NIT, Rubble North, Phoenix, Bueno, ML North, Camp Valley, and Lorrie targets. To date results have been received on 16 holes on the TESS target and adjacent areas. Individual results for samples discussed in this release range from trace to 215.1 g/t Au, to 38.40 g/t Ag, and to
Figure 3: ML Property Target Areas and Drilling to Date
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TESS Drilling
A total of 10,823m of drilling over 54 holes were completed on the TESS zone. This includes drilling focused on systematic step-out drilling on the TESS-North Vein mineralized horizon and wider step-out drilling to evaluate structural extensions to the NE and SW of the TESS mineralized zone. Assay results have been received on an additional 6 drill holes and are discussed below. Estimated true thickness of the reported intervals ranges from 60 -
Figure 4: TESS-North Vein Plan Map
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ML26-054, -055, & -056
Holes ML26-054 – 056 were drilled on a fence as a 25m step-out to previously announced holes ML26-050 – 052 and are 100m to the southwest of ML26-046. The holes were drilled at a 160o azimuth and dips of -50, -60, and -65, respectively.
ML26-054 was drilled at a -50 dip and intersected the TESS alteration zone from 60 – 70m downhole, returning 5.79m of 6.10 g/t Au, 10.76 g/t Ag, &
ML26-055 was drilled at a -60 dip and intersected the TESS alteration zone from 61 – 102m but only returned anomalous results of 20.36m of 0.34 g/t Au from 84.83m; including 1.94m of 1.86 g/t Au from 100.22m.
ML26-056 was drilled at a -65 dip and intersected the TESS alteration zone from 89 – 108m, returning 7.81m of 41.34 g/t Au from 100.62m depth; including 130.77 g/t Au over 2.25m from 105.54m.
Figure 5: Cross-Section Looking NE showing drill holes ML26-054, -055, & -056
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ML26-048 & 53
Holes ML26-048 and -053 were drilled on a fence above and below previously announced hole ML26-046. ML26-048 was drilled from the same drill pad as ML26-046 at a 160o azimuth and -50 dip, and ML26-053 was drilled from a drill pad 40m upslope of ML26-046 at a 160o azimuth and -60 dip and was designed as a 25m down dip step-out to ML26-046. Similar to ML26-046, both holes intersected broad zones of pervasive quartz-sericite-clay alteration, but with significantly lower sulfide mineralization, and only returned anomalous results with the best intercept of 1.1m of 2.89 g/t Au, 37.90 g/t Ag, &
Figure 6: Cross-Section Looking NE showing drill holes ML26-046, -048, & -053
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ML26-049
Hole ML26-049 was drilled 130m west of ML26-054 – 056 on the same fence as previously announced holes ML26-045 and -047. The hole was targeting a subvertical resistivity break noted on a historic IP geophysics line across the area. The hole hit TESS style alteration and sulfide mineralization from 92 – 106m, but only returned anomalous results for gold and copper including 8.3m of 0.18 g/t Au and
TESS Discussion
Drilling in 2026 has successfully defined the TESS Zone over at least 400m along trend and to 175m depth. Mineralization is hosted in a tabular, northeast trending and steep south dipping structural corridor which appears to have a true thickness ranging from 15-25m. Within this envelope, an "hourglass" shaped high-grade plunging core has now been assay confirmed in at least 1 hole on every drill section over 100m (section spacing of 25m), and there are indications for multiple plunging high-grade shoots. Mineralization on TESS is associated with calc-silicate alteration and/or quartz-sericite-clay alteration of conglomerate, grits, and lamprophyre - diorite dikes with disseminated to fracture-vein controlled sulfide mineralization consisting of pyrrhotite/pyrite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, bismuth-tellurium minerals, and, locally, visible gold. The alteration and mineralization are focused along a northeast trending, steeply south dipping, structural corridor, with the highest-grade mineralization occurring where the structural zone intersects favorable lithologic units, forming plunging shoots. One of these favorable units is an east-southeast trending zone of calc-silicate altered calcareous conglomerate historically known as the "North Vein." Where the North Vein lithology is cut by TESS structures an early pyroxene dominated calc-silicate assemblage is overprinted by an actinolite-quartz-carbonate alteration assemblage with quartz-carbonate veining; overprint and/or remobilization of early sulfide minerals; and Bi-Te-Au mineralization. The TESS corridor is open along trend in both directions and to depth. Drilling has also been conducted along the western projection of the North Vein horizon where it is intersected by other NE trending structural zones based on geological mapping and prospecting.
Table 1: 2026 Drill Results Reported to Date
| Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | Cu (%) |
| ML26-040 | No Significant Values | |||||
| ML26-041 | 135.31 | 161.94 | 26.60 | 1.47 | 3.35 | 0.18 |
| And | 166.44 | 167.44 | 1.00 | 2.30 | 12.30 | 0.56 |
| And | 181.82 | 183.12 | 1.30 | 1.78 | 44.10 | 1.90 |
| ML26-043 | 101.30 | 106.45 | 5.15 | 7.30 | 22.26 | 0.90 |
| Incl | 101.30 | 102.61 | 1.30 | 25.60 | 75.90 | 2.88 |
| And | 109.59 | 110.09 | 0.50 | 19.50 | - | - |
| Within | 101.30 | 119.36 | 18.06 | 2.73 | 6.92 | 0.28 |
| And | 149.08 | 150.93 | 1.85 | 1.07 | 21.64 | 1.02 |
| ML26-044 | 168.39 | 169.54 | 1.15 | 3.28 | - | - |
| ML26-045 | 89.72 | 92.30 | 2.58 | 1.65 | - | - |
| ML26-046 | 43.35 | 45.45 | 2.10 | 14.72 | 47.72 | 1.81 |
| And | 67.60 | 71.10 | 3.50 | 24.17 | 31.64 | 1.62 |
| And | 78.18 | 85.00 | 6.82 | 1.15 | 4.53 | 0.24 |
| And | 123.75 | 151.10 | 27.35 | 5.05 | 29.25 | 1.16 |
| Incl | 123.75 | 126.35 | 2.60 | 22.32 | 59.36 | 2.40 |
| And | 135.80 | 137.85 | 2.05 | 0.68 | 110.30 | 4.12 |
| And | 145.50 | 151.10 | 5.60 | 13.74 | 47.51 | 1.94 |
| ML26-047 | No Significant Values | |||||
| ML26-048 | 52.95 | 54.05 | 1.10 | 2.89 | 37.90 | 1.58 |
| ML26-049 | 95.85 | 104.15 | 8.30 | 0.18 | - | 0.11 |
| ML26-050 | 69.65 | 71.35 | 1.70 | 4.30 | 1.80 | 0.14 |
| ML26-051 | 73.70 | 94.70 | 21.00 | 6.44 | 4.43 | 0.20 |
| Incl | 73.70 | 75.50 | 1.80 | 56.48 | - | - |
| And | 91.25 | 91.75 | 0.50 | 43.20 | - | - |
| ML26-052 | 115.20 | 147.54 | 32.34 | 1.09 | 8.45 | 0.42 |
| Incl | 120.61 | 123.44 | 2.83 | 3.38 | 63.32 | 3.32 |
| And | 139.90 | 145.36 | 5.46 | 2.88 | 8.33 | 0.35 |
| ML26-053 | No Significant Values | |||||
| ML26-054 | 64.31 | 70.10 | 5.79 | 6.10 | 10.76 | 0.55 |
| Incl | 64.31 | 66.26 | 1.95 | 15.15 | 24.89 | 1.22 |
| ML26-055 | 81.80 | 102.16 | 20.36 | 0.34 | - | 0.10 |
| Incl | 100.22 | 102.16 | 1.94 | 1.86 | - | 0.18 |
| ML26-056 | 100.62 | 108.43 | 7.81 | 41.34 | - | - |
| Incl | 103.77 | 107.79 | 4.02 | 79.41 | - | - |
| Incl | 105.54 | 107.74 | 2.25 | 130.77 | - | - |
Table 2: Drill Collar Information for Holes in this Release
| Hole ID | Easting | Northing | Elevation | Azimuth | Dip | Depth (m) |
| ML26-048 | 361319 | 7131609 | 1662 | 155 | -50 | 233.17 |
| ML26-049 | 361102 | 7131597 | 1575 | 160 | -50 | 277.37 |
| ML26-053 | 361311 | 7131643 | 1678 | 160 | -60 | 268.22 |
| ML26-054 | 361226 | 7131574 | 1613 | 160 | -50 | 115.82 |
| ML26-055 | 361226 | 7131574 | 1613 | 160 | -60 | 166.12 |
| ML26-056 | 361226 | 7131574 | 1613 | 160 | -65 | 152.40 |
(1) Historical exploration drill core data and composite assay intervals for NV-05-02, NV-05-12A, and NV-06-17 in Figure 1 are sourced from the Mike Lake Property Assessment Report Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory. Document compiled by Archer, Cathro & Associates (1981) Limited on behalf of Dynamite Resources Ltd., dated March 2008. Filed with the Yukon Geological Survey Assessment Report Archive (Report #095029). Historical intervals reflect continuous down-hole core lengths; true widths of mineralization have not been determined from the historical data. The QP has verified the historical data disclosed in this release by reviewing the original drill logs and assay certificates, and by conducting confirmation drilling adjacent to the historical 2005-2006 Dynamite Resources drill holes. The new drilling successfully confirmed the geological continuity and high-grade nature of the historical mineralization, thereby verifying the historical database for the purposes of this disclosure.
Assay Methodology & QA/QC
The analytical work on the 2026 ML Project is being performed by Bureau Veritas ("BV") Labs, an internationally recognized analytical services provider. All samples are submitted to BV's prep facility located in Whitehorse, YT. Once prepared the samples are shipped to BV's Vancouver, BC facility for analysis. All rock samples are prepared using procedure PRP70-250 (Dry, crush to
The work is being completed using industry standard procedures, including a quality assurance/quality control ("QA/QC") program consisting of the insertion of certified standards, blanks, and duplicates into the sample stream.
Qualified Person
The technical content disclosed in this press release was reviewed and approved by Jodie Gibson, P.Geo., Vice President Exploration of Prospector, and a Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101").
About Prospector Metals Corp.
Prospector Metals Corp. is a proud member of Discovery Group and focuses on district scale, early-stage exploration of gold and base metal prospects. The Company creates shareholder value through new discoveries and identifies underexplored or overlooked mineral districts displaying important structural and mineralogical occurrences similar to more established mining operations. Prospector is currently concentrating its efforts on its ML Project in the Yukon where it has discovered a high-grade gold-copper-silver zone (see news release dated October 1, 2025). Prospector establishes and maintains relationships with local and Indigenous rightsholders and seeks to develop partnerships and agreements that are mutually beneficial to all interested parties.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Prospector Metals Corp.
Dr. Rob Carpenter, Ph.D., P.Geo.
President & CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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FAQ
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What did Prospector Metals report in ML26-056 at TESS?
ML26-056 returned 41.34 g/t gold over 7.81m from 100.62m downhole, including 130.77 g/t gold over 2.25m from 105.54m. These are drilled intervals rather than estimated true thicknesses.
How much drilling did Prospector Metals complete at the ML Project in 2026?
Prospector completed 100 holes totaling 20,980m at the ML Project in 2026, finishing on schedule and on budget. Results have been received and released for 16 holes, with assays for 84 holes pending.
What are the estimated true thicknesses of Prospector Metals' newly reported TESS intervals?
Estimated true thicknesses range from 60–70% of the drilled intervals. The reported interval lengths therefore do not represent the estimated thickness of mineralization across the zone.
How were Prospector Metals' ML26-054 through ML26-056 step-out holes positioned?
ML26-054 through ML26-056 were drilled on a fence 25m beyond ML26-050 through ML26-052 and 100m southwest of ML26-046. Their drill dips were -50, -60 and -65 degrees, respectively.