Sandstorm Gold Royalties Portfolio Drilling and Exploration Highlights
- Multiple high-grade gold and copper discoveries across various royalty properties indicate strong exploration success
- First Majestic's Santo Niño discovery extends over 1km with significant gold-silver grades
- Lundin Gold's largest-ever drilling program (108,000m) shows exceptional results with intercepts up to 72.80 g/t gold
- Hugo North Extension drilling revealed impressive copper-gold grades (260m of 3.29% Cu and 2.08 g/t Au)
- Omai Gold's drilling program exceeded planned 15,000m with strong results including 28.04 g/t gold over 9.3m
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Insights
Multiple high-grade discoveries across Sandstorm's royalty portfolio strengthen future revenue potential and asset longevity.
Sandstorm Gold Royalties has reported substantial exploration successes across six key assets in its stream and royalty portfolio, highlighting significant upside potential in future production and cash flows. The most notable development is First Majestic's discovery of the Santo Niño vein at Santa Elena, where Sandstorm holds a 20% gold stream with ongoing cash payments of $487/oz. This new high-grade discovery (including intercepts of 27.5 g/t gold) within Sandstorm's area of interest represents material value creation without additional capital investment from Sandstorm.
At Fruta del Norte, where Sandstorm holds a 0.9% NSR royalty, Lundin Gold has expanded its 2025 drilling program to a record 108,000 meters. Exceptional high-grade results including 72.8 g/t gold over 7.95 meters at FDN South demonstrate potential for significant mine life extension and production growth. All reported targets fall within Sandstorm's royalty coverage, enhancing the long-term value of this cornerstone asset.
The Hugo North Extension at Oyu Tolgoi continues to deliver world-class copper-gold intercepts, including 260 meters grading 3.29% copper and 2.08 g/t gold. Sandstorm's streaming rights on this deposit (0.33% of copper and 4.47% of gold/silver) provide substantial leverage to what appears to be an expanding high-grade resource.
Additional exploration success at Odienné (2.0% NSR), Omai (1.0% NSR), and Troilus (1.0% NSR) further diversifies and strengthens Sandstorm's growth pipeline. The consistent high-grade results across multiple jurisdictions and commodities underscore the quality of Sandstorm's royalty portfolio and its effective partner selection strategy. For royalty investors, this exploration success translates to increased optionality and potential for production growth without the capital expenditure or operational risks typically associated with mine development.
First Majestic Confirms New Discovery at
First Majestic Silver Corp. ("First Majestic") has identified a significant gold-silver discovery on its
Exploration results from 14 drill intercepts at Santo Niño have returned significant gold and silver grades. Notably, hole SE-25-15 intersected 1.91 metres grading 8.38 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold and 248 g/t silver, including 0.43 metres of 27.5 g/t gold and 641 g/t silver. The results highlight the high-grade nature of the mineralization and its continuity across the western portion of the vein system. The structure remains open in multiple directions, and follow-up drilling is planned throughout 2025 to further delineate its extent and potential.
The Santo Niño discovery complements the ongoing success at the
For more information, refer to First Majestic's website at www.firstmajestic.com and refer to the press release dated May 28, 2025. Sandstorm holds a gold stream on the
Fruta del Norte Expands 2025 Drilling Program to 108,000 Metres
Lundin Gold Ltd. ("Lundin Gold") has expanded its 2025 drilling program at the Fruta del Norte mine ("FDN") in
Additional drill results have been released from Lundin Gold's ongoing conversion and near-mine exploration program. High-grade intercepts from the conversion program at FDN South ("FDNS") have confirmed the deposit's continuity and identified additional mineralized zones. Studies are underway to integrate FDNS into FDN's 2026 long-term mine plan. Further high-grade results from FDN East continue to highlight the target's growth potential. At the recently discovered Trancaloma target, results confirm a copper-gold porphyry system at surface and highlight the potential for other porphyries near Trancaloma. At Bonza Sur, drilling confirms the mineral envelope and indicated the potential for further extension. Highlighted drill results include (not true widths):
FDNS
- FDN-C25-196: 72.80 g/t gold over 7.95 metres from 67.60 metres, including 1,320.0 g/t gold over 0.40 metres;
- FDN-C25-204: 40.60 g/t gold over 13.90 metres from 43.80 metres, including 272.57 g/t gold over 1.90 metres; and
- FDN-C25-198: 48.82 g/t gold over 6.45 metres from 145.85 metres, including 616.00 g/t gold over 0.45 metres.
FDN East
- UGE-E-25-248: 7.12 g/t gold over 14.30 metres from 229.85 metres and 4.62 g/t gold over 23.15 metres from 321.30 metres.
Trancaloma Target
- TRL-2024-220:
0.41% copper, 0.10 g/t gold over 858.10 metres from 0.0 metres, including0.54% copper and 0.14 g/t gold over 447.95 metres.
Bonza Sur
- BLP-2024-205: 1.10 g/t gold over 162.30 metres from 0.40 metres, including 3.19 g/t gold over 11.00 metres; and
- BLP-2025-267: 2.14 g/t gold over 58.40 metres from 75.40 metres, including 5.41 g/t gold over 19.20 metres.
For more information and complete drill results, visit Lundin Gold's website at www.lundingold.com and refer to the press release dated May 7, 2025. Sandstorm holds a
260 Metres Grading
Entrée Resources Ltd. ("Entrée") has released additional analytical results from drilling completed in 2022–2024 on the Hugo North Extension ("HNE") at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in
HNE Surface Hole
- UGD 189B: 552 metres grading
2.30% copper and 1.45 g/t gold from 1,226 metres, including 260 metres grading3.29% copper and 2.08 g/t gold.
HNE Underground Drill Holes
- UGD 871: 197 metres grading
1.07% copper and 0.38 g/t gold from 358 metres, including 89 metres grading1.33% copper and 0.44 g/t gold; - UGD 873A: 279 metres grading
1.12% copper and 0.16 g/t gold from 360 metres; and - UGD 876: 169.3 metres grading
2.72% copper and 0.82 g/t gold from 224.7 metres, including 112 metres grading3.33% copper and 0.81 g/t gold from 232 metres.
The newly released results include one surface diamond drill hole and five underground diamond drill holes completed in 2024 on the Shivee Tolgoi mining license, along with one underground drill hole from the 2022 program. Each of the six diamond drill holes with newly reported assay results targeted mineralization within the potential Lift 2 block cave or area immediately to the east. Several drill holes reported in the May 14, 2025 release and previous news releases from Entrée have continued up to 200 metres vertically below the base of the potential Lift 2 block cave and remained in strong copper and gold mineralization.
For more information and complete drill results, visit Entrée's website at www.entreeresourcesltd.com and refer to the press release dated May 14, 2025. Sandstorm has a copper and precious metal stream with Entrée whereby the Company has the right to purchase
Drill Results Reinforce District-Scale Potential of Odienné Project
Awalé Resources Ltd. ("Awalé") continues to report on its 2025 drilling campaign at the Odienné project in Côte d'Ivoire. Results from drilling across three key targets—BBM Zone, Charger, and Empire—have returned multiple high-grade gold and polymetallic intercepts, reinforcing the district-scale potential of the project. BBM Zone, Charger, and Empire are part of a broader pipeline of targets at Odienné, where Awalé is executing an 18,000-metre drill campaign. The project is being advanced as a potential mining camp with multiple feed sources for a central processing facility.
BBM Zone
Awalé has released the final results from a 22-hole, 6,380-metre drill program at the BBM Zone, confirming a broad gold-copper system extending over 1 kilometre of strike and to depths of 300 metres. Notably, hole OEDD-131 returned 45.0 metres of 1.4 g/t gold and
Charger Target
At the Charger target, Awalé reported high-grade gold and polymetallic intercepts from nine diamond drill holes, including:
- OEDD-120: 26.0 metres of 12.0 g/t gold from 146 metres;
- OEDD-118: 95.0 metres of 1.8 g/t gold from 170 metres; and
- OEDD-121: 4.0 metres of 18.5 g/t gold and
3.03% copper from 67 metres.
Additionally, a new parallel mineralized breccia zone was discovered 50 metres west of the main corridor, with 26.0 metres of 2.0 g/t gold in hole OEDD-137. These results support the presence of multiple mineralized structures and highlight the scalability of the Charger system.
Empire Target
Awalé has resumed drilling at the Empire target, which is the company's first high-grade gold discovery at Odienné, discovered in 2019. Empire sits within a 20 kilometre west-northwest trending structure corridor, and 2.5 kilometres south of the Charger discovery. Six diamond drill holes at Empire were completed, totalling 1,168 metres, and intersected significant mineralization, including:
- OEDD-127: 15.0 metres of 5.2 g/t gold from 215 metres, including 10.0 metres of 7.5 g/t gold;
- OEDD-114: 16.0 metres of 3.0 g/t gold from 44 metres; and
- OEDD-124: 19.0 metres of 2.3 g/t gold from 76 metres.
Exploration at Empire to date has covered only 5 kilometres of the Empire trend, with significant potential for further expansion. The results confirm the continuity of mineralization at depth and along strike, with Empire remaining open in multiple directions.
For more information, including complete drill results, visit Awalé's website at www.awaleresources.ca and refer to the press releases dated April 8, 17, and May 12, 2025. Sandstorm holds a
Omai Gold Mines Drills 28.04 g/t Gold over 9.3 Metres at Wenot
Omai Gold Mines Corp. ("Omai") has released assay results from the 2025 drill program at the Omai gold mine in
Wenot Deposit
- 25ODD-103 & 103W: 3.56 g/t gold over 21.8 metres from 524.2 metres;
- 25ODD-103W: 3.93 g/t gold over 7.0 metres from 499.0 metres and 5.66 g/t gold over 4.3 metres from 560.0 metres; and
- 25ODD-102: 28.04 g/t gold over 9.3 metres from 361.2 metres, including 252.36 g/t gold over 1.0 metres.
West Wenot
- 25ODD-116: 2.63 g/t gold over 27.5 metres from 471.5 metres;
- 25ODD-111: 4.87 g/t gold over 9.5 metres from 317.0 metres, including 10.92 g/t gold over 4.0 metres; and
- 25ODD-109: 2.37 g/t gold over 15.0 metres from 79.0 metres.
Omai has also announced that drilling has begun on a deep hole that will initially drill across the Gilt Creek deposit, then continue a further 600–800 metres to explore the extension of the Wenot gold zones. The hole is expected to drill roughly 600 metres below the known Wenot deposit.
Once
For more information and complete drill results, visit Omai's website at www.omaigoldmines.com and refer to the press releases dated May 12, 23, and 29, 2025. Sandstorm holds a
Troilus 2025 Drill Campaign Focuses on Identifying Higher-Grade Mineralization
Troilus Gold Corp. ("Troilus") released results from its 2025 drill campaign on the Troilus project located in
- SW-25-688: 56 metres grading 2.03 g/t gold, 2.55 g/t silver and
0.23% copper from 174 metres, including 34 metres grading 2.74 g/t gold, 3.38 g/t silver, and0.29% copper; - SW-25-679: 51 metres grading 1.13 g/t gold and 0.81 g/t silver from 9 metres;
- SW-25-712: 73 metres grading 0.68 g/t gold, 0.80 g/t silver and
0.14% copper from 189 metres, including 19 metres grading 1.34 g/t gold, 0.76 g/t silver, and0.29% copper; and - SW-25-681: 36 metres grading 1.40 g/t gold, 1.58 g/t silver, and
0.22% copper, including 23 metres grading 1.93 g/t gold, 1.85 g/t silver, and0.29% copper.
For more information and complete drill results, visit Troilus's website at www.troilusgold.com and refer to the press releases dated April 29 and May 22, 2025. Sandstorm holds a
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1. | Stream terms reflect bought down rates applicable to HNE and Heruga deposits, assuming the Mongolian Government acquires a |
Qualified Person
Imola Götz (M.Sc., P.Eng, F.E.C.), Sandstorm's Vice President, Mining & Engineering is a Qualified Person as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101. Ms. Götz has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this news release.
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ABOUT SANDSTORM GOLD ROYALTIES
Sandstorm is a precious metals-focused royalty company that provides upfront financing to mining companies and receives the right to a percentage of production from a mine, for the life of the mine. Sandstorm holds a portfolio of approximately 230 royalties, of which 40 of the underlying mines are producing. Sandstorm plans to grow and diversify its low-cost production profile through the acquisition of additional gold royalties. For more information visit: www.sandstormgold.com.
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