Trifecta Gold Completes Rye Drill Program and Provides Exploration Update
Trifecta Gold advances multiple Yukon Tombstone Belt projects with a completed Rye drill program and new targets defined at Liam and Lois.
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Trifecta Gold (TRRFF) has completed its 2026 diamond drill program at the Rye Project, drilling 6 holes totalling 1,852 m, with assay results expected in early October.
The campaign tested sheeted quartz veining and the 1.5 km long Empire Fault, including holes positioned near prior intercepts such as 1.98 g/t gold over 15 m and 1.97 m grading 1,465 g/t silver, 0.22% copper and 0.97% WO₃. Prospecting at Rye returned surface rock samples up to 19.25 g/t gold. At the Liam project, work outlined intensely sheeted veining within granitic stocks inside multi-element soil anomalies, while at Lois new skarn zones up to two metres wide and quartz-tourmaline±arsenopyrite breccias were identified within strong gold-copper-bismuth-arsenic-antimony soil anomalies.
Positive
- Completed Rye drill program with 6 holes totalling 1,852 m
- Rye prospecting rock sample up to 19.25 g/t gold
- Follow-up drilling near prior intercept of 1.98 g/t gold over 15 m
- Prior Rye hole reported 1.97 m grading 1,465 g/t silver, 0.22% Cu, 0.97% WO₃
- Lois skarn chip sampling returned 1.57 g/t gold over 4.5 m
- Liam rock sample reported 2.12 g/t gold and 174 g/t silver with multi-metal values
Negative
- None.
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- 6 holes totalling 1,852 m drilled at the Rye Project with assays expected in early October.
- Surface rock sampling up to 19.25 g/t gold from prospecting at Rye.
- Additional sheeted quartz veining discovered at Liam.
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / September 15, 2026 / Trifecta Gold Ltd. (TSXV:TG)(OTCQB:TRRFF) ("Trifecta" or the "Company") has completed its 2026 drill campaign at the Rye Project, as well as surface work at the Liam and Lois projects, three of eleven Tombstone Gold Belt targets where the Company is earning a
Rye
The Rye Project is situated 14 km from the North Canol Road between two mid-Cretaceous granitic intrusions, which are important mineralizers for gold deposits and occurrences along Yukon's Tombstone Gold Belt. It lies in the eastern portion of the belt, 20 km south of Fireweed Metals Ltd.'s ("Fireweed") MacPass Project and within the Tū Łī́dlini portion of the Kaska Nation's traditional territory. Fireweed is currently advancing a design plan for upgrading the North Canol Road, supported by funding through Natural Resources Canada's First and Last Mile Fund, formerly the Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund.
The 2026 Rye campaign comprised 6 diamond drill holes from 5 locations, totalling 1,852 metres. RY-26-07 was collared 300 m north of RY-25-01, which yielded 1.98 g/t gold over 15 m. It targeted the same zone of sheeted veining approximately 200 m down-dip from hole RY-25-01 and cut sheeted veining with a similar density to that hole, but with increased amounts of scheelite and bismuthinite. Three of the holes targeted a steep, west-dipping fault, referred to as the Empire Fault, that extends along a known 1.5 km strike length. RY-26-08 and -09 were collared 140 m northeast of hole RY-25-04, which bottomed in 1.97 m grading 1,465 g/t silver,
RY-26-10 was collared 230 m west-southwest from RY-25-01 and directed towards an area of elevated gold soil and rock geochemistry, along with a section of quartz veins outcropping near the margin of the Itsi Pluton. RY-26-12 was collared within the Itsi Pluton and designed to test the roof zone of the intrusion, down-dip of gold-bearing veins that are observed within the overlying hornfelsed wallrock. All the core has been logged, split and shipped to the ALS assay prep lab in Whitehorse, Yukon and the Company expects assay results in early October.
Figure 1 - Rye Project 2025 and 2026 drill holes plotted thematically with vein density, along with gold-in-rock values
Figure 2 - Lansing area geology and project locations
The Liam and Lois projects both cover large, multi-element soil anomalies located within the hanging wall of the Robert Service Thrust Fault, a major, northerly-verging thrust fault that extends from north-central Yukon approximately 400 km into east-central Yukon. Significant gold deposits and occurrences in north-central Yukon are spatially associated with the fault. Banyan Gold Corp.'s AurMac Deposit straddles the fault, while the past-producing Eagle Gold Mine, Sitka Gold Corp.'s RC Gold Project, and the ML Project are hosted principally in Hyland Group metasedimentary rock within the hanging wall thrust sheet.
Liam
Copper- and gold-bearing skarn mineralization at Liam is associated with several mid-Cretaceous aged, granitic stocks and dykes exposed at surface, and is overprinted by arsenopyrite-bearing quartz veins where rock samples have yielded 2.12 g/t gold, 174 g/t silver,
The project covers three parallel, gold-copper-silver soil anomalies, with coincident bismuth, tellurium, arsenic and antimony, which remain open in both directions along strike. Field work in 2026 focussed on developing future drill targets within these anomalies and successfully identified areas of intensely sheeted veining in one of the granitic stocks, as photographed below.
Figure 3 - Sheeted veining in a biotite granodiorite at Liam
Lois
The Lois project is underlain by variably hornfelsed Hyland Group siliciclastic rocks, which are intruded by a 3 km by 3 km mid-Cretaceous pluton in the eastern part of the property. Two soil geochemical anomalies on the property are defined by strongly elevated and coincident gold, copper, bismuth, arsenic and antimony in soil, with peak gold-in-soil values of 873 ppb. Calcareous members of Hyland Group, in proximity to the pluton, have been altered to skarn assemblage minerals, including areas of massive pyrrhotite, pyrite, arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite, where chip sampling has returned values of 1.57 g/t gold over 4.5 m.
In 2026, work at Lois, supported by a Yukon Mineral Exploration Program (YMEP) incentive grant, successfully identified several new areas of skarn mineralization, which are regularly up to two metres wide, along with areas of abundant quartz-tourmaline±arsenopyrite breccia. The variations of mineralization and geochemical signatures at Lois suggest a multi-phased mineralization history associated with the pluton.
Figure 4 - A two-metre-wide skarn horizon, hosting semi-massive pyrrhotite-arsenopyrite-chalcopyrite, at Lois
Analytical results from the Liam and Lois projects will be announced once received and interpreted.
Upcoming Events
Trifecta Gold management will be attending and/or presenting at the following events:
- Precious Metals Summit - Beaver Creek, CO: September 22-25, 2026
- TAKESTOCK Investor Series - Calgary, AB: November 4, 2026
- Yukon Geoscience Forum - Whitehorse, YK: November 16-19, 2026
Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QAQC)
Technical information in this news release has been approved by Trifecta's Vice President, Jackson Morton, P.Geo., a qualified person as defined under the terms of National Instrument 43-101.
Tombstone Gold Belt
Extending more than 1000 km from the Fairbanks district in Alaska eastward across the entire width of Yukon, the Tombstone Gold Belt hosts many large Reduced Intrusion-Related Gold System (RIRGS) mines such as Fort Knox in Alaska (>10 million oz), Eagle and Olive in Yukon (>4 million oz) and the past-producing Brewery Creek Mine, also in Yukon. Since May 2020 over 20 million additional ounces of gold have been discovered in the Yukon portion of the belt, including Snowline Gold's Tier 1 Valley discovery, Sitka Gold's RC deposit, Banyan Gold's AurMac deposits and Victoria Gold's Raven deposit.
Tombstone Gold Belt systems are characterized by sheeted, auriferous quartz veins forming in the carapace zones of Cretaceous-age plutons. They have a characteristic geochemical signature with a gold-bismuth-tellurium±tungsten core within a broader gold-arsenic halo. The deposits are found within and surrounding the reduced intrusions and typically exhibit a geophysical signature comprising a magnetic low (ie. reduced) coinciding with a conductivity low. Veining in RIRGS is typically zoned with a core of sheeted veins surrounded by more discrete gold-arsenic veins and more distal silver-lead-zinc veins.
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FAQ
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When does Trifecta Gold expect assay results from the 2026 Rye drill program?
All Rye drill core has been logged, split and shipped to the ALS assay preparation lab in Whitehorse, Yukon, and the company expects to receive assay results in early October.
What specific targets were tested by the 2026 drilling at the Rye Project?
The 2026 Rye campaign targeted sheeted quartz veining and the steep, west-dipping Empire Fault over its known 1.5 km strike length. Hole RY-26-07 tested the sheeted veining zone about 200 m down-dip of RY-25-01, while RY-26-08, -09 and -11 focused on the Empire Fault near a previous high-grade silver-tungsten interval. RY-26-10 tested an area of elevated gold soil and rock geochemistry near the Itsi Pluton, and RY-26-12 targeted the roof zone of the pluton beneath gold-bearing veins in overlying hornfels.
What work was carried out at the Liam project in 2026?
Field work at Liam in 2026 focused on developing future drill targets within three parallel gold-copper-silver soil anomalies that remain open along strike. The program successfully identified areas of intensely sheeted veining in one of the mid-Cretaceous granitic stocks.
What new mineralization was identified at the Lois project in 2026?
Work at Lois, supported by a Yukon Mineral Exploration Program incentive grant, identified several new areas of skarn mineralization, regularly up to two metres wide, along with areas of abundant quartz-tourmaline±arsenopyrite breccia. These occur within two strong multi-element soil anomalies that include peak gold-in-soil values of 873 ppb.
Which investor and industry events will Trifecta Gold participate in during 2026?
Trifecta Gold management plans to attend or present at the Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colorado from September 22-25, 2026, the TAKESTOCK Investor Series in Calgary, Alberta on November 4, 2026, and the Yukon Geoscience Forum in Whitehorse, Yukon from November 16-19, 2026.
Who is the qualified person responsible for the technical information in this update?
The technical information has been approved by Jackson Morton, P.Geo., Trifecta's Vice President, who is a qualified person as defined under National Instrument 43-101.