Drill to Kill: 5 Explorers Expanding the World’s Newest Gold Districts

Issued on behalf of GoldHaven Resources Corp.

VANCOUVER – Baystreet.ca News Commentary – Gold topped $4,300 per ounce mid-December 2025, capping a 65% annual gain fueled by record central bank purchases that reached 634 tonnes year-to-date, a 28% increase from prior quarters. Major investment banks now project prices pushing toward $5,055 per ounce by late 2026, with JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs both citing sustained institutional demand averaging 585 tonnes quarterly alongside structural central bank accumulation. Against this backdrop, companies deploying active drill programs and consolidating strategic districts are capturing investor attention as the clearest capture opportunities for the exploration-driven value creation cycle, including GoldHaven Resources Corp. (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF), Pirate Gold Corp. (TSXV: YARR) (OTCQB: SICNF), Coeur Mining, Inc. (NYSE: CDE), Orla Mining Ltd. (NYSE: ORLA ) (TSX: OLA), and Aris Mining Corporation (TSX: ARIS) (TSX-A: ARMN).
The strategic imperative is straightforward. Leading producers are confirming multi-kilometer extensions at existing operations, strengthening confidence in resource growth and mine life extensions through aggressive drilling campaigns that return consistent high-grade intercepts. Central bank gold holdings reached historic levels as Poland, Kazakhstan, and Brazil led year-to-date strategic accumulation, creating structural price support at the fastest pace in modern history and incentivizing producers to convert exploration success into long-life assets before the discovery window narrows.
GoldHaven Resources Corp. (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF) has completed its inaugural diamond drilling program at the Copeçal Gold Project in Brazil. Nine holes totaling 1,085.7 meters tested two priority targets on the 3,681-hectare property, marking the first time diamond drilling has ever been conducted at Copeçal. All drill core is now being logged and sampled for laboratory assay before year-end.
The program delivered GoldHaven's first subsurface confirmation that surface gold readings connect to mineralization at depth. Hole COPE-PDH-004 intersected potential gold-bearing minerals across approximately 30 meters at the East Target, prompting a follow-up hole that discovered bornite, a copper-rich mineral never before identified at Copeçal. The presence of bornite is significant because it commonly appears in large-scale gold-copper systems, suggesting GoldHaven may have intersected a substantial mineralized system with potential for both metals. This discovery could materially expand the project's economic scope beyond a single-metal gold deposit.
"Intersecting sulphide mineralisation in Hole COPE-PDH-004 and subsequently in follow-up Hole COPE-PDH-009 at our East Target during a first-pass drilling program has provided valuable new geological insights," said Rob Birmingham, CEO of GoldHaven Resources. "These results continue to enhance our understanding of the system as we integrate geological, structural, and geochemical data to refine targeting across both the East and West anomalies, as well as other prospective targets identified from our newly developed 3D diamond drilling dataset at Copeçal."
At the West Target, drilling penetrated approximately 60 meters of weathered rock containing fractured zones with gold-bearing quartz. Laboratory results from these zones will determine whether significant gold grades exist, potentially opening a second mineralized corridor on the property.
The Copeçal Project sits within the Juruena Gold Province, the same region hosting G-Mining's Tocantinzinho deposit and multiple recent gold discoveries. Beyond Brazil, GoldHaven continues advancing its British Columbia portfolio, including recent expansion to its Magno Project and the Three Guardsmen Project, where recent surface sampling returned copper grades up to 15.85%.
GoldHaven now controls 123,900 hectares across two premier mining jurisdictions. With its first-ever diamond drilling campaign at Copeçal complete and laboratory results pending, the company awaits assays that could confirm gold grades, thickness, and continuity at its Brazilian flagship project, all underpinned by a comprehensive 43-101 Technical Report.
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In other industry developments and happenings in the market include:
Pirate Gold Corp. (TSXV: YARR) (OTCQB: SICNF) has expanded its Treasure Island Project to over 90 kilometers of strike length along the Valentine Lake Fault Zone in central Newfoundland through the acquisition of 113 additional mineral claims. The company is advancing its 50,000-meter drill program with two active rigs currently deployed, reporting early visual mineralization at Moosehead and conducting initial testing of regional geophysical targets across the expanded land package.
The Treasure Island Project is strategically positioned within Canada's newest gold district along the Valentine Lake Fault Zone, an emerging gold belt in central Newfoundland. The regional consolidation strategy strengthens Pirate Gold's exploration footprint in an underexplored district with significant discovery potential, while the ongoing drill program systematically tests multiple high-priority targets identified through recent geophysical surveys and geological mapping.
Coeur Mining, Inc. (NYSE: CDE) has completed its largest exploration campaign at Palmarejo since 2012, deploying 11 drill rigs across approximately 68,000 meters at the gold-silver complex in Chihuahua, Mexico, returning exceptional near-surface results including 58.8 feet at 0.12 oz/t gold and 54.55 oz/t silver at San Miguel, one of the best assays ever recorded at Palmarejo. The program successfully extended the Hidalgo, Libertad, and San Juan veins by a combined 950 meters of strike length and discovered new mineralization along the 900-meter Camuchín trend in the previously unexplored East Palmarejo area.
"Following a 75% increase in Palmarejo's inferred mineral resources last year, our 2025 program has generated additional discoveries and leaves the operation well positioned for further mine life extensions," said Mitchell J. Krebs, Chairman, President and CEO. "The 2025 commencement of drilling in the underexplored areas located on the large land position we have now consolidated immediately to the east of Palmarejo represents a major step in Palmarejo's expansion efforts. With a 300 km total land package that is just 3% drilled, we are only scratching the surface of the next phase of Palmarejo's potential growth and development."
Coeur confirmed continuity between Independencia Sur and Independencia Norte deposits while validation drilling at La Unión returned 72.9 feet at 0.19 oz/t gold. The company's extensive 300-square-kilometer land package remains only 3% explored to date, representing significant potential for future resource expansion and mine life extensions at the Palmarejo complex.
Aris Mining Corporation (TSX: ARIS) (NYSE-A: ARMN) has completed acquisition of the remaining 49% interest in the Soto Norte joint venture from Mubadala, giving the company 100% ownership and terminating the associated precious metals stream. The company now holds full control of four high-quality assets across Colombia and Guyana: Segovia, Marmato, Toroparu, and Soto Norte.
"With 100% ownership of Segovia, Marmato, Toroparu, and now Soto Norte, Aris Mining is focused on building a large, diversified gold business across Colombia and Guyana," said Neil Woodyer, CEO of Aris Mining. "Since our formation in 2022, we have progressed from a 'buy-and-build' strategy to focusing on building the high-quality assets we now own. Fewer than 15 gold companies worldwide produce more than one million ounces annually — and with our current asset base and growth projects, Aris Mining has a clear path to join that group."
The Segovia Operations and Marmato Complex together produced 210,955 ounces of gold in 2024, with expansions underway targeting an annual production rate exceeding 500,000 ounces driven by the second mill at Segovia ramping up through H2 2025 and construction of the Bulk Mining Zone at Marmato expected to deliver first gold in H2 2026.
Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA) (NYSE: ORLA) has confirmed a two-kilometre extension of high-grade gold mineralization beyond current underground operations at its Musselwhite Mine in Ontario, with deep directional drilling returning 5.0 metres at 5.57 g/t gold including 1.0 metre at 8.79 g/t. The aggressive multifaceted drilling campaign has delivered consistent high-grade results across all priority zones, including underground intercepts of 9.0 metres at 22.1 g/t gold and 15.0 metres at 10.1 g/t gold, while near-mine satellite targets returned 1.2 metres at 43.8 g/t gold including 0.4 metres at 129 g/t.
"Since our October 2025 update, the Musselwhite exploration program has continued delivering a steady stream of high-grade intercepts across all priority zones," said Sylvain Guerard, Senior Vice President, Exploration of Orla Mining. "These results strengthen confidence in resource growth and the outlook for extended mine life."
The company has completed 11,744 metres across eight holes in its deep directional program targeting the northwest down-plunge extension, with drilling suggesting potential stacked upper and lower mineralized zones that could represent significant upside. Orla plans to advance the second year of its aggressive two-year exploration strategy in 2026, targeting the Mine Trend Extension, underground resource growth, and near-mine satellite opportunities to support potential mine life extensions and operational expansions.
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