from Banyan Gold Corp. (isin : CA06683K1066)
Banyan Intersects 3.95 g/t Gold Over 38.1 Metres at the Airstrip Deposit, AurMac Project, Yukon, Canada
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 25, 2025 / Banyan Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Banyan") (TSX-V:BYN)(OTCQB:BYAGF) is pleased to announce initial assay results from its 2025 diamond drill program from the Airstrip Deposit area, of the AurMac Project ("AurMac" or the "Project"), Yukon, Territory.
Assay highlights include:
AX-25-643: 19.1 metres ("m") of 0.99 g/t gold ("Au") from 7.7 m
Including 3.8 m of 1.54 g/t Au from 22.8 m
AX-25-650: 38.1 m of 3.95 g/t Au from 79 m
Including 9.88 g/t Au over 5.3 m and 4.14 g/t Au over 22.5 m
AX-25-652: 24.2 m of 1.19 g/t Au from 50 m
Including 3.2 m of 7.60 g/t Au from 60.47 m
AX-25-654: 21.2 m of 1.38 g/t Au from 50.8 m
Including 1.9 m of 11.09 g/t Au from 52.3 m
AX-25-658: 28.3 m of 1.31 g/t Au from 10.1 m
Including 4.6 m of 4.06 g/t Au from 15.35 m
Including 9.9 m of 1.61 g.t Au from 28.5 m
"The initial drilling at the Airstrip Deposit in 2025, has successfully followed up on the contact between the felsic dyke and the host metasedimentary unit where, in 2024, AX-24-590 intersected 9.32 g/t Au over 15.9 m (see News Release February 19, 2025)." said Tara Christie, President and CEO. "The 2025 drill program will continue to trace this mineralization laterally and up-dip to delineate near-surface high-grade ounces as we advance towards a Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA")."
"Consistent high-grade gold mineralization within the skarn zone in the Airstrip Deposit is demonstrated in hole AX-650 with 4.14 g/t Au over 22.5 m, and including samples with 41.1 g/t Au over 0.97 m, 51.2 g/t Au over 0.63 m, 32.7 g/t Au over 0.55 m and 41.1 g/t Au over 0.97 m," stated Duncan Mackay, Vice President of Exploration. "There is potential to increase grade and ounces at Airstrip towards a near surface starter pit, with continued drilling."
Image 1: Strongly mineralized calc-silicate alteration proximal to contact with mineralized felsic dyke in AX-25-650.
Image2: Instances of visible gold observed in the Airstrip Deposit from drill holes AX-25-650 and AX-25-652. Up and Down: visible gold is observed in discordant quartz veins and is often associated with bismuthinite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, and pyrite.
Image 3: Visible gold associated with "skarn" style mineralization in calc-silicate altered calcareous metasedimentary rock containing semi-massive pyrrhotite and fine- to coarse-grained arsenopyrite and pyrite. Sample 5336336 returned 32.7 g/t Au over 0.55 m.
Table 1: Significant drill hole assay intervals for 2025 drilling at Airstrip Deposit
HOLE NUMBER | Depth from (m) | Depth to (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) |
AX-25-640 | 18.7 | 27.1 | 8.4 | 0.31 |
and | 46.0 | 59.0 | 13.0 | 0.72 |
including | 53.7 | 59.0 | 5.3 | 1.25 |
and | 92.5 | 104.7 | 12.2 | 0.29 |
AX-25-642 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 0.88 |
and | 30.5 | 31.9 | 1.4 | 0.60 |
and | 54.3 | 60.2 | 5.9 | 1.11 |
and | 88.1 | 89.6 | 1.5 | 0.52 |
and | 111.9 | 113.2 | 1.3 | 0.34 |
AX-25-643 | 7.7 | 26.8 | 19.1 | 0.99 |
including | 23.0 | 26.8 | 3.8 | 1.54 |
and | 56.4 | 68.2 | 11.8 | 0.23 |
and | 93.5 | 100.9 | 7.4 | 0.16 |
AX-25-6501 | 79.0 | 117.1 | 38.1 | 3.95 |
including | 79.0 | 84.3 | 5.3 | 9.88 |
including | 87.6 | 93.6 | 6.0 | 0.77 |
including | 94.6 | 117.1 | 22.5 | 4.14 |
and | 129.1 | 145.8 | 16.7 | 0.57 |
and | 162.3 | 166.8 | 4.5 | 0.52 |
and | 196.8 | 198.4 | 1.6 | 0.56 |
and | 214.0 | 215.4 | 1.4 | 2.64 |
AX-25-6522 | 27.0 | 28.4 | 1.4 | 0.39 |
and | 50.0 | 74.2 | 24.2 | 1.19 |
including | 60.5 | 63.7 | 3.2 | 7.60 |
and | 127.2 | 135.4 | 8.2 | 0.20 |
and | 247.2 | 249.5 | 2.3 | 1.55 |
and | 261.0 | 299.0 | 38.0 | 0.43 |
AX-25-6543 | 15.5 | 18.5 | 3.0 | 0.64 |
and | 50.8 | 72.0 | 21.2 | 1.38 |
including | 52.3 | 54.2 | 1.9 | 11.09 |
and | 100.6 | 102.2 | 1.6 | 1.23 |
and | 212.3 | 213.8 | 1.5 | 0.43 |
and | 220.9 | 222.4 | 1.5 | 0.40 |
AX-25-658 | 10.1 | 38.4 | 28.3 | 1.31 |
including | 15.4 | 20.0 | 4.6 | 4.06 |
and including | 28.5 | 38.4 | 9.9 | 1.61 |
and | 53.3 | 55.0 | 1.7 | 0.57 |
and | 74.3 | 74.9 | 0.6 | 2.52 |
and | 100.7 | 102.3 | 1.6 | 11.77 |
including | 101.7 | 102.3 | 0.6 | 23.30 |
and | 123.2 | 126.2 | 3.0 | 0.58 |
and | 153.5 | 155.0 | 1.5 | 0.40 |
*Note: True widths are estimated to be approximately 90% of drilled intervals unless noted otherwise
1True thickness for AX-25-650 estimated to approx. 41% of drill intervals in this hole (eg. main interval is approx. 15.5 m true thickness)
2True thickness for AX-25-652 estimated to approx. 54% of drill intervals in this hole (eg. main interval is approx. 13.2 m true thickness)
3True thickness for AX-25-654 estimated to approx. 45% of drill intervals in this hole (eg. main interval is approx. 9.6 m true thickness)
Table 2: Collar info for Airstrip Drillholes
Collar ID | East NAD83_Z8 | North NAD83_Z8 | Elev. (m) | Azimuth | Dip (°) | Depth (m) |
AX-25-640 | 467053 | 7084043 | 782 | 0 | -60 | 111.2 |
AX-25-642 | 466993 | 7084045 |