Juggernaut Exploration (TSX-V: JUGR; OTCQB: JUGRF; FSE: 4JE) reports four new, extensive, and drill-ready gold targets along the 15 km long ‘Highway of Gold’ at its 100%-controlled Big One Project in the Golden Triangle (B.C.)!
In the Gold Dome Zone, samples returned up to 256.60 g/t gold (8.25 ounces (oz)/t), in Gold Swarm up to 226.94 g/t gold (7.30 oz/t), in the Big Mac Zone up to 111.35 g/t gold (3.58 oz/t) and in the Whopper Zone up to 39.84 g/t Au (1.28 oz/t). The Eldorado system has thus been expanded to more than 500 widespread polymetallic quartz-sulfide veins covering an area of ~9 km² – an area that has only recently been exposed by glacier and snow retreat and borders directly on the gold-rich porphyry systems of Galore Creek! Big One covers 36,989 hectares and is located in world-class geological terrain with significant additional discovery potential.
Eldorado System: District Potential with Polymetallic Signature
Within the ~9 km² freshly exposed bedrock window runs the 15 km long corridor with > 500 polymetallic veins and shear zones, as well as extensive propylitic alteration at ~1 km vertical relief. The veins contain semi-massive to massive chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena, and are visually and geochemically reminiscent of mineralization from the Brucejack Mine. 2024 samples underscore the polymetallic upside with up to 2,084 g/t silver and 7.9% copper! Today’s released 2025 results provisionally include only gold; values for Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn will follow after completion of analyses and data compilation. Juggernaut subsequently plans to test four of the gold-rich, polymetallic zones with an initial drill program.
According to the company, the Big Mac zone measures approximately 1 × 1 km; several veins/shear zones are up to 10 meters wide and exposed over > 400 m (vertical relief up to 360 m). A channel sample returned 6.63 g/t gold (Au) over 3.58 m, including 17.45 g/t Au over 1.35 m and 47.18 g/t Au (1.52 oz/t) over 0.47 m (actual thickness), 5 m east of a sample with 111.35 g/t Au! A second cut yielded 3.60 g/t Au over 1.45 m, including 10.17 g/t Au over 0.50 m, 270 m to the west; 450 m further west, a grab sample returned 55.5 g/t Au (1.78 oz/t) from a difficult-to-access secondary vein in the cliffs. 14/26 samples (54%) returned > 1 g/t Au.
The Whopper Zone covers approximately 2 × 2 km with veins up to 5 m wide and shear zones up to 50 m wide. Mineralization is exposed over more than 500 m at surface (vertical to 780 m). Channel samples returned up to 39.84 g/t Au (1.28 oz/t) over 0.50 m within 6.71 g/t Au over 3.06 m; up to 13.12 g/t Au was sampled along a 5 m wide vein in an 8 m wide shear zone over 50 m of exposure. 32/158 samples, or 20%, returned more than 1 g/t Au!
The Gold Swarm Zone shows clusters of shear zones/veins up to 4.5 m wide; spot samples up to 226.94 g/t Au (7.30 oz/t) and a channel sample returned 4.02 g/t Au over 4.36 m. The zone extends over ~1 × ~1 km with 440 m of vertical relief and is open in all directions; 27/44 samples (61%) were >1 g/t Au.
And last but not least, the Gold Dome Zone measures approximately 3 × 1.5 km with clusters of several gold-rich shear zones, veins, and stockworks up to 4 m wide, exposed over more than 1 km at surface (vertical ~600 m). Grab samples reached 256.60 g/t Au (8.25 oz/t) and a channel cut showed 5.45 g/t Au over 2.77 m along a ~200 m long, difficult-to-access cliff face vein. 46/191 samples (24%) have so far exceeded 1 g/t Au.
And, crucially: All four zones are drill-ready!
2025 Season: Program Completed, Drilling Commencement Prepared
Juggernaut completed the systematic 2025 exploration program on August 29, on schedule and within budget. Along the 15 km long corridor, 421 rock samples were taken (272 grab/float samples, 149 channels). For 3D modeling, Juggernaut employed UAV photogrammetry over 52 km² of the Eldorado system (including all four targets) and a LiDAR survey over the entire 385 km² project area. Detailed geological and structural mapping refines the drill geometry. Alteration patterns, pathfinder geochemistry, and geophysics strongly indicate a common, buried gold/silver/copper-rich porphyry feeder or a similar magmatic source at depth. The team is now preparing the already fully funded initial drill program, once all 2025 data have been finalized, compiled, and evaluated.
Big One is located in the immediate vicinity of world-class projects: Galore Creek (12,159 M lb Cu, 9,438 M oz Au, 174,086 M oz Ag), KSM (47.3 M oz Au, 160 M oz Ag, 7.32 B lb Cu), Schaft Creek (5 B lb Cu, 3.7 M oz Au, 16.4 M oz Ag), Brucejack (14 M oz Au, 91.8 M oz Ag) as well as high-grade zones at Trophy and Sphal Creek. The local geology – including propylitic alteration, untested geophysical anomalies, strong silt, soil, and rock geochemistry (porphyry pathfinders), relevant structures/textures, porphyry-style mineralization, and high-grade polymetallic veins – confirms the setup. The area is accessible year-round by helicopter from the Glenora/Telegraph Creek Road near the Barrington Mine (33 km NNE) and from the Galore Creek Road (15 km SE). The Canadian government is providing $20 million for the expansion of the Galore Creek Road to within 15 km of the Big One property, and the property is located 2 km west of the Scud River airstrip. A work/drill permit has been submitted to the Ministry of Mines and Critical Minerals of British Columbia; the exploration qualifies for the CMETC tax credit.
District-Wide Growth Scenario for Juggernaut Exploration
CEO Dan Stuart sees a district-wide growth scenario in the Eldorado system, with >500 veins/shears over 15 km in length and >1 km of vertical relief – and thus sees his company only at the beginning. Chief Geologist Dr. Manuele Lazzarotto confirms, following the August 29 completion, numerous samples with multi-ounce gold grades from four drill-ready zones and points to possible connections with epithermal/porphyry or magmatic intrusions. For investors, this means: With a fully funded initial drill program at Gold Dome, Gold Swarm, Big Mac, and Whopper, as well as additional silver/copper/lead/zinc upside (2024 up to 2,084 g/t Ag, 7.9% Cu; 2025 data for Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn pending), Big One could rapidly advance to become the next major discovery in the Golden Triangle.
