Sranan Gold (WKN A416C1 / CSE SRAN) has reported a further step toward expanding the gold mineralization identified to date at the Randy’s Pit zone. According to the latest drilling results, the mineralization has been extended by 200 meters to the northwest along the regional Poeketi Shear Zone. This means that gold mineralization in the project area can now be traced over a total of 800 meters within a shear zone system approximately five kilometers long.
For Sranan, the central question remains how continuous the mineralization is along the Poeketi Shear Zone and what additional potential can be unlocked between Randy’s Pit and the Poeketi Zone.
At the center of the new results are several drill holes from the ongoing 2026 program. Drill hole 26RADD-025 is particularly highlighted, yielding 20 meters at 1.33 g/t gold. This includes two higher-grade one-meter sections at 6.23 g/t and 6.66 g/t gold, respectively. In addition, Sranan Gold reports that step-out drilling northwest of Randy’s Pit confirms the continuation of gold mineralization along the Poeketi Shear Zone. The company sees this as a further signal that the system is not just locally limited but could be mineralized over greater distances.
Sranan Gold continues to trace the Poeketi Shear Zone along strike
For Sranan Gold, the Poeketi Shear Zone is the central geological framework of the project. The shear zone connects the Randy’s Pit zone with the Poeketi Zone and is described in the text as largely untested. At the same time, the company points out that artisanal work continues in both areas. This gives the ongoing exploration a clear spatial focus: the goal is to systematically trace the gold mineralization along an already mineralized corridor.
The new drilling data is intended to prove precisely this continuity. According to Sranan Gold, mineralization has now been confirmed a further 200 meters to the northwest. For example, drill hole 26RADD-026 showed 7.5 meters at 1.22 g/t gold there, while 26RADD-027 showed 15 meters at 0.47 g/t gold and 3 meters at 0.83 g/t gold. From Sranan Gold’s perspective, this confirms that the Poeketi Shear Zone remains gold-bearing in this area as well.
There is also another geological aspect: according to the 2025 work, the Poeketi Shear Zone can reach a width of up to 800 meters. In Sranan Gold’s view, this suggests potential not only along strike but also across it, for instance in parallel or sub-parallel mineralized zones within the structural corridor.
Randy’s Pit provides Sranan Gold with a wider mineralized section
The strongest continuous interval in the current report comes from drill hole 26RADD-025. There, Sranan Gold intersected 20 meters at 1.33 g/t gold between 92.5 and 112.5 meters. This included two one-meter-wide zones at 6.23 g/t and 6.66 g/t gold, respectively. Furthermore, the same drill hole shows additional mineralized sections, including 10 meters at 0.40 g/t gold, 3 meters at 1.11 g/t gold, 3 meters at 0.68 g/t gold, and 8.5 meters at 0.84 g/t gold.
For Sranan Gold, the significance of this drill hole lies not only in the grade but primarily in its location. 26RADD-025 was specifically positioned to test the down-dip extension of the gold mineralization previously intersected in the deeper sections of drill holes 25RADD-009 and 25RADD-010. This was intended to investigate whether the three already identified, shallow-dipping gold zones within the structural corridor exhibit vertical continuity (at depth). From the company’s perspective, the new data supports this interpretation.
Sranan Gold describes a mylonitic shear zone system in basalt
Geologically, Sranan Gold classifies the mineralization into three mineralized domains within a well-developed mylonitic shear zone that cuts through basaltic rock. Characteristic features include ankerite and sericite alteration as well as moderate to weak silicification. Sulfide mineralization in the form of pyrrhotite and pyrite occurs along the shear planes and is spatially linked to the gold mineralization.
This description is important for Sranan Gold because it supports the model that there are not just isolated gold occurrences, but a structurally controlled system. It is precisely this system that is now to be investigated with further drilling along the newly tested section. The company has announced that it will sink additional drill holes along this section to better understand potential changes or deflections in the Poeketi Shear Zone.
Thus, Sranan Gold’s focus remains clearly on the further follow-up of the largely untested shear zone system. Previous work from trenches and drilling has confirmed mineralization over 800 meters to date. However, the larger corridor extends over approximately five kilometers. For the ongoing 2026 field season, this means that Randy’s Pit represents only part of the target system for now – and that the next drill holes are primarily intended to clarify how far and how continuously the gold mineralization actually extends along the Poeketi Shear Zone.
