Mr. Ed Kruchkowski reports
DECADE RECEIVES DRILL PERMIT FOR BONAPARTE PROPERTY
Decade Resources Ltd. has received a drill permit for the Bonaparte copper-gold property, located approximately 50 kilometres (km) north of Kamloops, B.C., within the Kamloops mining division. The property consists of four mineral tenures (claims) totalling 4149.63 hectares in size. Drilling will commence once drill pads are established and local forest fire conditions allow for mechanized work.
The property has various target areas, including:
- Cu/Au/Mo (copper/gold-molybdenum) porphyry potential;
- Bulk-tonnage RIRGS (reduced intrusion-related gold systems) target with high-grade gold results in historical drilling, trenching, underground exploration;
- High-grade gold-copper low-sulphidation epithermal veins system.
Ed Kruchkowski, president of Decade Resources, stated:
"At the end of June, 2026, Knucwmens le Sxwixweytemc Archaeology Services Ltd. (KSAS), on behalf of Tk'emlups te Secwepemc (TteS), carried out a preliminary field reconnaissance (PFR) on a select portion of the property, in the Bonaparte Plateau area. The PFR resulted in the identification of one small area of archaeological potential (AOP). No further archaeological work is required for the remainder of the assessed lands, provided the development footprint is not expanded to include areas not assessed during this study.
"The company notes that the AOP is outside our drill area and proposed drill holes. This report has been forwarded to the Department of Mines, which now completes the permitting process. The company is currently in discussion with contractors to have fire suppression equipment on site, as well as locating and building pads. The drill is expected to arrive within the next 10 days.
The primary objective of the drill program is to test the evidence for a buried porphyry copper-gold system as indicated by geophysical data (chargeability high and resistivity high), geochemical data MMI (mobile metal ion) copper-gold anomalies, as well as soil anomalies and outcrop exposures with copper-gold values in the discovery area. Drilling will also test the discovery area-Cooler Creek corridor to see if it represents a connected mineralized system with the large IP anomaly or if it is an isolated anomaly."
Discussion of Bonaparte
In 1994, from within the property area, a 3,700-metric-tonne bulk sample of mineralized vein material from surface trenching to a vertical depth of 12.2 metres (m) from an open cut on the Nutcracker, Owl, Grey Jay and Crow vein systems, with an average grade of 25.4 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (Au) produced 3,160 ounces of gold. In 2010, a small bulk sample from the Crow vein was shipped to the Kinross mill in Republic, Wash. The 364-ton sample assayed 16.3 g/t Au (0.475 ounce per ton (oz/t) Au), yielding 161.95 troy ounces of gold. The above results are both from the B.C. Minfile and a National Instrument 43-101 report by R. Kemp. The company thinks that these results can be relied on. The previous operator had a 10,000-tonne extraction permit, which would include both mineralization and wall rock. This sample was extracted from an area 20 m wide along the closely spaced veins. This implies a grade of 0.317 oz/t or 9.86 g/t over this 20 m wide zone, offering great potential for delineating a substantial gold system.
In 2013 to 2014, historical IP (induced polarization) surveys, existing geophysical and geological data indicate the potential for a large porphyry system situated approximately one km south of the original discovery zone. A second and smaller zone also appears to lie below the original discovery zone at depth. Data indicate the larger southerly body begins near the surface and gradually increases in size to approximately three km wide by two km wide at approximately 275 m depth and then gradually decreases in size to a depth of 500 m, which is the extent of the geophysical data. The overlapping low-resistivity and high-chargeability anomalies suggest there is a very good probability that they represent mineralized zones.
Indicated resistive (IP) anomalies are considered high-priority drill targets that may indicate the presence of silicification, quartz veining or potassic alteration, features that commonly host disseminated gold or copper mineralization. These resistivity anomalies coincide with high-chargeability anomalies, suggesting a silica-rich, resistive host rock containing disseminated conductive sulphides. This interpretation is in line with comments from geological examinations by geologists from the British Columbia Geological Survey, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas, state, "We speculate that the Bonaparte deposit represents an upper level of a buried porphyry system." Reference for this is located in: "Bonaparte gold: another 195 Ma porphyry Au-Cu deposit in southern British Columbia?," James M. Logan and Mitchell G. Mihalynuk, British Columbia Geological Survey, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas, page 71, 2013.
The IP anomalies appear to start at approximately 300 m depth and extend beyond 500 m in depth as per the NI 43-101 report by R. Kemp. The company plans a minimum of 3,000 m of drilling consisting of five to six holes, each 500 m or more in length.
The potential of the project is enhanced by its regional setting as the project is located in a structural trend of producing mines and deposits in the Quesnellia terrane, and is on a structural, stratigraphic and plutonic trend in common with Afton.
Work completed 2026
During the past two weeks, a contract sampling crew has completed a soil sampling survey over the south part of the indicated IP anomaly resulting in the collecting of over 750 soil samples and 30 rock samples. These have been sent to MSA laboratories in Langley, B.C.
Qualified person
Ed Kruchkowski, PGeo, president of Decade Resources, is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and has reviewed and approved the technical contents of this news release.
About Decade Resources Ltd.
Decade Resources is a Canadian based mineral exploration company actively seeking opportunities in the resource sector. Decade holds numerous properties at various stages of development and exploration from basic grassroots to advanced ones. Its properties and projects are mostly located in the Golden Triangle area of Northern British Columbia. For a complete listing of the company assets and developments, visit the company website. For investor information, please call the company at 250-636-2264 or Gary Assaly at 604-377-7969.
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