BTU Metals and Kinross to Initiate 2026 Drill Program
BTU METALS CORP. (BTUMF) announces Kinross (KGC) is planning to initiate a two phase 2026 drill program this month on BTU's Dixie Halo property. Kinross has indicated It plans to complete sufficient work on the BTU Dixie Halo property to earn a 70% interest in the project this year. Phase One - Scheduled to Commence Around February 20th, 2026. Phase One of the 2026 program is designed to be comprised of approximately 3,000-4,000 metres in approximately 8 drill holes. Focus of this phase of the drilling is on the TNT area first discovered and announced by the Company in 2019 with planned drilling targeting strike extensions and dip/plunge extensions of gold and copper mineralization tested in prior programs by the Company and also by Kinross. Objective is to intersect and better understand controls on, and the extent of, anomalous gold and copper mineralization and alteration in the area. Phase Two - To be completed after completion of Phase One and a review of all results Follow up on Phase One at TNT. Drill targets on the west side of the Dixie Halo property extending interpreted Limb/Arrow stratigraphy from the Great Bear property Targeting to be in part based on magnetic lows and structural discontinuities.
