Vancouver, British Columbia — February 18, 2026 — Leads & Copy —
Sitka Gold Corp. (TSXV: SIG) (FSE: 1RF) (OTCQB: SITKF) has commenced its 2026 diamond drilling program at its RC Gold Project in Yukon’s Tombstone Gold Belt. The company plans to drill up to 60,000 meters, effectively doubling the total meters drilled to date at the road accessible and wholly owned RC Gold Project.
The primary focus of the drilling program will be to continue expanding known gold deposits, all of which begin at surface and remain open in all directions, and to further test high-priority drill targets within the Clear Creek Intrusive Complex and elsewhere across the 431 square kilometre property.
Approximately 30,000 meters of drilling are allocated to the newly discovered Rhosgobel gold deposit, which lies within a 1.5 x 2.0 kilometre gold-in-soil anomaly. Initial drilling at Rhosgobel has intersected consistent gold mineralization in all 43 holes drilled to date over a strike length of 1.1 km. Gold mineralization begins at surface at the Rhosgobel target. Highlights from Rhosgobel include hole DDRCRG-25-010 returning up to 235.9 m of 1.11 g/t Au, including 40.0 m of 2.01 g/t Au, from surface.
Significant tungsten mineralization has also been observed in drilling at Rhosgobel, which could be an economic by-product of potential future production. An initial Mineral Resource Estimate for Rhosgobel is anticipated in Q1 for 2026 based on approximately 13,000 m completed across 43 diamond drill holes completed to date.
Up to 15,000 meters of drilling are planned for the Blackjack-Saddle-Eiger corridor to further expand existing gold deposits. This drilling will follow up on higher-grade gold zones discovered at depth at Blackjack and Eiger and the higher-grade near-surface gold zone discovered at Saddle. Highlights from Blackjack include hole DDRCRG-24-068 returning up to 678.1 m of 1.04 g/t Au, including 93.0 m of 2.37 g/t Au and 5.5 m of 17.59 g/t Au, from surface.
The Saddle zone, located within the conceptual pit limits of Blackjack, has returned up to 47.6 m of 2.09 g/t Au, including 8.0 m of 5.7 g/t Au,in DDRCCC-25-087. Eiger drilling highlights include hole DDRCCC-25-109 which returned up to 121.0 m of 0.75 g/t Au including 26.0 m of 0.58 g/t Au.
Drilling is also planned for the Pukelman-Contact zone, located partway between the Blackjack / Eiger gold deposits and the Rhosgobel gold deposit. Drilling to date has intersected gold mineralization over a 900 m x 650 m area from surface to a depth of 430 m. Highlights from this zone include up to 119.0 m of 1.01 g/t Au from surface including 10.7 m of 4.10 g/t Au and 3.9 m of 5.51 g/t Au in DDRCCC-25-113.
The company plans to allocate 5,000 m of drilling to follow up on several other high-priority targets, including the Bear Paw breccia target where Sitka’s first drill hole last year returned up to 21.0 m of 1.05 g/t Au, including 10.0 m of 1.64 g/t Au and including 3.5 m of 2.29 g/t Au, in DDRCCC-25-117. Additional exploration of several other drill targets within or proximal to known Tombstone Suite intrusions that have received either limited or no diamond drilling will comprise the remainder of the 2026 drill campaign.
Sitka Gold Director and CEO Cor Coe said the company is excited to begin what will be one of the largest diamond drilling campaigns ever completed in the Yukon.
Coe added that since the initial discovery hole was completed at Blackjack in 2021, drilling at RC Gold has rapidly advanced the Project from a grassroots target to a well-endowed gold camp with several gold deposits now discovered. The company believes there is significant potential for the discovery of additional gold deposits within RC Gold, where 11 known intrusions have been discovered at surface to date, all of which have been shown to host intrusion-related gold mineralization.
The company has approximately $45 million in its treasury and no debt.
Sitka’s 100% owned RC Gold Project consists of a 431 square kilometre contiguous district-scale land package located in the heart of Yukon’s Tombstone Gold Belt. The project is located approximately 100 kilometres east of Dawson City.
The RC Gold Project has pit-constrained mineral resources that are contained in two zones: the Blackjack and Eiger gold deposits with 1,291,000 ounces of gold in 39,962,000 tonnes grading 1.01 g/t gold in an indicated category and 1,044,000 ounces of gold in 34,603,000 tonnes grading 0.94 g/t in an inferred category at Blackjack and 440,000 ounces of gold in 27,362,000 tonnes grading 0.50 g/t gold in an inferred category at Eiger.
The company has now completed 165 diamond drill holes for a total of 59,770 metres across the Clear Creek Intrusive Complex (CCIC), and an additional 3 holes for 858 metres in the May-Qu Intrusion.
The company also announced that Sheryl Dhillon has been appointed as Corporate Secretary, replacing Stephen Pearce, who will remain as Chief Financial Officer and a director.
About Sitka Gold Corp.
Sitka Gold Corp. is a mineral exploration company focused on exploring for economically viable mineral deposits with its primary emphasis on gold, silver and copper mineral properties of merit. Sitka is currently advancing its 100% owned RC Gold Project in the Yukon Territory. The Company is also advancing the Alpha Gold Project in Nevada and currently has drill permits for its Burro Creek Gold and Silver Project in Arizona and the Coppermine River Project in Nunavut, all of which are 100% owned by Sitka.
Source: Sitka Gold Corp.
