Blossom Gold Inc. (TSX: BGAU) has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Blossom Gold (Nevada) Inc., has filed a Notice of Intent (NOI) with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for exploration activities on the company's Kamma Claims, located west of the Rosebud Project in Pershing County, Nevada. The BLM review and approval process is expected to take between 15 and 30 days.
Exploration Plans and Background
The Kamma Claims, which are 100% owned by Blossom Gold, consist of three unpatented claim blocks totaling approximately 1,809 acres (732 hectares). The company has completed initial geologic mapping, surface outcrop sampling, and collected magnetic and gravity measurements from a recently conducted airborne geophysical survey. Under the NOI, Blossom plans to conduct follow-up reverse circulation (RC) drilling, beginning with eight drill site locations representing a disturbance of less than one acre.
Pending approval, the company will continue surface exploration and initiate work on access and drill pad construction while securing an additional RC rig. Drilling is targeted to commence as soon as possible, but no later than the third quarter of 2026.
Geological Significance
The Kamma Claims occupy a graben setting closely analogous to the Rosebud Claim Block. They host the most significant historic placer production in the area but have seen little modern exploration, representing meaningful upside optionality for a new discovery outside the Rosebud Project. Work completed to date suggests the claims are prospective for hosting potential primary structures that provide plumbing for mineralization to the adjacent Hycroft Mine, including the Vortex silver discovery, one of the most promising high-grade silver systems in the region.
Dr. John DeDecker, VP of Exploration for Blossom Gold, commented: "Initial field investigations confirmed the presence of previously unmapped outcrops of intensely silicified and hematized volcaniclastic conglomerate interbedded with fine-grained felsic tuff along the western side of the claim. These rocks are consistent with a stratigraphic position in the Badger Formation, which places the Kamma Claims within the volcanic package that hosts gold and silver mineralization at Hycroft and Rosebud."
CEO Statement
Rick Winters, CEO of Blossom Gold, stated: "Filing the Kamma Claims NOI ahead of our late-Q2/early-Q3 target reflects the operational momentum we continue to build at Rosebud. The Kamma Claims are situated adjacent to the Hycroft Mine, and we believe they will prove to share many of the same structural and mineralizing characteristics. This largely untested ground represents a compelling exploration opportunity, and we are pleased to be advancing this program alongside our ongoing work to advance Rosebud to feasibility."
Future Work and Budget
The 2026 Kamma Claims two-year exploration budget includes the geologic mapping and geophysics already completed, the initial RC drilling campaign contemplated under the NOI, and follow-up programs and drilling contingent on success. Blossom is well-funded to complete all stated programs. Drilling will target aeromagnetic anomalies inferred to represent geologic structures that may have served as conduits for mineralizing hydrothermal fluids. Geochemical investigations of drilled material will be used to determine the style and intensity of hydrothermal alteration and vector towards alteration most likely to host gold and silver mineralization.
