Troilus Mining Corp. has announced results from the Connector Zone as part of its ongoing 2026 Exploration Program at the Troilus Project in north-central Quebec, Canada. The now-completed Connector drill program was designed to support mine plan optimization by targeting inferred mineralization within the reserve pit areas and testing up-plunge extensions of previously identified high-grade trends between the formerly mined Z87 and J open pits.
Highlights from the drilling include hole J-26-359, which intersected 1.15 g/t gold equivalent (AuEQ) (0.91 g/t Au, 3.23 g/t Ag, 0.13% Cu) over 37 meters, including 3.84 g/t AuEQ (3.21 g/t Au, 9.76 g/t Ag, 0.34% Cu) over 5 meters starting at 66 meters downhole. Hole J-26-360 returned 0.78 g/t AuEQ (0.67 g/t Au, 1.21 g/t Ag, 0.06% Cu) over 54 meters, including 3.03 g/t AuEQ (2.60 g/t Au, 5.5 g/t Ag, 0.24% Cu) over 3.9 meters and 2.02 g/t AuEQ (1.85 g/t Au, 2.28 g/t Ag, 0.10% Cu) over 6 meters. Hole J-26-351 intersected 1.23 g/t AuEQ (1.08 g/t Au, 1.59 g/t Ag, 0.09% Cu) over 28.7 meters, including 25.53 g/t AuEQ (25.30 g/t Au, 10.10 g/t Ag, 0.08% Cu) over 1 meter and 4.78 g/t AuEQ (2.68 g/t Au, 16.80 g/t Ag, 1.26% Cu) over 1 meter starting at 26.3 meters downhole.
Justin Reid, CEO of Troilus, commented, "The Connector Zone continues to demonstrate the value of targeted drilling within and around the current reserve pit designs. This program was designed with a very specific mine-plan optimization objective: to test high-grade extensions toward surface and support the conversion of inferred material within the pit areas to the indicated category. For a large-scale 50,000 tonne-per-day operation, upgrading material that is currently classified as inferred and therefore treated as waste for reserve mine-planning purposes could be important for future sequencing, reduced strip ratio and early-year mill feed. The latest results are encouraging not only because they continue to demonstrate high grades and continuity in the Connector area, but because they are located in a part of the deposit that is planned for early-stage mining activities."
The Connector Zone has been a priority near-mine target since high-grade mineralization was first identified between the Z87 and J pits in 2022, with subsequent drilling in 2023 further demonstrating continuity along shallow high-grade structural trends. The 2026 program was designed to build on this work by targeting mineralization in areas already incorporated into the current mine plan, where successful upgrading of inferred material could positively impact future project economics.
