Nevada King Gold reviews 2025 and outlines 2026 exploration plans
Nevada King Gold Corp. [TSXV: NKG; OTCQB: NKGFF] provided a summary of its key accomplishments during 2025 and review its exploration strategy for 2026 at its 100%-owned 130km2 Atlanta Gold Mine Project in eastern Nevada. During 2025, Nevada King delivered significant technical, exploration, and corporate milestones that materially advanced Atlanta and positioned the company for continued growth through discovery.
2025 Highlights – Resource Growth and De-risking Metallurgy: In June 2025, Nevada King released an updated NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate for Atlanta, increasing measured and indicated resources by 122% to over 1 million ounces of oxide gold contained within 27.7 million tonnes grading 1.14 g/t gold, establishing Atlanta as one of the highest-grade open-pit oxide gold projects in North America.
Phase 2 metallurgical testing continued to demonstrate strong oxide recoveries using conventional processing methods and now supports a more simplified flowsheet with run-of-mine (ROM) heap leaching for the non-silicified volcanics and two-stage crushing for the mill material.
Nevada King completed a 30,000-metre Phase 3 drilling program, designed to test regional targets beyond the Atlanta Resource Zone (ARZ) across the district scale land package, much of which is concealed beneath thin post-mineral cover.
The program successfully identified multiple new oxide gold targets, establishing a pipeline of exploration opportunities at various stages of advancement.
Silver Park East emerged as the most advanced new discovery, rapidly progressing from reconnaissance drilling to now infill-stage exploration. Drilling confirmed a broad zone of near-surface oxide gold and silver mineralization covering an approximate 450m x 300m footprint, hosted along the same unconformity and within the same geological framework as the ARZ.
Phase 3 drilling advanced targets at Atlanta South, Atlanta North, and led to the identification of the Western Rim target, a large-scale, early-stage opportunity characterized by extensive multi-directional quartz veining with rock chip samples grading up to 20.8 g/t Au.
During 2025, Nevada King strengthened its leadership team to support the next phase of growth. John Sclodnick was appointed CEO, bringing extensive capital markets experience and strong institutional investor and corporate relationships.
Jeff Stieber joined as CFO, bringing extensive experience from precious metals companies at various development stages and enhancing financial oversight.
Justin Daley was appointed Vice President, Exploration, adding deep technical experience and advanced, data-driven exploration capabilities.
Collin Kettell was appointed Chairman of the Board, further strengthening governance and strategic leadership.
Outlook for 2026: Building on the momentum of 2025, Nevada King enters 2026 with a fully funded exploration program and a clear strategy to advance its most prospective regional targets. The company’s Phase 4 exploration program, announced December 11, 2025, includes an initial 20,000 metres of drilling focused on: advancing Silver Park East through infill drilling with the objective of evaluating its potential as a satellite oxide resource; continuing follow-up drilling at Atlanta South and Atlanta North along the West Atlanta Fault, the primary mineralizing structure at Atlanta; and advancing the Western Rim target through additional geophysical surveys and initial drill testing.
John Sclodnick, CEO of Nevada King, stated: “2025 was a transformational year for Nevada King. We significantly grew and improved the confidence of our resource base, demonstrated strong metallurgy, built a pipeline of new regional discoveries, and strengthened our leadership team. The Phase 3 exploration program exceeded expectations and Silver Park East now represents a compelling opportunity to continue to expand the resource base at Atlanta. As we move into 2026, we are fully funded for our Phase 4 drill program and remain focused on growing ounces while minimizing costs.”
Nevada King is focused on advancing and growing its 100%-owned, past producing, 130km2 Atlanta Gold Mine project located along the Battle Mountain trend in southeast Nevada. The project hosts an NI 43-101 compliant pit-constrained oxide resource of 1,020koz Au in the measured and indicated category (27.7M tonnes at 1.14 g/t) plus an inferred resource of 99koz Au (3.6M tonnes at 0.84 g/t).
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