Goldcliff Resources confirms free gold at Kettle Valley Project North Cliff Zone, British Columbia
George Sanders, President, reported that Goldcliff Resource Corp. [TSXV: GCN; OTC: GCFFF] has confirmed the presence of free gold and possible electrum, from sampling conducted in November 2025 at its Kettle Valley gold-silver project near Rock Creek, southern British Columbia.
A total of 28 rock samples collected from bedrock and subcrop returned assays of up to 2.70 g/t gold (Au) and 29.2 g/t silver (Ag), with multiple samples demonstrating anomalous to elevated gold values.
All samples were initially analyzed using fire assay and four-acid digest ICP methods. Following the identification of discrete, fine grains of free gold and possible electrum, select samples were further analyzed using PhotonAssay™, a non-destructive technique increasingly utilized by major mining companies and accredited laboratories.
Subsequently, eight samples were subjected to 50-gram metallics assays, which confirmed the presence of free gold in several samples. Seven of 28 samples returned >0.25 g/t Au and three samples returned 0.82, 1.29, and 2.70 g/t Au (fire assay). The presence of free gold has potentially positive metallurgical implications.
Kettle Valley Project Overview: Kettle Valley is emerging as a new, epithermal gold-silver prospect with mineralization occurring as discrete grains of free gold and possible electrum. Only a very minor amount of sulphide minerals, mainly pyrite, are present. Interestingly, geochemical analysis indicates a lack of any deleterious elements. A key feature of the Kettle Valley project is that gold/silver mineralization spans all lithologies and ranges from quartz veining, quartz stockwork and quartz-carbonate breccias. Intense faulting throughout the property has likely provided the numerous hydrothermal pathways for mineralization in this low sulphidation mineralized system.
North Cliff Zone Expansion Potential: At the newly defined North Cliff Zone, gold-silver mineralization has been identified over an area measuring approximately 250 metres (north-south) by 150 metres (east-west), with a vertical extent of over 80 metres (850 m to 930 m elevation).
This zone represents a priority target for continued surface work and follow-up exploration.
Ongoing Exploration Program: A field crew is completing activity on the property, advancing detailed surface work aimed at refining drill targets.
Given the shallow overburden, the program is focused on hand-dug open cuts (ranging from several metres to over 20 metres in length); detailed geological mapping and continuous surface exposure of mineralized zones.
This work is expected to improve the understanding of mineralization controls and refine future drilling programs.
