Independence Gold drills 6.96 metres of 6.00 g/t gold and 39.08 g/t silver in Ian Vein system at 3Ts Project, British Columbia

Independence Gold Corp. [TSXV: IGO; OTCQB: IEGCF] reported assay results from the Ian and Johnny Vein Systems as well as the start of its 2025 summer exploration program at the 3Ts Project in the Nechako Plateau of central British Columbia.

The summer program is designed to advance and refine several underexplored vein systems and high-priority geophysical anomalies for potential future drilling. Located approximately 185 km southwest of Prince George, British Columbia, the 3Ts Project comprises 31 mineral claims covering approximately 35,486 hectares in the Nechako Plateau region. The project lies 16 km southwest of Artemis Gold’s Blackwater Mine and hosts a low-sulphidation epithermal quartz-carbonate vein district within which at least 19 known mineralized veins, ranging from 50 to over 1,100 metres in strike length and true widths of up to 32 m have been identified.

Highlights from drill hole 3TS-25-25 include 6.96 metres grading 6.00 g/t gold and 39.08 g/t silver, including 1.00 metres of 33.85 g/t gold and 209.00 g/t silver; 1.91 metres grading 3.78 g/t gold and 52.88 g/t silver. There are additional narrow intercepts of accessory veins.

Drilling also targeted the area surrounding the Johnny Vein System to assess the potential for previously untested accessory veins similar to those encountered at the Ian Vein System. Drill hole 3TS-25-23 intersected new occurrences of these narrow high-grade veins, including 1.63 metres grading 5.19 g/t gold and 24.54 g/t silver and 0.50 metres grading 11.08 g/t gold and 30.00 g/t silver.

Identifying additional veins of this nature could play an important role in future modelling and resource development by converting material that would otherwise be classified as waste rock into ore. The current NI 43-101 resource model was completed in 2022 and the updated resource will include data compiled over five drill programs since then.

The combined in-pit and underground components of Tommy and Ted-Mint vein systems contain a total inferred resource estimate of 4,469,297 tonnes grading 3.64 g/t gold and 96.26 g/t silver, at a cut-off grade of 0.4 g/t gold equivalent (AuEq) in-pit and 2.0 g/t AuEq underground, containing 522,330 ounces of gold and 13,831,415 ounces of silver, totaling 678,156 AuEq ounces. An updated NI 43-101 is anticipated to be completed in the third quarter of 2025.

The summer exploration program has begun at the 3Ts project, with a focus on underexplored areas of the property, including refining several new vein systems and following up on geophysical anomalies to identify the potential for future drill targets. As part of this program, the Company has engaged Dias Geophysical to complete a new induced polarization (IP) survey over the eastern half of the property, including the Cardiff, Layman, Ranger, Dobby veins, and Ootsa copper-silver target. This survey is expected to improve geological understanding of subsurface continuity and assist in the definition of potential drill targets. The planned program will include detailed soil geochemistry across previously untested geophysical anomalies; prospecting and geochemical sampling of the eastern 3Ts Project, a zone now known to host multiple outcropping veins; and detailed mapping of recently discovered veins and targets, including Ranger, Cardiff, Layman, Dobby, and Ootsa, where significant gold, silver and copper grades have been returned in historical surface sampling. These veins remain underexplored, offering significant discovery potential.

Highlights from surface samples include: Cardiff Vein: up to 71.3 g/t gold and 178 g/t silver; Layman Vein: up to 13.0 g/t gold and 946 g/t silver; Dobby Vein: up to 18.0 g/t gold and 178 g/t silver; Ranger Vein: up to 24.4 g/t gold and 172 g/t silver and Ootsa target: up to 0.4% copper and 78 g/t silver.

“These eastern vein systems are some of the most promising and least explored zones at 3Ts,” stated Randy Turner, President and CEO of Independence Gold. “This summer’s IP survey and fieldwork are designed to elevate these zones to drill-ready status and help unlock the full district potential of 3Ts.”

Concurrent with exploration, Independence has also engaged third-party consultants to complete baseline environmental and archaeological surveys across the expanded claim area. These surveys are a proactive step in support of future exploration and permitting.

Independence Gold is a well-financed mineral exploration company with holdings ranging from early-stage grassroots exploration to advanced-stage resource expansion in British Columbia and Yukon.