Northstar Gold advances dual gold and copper projects at Miller property, Ontario
Northstar Gold Corp. [CSE: NSG] provided an exploration and development update for the 100%-owned Miller copper-gold property, situated approximately 18 km southeast of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
While Northstar continues advancing the high-grade Cam Copper volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project and associated Surgical Mining™ initiatives with Novamera Inc., the Company is also positioning to renew expansion drilling at the nearby Allied Gold Zone later this year.
Northstar’s planned Allied Gold Zone advancement comes amid significantly higher gold prices and increasing exploration activity in the southern Kirkland Lake camp, including ongoing drilling by Kirkland Lake Discoveries Corp. on the KL South Property, immediately adjacent to Northstar’s Miller copper-gold property.
Northstar believes renewed district-wide exploration success and attention, combined with gold prices that have more than doubled since the Company’s 2022 SRK Exploration Target Study, materially enhances the significance and strategic value of the Allied Gold Zone and broader Miller Intrusive Complex gold system.
Allied Gold Zone Highlights: SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. previously completed a 3D Exploration Target Study for the Allied and Vein 1 Zones at the Miller Property outlining an upper conceptual exploration target estimate of approximately 250,000-500,000 near-surface ounces of gold grading 1.39-2.04 g/t Au.
The Exploration Target remains open along strike, down dip and at depth, with numerous additional untested syenite-associated gold targets identified across the property.
Previous Northstar drilling within the Allied Gold Zone intersected broad intervals of near-surface gold mineralization including 6.6 g/t Au over 117.0 metres, 4.0 g/t Au over 50.6 metres, 1.43 g/t Au over 118.5 metres and 1.2 g/t Au over 107.3 metres.
High-grade Au-Cu feeder-style structures intersected in drilling include 4.71 g/t Au and 0.51% Cu over 6.4 metres and 9.41 g/t Au and 1.03% Cu over 3.0 metres.
A 2023 high-resolution UAV magnetic survey identified a volumetrically large >1 km deep magnetic anomaly (“SM-01”) underlying the Allied Gold Zone, interpreted as a possible deeper Cu-Au intrusive source system.
Allied Gold Zone Drill Plans: Northstar has recently commenced targeting strike and depth extensions of the Allied Gold Zone and associated Au-Cu feeder structures within the Miller Intrusive Complex.
A proposed 2026 drill program is expected to focus on expansion of the near-surface Allied Gold Zone; testing deeper gold-copper structural feeder zones; follow-up drilling of the Independence Fault Zone; follow-up drilling of the Planet and Meilleur Syenite areas within the Miller Intrusive Complex; and evaluation of new geophysical and magnetic targets generated from previous UAV magnetic, IP and geological modeling programs.
Concurrent with advancing the Allied Gold Zone, Northstar continues to collaborate with consortium partners Novamera Inc., Micon International Limited and DIGITAL to evaluate and advance the company’s Cam Copper Zone 2 Surgical Mining™ initiative toward potential near-term development and production.
Recent drilling and geophysical programs at Cam Copper confirmed the presence of high-grade VMS copper mineralization including 14.8% copper over 2.45 metres; 21.7% copper over 1.35 metres; 3.05% Cu, 5.9 g/t Au, 22.9 g/t Ag, 0.45% Mo over 3.07 metres; 13.95% Cu, 0.62 g/t Au and 32 g/t Ag over 0.56 metres and a 350 metre long, 200 Siemens EM conductor reflecting a southeast extension of the Cam Copper Zone VMS horizons.
The Miller copper-gold property demonstrably hosts two potentially complementary development opportunities consisting of a near-term high-grade copper critical minerals development opportunity at Cam Copper and a district-scale intrusive-hosted gold system centered on the Allied Gold Zone and Miller Intrusive Complex.
“Northstar remains fully committed to advancing the Cam Copper surgical mining opportunity, which we believe represents a unique near-term critical minerals development opportunity,” stated Brian P. Fowler, P.Geo., President and CEO of Northstar. “At the same time, the Company believes the market has largely overlooked the significance of the Allied Gold Zone in today’s gold price environment.”
“Much of the Allied Gold Zone exploration and modeling work was completed when gold traded near US$2,000 per ounce. With gold prices now at historically elevated levels and renewed exploration success occurring immediately adjacent to the Miller property, Northstar believes this is an important opportunity to advance and potentially unlock additional value from the Allied Gold Zone through renewed drilling.”
“Few junior exploration companies in the Kirkland Lake district currently possess both a potentially near-term critical minerals development opportunity and a large-scale intrusive-hosted gold exploration system within the same wholly owned property.”
A Cam Copper Zone 2 Surgical MiningTM pilot program is advancing under a definitive Turnkey Surgical Mining Services Agreement with Novamera Inc. and a collaborative consortium with Novamera, Micon International Limited and DIGITAL – Canada’s Global Innovation Cluster for digital technologies, under a Master Project Agreement announced November 24, 2025.
This collaboration is focused on deploying data-driven mining solutions and Novamera’s proprietary Surgical Mining™ technology to enable efficient, low-impact extraction of high-grade copper resources.
Northstar is advancing toward issuance of a Notice-to-Proceed under the agreement by obtaining the necessary permits and project financing. The company has commissioned Micon to prepare a NI 43-101 Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate for the Cam Copper Project to formally evaluate Zone 2 Reasonable Prospects for Eventual Economic Extraction before making any production or development decision.
Northstar continues to strengthen its funding base through a combination of equity and non-dilutive sources. The company and consortium partners have been approved to access up to $4.0 million in co-investment funding from DIGITAL.
This funding supports the Cam Copper Surgical Mining for Critical Minerals Project, part of a broader ~$11 million initiative. Since late December, 2025, Northstar has cumulatively raised gross proceeds of $1,905,700 in non-brokered hard dollar, critical minerals flow through and advance royalty offerings.
Under the Master Project Agreement, Northstar has applied for and anticipates near-term reimbursement of eligible project expenditures from DIGITAL
The above Exploration Target estimates highlight the exploration potential of the Allied Gold Zone and Cam Copper Zone 2 on the Miller copper-gold property. The quantity and grades are purely conceptual in nature. It remains uncertain whether a mineral resource will be delineated on the property.
Northstar’s primary exploration focus is to advance and expand the near-surface Allied Gold Zone bulk-tonnage gold-telluride system and recently discovered high-grade VMS copper mineralization at the company’s flagship 100%-owned Miller copper-gold property. The company is also advancing the Cam Copper Project utilizing innovative Surgical Mining™ technologies in collaboration with Novamera Inc.
In addition, Northstar holds three other 100%-owned exploration properties in northern Ontario: Rosegrove property (1,150 ha), Bryce Gold property (4,650 ha, including Britcanna Lease) and the Temagami-Milestone Cu-Ni-Co property.
The company is actively seeking partners to advance these additional assets.