Troilus Hits 19 g/t Gold Near Pit Rim, West Rim Zone Grows

Troilus Mining Corp. (TSX: TLG) released drill results from its West Rim Zone in northern Quebec, and the numbers are the kind that shift a project's center of gravity. Hole WR-26-013 returned 19.06 grams per tonne gold-equivalent over 6.4 metres, starting just 11.5 metres downhole. A second hole, WR-26-014, hit 6.81 g/t AuEQ over 5 metres from 19.25 metres depth. The two intercepts sit about 100 metres apart along strike, defining a continuous high-grade corridor within 200 metres of the reserve pit boundary from the 2024 feasibility study.

West Rim sits entirely outside the current mineral resource estimate. That is the headline for anyone tracking the Troilus story. The zone was discovered in 2024 through near-mine exploration west of the North Reserve Pit, and the Phase 1 program has now wrapped 3,000 metres of drilling. The company said the results released so far represent about half of that budget. With the early success, Troilus expects to keep drilling both infill and expansion holes along the trend, which runs for a prospective five kilometres.

The mineralization at West Rim is gold-and-silver rich, with little to no copper contribution to the gold-equivalent formula. The intercepts compare well with the highest-grade near-surface hits from the existing reserve pits, which matters for the economics of a project that already pencils out as a 22-year, 50,000-tonne-per-day open-pit operation. The 2024 feasibility study supports that scale. West Rim could add ounces at a lower strip ratio, given its proximity to planned infrastructure.

Drillhole WR-26-015, collared further down dip, returned 1.58 g/t AuEQ over 13.5 metres including 16.23 g/t AuEQ over 0.6 metres at 113.5 metres depth. That intercept sits about 100 metres below the original discovery hole from 2024, which hit 1.37 g/t AuEQ over 11 metres. The continuity at depth is building.