Adamera Minerals Expands Exploration at South Hedley Gold Skarn Target
October 15, 2026 — Leads & Copy — Adamera Minerals Corp. is expanding its exploration program at the South Hedley Project in British Columbia, focusing on the Glix gold skarn target. The project is located approximately 20 kilometers from the historic Nickel Plate and Hedley Mascot gold skarn mines, which collectively produced over 2 million ounces of gold.
The Company is simultaneously conducting exploration on the Max copper-gold porphyry target, situated about 12 kilometers from Glix within the same claim area.
In 2026, Adamera has increased its geophysical surveying and soil sampling efforts around Glix. The aim of this work is to map subsurface conductive zones, identify structural controls, and delineate potential skarn mineralization to guide future drilling.
“Soil sampling in 2025 returned multi-element skarn signatures, with numerous samples grading between 100 and 4,280 ppb gold and anomalous arsenic, zinc and copper,” said Mark Kolebaba, President and CEO of Adamera. “While we advance the Max copper-gold porphyry target, we are expanding the Glix exploration program. The work includes additional ground magnetics, VLF-EM and soil sampling. The objective is to map conductive and magnetic signatures associated with sulphide-bearing skarns in the area to help guide the selection of drill locations.”
Last year, Adamera’s work at Glix identified a gold-arsenic-zinc-copper soil anomaly with gold values reaching up to 4,280 ppb. This sampling was conducted on a dense grid. Geophysical surveys revealed a significant magnetic low and distinct VLF-EM conductors. The primary soil anomaly aligns with a VLF-EM conductor, suggesting a shallow source.
The VLF-EM conductors are believed to represent potential sulphide accumulations or conductive structures. The broad magnetic low is interpreted as magnetite-destructive skarn alteration.
The 2026 program includes further detailed magnetic surveying, bringing the total magnetic coverage at Glix to 85 line-kilometers. This survey is intended to map lithological boundaries, potential intrusive margins, and magnetic lows indicative of skarn alteration and mineralization.
Additionally, VLF-EM surveying will add to the existing coverage, bringing the total to 17 line-kilometers. This survey aims to trace conductors along strike and detect shallow conductive structures, shear zones, and possible sulphide accumulations.
Adamera also collected 119 step-out soil samples to define open gold-in-soil trends and target boundaries, with results pending. The next steps involve integrating the magnetic and VLF-EM data, including inversion models, with the anticipated soil results. Survey coverage in magnetic, VLF-EM, and soil geochemistry may be expanded based on ongoing data review.
A focused induced polarization (IP) test survey is planned across priority coincident magnetic, electromagnetic, and geochemical anomalies to assess chargeability and resistivity at depth before drilling commences. The Company is also progressing with drill permit applications for both the Glix and Max targets, which were submitted in February 2026.
The South Hedley Project encompasses approximately 25,000 hectares situated between Princeton and Hedley, British Columbia. It lies between the Hedley gold skarn district to the east and the Copper Mountain copper-gold porphyry mine to the west. Adamera is pursuing targets of both types: the Glix gold skarn target and the Max copper-gold porphyry target.
Martin St. Pierre, P. Geo., a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101 and a consultant to Adamera, has reviewed and approved the technical content of this release. Historical production figures for the Nickel Plate and Hedley Mascot mines are sourced from the BC MINFILE database, have not been verified by the qualified person, and may not be representative of mineralization at Glix.
Gold values in 2025 soil samples were determined in-house, primarily using the detectORE method, with a smaller number analyzed by fire assay at Activation Laboratories Ltd. The 4,280 ppb gold value was determined by detectORE. The detectORE method is a leach-extraction process reporting gold in detectORE units (dU), a calculated ppb value, and its results may differ from fire assay. Arsenic, zinc, and copper values were determined by the Company using portable XRF, a semi-quantitative method for exploration screening. Soil geochemical results are not necessarily indicative of bedrock mineralization, and the geophysical anomalies described are interpretive and have not been drill-tested.
Adamera Minerals Corp. focuses on targeting critical metals in the U.S. and copper-gold in southern British Columbia. In Washington State, the company is advancing a tungsten portfolio to ensure a secure domestic supply for U.S. markets. In Canada, Adamera is actively exploring the South Hedley Copper-Gold Project while maintaining several drill-ready gold projects.
Source: Adamera Minerals Corp.
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