Approval Received For 2026 Plan Of Operations New Amalga Gold Property

VANCOUVER – Grande Portage Resources Ltd. has received a letter of approval for its 2026 Plan of Operations (drill permit) from the US Forest Service for upcoming drilling and fieldwork at the New Amalga Gold property in Southeast Alaska. The program planned for 2026 includes up to 4,300 meters of diamond drilling from up to 14 drillholes, as well as installation of instrumentation, surface mapping, and trench sampling. The drillholes will provide additional definition to upgrade resource classification in key areas of the deposit and will characterize the geotechnical and hydrogeological aspects of the rock mass in order gather data necessary for the environmental review and permitting process as well as to inform mine development plans.
The geotechnical and hydrogeological characterization work will include: 1) Detailed geotechnical logging to define the rock conditions in areas of key underground infrastructure. 2) Installation of piezometers in select drillholes to measure groundwater levels and pressures. 3) Packer testing, which involves pumping pressurized water into a drillhole to determine the hydraulic conductivity or permeability of the rock structures intersected by the hole.
Ian Klassen, President and CEO, said, “The U.S. Forest Service’s approval of the 2026 drill plan marks an important advancement for the New Amalga project as it moves beyond solely exploration and into the development planning phase. The upcoming drilling program will generate key geotechnical and hydrogeological datasets required for engineering analysis and environmental evaluation. These activities are fundamental to progressing the project through regulatory review and toward mine development.”