Scout drills at Minturn project, Northwest Greenland

Scout drilling commences at the high-impact Minturn project, Northwest Greenland

Reykjavík, Aug. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Amaroq Ltd.
(“Amaroq” or the “Company”)

Scout drilling commences at the high-impact Minturn project, Northwest Greenland

7 August 2026 - Amaroq Ltd. (LSE and NASDAQ Iceland: AMRQ, OTCQX: AMRQF), an independent mine development company focused on unlocking Greenland's mineral potential, is pleased to announce the commencement of a focussed scout diamond drilling programme at the Minturn iron-copper-gold prospect in Inglefield Land, Northwest Greenland, following successful surface sampling in 2025.

Highlights

• A scout drilling programme is commencing to provide the first direct test of the Minturn mineralised system at depth;
• Drilling will assess the depth continuity and geometry of the high-grade iron mineralisation discovered in 2025, during surface sampling, which confirmed assay grades of up to 69.5% Fe and test the potential for copper-gold mineralisation associated with a parallel electromagnetic and geochemical anomaly;
• Minturn is centred on what the Company believes to be Greenland's strongest regional magnetic anomaly, with reprocessed geophysics defining a coherent approximately 9km magnetic target within a broader 80km mineralised corridor;
• Given the logistical complexity of operating in Northwest Greenland, the programme has been streamlined, with planned ground geophysical surveys deferred, to better enable time and resources to be prioritised towards direct drill testing;
• The programme represents an important step in Amaroq's expansion into North Greenland and in building the operating knowledge required to unlock the potential of large-scale mineral systems across Greenland.
  
  

James Gilbertson, VP Exploration, commented:

“Minturn is an exceptional and previously untested target, centred on what we believe to be Greenland's strongest regional magnetic anomaly. At surface, we have already identified high-grade iron mineralisation across a substantial trend, alongside geophysical and geochemical evidence, that supports potential for copper and gold within a broader IOCG-style system.

“Operating in this remote part of Northwest Greenland has presented real mobilisation challenges due to weather and long supply routes. We have responded by focussing the programme on drilling, which will provide us with the greatest potential to advance our understanding of this potentially large play. The scout programme will give critical and potentially value enhancing information on the sub-surface and help us design the next phase with far greater confidence.”

2026 Minturn scout drilling programme overview

The programme will undertake initial scout drilling across priority targets selected from Amaroq's integrated geological, magnetic, electromagnetic and geochemical datasets. The holes are designed to provide the first information on the continuity and geometry of the high-grade magnetite-rich iron mineralisation below surface, while also testing the depth potential of the adjacent copper-gold target.