Maple Gold expands Douay with 1.1 g/t Au over 74 m at Nika Zone
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 16, 2026) - Maple Gold Mines Ltd. (TSXV: MGM) (OTCQX: MGMLF) (FSE: M3G0) (" Maple Gold " or the " Company ") today announced assay results from 14 drill holes completed during its ongoing, fully-funded 30,000-metre (" m ") winter drill campaign (the " Program ") at its 100%-owned Douay Gold Project (" Douay ") and Joutel Gold Project (" Joutel ") (together, " Douay/Joutel " or the " Property ") located along the Casa Beradi-Douay Gold Trend in Québec, Canada. Results include 12 drill holes from the Nika Zone and two (2) drill holes from the Porphyry West Zone, targeting higher-grade southeast-plunging shoots to confirm continuity and extend mineralization at depth following encouraging results from the 2025 winter program. Highlights In the Nika Zone, drill hole DO-25-57X returned 2.8 grams per tonne gold (" g/t Au ") over 13.5 m within a broader interval of 1.1 g/t Au over 74.0 m, located approximately 100 m down-plunge from previous drill hole DO-21-282X which returned 5.5 g/t Au over 9.6 m within a broader interval of 1.6 g/t Au over 132.5 m ( see news release dated May 26, 2021).
Also in the Nika Zone, drill hole DO-25-353 returned 1.4 g/t Au over 21.6 m within a broader interval of 0.4 g/t Au over 358.5 m, located approximately 150 m below previous drill hole DO-25-338 which returned 4.9 g/t Au over 17.0 m within a broader zone of 2.1 g/t Au over 108.6 m ( see news release dated April 3, 2025 ). In the Porphyry West Zone, drill hole DO-26-369 returned 1.9 g/t Au over 30.0 m , including 3.1 g/t Au over 9.0 m, within a broader interval of 1.0 g/t Au over 138.0 m located along a similar moderate southeast plunging shoot as is demonstrated in the Nika Zone. The ' Nika Plunge ' model is now confirmed at both Nika and Porphyry West , supporting the broader geological interpretation at Douay and resource expansion potential to depth.
Ongoing exploration drilling continues to demonstrate that gold mineralization