Upside Gold Corp. has released preliminary exploration results from its Kena Gold-Copper Property in southeastern British Columbia, revealing multiple high-grade gold-silver-copper showings beyond the boundaries of the existing historic resource. The company's July 2025 surface sampling program returned values up to 26.1 grams per tonne gold, 179 g/t silver, and 1.68% copper, supporting the existence of a large, multi-zone mineralized system with strong expansion potential.
The exploration work identified 22 priority diamond drill targets, both inside and outside the historic Kena gold body, with several areas having minimal or no prior drilling. According to CEO Sophy Cesar, the results support the company's exploration model and help define targets for follow-up drilling beyond the existing lode gold bearing body. The findings are particularly significant because they confirm gold and copper mineralization extends east and south of the resource, aligned with major structures and coincident geochemical and geophysical anomalies.
Three areas beyond the Kena lode gold body boundaries are considered particularly promising for follow-up exploration. The Lower and Upper Euphrates Au-Ag showings, which report historic production of 307 tonnes at 46.9 g/t Au and 249 g/t Ag, recently became accessible following new logging road construction. Surface sampling in this area returned average values of 8.61 g/t Au and 31.6 g/t Ag, with no known prior drilling conducted there.
The Cat, Shaft, Dighem, and Princess Cu-Au-Ag showings along the east side of the Kena Gold body returned analyses of up to 1.68% copper, 5.41 g/t gold and 18 g/t silver, supporting historic reports of multiple high-grade occurrences. Historically, only five reconnaissance drill holes have been completed across this entire area. The Kena Copper Zone and adjoining South Gold Zone trends along strike for three kilometres southeast from the Kena Gold lode gold body, with historic drilling reporting multiple wide intersections of good copper and gold values starting at or near surface.
The technical information in the release has been reviewed and approved by Trevor Boyd, P.Geo., Vice-President of Exploration, who serves as a Qualified Person under NI 43-101 standards. The company's exploration approach builds upon historical work documented in the technical report titled NI 43-101 RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR THE KENA AND DAYLIGHT PROPERTIES by Sue Bird of Moose Mountain Technical Services, issued on May 3, 2021 and filed on SEDAR. This historical estimate reported an Indicated Mineral Resource of 32,146,000 tonnes at 0.544 g/t Au for 0.561 million ounces and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 177,507,000 tonnes at 0.486 g/t Au for 2.77 million ounces, though the company emphasizes this is not treated as current mineral resources.
The Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia has historically been largely overlooked for gold and copper exploration, creating opportunities for new discoveries and development of known historic prospects into potentially viable resource bodies. The company's findings suggest the precious metal and copper mineralized system extends well into the southern half of the property, an area that has not previously undergone diamond drilling or detailed exploration. For additional information about the company's activities, investors can visit https://www.upsidegoldcorp.com.
