Sitka Drills 85.0 Metres of 1.12 Grams per Tonne Gold and Reviews 2024 Highlights at the RC Gold Project in Yukon

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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 7, 2025) - Sitka Gold Corp. (TSXV: SIG) (FSE: 1RF) (OTCQB: SITKF) ("Sitka" or the "Company") is pleased to summarize the highly successful 2024 exploration season and announce final results from the 2024 diamond drilling program conducted at its road accessible, 431 square kilometre RC Gold Project ("RC Gold" or the "Project") located approximately 100 kilometres east of Dawson City in Yukon's prolific Tombstone Gold Belt. The mineralized system at the Blackjack deposit continues to grow well beyond the initial resource announced in January 2023 with the impressive results from the drill campaigns conducted in 2023 and 2024. The Company completed 9,264 metres of drilling this year focused on expanding the Blackjack zone in addition to completing the first ever diamond drilling of the Rhosgobel and Pukelman intrusions with significant gold mineralization intersected in all targeted intrusions. Drill results continue to significantly expand the Blackjack gold deposit area, intersecting strong gold mineralization near surface, at depth, and to the south in holes DDRCCC-24-069 to 072. Initial drilling at the Pukelman intrusion has also returned promising gold values from DDRCCC-24-073 and 074, the first two diamond drill holes completed by Sitka (see Table 2).

Select assay highlights from 2024 diamond drilling at RC Gold:

  • 191.0 m of 1.16 g/t gold from 327 m in DDRCCC-24-057 including 54.6 m of 2.54 g/t gold from 453.4 m

  • 154.0 m of 1.47 g/t gold from 354.0 m in DDRCCC-24-058 including 37.0 m of 3.07 g/t gold from 449.0 m

  • 290.5 m of 1.10 g/t gold from 236.0 m in DDRCCC-062 including 105.0 m of 1.68 g/t gold from 421.6 m

  • 99.2 m of 1.01 g/t gold from 448.5 m in DDRCCC-24-067

  • 678.1 m of 1.04 g/t gold from 4.4 m in DDRCCC-24-068 including 93.0 m of 2.57 g/t gold from 589.5 m

  • 85.0 m of 1.12 g/t gold from 433 m in DDRCCC-24-072 (this release)

  • 119.0 m of 1.05 g/t gold from 30.0 m in DDRGCC-24-001 including 37.9 m of 2.05 g/t gold from 98.5 m

"Our work at RC Gold this past year continues to demonstrate the vast potential of this district-scale property to host large, economic gold resources," said Cor Coe, Director and CEO of Sitka Gold. "Results from 2024 have highlighted the persistent and strong gold values present at several targets across this project with numerous occurrences of visible gold observed and several greater than +100 gram-metre intervals intercepted in multiple drill holes across the Blackjack target and in our initial drilling of the Rhosgobel and Pukelman intrusions (see Figure 1 and Table 1). Drilling at RC Gold has now confirmed potential economic grade gold mineralization exists within 4 of the known gold bearing intrusions that have been investigated to date at the Clear Creek Intrusive Complex, namely the Blackjack, Eiger, Rhosgobel and Pukelman targets, showcasing exceptional potential for this gold system to host multiple gold deposits of significant size and grade. Drilling also significantly grew potential tonnage at our Blackjack gold deposit, producing some exceptional results including our best intercept to date from Hole 68 which returned 678.1 metres of 1.04 grams per tonne gold. Blackjack has produced many impressive drill intersections since our discovery there at the end of 2021, including twenty two (22), +100 gram-metre intersections, 13 of which are outside of the initial resource area highlighting the growing size and grade potential of this gold deposit (see Table 3). With a fully funded 30,000 metre drill program planned for 2025, we eagerly look forward to building on the success of the past year as we aim to unlock additional value at RC Gold for our shareholders."