Nevada Sunrise Metals Corporation says new laboratory tests on older drill samples from its Griffon Gold Mine in White Pine County have confirmed strong near-surface gold mineralization and revealed chemical signatures commonly linked to major Nevada gold deposits.
The Vancouver-based exploration company announced on Monday that it re-analyzed leftover samples from four drill holes originally completed in 2020 by the mine’s previous owner, Fremont Gold Ltd. While the earlier testing focused only on gold, Nevada Sunrise conducted a broader analysis in late 2025, examining the samples for 52 different elements.
The new results closely match the original gold findings, reinforcing confidence in the mine’s exploration potential.
One of the most notable drill holes, known as GF20-3, was drilled vertically in the unmined Anvil Zone near the historic Hammer Ridge pit. Retesting showed .0022 pounds per ton of gold at 165 feet beginning near the surface.
Within the interval, a section measured 0.004 pounds per ton over 12 yards, with a peak sample reaching 0.0006 pounds per ton over a yard and a half. The original 2020 results reported a similar grade of 1.05 grams per tonne over the same interval.
Another hole, GF20-2, drilled north of the Discovery Ridge Pit, returned .0006 pounds per ton of gold over 33 yards, including nearly .0015 pounds per ton over 8 yards, results that also closely align with the earlier testing.
Company officials say the most significant development may be the discovery of “pathfinder” elements in all four drill holes. These elements — including arsenic, antimony, mercury, thallium, and tellurium — are often associated with Carlin-type gold systems, the style of mineralization responsible for many of Nevada’s largest gold deposits.
In areas where gold grades were lower, elevated levels of these elements suggest the drilling may have passed through the outer edges of a mineralized system rather than missing it entirely. Some samples showed arsenic levels above 98 parts per million and mercury readings greater than 1.2 parts per million, both indicators of nearby gold-bearing zones.
The Griffon project is 33 miles southwest of Ely in the Battle Mountain–Eureka Gold Belt. It produced 62,661 ounces of oxide gold from two open pits between 1998 and 1999, when gold was $278 per ounce.
Nevada Sunrise acquired lease-to-purchase rights to the project in February 2025 and has been advancing exploration using artificial intelligence analysis from Vancouver-based VRIFY Technology Inc. to review historical geological and geophysical data.
Fieldwork done in Fall 2025 included resampling roughly 1,000 feet of archived drill cuttings. The company also submitted a Plan of Operations to the U.S. Forest Service in September 2025, proposing additional drilling in 2026 at previously permitted locations.
The Griffon holds 89 unpatented mining claims covering about 1,780 acres in a region that hosts several active mines and major gold deposits.
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