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Precious Metals in the Americas
TSX-V: DGC
Advancing District-Scale
Gold-Silver Assets in Peru & Argentina
Anchored by the High-Grade Antonella Gold Project
in Peru’s Prolific Ancash Region
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HIGH-GRADE GOLD-SILVER SYSTEM EXPANDING AT ANTONELLA
New Vein Extensions, Strong Surface Results & Permitting Advancing
— Drill-Stage Catalysts Lined Up for 2026 —
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District-Scale Gold-Silver Story Taking Shape
in One of Peru’s Most Prolific Mineral Belts
Daura Gold Corp. (TSX-V: DGC) is advancing an impressive portfolio of district-scale gold-silver assets across Peru and Argentina centered on the high-grade Antonella Gold Project in Peru’s mineral-rich Ancash region — one of the country’s most productive precious metals districts.
The Ancash region lays host to large-scale gold-silver systems with a long history of major discoveries, production, and ongoing exploration success by both majors and well-funded juniors, reinforcing its status as one of Peru’s richest mineral belts.
Led by Chairman & CEO Mark Sumner — whom you’ll hear from directly in our exclusive interview just ahead — Daura Gold Corp. (“DGC”) has amassed a 100%-owned district-scale land position in Peru anchored by the flagship Antonella project in a rapidly emerging gold-silver district.
That positioning matters today — particularly in the current bullish metals environment.
With gold trading around US$5,000 per ounce and silver north of US$75 per ounce, the timing for systematic exploration in proven precious metals districts is exceptionally strong.
At Antonella, recent surface sampling has confirmed new high-grade gold and silver vein extensions, expanding the known footprint of mineralization and reinforcing the project’s scale.
These results mark an important step forward as the company advances toward Phase-1 drilling slated for 1H 2026.
Importantly, Daura is exceptionally well funded to execute its near-term exploration and drill plans, having recently closed a C$7 million financing that provides the flexibility to move Antonella forward while continuing to build out its broader gold-silver portfolio.
Beyond Peru, DGC has added meaningful optionality through gold-silver assets in Argentina, offering additional leverage for potential needle-moving news flow.
With shares trading below C$0.50 — at a non-fully-diluted market capitalization well below C$40 million — Daura Gold offers early-stage exposure to high-grade gold-silver exploration at a time when both metals are trading at or near record levels.
With that backdrop in place, let’s turn our focus to Antonella — Daura’s flagship project in Peru’s Ancash region.
Antonella: High-Grade Gold-Silver Expansion at the Heart of an Emerging District
— Phase-1 Drilling Slated for 1H 2026 —
Antonella is the engine driving the Daura Gold story today — and the asset poised to deliver its most important near-term catalyst: Phase-1 drilling.
Daura’s 100%-owned Antonella Project spans roughly 900 hectares in Peru’s prolific Ancash region, a belt that hosts world-class deposits such as Antamina and Barrick’s past-producing Pierina mine.
This is a proven gold-silver district, and Antonella sits directly within it along a major regional structural corridor.
What sets Antonella apart is momentum — and it’s building quickly.
Recent surface work has rapidly expanded the known footprint of high-grade mineralization, turning Antonella from a single target into a growing, multi-structure system.
Sampling completed in late 2025 confirmed high-grade gold-silver vein extensions north of the main project area, opening new ground and revealing multiple parallel structures.
Standout surface results include 57.34 grams per tonne (g/t) gold with 125 g/t silver, and 24.63 g/t gold with 128 g/t silver — grades that immediately elevate Antonella’s profile within the district.
That expansion is accelerating into 2026.
Follow-up sampling reported on 6 January 2026 approximately 1 km north of the main zone returned additional high-grade results, including 55.83 g/t gold with 220 g/t silver, and 12.33 g/t gold with 99.1 g/t silver.
Together, these results confirm that high-grade mineralization extends well beyond the original core area and remains open along strike.
As CEO Mark Sumner noted following the latest results:
“These additional high-grade results from the northern vein extensions at Antonella build on our recent discoveries and underscore the expanding mineralization footprint of the Antonella Project. The northern veins at Antonella clearly warrant more attention as we work toward tying these zones together and advancing southeast toward Highlander’s Bonita project.”
Taken together, the expanding northern extensions and the southeast structural trend point to a much larger and connected gold-silver system.
To the southeast, Antonella extends directly toward Highlander Silver’s Bonita Project, where active drilling has already delivered strong gold results from the same regional structural corridor.
Highlander recently reported 27 meters grading 5.28 g/t gold from a drill hole located roughly 150 meters from Daura’s eastern boundary.
Those results confirm that the regional structural corridor hosts meaningful gold mineralization at depth, reinforcing Antonella’s position within a fertile, district-scale system.
Crucially, Daura is advancing Antonella into Phase-1 drilling in 1H 2026 with strong gold and silver prices providing a powerful backdrop.
Ongoing work — including mapping, surface sampling, and targeted geophysics — is refining drill targets and prioritizing structures ahead of the first modern drill test of the system.
Historical drilling at Antonella further supports this strategy, having intersected multiple gold-bearing structures at shallow to moderate depths. Combined with the expanding surface footprint now being defined, Daura enters its maiden drill phase with a strong technical foundation.
And as noted earlier, Daura has the capital to execute, supported by a recently completed C$7 million financing that has the company well-funded to advance permitting, finalize targeting, and initiate drilling without near-term capital pressure.
In other words, Antonella is no longer an early-stage concept. It is a rapidly advancing, high-grade gold-silver system with expanding scale, a defined path to Phase-1 drilling in the coming months, and increasing validation from continued success by Highlander Silver along the same structural trend.
In a booming precious metals environment, Antonella stands as the primary driver of DGC’s near-term value creation. From here, we turn to Daura’s broader portfolio in Peru and Argentina to see how that value creation is being built in parallel.
Extending the Flagship:
Peru Expansion and District-Scale Optionality
With Antonella firmly established as the flagship, Daura is extending its footprint across Peru through 100%-owned mining concessions around Antonella, along with additional gold-silver assets within the same prolific belt.
The strategy is deliberate: expand outward from the flagship, stay within a proven mineralized corridor, and prioritize assets that directly build on Antonella’s momentum.
To that end, the most direct extension lies along the Libélulas / Bonita corridor where DGC controls ground that wraps around the active Bonita target operated by Highlander Silver.
This land position places Daura squarely along the same northwest-southeast structural trend that hosts the Antonella, Bonita, and San Luis systems — reinforcing the view that Antonella sits within a larger, district-scale gold-silver system rather than as an isolated occurrence.
As Highlander continues to drill at Bonita and release results from within the shared corridor, DGC is advancing surface mapping, systematic sampling, and geophysics on its side of the boundary to refine targets ahead of Phase-1 drilling.
This work positions Libélulas as the most immediate upside lever to the Antonella story — offering meaningful discovery potential while keeping exploration tightly focused on the flagship.
Beyond the immediate Antonella area, Daura’s broader Peru portfolio adds depth while maintaining capital discipline.
Tayacoto, a 100%-owned, 1,000-hectare concession located 14.5 km northeast of Antonella, sits along the same regional trend and has already returned high-grade gold-silver results at surface.
Rather than a passive holding, Tayacoto has emerged as a credible secondary target with clear geological merit and proximity advantages.
As CEO Mark Sumner noted:
“The results from Tayacoto reinforce the strength of Daura’s exploration portfolio and highlight the discovery potential in this district. The high grades showing at surface at Tayacoto immediately raise the profile of this project for Daura. Situated only 14.5 kilometers from our flagship Antonella project, Tayacoto represents another opportunity for Daura to create significant value through disciplined and systematic exploration.”
Further north, Yanamina, located approximately 40 km northeast of Antonella, adds another layer of optionality.
The project hosts a historical gold resource, providing DGC with yet another potential medium-term growth asset that can be advanced in sequence alongside progress at Antonella.
Taken together, Libélulas, Tayacoto, and Yanamina establish Antonella as the core of DGC’s 100%-owned, district-scale gold-silver footprint in one of Peru’s most productive regions.
With Peru providing both the foundation and near-term growth runway, DGC has added a second jurisdiction with near-term drill potential — bringing us next to Argentina and the Cerro Bayo gold-silver project.
Argentina: Near-Term Optionality at Cerro Bayo
— Phase-1 Drilling Scheduled for 1H 2026 —
While Peru and Antonella remain the core focus, Daura has added a second strategic drill-stage asset through its entry into Argentina’s Deseado Massif — one of the world’s most prolific districts for high-grade epithermal gold-silver systems.
Located in Santa Cruz Province, Daura’s optioned Cerro Bayo Gold-Silver Project is fully permitted and drill-ready, adding flexibility for near-term exploration and maiden drilling without diverting focus from the Antonella flagship.
Cerro Bayo benefits from a strong base of historical exploration, clearly defined priority targets, and full environmental approval.
In March 2025, the project received approval of its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), authorizing exploration drilling from up to 21 drill pads — a key milestone that allows Daura to move directly into drill preparation.
Targeting work completed in late 2025, including Induced Polarization (IP) surveys, has refined multiple high-priority zones and outlined a 6-km-wide structural corridor hosting low-sulfidation epithermal-style vein targets, providing a focused framework for the forthcoming drill program.
As CEO Mark Sumner noted:
“We are very pleased to initiate our geophysical surveys, which will be key to building upon the historical generative exploration on a number of priority drill target areas within the fully permitted zones at Cerro Bayo. This critical step sets the stage for a first phase drilling program in Q1 2026, as we seek to unlock the potential of this high-quality epithermal gold-silver project.”
Daura is now preparing a Phase-1, 1,500-meter maiden drill program at Cerro Bayo scheduled for 1H 2026, marking the project’s transition from groundwork to drill execution.
With full permitting in place and priority targets already defined, Cerro Bayo offers Daura a second, fully permitted drill opportunity in a proven gold-silver district — without competing with Antonella for capital or strategic focus.
The result is a more resilient, well-sequenced exploration story with two drill programs advancing in parallel.
With Peru driving the long-term thesis and Argentina providing near-term optionality, Daura enters 2026 with two maiden drill programs planned for the first half of the year — a rare position for a junior explorer at this stage.
From here, we turn to management’s perspective on how these pieces fit together and how Daura is executing across multiple exploration fronts as 2026 gets underway.
Exclusive Interview with Daura Gold CEO
Mr. Mark Sumner
Our own Gerardo Del Real of Resource Stock Digest and Junior Resource Monthly caught up with Daura Gold Chairman & CEO Mark Sumner for a firsthand look at what’s unfolding across the company’s expanding gold-silver portfolio with a focus on Antonella and the catalysts lining up as Daura moves into the drill stage.
With drilling on deck at both Antonella and Cerro Bayo, the Daura story now shifts from concept to execution with the team focused on disciplined, capital-efficient exploration.
You’ve already been introduced to Mark Sumner who brings extensive experience in mining finance, project development, and strategic M&A across the Americas. Since taking the helm, Sumner has strategically positioned Daura across two key mining districts while simultaneously strengthening the balance sheet.
As you’ll hear directly in our exclusive interview ahead, Mark’s priorities are clear: advance the flagship through surface work, permitting, and drill preparation while maintaining optionality across the broader portfolio.
On the technical side, Daura is strengthened by VP of Exploration Stuart Mills whose decades of global discovery experience with major and mid-tier operators add depth and rigor as the company transitions from surface validation to the all-important drill-stage.
Also playing a key role is Luis Sáenz, Director, whose expertise in Latin American mining finance and project development continues to provide strategic guidance as Daura advances across Peru and Argentina.
Together, the team blends capital markets expertise, technical depth, and in-country experience — the exact combination required to advance district-scale gold-silver opportunities across multiple jurisdictions.
So let’s dive in as CEO Mark Sumner explains why 2026 represents a pivotal year for the company with maiden drilling lined up across multiple projects.
Gerardo Del Real: This is Gerardo Del Real with Resource Stock Digest. Joining me today is the CEO of Daura Gold Corp. (TSX-V: DGC) — Mr. Mark Sumner. Mark, it’s great to have you back on.
We caught up briefly at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC). Gold is back near US$5,000/oz and silver is back above US$75/oz despite what people are calling a pullback, which I find hilarious. How are you doing today?
Mark Sumner: I’m doing great. Thanks for having me. VRIC was really interesting. The enthusiasm was extremely high. Sunday was madness, and Monday was just as crazy. It was great to catch up with so many people and really see how much depth this market has. I honestly think we’re just getting started.
Gerardo Del Real: I couldn’t agree more. I think the ‘correction’ was healthy and necessary. And look, I said this just yesterday — if you had told me a year ago that the new floor for gold would be in the US$4,700 to US$4,800 range, and the new floor for silver would be in the mid-US$70s, I would’ve signed up for that 100 times out of 100.
With that said, you keep knocking out high-grade surface samples from Antonella. You also had some news out a couple of days ago that I want to touch on. Your neighbor, Highlander Silver, now sports a market cap that is many, many times what Daura’s is right now.
You’ve had some paper come loose, there’s liquidity in the market — a great time to have you on and talk about why potential new shareholders should be paying attention to Daura Gold.
Mark Sumner: Yes, for sure. The main goal at Antonella right now is drill targeting. As you mentioned, the surface samples we released a couple of days ago are all part of that process.
Recently, we’ve been increasing the resolution of our satellite imagery to establish a better structural framework across the entire Antonella project. Through that work, we’ve identified two separate 5-km-plus structural corridors hosting these veins.
What we call Antonella Main is the area where we’ve already seen standout drill intercepts and extensive surface expression of very high-grade gold and silver veins. Antonella North sits on a parallel structure — a vein system running adjacent and parallel to Antonella Main — and we’re seeing incredible grades there as well.
We’ve reported 55 grams per tonne gold at surface and hundreds of grams per tonne silver. In our most recent release, we reported an 8 g/t gold and 189 g/t silver sample.
We keep finding additional surface expressions of these veins, and it’s really exciting to see how the project is shaping up. The next steps involve geophysics — looking at these structures undercover and understanding what the vein systems look like at depth.
Most of the system is undercover. Everything we’re doing is geared toward drill targeting, securing approvals, and getting drilling underway as soon as possible.
Gerardo Del Real: Excellent. What comes next?
Mark Sumner: One of the big developments is that we’re about to mobilize a drill rig at Cerro Bayo, which is incredibly exciting. We’ve already released news on Cerro Bayo where we completed geophysics and finalized drill targeting, and we’ve got 22 holes planned across 15 different targets.
Our first target there is called Ingrid. That vein system is mapped at surface over 700 meters with silver grades up to 600 g/t and gold grades between 2 and 2.5 g/t. It’s a very compelling target. We’ll be announcing rig mobilization shortly, and then we’ll be drilling over the next 40 to 45 days.
Beyond that, we’re also building additional datasets for our Tayacoto Project, which we haven’t talked much about yet but is shaping up to be quite exciting. At the same time, we’re working toward a maiden resource at Yanamina, located about 40 km north of Antonella — another very high-grade, near-surface epithermal gold-silver project.
So, we’ve got a lot going on and expect to be very busy for the foreseeable future.
Gerardo Del Real: Your timing couldn’t be better. I know everyone wants to see the drill bit turning, and now you’ve lined up not one but two projects that people are eager to watch.
When it comes to Cerro Bayo, you’re not chasing a blind discovery — there’s already a known system there that’s been drilled before. But this will be the first truly systematic drill program. Can you walk us through the history of Cerro Bayo and what motivated you to bring it forward now ahead of what had been considered the flagship?
Mark Sumner: Absolutely, Cerro Bayo is a really interesting project. It was originally optioned to Barrick, which completed a substantial amount of work — IP surveys, gradient array, and extensive surface mapping across multiple targets. We’ve since enhanced that with additional surface geochemistry.
A few years ago, Barrick exited roughly 85% to 90% of its exploration projects in Argentina for corporate reasons, and Cerro Bayo was already fairly advanced in the drill-permitting process. Latin Metals completed that permitting last year.
In my view, Cerro Bayo was a sleeper. Barrick’s technical team clearly saw potential there but corporate decisions curtailed the work. That created a great opportunity for us to step into a project with a robust historical dataset, now further enhanced by our IP work and ongoing gradient array surveys tied directly into the drill program.
We’re still generating new data and refining targets for future phases but the project sits within a prolific district. There are more than 30 mines in the region — including Cerro Negro and Cerro Vanguardia — with hundreds of millions of ounces of silver mined historically and roughly 20 million ounces of gold produced over the past couple of decades.
It’s an outstanding area with incredible history, and we’re thrilled to be mobilizing the rig. Once drilling starts, that’s when the real excitement begins.
Gerardo Del Real: Exciting times, Mark. I think this is shaping up to be a transformational year for you and the team. The market has legs, and discoveries in this environment are being richly rewarded. I’m looking forward to having you back on soon.
Mark Sumner: Thank you, Gerardo. I really appreciate it.
Gerardo Del Real: Alright, chat soon. Cheers.
The Daura Gold Opportunity
Daura Gold enters 2026 with momentum accelerating at precisely the right time.
The company is advancing toward Phase-1 drilling at its flagship Antonella project in Peru’s prolific Ancash region following surface work that has expanded the system and sharpened drill targeting.
Antonella is now firmly positioned for drilling in 1H 2026 — a key inflection point as gold and silver trade near record highs. With permits advancing and targets prioritized, the focus has shifted decisively from groundwork to execution.
That timing is being reinforced by active drilling nearby. As CEO Mark Sumner notes, results from Highlander Silver’s Bonita project are adding confidence in how Antonella is shaping up structurally:
“There’s still a lot of work to do, but the way Highlander is delivering these drill results, combined with how we’re starting to define the structure at Antonella and its relationship to Bonita, is incredibly exciting.”
At the same time, Daura has added a second near-term catalyst through its fully permitted Cerro Bayo project in Argentina. With maiden drilling also planned for 1H 2026, the company enters the year with two drill programs lined up — a rare position for a junior company at this early stage.
Just as important, DGC is well funded, having recently completed a C$7 million financing that provides the flexibility to advance drilling without near-term capital pressure.
With ~77.5 million shares outstanding on a non-fully-diluted basis and a market capitalization well below C$40 million, DGC maintains a tight share structure that offers meaningful leverage to each new phase of exploration and drilling.
With gold around US$5K per ounce and silver north of US$75 per ounce, the timing for high-grade discovery in proven districts could not be more compelling, making now an ideal moment to take a closer look at Daura Gold Corp.
A great place to start is the company’s corporate website where you can learn more about the projects, meet the team, and sign up for direct updates from the company.
View the most recent Corporate Presentation here.
Daura Gold Corp. trades on the TSX-V under the symbol DGC.
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