The Pearl Gold Project is a newly acquired gold exploration property in the Varyville Mining District of Humboldt County, Nevada. Nortec Minerals Corp. has entered into a purchase option agreement to acquire 69 Federal Lode claims totaling 1425.5 acres. The project hosts multiple high‑grade historical mines, modern drill discoveries, and district‑scale gold potential across several target zones.

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The project is fully permitted for drilling and trenching, road accessible, and located in the world’s #1 rated mining jurisdiction.

Permitted & Drill‑Ready

• All permits secured for: 

  • 16 drill sites

  • 2,020 ft of trenching

  • 1,500 ft of diamond drilling

• Multiple high‑priority drill targets defined.
   

Significant New Discoveries

• 2021 trenching (Pearl Zone) Bulk Tonnage target: 

  • 2.34 g/t Au over 17.7 m

  • Including 6.49 g/t Au over 2.0 m

 

Strong Drill Results

Recent drilling at the Columbia Zone returned:

• 2.27 g/t Au over 38.1 m (Hole YU21‑02) 

  • Incl. 15.55 g/t Au over 1.53 m

  • And 6.74 g/t Au over 1.52 m

Additional notable intervals include:

• 13.57 g/t Au over 4.57 m (YU22‑09)

• 11.96 g/t Au over 3.05 m (YU22‑11)

• 4.20 g/t Au over 10.67 m (YU22‑11)

 

Widespread High‑Grade Potential

• Surface grab samples up to 150 g/t Au

• Gold‑in‑soil anomaly traced for ~2 km

• Multiple zones returning consistent high‑grade values

 

Strategic Location

• 55 km south of Denio, northern Nevada

• Road access with power lines on‑site

 

Historical High‑Grade Production

Covers the historic:

• Columbia Mine

• Bartlett Mine

• Juanita Mine

Historic run‑of‑mine sorted ore graded >34 g/t Au (1870–1937).

Gold mineralization occurs with sulphides (arsenopyrite, pyrite) and iron‑oxide weathering products. High‑grade mineralization is hosted along shear and fault zones cutting andesites, epiclastics, and near diorite intrusions — an important control for both:

• High‑grade mesothermal quartz vein systems

• Broad bulk‑tonnage zones associated with altered intrusive rocks

Columbia Zone

Modern drilling has confirmed both:

• High‑grade veins mined historically

• A broader mineralized envelope surrounding them

Highlight intervals include:

• 2.27 g/t Au over 38.1 m

• 2.89 g/t Au over 9.14 m

• 3.63 g/t Au over 15.24 m

• 3.03 g/t Au over 25.91 m

• 4.20 g/t Au over 10.67 m

• 11.96 g/t Au over 3.05 m

Mineralization remains open:

• Along strike

• At depth

• Across parallel structures

 

Juanita Zone

Historical mine once operated by prospector Josie Pearl.

Sampling results:

• Grab samples up to 57.7 g/t Au

• Shear zone sample: 11.9 g/t Au over 1 m

Drill highlights:

• 0.99 g/t Au over 30.48 m (incl. 3.44 g/t Au over 6.1 m)

• 0.23 g/t Au over 22.86 m

 

Josie Zone

A large target area with multiple workings and strong grades.

Grab samples include:

• 86.1 g/t Au

• 45.2 g/t Au

• 42.2 g/t Au

• 36.2 g/t Au

Chip samples include:

• 45.2 g/t Au over 0.35 m

• 42.2 g/t Au over 0.4 m

The zone has significant bulk‑tonnage potential with mineralized intrusives observed eastward of the main target area.

Work completed includes:

• RC drilling across Columbia, Juanita, and Josie zones

• Trenching (notably at the Pearl Zone discovery)

• Soil geochemical surveys

• Airborne magnetic & radiometric surveys

• Ground HLEM geophysics

Collectively, results indicate a much broader mineralizing system than previously recognized.