Kiska Metals Corp.

"Kiska Metals' primary focus is its 100%-owned Whistler gold-copper deposit located approximately 160 km northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. Other interests include a consolidated portfolio of gold and copper projects in Alaska, B.C., Nevada, Mexico and Australia.

2009 saw the creation of Kiska Metals through the combination of two international mineral exploration companies: Rimfire Minerals Corporation and Geoinformatics Exploration Inc. Following combination, Kiska commenced a 1,500-metre core-drilling program testing five regional targets located on the same property that hosts the flagship Whistler deposit. Highlights from the drill program included intersections of 106.9m grading 1.22 g/t Au at the Island Mountain target, and 471.6m grading 0.93 g/t Au-Equiv. at the Raintree target.

For 2010, Kiska has outlined a further drill program of 15 holes (5,500m) testing regional targets identified from induced polarization, mapping, geochem and airborne magnetic data. Whistler (5.8 Moz Au-Equiv.) is Kiska's near-term focus, leading up to a potential Kennecott back-in for about $25M in mid-2010. With its comprehensive portfolio of properties in politically safe and mining-friendly jurisdictions, and leadership by the industry-respected Rimfire Minerals exploration team, Kiska is a well-managed company to watch."
    -CHRIS THOMPSON,   HAYWOOD SECURITIES (01/19/10)

TGR: Are there any new up-and-coming projects that intrigue you?

BC: Another one is Kiska Metals Corporation (TSX-V:KSK). Kiska is the result of a merger of Rimfire Minerals Corporation and Geoinformatics Exploration Inc. (TSX-V:GXL). I'd visited Geoinformatics' Whistler gold-copper porphyry project in Alaska. Quite honestly, it's too small at this time to be worth a lot of money, but it's part of a series of similar intrusive mineralized systems that have never been tested before. Next year they will test a number of other targets that we don't know much about yet. But certainly they're highly prospective, and this is a company I'm watching very closely.
    -   The Gold Report Interview with Brent Cook (12/22/09)

"In Q4/09 Kiska drilled five holes totaling 1,500 meters at Whistler; approximately 5,500 meters remain of an initial required 7,000 meter drill program as per Kiska's earn-in agreement on the project with Kennecott. The company recently completed IP geophysics (341 line-kilometers) to narrow down the 40+ previously identified area targets. An additional 15 holes are planned to test regional targets in the Whistler corridor as part of a spring 2010 program. The Whistler project is subject to a potential earn-in option with Kennecott. Kennecott has a one-time earn-in option (51-60%) following a trigger program by Kiska that includes completing 341 line-kilometers of IP geophysics and 7,000 metres of drilling.

Recently, Kiska announced the discovery of a new copper-gold mineralized porphyry at the Island Mountain target, located approximately 23 kilometers south of the Whistler copper-gold deposit resource area. The first of two holes completed at Island Mountain in the 2009 drilling program, IM09-001, returned 0.68 g/t Au over 382.9 meters, consisting of an upper interval of 150.0 meters that averaged 0.72 g/t Au, 2.37 g/t Ag and 0.16% Cu and a lower 106.9 meter intersection from 280.0 meters to the end of the hole that averaged 1.22 g/t Au, 0.69 g/t Ag and 0.05% Cu. The Island Mountain area hosts anomalous copper and gold rock and soil geochemistry spanning a 2.5 by 4.0 kilometer area. Surface rock samples have returned values up to 1.19 g/t Au, 5.2 g/t Ag and 0.2% Cu. Drill hole IM09-002 also targeted the Blard Mountain zone and returned 202 metres grading 0.13 g/t Au, 0.18 g/t Ag and 0.05% Cu.

At the Raintree target at Whistler, located approximately 1.5 kilometers east of the Whistler copper-gold deposit resource area, hole WH09-002 ended in mineralization and returned a 471.6 meter intersection from surface grading 0.38 g/t Au, 4.7 g/t Ag, 0.09% Cu, 0.15% Pb, and 0.35% Zn. The Raintree target was discovered in 2008 with a 160 meter intersection grading 0.59 g/t Au, 6.02g/t Ag, 0.10% Cu, 0.20% Pb and 0.46% Zn. . ."
    -   Junior Mining Weekly (12/23/09)

"Kiska Metals Corp. (TSX-V:KSK) has a number of high-quality gold and base metal exploration projects and a top-notch exploration team."
    -   The Gold Report Interview with Lawrence Roulston (11/24/09)

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