Resource Developer Finds District-Scale Gold Potential in BC

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1. Ownership and Share Structure Information

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Golden Cariboo Resources Ltd. (GCC:CSE; GCCFF:OTC; A402CQ:WKN; 3TZ:FSE) reported that it has intersected 0.56 grams per tonne (g/t) of gold over 99.84 meters in drill hole QGQ25-23, starting from 182.20 meters, as stated in a release amended on December 17.

Additionally, drill holes QGQ24-21 and QGQ25-23 to QGQ25-24 encountered intermittent anomalous gold mineralization but were terminated early due to mechanical issues during drilling.

All of the holes concluded within anomalous intersections, the company noted. No significant results were obtained from QGQ25-22, which was terminated early due to excessive deviation, the company stated.

"Ongoing drilling in the Fall is testing north of the Halo zone, with drill hole QGQ25-28 currently in progress," the release noted. "The company is targeting proximal to the greenstone and argillite inferred contact to vector into further mineralization to the North."

QGQ24-21 intersected 0.2 g/t gold (Au) and 4.52 g/t silver (Ag) over 110.68 meters, according to the company.

In addition to the 0.56 g/t Au, QGQ25-23 also assayed 1.51 g/t Ag over 99.84 meters; including 1 g/t Au and 1.68 g/t Ag over 40.56 meters; and 9.99 g/t Au and 3.99 g/t Ag over 1.92 meters, the release said. Hole QGQ25-24 also intersected 0.25 g/t Au over 38.85 meters.

Quality assurance and quality control samples, including blanks, standards, and coarse reject duplicates, make up 5% of the total samples, the release noted. The reported drilling has utilized NQ core, which has been logged and sampled, generally in lengths from 0.5 to 2 meters, by a company geologist based on lithology, alteration, and mineralization. The core is then split in half before being sent to ALS Canada Ltd. for analysis.

Campaign's Results Are a Key Catalyst, Analyst Says

Golden Cariboo noted in the release that it has launched an expanded fall 2025 drilling program at its Quesnelle gold quartz project in central British Columbia's Cariboo Mining District. To enhance the execution of this program, the company has hired two experienced geologists, as reported by Couloir Capital's Analyst Ron Wortel and the research team in a November 29 research note.

"The campaign is expected to broaden the footprint of existing gold-bearing zones and define new drill-ready targets," Wortel wrote. "The campaign's results will play a central role in determining follow-up drilling priorities and could represent a key catalyst for reassessing the longer-term development potential of the project."

Golden Cariboo's share price was approximately CA$0.05 per share at the time of Wortel's report. The analyst noted that GCC is trading at a significant discount compared to its peers active in well-established B.C. gold camps. The market caps of these companies range from about CA$6 million to over CA$40 million, whereas Golden Cariboo's market cap is about CA$5.3 million, with 106.9 million shares outstanding.

Given the strong indications of scale potential at Halo and multiple additional targets on the Quesnelle property, Couloir believes Golden Cariboo should be valued at the upper end of this range. Thus, Couloir's fair value target price for the Canadian junior miner is CA$0.40 per share. The difference between this target and GCC's current price implies a potential return of 700%. Golden Cariboo remains a Buy.

With the ongoing surface drilling program at Quesnelle, Golden Cariboo is focusing on priority sites identified through previous exploration activities, including trenching, sampling, and surface mapping, reported Wortel. The company aims to extend the known strike of the Halo and Main zones to approximately 2 kilometers from about 600 meters. Achieving this would increase the likelihood that the mineralized system at Quesnelle is of district scale, potentially leading to a valuation rerating.

'A District-Scale Gold System'

Before initiating the drill program, Wortel noted, Golden Cariboo raised CA$1.5 million in equity funding. The funds will be used not only to advance the 2-km Halo-Main corridor expansion but also to accelerate work in emerging parallel trends. Prior to the capital raise, at the end of Q3/25 (September 30), the company had CA$0.73 million in cash and CA$1 million in working capital. It has an estimated 8.53 million options and 53.11 million warrants, all out of the money.

In early September, Cariboo discovered the KM Uno zone at Quesnelle, a derisking and value-enhancing event, reported Wortel. Initial bedrock sampling from volcanic subcrop and angular float material there returned promising gold and silver results, up to 1.1 grams per ton gold and 8 g/t silver. The zone contains consistent gold-silver-arsenic soil anomalies and the same geophysical features as the mineralization at Halo. The discovery also indicates that Quesnelle contains multiple mineralized zones. "With KM Uno now identified, Golden Cariboo evolves from a single-zone story into a multizone gold-silver system," wrote Wortel.

The analyst highlighted that there are several parallel mineralized structures at Quesnelle. Halo is situated between two of them, Sunset to the west and KM Uno to the southeast. This trio directly correlates to "previously mapped gold-silver-arsenic soil anomalies, airborne resistivity highs and ground conductivity features, suggesting a district-scale gold system," Wortel wrote. Halo has shown near-surface mineralization. Highlight hole QGQ24-13 intersected 1.77 g/t Au over 136.51 meters. Follow-up hole QGQ24-20 showed 0.56 g/t Au over 475.4 meters, including 1.06 g/t Au over 236.88 meters. Sunset has indicated the presence of mineralization, including possible extensions toward historically producing areas like the Hixon Creek Placer. The company is testing possible northern extensions of the mineralized system with its work at Buckley Creek, 1 kilometer north-northwest of the Halo discovery hole and 2 kilometers north of the main zone shaft.

In an update on December 9, Couloir noted, "Golden Cariboo closed the third and final private placement tranche for CA$702,500 from the issue of 14,050,000 units at CA$0.05 per Unit. … The proceeds of the Offering will be used for property exploration and for general working capital."

James West wrote in his Dec. 4 Midas Letter that "information flow has been limited in recent months, typical for junior explorers between financing rounds and field programs. The company’s value proposition hinges on reactivating historical resources using modern exploration techniques and metallurgy. Without recent drilling results or corporate updates, Golden Cariboo stays firmly in the speculative bucket for investors with high risk tolerance and patience for extreme illiquidity."

The Catalyst: An 'Exceptional Year for Gold Stocks'

According to Frank Holmes, writing for U.S. Global Investors on September 15, "Gold mining stocks are experiencing an exceptional year in 2025." Holmes observed, "The price of gold has reached one record high after another, and the mining companies extracting it are delivering some of the best returns in the market today." He noted, "It's rare to witness such a strong alignment of factors benefiting this industry. From central bank purchases to political uncertainty and disciplined corporate practices, everything seems to be aligning perfectly for gold and the miners who produce it."

Since Holmes wrote, gold has continued to climb, including on Wednesday, as increasing uncertainty about the U.S. economy drove demand for safe-haven assets, according to a December 17 report by Investing.com's Peter Nurse.

At 08:40 ET, spot gold rose by 0.8% to US$4,335.48 per ounce, just US$50/ounce away from a new record, while gold futures for February climbed by 0.8% to US$4,367/ounce. The demand for safe havens was bolstered by a mixed set of U.S. economic data released on Tuesday, which included a slight rise in nonfarm payrolls and an increased unemployment rate in November, the report noted. The U.S. jobless rate reached a four-year high, raising concerns about the economy. Additional signs of a cooling U.S. economy were evident in weaker-than-expected purchasing managers index readings for December, while delayed retail sales data for October also indicated slowing growth from the previous month.

This weak data emerged amid ongoing concerns over liquidity levels in U.S. markets, particularly after the Federal Reserve resumed its Treasury buying activities, known as "quantitative easing," in December. This situation fueled demand for safe havens like gold and increased speculation over further interest rate cuts by the Fed, a scenario favorable for non-yielding assets. Attention is now focused on Thursday’s consumer price index, as investors seek more insights into the world’s largest economy.

Gold prices could continue their rally into early 2026, Nurse reported, with spot levels potentially rising significantly, according to BMO Capital’s latest metals outlook.

In its 2026 Metals & Bulk Commodity Price Year Ahead report, BMO Capital analyst Helen Amos stated that "gold’s resilience post-October’s sell-off shows its appeal as a diversifier and safe haven endures," adding that "spot prices could breach US$4,600/oz as soon as Q1."

The bank noted that the past year has been "spectacular for metals and mining," with precious metals prices up 60%–100% "far in excess of year-ago expectations," but argued that "it is too soon to fade this rally."

Ownership and Share Structure¹

Two insiders own 9.13% of Golden Cariboo. They include president and CEO Frank Callaghan, who is the largest shareholder overall with 9.1%. Laurence Smoliak owns 0.12%. The rest is in retail. There are no institutional investors at this time.

The Canadian explorer has 87.89 million outstanding shares, and 106.86 million free float traded shares. Its market cap is CA$5.34 million. Its 52-week range is CA$0.04–CA$0.16 per share.