Banyan Gold Intersects High-Grades and Visible Gold at AurMac, Yukon, Canada
Banyan Gold Intersects High-Grades and Visible Gold at AurMac, Yukon, Canada
Jan 27, 2026, TSX-V: BYN
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan 27, 2026 - Banyan Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Banyan") (TSX-V: BYN) (OTCQB: BYAGF) is pleased to announce it has intersected high-grade gold (“Au”) mineralization in the Airstrip Deposit (“Airstrip”) and Aurex Hill Zone (“Aurex Hill”) at its AurMac Project (“AurMac”), Yukon, Canada.
Aurex Hill Intersections (East Powerline Deposit) Highlights:
- AX-25-796 – 0.84 g/t Au over 38.9m within 0.64 g/t Au over 76.0m; including highgrade intervals of 26.35 g/t Au over 0.5m,
- AX-25-802 – 2.82 g/t Au over 11.8m within 0.78 g/t Au over 51.1m; including highgrade interval of 7.26 g/t Au over 4.3m
Airstrip Intersections Highlights:
- AX-25-720 – 1.10 g/t Au over 6.5m within 0.30 g/t Au over 38.9m; includes highgrade intervals of 16.70 g/t Au over 0.4m and 13.80 g/t Au over 1.0m,
- AX-25-731 – 2.27 g/t Au over 5.0m, within 1.24 g/t Au over 11.0m; includes highgrade interval of 14.10 g/t Au over 0.5m,
- AX-25-758 – 0.90 g/t Au over 18.9m, within 0.51 g/t Au over 43.8m; includes 17.14 g/t Au over 0.3m,
- AX-25-792 – 4.25 g/t Au over 3.3m within 0.60 g/t Au over 37.6m; includes
14.60 g/t Au over 0.5m
“The high-grade gold mineralization in the Aurex Hill zone (East Powerline Deposit) and the Airstrip Deposit reinforces our understanding of the high-grade mineralization and achieves the objective of targeting areas suitable for starter pits,” said Tara Christie, President and CEO. “In the Aurex Hill zone, high-grade sheeted quartz veins show potential for further expansion of the deposit, while the high-grade structures (marl) with brecciated quartz represent a new drill target (Figure 4). In Airstrip, the skarn mineralization in Cal 2 (lower horizon) shows consistent high-grade gold mineralization with holes AX-25-792 and AX-25-731, indicating the potential for eastward expansion at Airstrip (Figure 7 and 10).”
The high-grade gold drill core from Airstrip, Powerline and the very high-grade silver drill core (News release, January 22, 2026) will be available to view at the AMEBC roundup core shack #823 on January 28-29th, 2026.
Figure 1: Plan map of highlight gold intersections in Aurex Hill Figure 2: Cross-section 468850E in Aurex Hill. High-grade mineralization in AX-25-802 has potential to convert waste blocks and extend mineralized domains that are open up and down dip as well as along strike.
Figure 3: Cross-section 469050E in Aurex Hill Zone has potential to extend high-grade mineralization in satellite pits in east Powerline.
Figure 4: High-grade gold mineralization in AX-25-802 is associated with zones of marl with associated brecciated quartz veins.
Figure 5: Sheeted quartz veins in AX-25-796 host high-grade gold mineralization and visible gold.
Figure 6: Visible gold grains from drillholes AX-25-796. Multiple instances of visible gold intergrown with Bi- Sulphosalts were intersected at 42.3m (left) and 115.1m (right). These examples of coarse-grained gold mineralization in sheeted quartz veins are typical of Powerline-style mineralization, indicating near-surface high-grade mineralized domains have potential to be expanded in the Aurex Hill area east of Powerline.
Figure 7: Plan map of highlight intersections in Airstrip for this release.
Figure 8: Cross-section 466400E in Airstrip. Skarn mineralization intersected in drill holes AX-25-747 have potential to expand conceptual pit to the south and west of Airstrip.
Figure 9: Cross-section 466800E in Airstrip. Skarn mineralization inAX25-756 and -758 have potential to convert waste blocks at southern edge of the conceptual pit as well as improve continuity of the Cal 1 horizon.
Figure 10: Cross-section 467900E in Airstrip. Intersection in drillhole AX-25-792 has potential to extend conceptual satellite pit in the east of Airstrip.
Table 1: Diamond drillhole assay intercepts for Aurex Hill in this release
| Hole ID | depth | depth to | Au Interval | Au Interval |
| from (m) | (m) | (m) | (g/t) | |
| AX-25-759 26.2 74.0 47.8 0.66 including 29.2 31.2 2.0 6.85 including 30.2 31.2 1.0 9.72 and including 51.4 52.7 1.3 7.55 and 93.5 94.5 1.0 0.57 and 108.0 109.5 1.5 0.69 | ||||
| AX-25-765 33.5 38.0 4.5 1.66 including 33.5 36.5 3.0 2.13 and 51.0 55.0 4.0 0.62 and 78.5 80.0 1.5 0.53 and 93.2 94.5 1.3 1.77 and 123.2 124.7 1.5 0.42 and 135.5 137.0 1.5 0.57 |
| AX-25-768 | 26.0 | 41.2 | 15.2 | 0.47 |
| including | 38.0 | 39.6 | 1.6 | 1.77 |
| and | 58.3 | 70.8 | 12.5 | 0.49 |
| including | 58.3 | 59.7 | 1.4 | 2.19 |
| and | 120.9 | 122.9 | 2.0 | 0.86 |
| including | 120.9 | 122.1 | 1.2 | 1.16 |
| and | 175.4 | 176.6 | 1.2 | 0.31 |
| AX-25-796 | 3.0 | 54.2 | 51.2 | 0.42 |
| including | 3.0 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 2.55 |
| and including | 30.0 | 30.4 | 0.4 | 1.65 |
| and including | 41.2 | 54.2 | 13.0 | 0.46 |
| including | 53.5 | 54.2 | 0.7 | 3.06 |
| and | 76.2 | 152.2 | 76.0 | 0.64 |
| including | 81.3 | 92.5 | 11.2 | 1.07 |
| including | 81.3 | 82.0 | 0.7 | 6.74 |
| and including | 91.0 | 92.5 | 1.5 | 4.89 |
| and including | 105.2 | 144.1 | 38.9 | 0.84 |
| including | 105.2 | 105.6 | 0.4 | 7.29 |
| and including | 115.1 | 115.6 | 0.5 | 26.35 |
| and including | 125.0 | 125.6 | 0.6 | 5.57 |
| and including | 127.7 | 138.4 | 10.7 | 0.62 |
| and | 176.3 | 176.8 | 0.5 | 10.03 |
| AX-25-802 | 11.5 | 18.8 | 7.3 | 0.29 |
| and | 23.5 | 27.6 | 4.1 | 0.27 |
| and | 36.4 | 38.0 | 1.6 | 0.45 |
| and | 51.8 | 52.7 | 0.9 | 0.88 |
| and | 85.6 | 88.2 | 2.6 | 0.44 |
| and | 107.0 | 108.5 | 1.5 | 0.42 |
| and | 131.4 | 182.5 | 51.1 | 0.78 |
| including | 154.2 | 166.0 | 11.8 | 2.82 |
| including | 161.7 | 166.0 | 4.3 | 7.26 |
| including | 164.5 | 166.0 | 1.5 | 12.60 |
Note: Calculated true widths are approx. 90% of reported drill widths.
Table 2: Diamond drillhole assay intercepts for Airstrip in this release
| HOLE NUMBER | depth from | depth to | Au | Au |
| Interval | Interval | |||
| (m) | (g/t) | |||
| AX-25-686 15.0 16.5 1.5 0.66 and 52.6 70.2 17.6 0.33 including 52.6 53.9 1.3 1.14 and 91.5 112.4 20.9 0.64 including 91.5 103.5 12.0 0.98 and 138.2 148.5 10.3 1.03 including 143.1 144.4 1.3 5.22 and 172.0 173.5 1.5 0.32 and 186.0 196.5 10.5 0.31 | ||||
| AX-25-689 19.3 20.4 1.1 0.51 and 74.5 76.0 1.5 0.68 |
| and | 87.6 | 115.8 | 28.2 | 0.37 |
| including | 106.0 | 107.4 | 1.4 | 1.97 |
| and | 146.5 | 167.4 | 20.9 | 0.33 |
| and | 186.2 | 189.1 | 2.9 | 0.96 |
| including | 186.2 | 187.6 | 1.4 | 1.18 |
| AX-25-691 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 1.5 | 0.42 |
| and | 105.5 | 131.5 | 26.0 | 0.39 |
| including | 113.0 | 122.5 | 9.5 | 0.77 |
| and | 149.0 | 243.2 | 94.2 | 0.54 |
| including | 157.6 | 182.2 | 24.6 | 0.35 |
| and including | 198.4 | 220.8 | 22.4 | 0.52 |
| including | 220.4 | 220.8 | 0.4 | 6.82 |
| and including | 240.1 | 242.3 | 2.2 | 9.09 |
| including | 241.0 | 241.6 | 0.6 | 14.10 |
| and | 262.8 | 272.9 | 10.1 | 0.69 |
| including | 267.1 | 268.5 | 1.4 | 3.49 |
| AX-25-720 | 12.9 | 51.8 | 38.9 | 0.30 |
| including | 45.3 | 51.8 | 6.5 | 1.10 |
| including | 45.3 | 45.6 | 0.3 | 14.40 |
| and | 82.4 | 84.9 | 2.5 | 9.81 |
| including | 82.4 | 82.8 | 0.4 | 16.70 |
| and including | 83.9 | 84.9 | 1.0 | 13.80 |
| AX-25-731 | 36.2 | 47.2 | 11.0 | 1.24 |
| including | 37.7 | 42.7 | 5.0 | 2.27 |
| including | 38.6 | 39.1 | 0.5 | 14.10 |
| and | 73.8 | 74.4 | 0.6 | 0.91 |
| and | 79.0 | 80.5 | 1.5 | 0.40 |
| AX-25-742 | 124.4 | 126.0 | 1.6 | 0.36 |
| and | 143.5 | 150.0 | 6.5 | 0.73 |
| including | 149.0 | 150.0 | 1.0 | 3.12 |
| and | 176.0 | 180.5 | 4.5 | 0.65 |
| and | 201.6 | 202.5 | 0.9 | 0.53 |
| and | 208.0 | 210.7 | 2.7 | 0.39 |
| and | 218.6 | 220.2 | 1.6 | 0.39 |
| and | 235.2 | 237.0 | 1.8 | 8.27 |
| including | 235.2 | 235.8 | 0.6 | 25.40 |
| AX-25-747 | 56.8 | 63.4 | 6.6 | 0.57 |
| including | 61.9 | 63.4 | 1.5 | 1.70 |
| and | 86.0 | 101.4 | 15.4 | 0.61 |
| including | 92.9 | 94.2 | 1.3 | 4.66 |
| and | 112.5 | 114.2 | 1.7 | 0.89 |
| and | 142.3 | 213.6 | 71.3 | 0.50 |
| including | 142.3 | 143.2 | 0.9 | 3.38 |
| and including | 161.5 | 162.6 | 1.1 | 1.54 |