Forge Resources Discovers Multiple Porphyry Centers at Alotta Project
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Forge Resources Corp. has announced the results of its 2026 drill program at the Alotta Project, located in the Dawson Range Gold Belt of Yukon. The company has identified multiple porphyry centers across an extensive 4-kilometer footprint, suggesting a complex mineralization system.
The 2026 drill program focused on targeting interpreted porphyry centers, which are considered prospective for porphyry-style mineralization. Several holes were designed to test geophysical anomalies identified during pre-season data compilation. Holes ALT-26-017, -018, and -021 all successfully intercepted significant porphyry veining and alteration over extensive core lengths.
The deepest hole, ALT-26-021, drilled to a depth of 651 meters, was mineralized and altered throughout its entire length. The hole exhibited biotite, magnetite, and chlorite alteration, along with pyrite, pyrrhotite, molybdenite, and chalcopyrite mineralization. Vein density and magnetite content increased with depth, a pattern typically observed near porphyry centers.
Visible gold was also intersected at the Payoff Zone (ALT-26-020, 217 meters), adding to the previously reported occurrences of visible gold in the zone. Hole ALT-26-019, tested the Severance Zone, intersecting propylitic altered porphyry with abundant pyrite and minor molybdenite and chalcopyrite.
The company's CEO, PJ Murphy, stated, "Alotta continues to get bigger, not smaller. Each season we've added ground to the story rather than narrowing it, and the picture that's emerging is of a large system with several distinct centers rather than a single target, which is exactly the kind of setting that has produced the major deposits in this part of the Yukon."
The drill program covered 2,792 meters in six holes at the Commission, Payoff, and Severance zones, completing the 2026 program at Alotta. Mineralization and alteration were intersected in every hole drilled to date, consistent with several porphyry centers rather than a single center.
The company is awaiting assays for the samples collected during the drilling program. Once received, compiled, and interpreted, the results will be released to the public.
The Alotta Project, covering 4,723 hectares, is part of the Dawson Range Gold Belt and includes the Casino and Revenue-Nucleus deposits. The project is one of several Late Cretaceous, gold-enriched porphyries in the area.