All Eyes on Miners as Gold Sets Up for a Q4 Run Past $3,500

Issued on behalf of RUA GOLD Inc.

VANCOUVER – Baystreet.ca News Commentary – The rally in gold prices is holding strong after the metal opened the week above $3,400, driven by a key revision to U.S. labor data. Price targets are rising alongside the metal, with analysts looking to hit $3,500 in the short term, and Fidelity projecting a potential $4,000 per ounce before the end of the year. With major producers now forecasting strong cash flow and expect bumper profits, mining equities are starting to outpace bullion. Many gold miners are already leading in gains following the weaker jobs data, prompting investors to turn their focus to fast-moving names like RUA GOLD Inc. (TSXV:RUA.VN) (OTC-BB:NZAUF), TDG Gold Corp. (TSXV:TDG.VN) (OTCQX:TDGGF), Labrador Gold Corp. (TSXV:LAB.VN) (OTC-BB:NKOSF), Troilus Gold Corp. (TSX:TLG.TO) (OTCQX:CHXMF), and Minera Alamos Inc. (TSXV:MAI.VN) (OTCQX:MAIFF).

A recent report from Reuters confirms the trend, noting that the TSX is nearing a fresh record as investors rotate into mining stocks. With gold nearing all-time highs and silver tearing through resistance, traders are beginning to rotate into junior miners as the next logical stage in this unfolding bull market.

RUA GOLD Inc. (TSXV:RUA.VN) (OTC-BB:NZAUF) just announced a major expansion to its Reefton drill campaign, mobilizing a third rig and targeting over 4,000 metres of new drilling at Auld Creek to grow the gold-antimony resource above 300,000 ounces by year-end. The company is also initiating deeper drilling at Cumberland and advancing Alexander River as a third priority asset—all part of a 12-month strategy aimed at fast-tracking permitting and transitioning from explorer to developer.

“We closed Q2 2025 with $14 million in the treasury, placing us in a strong position to execute on our aggressive exploration plan in New Zealand,” said Robert Eckford, CEO of RUA GOLD. “As our gold-antimony resource continues to grow rapidly—and with antimony at the top of every nation’s critical minerals list—the significance of this expansion is substantial.”

The Reefton Goldfield is a historically prolific district that produced more than 2 million ounces at grades up to 50 g/t. RUA GOLD now controls 120,000 hectares (roughly 95%) in the area and has confirmed multiple stacked mineralized shoots at Auld Creek, including a standout intercept of 2.1 m at 64 g/t AuEq (5.5 g/t gold and 13.1% antimony). New modeling work is underway ahead of a resource update, while two rigs continue testing depth and lateral continuity.

Antimony continues to be a major tailwind for the company’s positioning, with prices surging past US$50,000 per tonne in 2025 following China’s export restrictions. New Zealand has formally designated it as a critical mineral, adding further significance to RUA GOLD’s dual-commodity profile at Auld Creek. Surface samples have returned over 40% Sb, and several drill holes exceed 8%—grades rarely seen this early in a project’s development cycle.

Three kilometres south, RUA GOLD has put a third drill rig to work at Cumberland, following up on strong recent hits such as 1 m at 26.9 g/t, and earlier assays of 62.2 g/t and 1 m at 1,911 g/t within the Gallant vein system. This AI-generated target has confirmed shallow continuity along a 600 m strike, with additional step-outs in motion across a 2.5 km corridor.

Meanwhile, at Alexander River, modeling is underway to build on a 130,000 oz inferred resource grading 4.1 g/t. The zone hosts 1.2 km of outcropping mineralization and returned historical production of 41,000 oz at 26 g/t before World War II halted mining. Targets at Caledonia and other regional zones are also in development.

On the North Island, drill access applications have now been submitted for RUA’s Glamorgan project in the Hauraki Goldfield—home to the 10 Moz Martha mine. Glamorgan’s 4 km gold-arsenic anomaly has been refined using CSAMT surveys and VRIFY’s DORA AI engine, with drilling expected to begin in Q4.

“Over the past month, our Board and Management team have been focused on shaping the Company’s strategy to transition us from an explorer to a developer,” added Eckford. “With New Zealand’s highly supportive permitting regime, our goal is to rapidly build ounces on our balance sheet and enter the ‘Fast Track Permitting Process’ in 2026.”

With a disciplined burn rate, $14 million in cash, and a leadership team behind US$11 billion in prior exits, RUA GOLD is well-positioned to deliver meaningful discovery growth and advance permitting across both islands. The current multi-rig program aims to stack near-surface ounces at scale—across gold, antimony, and future targets shaped by AI and legacy-grade geology.

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In other industry developments and happenings in the market include:

TDG Gold Corp. (TSXV:TDG.VN) (OTCQX:TDGGF) is preparing to launch drilling at its AuWEST target in northern British Columbia, where a newly expanded IP anomaly now stretches westward across the boundary of Freeport-Amarc’s adjacent AuRORA discovery.

The anomaly includes multiple chargeability highs, interpreted as possible extensions of the copper-gold porphyry system identified next door. TDG’s drill plan will test targets down to 350 metres, with helicopter-supported mobilization now underway and permits already in place.

The 2025 program is fully funded and also includes early exploration at the company’s newly acquired Anyox VMS project, a past-producing site with copper and precious metals potential. With a tight share structure and proximity to Tier 1 partners, TDG GOLD is positioning for a catalyst-heavy second half of the year.

Back in June, Labrador Gold Corp. (TSXV:LAB.VN) (OTC-BB:NKOSF) launched its 2025 field program at the Hopedale Gold Project in central Labrador, with early work focused on prospecting and mapping over multiple high-priority targets along a 60 km greenstone belt.

“Systematic rock and soil sampling by LabGold identified the 3km long Thurber Gold trend along which significant gold occurs in rock samples, with 52 samples assaying over 0.5g/t Au, including 33 samples assaying over 1g/t Au“said Roger Moss, President and CEO of Labrador Gold. “The current program aims to define drill targets along this prospective trend. Elsewhere on the property, recently discovered occurrences of gold and copper will be followed up with mapping and prospecting to further extend the known extent of the mineralization.”

Historic samples have returned values up to 48.4 g/t gold, and recent airborne magnetic surveys have defined new structural trends for follow-up. The team is prioritizing areas with similar geological signatures to New Found Gold’s Queensway Project further south.

Troilus Gold Corp. (TSX:TLG.TO) (OTCQX:CHXMF) recently secured indicative offtake terms with Boliden for its future copper-gold concentrate, following a prior deal with Aurubis AG.

“We are proud to welcome one of Europe’s most respected mining and smelting companies as an offtake partner, renewing a long-standing relationship that began during Troilus’ past-producing years, when Boliden processed some of the site’s original concentrate,” said Justin Reid, CEO of Troilus Gold. “We are pleased to align with key players in Europe’s critical minerals ecosystem and believe these recent offtake agreements reinforce our technical credibility and the high quality of the product we intend to deliver… We look forward to building a long-term partnership with Boliden and are proud to align with organizations that share our values around responsible sourcing and long-term collaboration.”

Together, these agreements signal growing interest from European critical minerals players and strengthen the project’s financing prospects. The Troilus Project’s feasibility study outlines a 22-year mine life and annual output of 75,000 WMT, with full debt financing now in syndication.

Minera Alamos Inc. (TSXV:MAI.VN) (OTCQX:MAIFF) is advancing development plans for its fully permitted Copperstone Mine in Sonora, Mexico, targeting first copper production by mid-2026.

"The submission of the final amendment for the Copperstone Gold Mine existing Plan of Operations is a significant step towards meeting our timelines for the restart of operations,” said Darren Koningen, CEO of Minera Alamos. “The decision to amend the existing Plan of Operations was taken as a result of extensive engineering evaluations demonstrating that the use of a combination of previous processing paths provided a superior economic return for the mine while maximizing operating flexibility for the future."

Initial work will focus on infrastructure refurbishment, access roads, and early-stage site preparations, with a compact low-capex plant design supporting a phased ramp-up.

“While focusing on optimizing mine plans for greater efficiency and ensuring that our process plant can accommodate future growth, we are also excited to start working to expand the overall resource potential through targeted drilling,” added Koningen. “By leveraging used equipment and re-evaluating marginal material under current economics, we will continue to work to reduce costs and enhance long-term value for the project.

The project is expected to yield 2,000–2,500 tpa of copper cathode over its first five years, with expansion studies already underway.

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