Extensive Silver Targets Identified by Banyan Gold at AurMac, Yukon, CanadaVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Banyan Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Banyan") (TSXV:BYN)(OTCQB:BYAGF) is pleased to announce it has intersected new high-grade silver ("Ag") intervals at the Powerline Deposit ("Powerline") and Airstrip Deposit ("Airstrip"), at its AurMac Project ("AurMac"), Yukon, Canada.Banyan has identified new target areas for Keno-style silver mineralization in Powerline and Airstrip, with the following selected highlights from Zones 1 to 3:Silver Zone 1:AX-25-658 - 46.16 g/t Ag over 2.7m within 4.11 g/t Ag over 52.0mAX-25-684 - 158.55g/t Ag over 2.3m within 68.97 g/t Ag over 5.0mAX-25-686 - 242 g/t Ag over 1.54m within 86.67g/t Ag over 5.5m and 21.41 g/t Ag over 10.3m within 5.49 g/t Ag over 79.1m including high-grade interval of 109.90 g/t Ag over 1.3mAX-25-727 - 123.36 g/t Ag over 10.3m within 38.66 g/t Ag over 34.3mHistoric Intersections:MQ00-005 - 28.38 g/t Ag over 10.5mMQ-19-46 - 530.00 g/t Ag over 1.4m within 58.83 g/t Ag over 13.6mSilver Zone 2:AX-25-742 - 136.40 g/t Ag over 1.4m within 32.43 g/t Ag over 6.5mAX-25-749 - 185.70 g/t Ag over 4.0m within 77.22g/t Ag over 12.3mAX-25-756 - 26.37 g/t Ag over 3.1m within 7.00 g/t Ag over 90.2m and 32.03 g/t Ag over 4.9m within 14.41 g/t Ag over 22.1mSilver Zone 3:AX-25-660 - 340 g/t Ag over 1.5m within 26.26 g/t Ag over 19.9m"Banyan has reported more than 15 successful silver vein intersections, the majority of which are located within 100 meters of surface, with six being specifically targeted. This suggests the potential for a larger more continuous vein system," said Tara Christie, Banyan President and CEO. "We have identified a N-E trending corridor that measures over 3 km wide and over 2 km along strike. Within this corridor, we have identified three highly prospective silver target areas (areas 1-3) that are between 300m and 1700m from the high-grade historic intersection of 1841.14 g/t Ag over 16.8m in AX-21-142, as detailed in our News Release dated October 29, 2025 (see Figure 1).""We have identified several discrete veins hosting Keno-style silver mineralization associated with Fe-Carbonate, sphalerite, and galena," stated Duncan Mackay, Vice President Exploration of Banyan Gold. "These zones have multiple sub-parallel Keno-style veins controlled by late brittle-structures and lithologic boundaries. The potential to expand these silver targets and confirm the orientation, connectivity and identify potential extensional zones of the late-brittle structures hosting the mineralization will drive our targeting in these areas."Figure 1: Plan map of new silver intersections in relation to high-grade silver zone in central Powerline (AX-21-142; see News Release dated October 29, 2025). Magenta ellipses show broad zones of Ag potential. Dashed magenta lines denote approximate vein traces on surface.Three new silver targets have been identified in the AurMac deposit (Figure 1; magenta ellipses 1-3). In Airstrip (Figure 2) two discrete veins hosting Keno-style mineralization (Figures 3 and 4) have been identified in addition to silver mineralization associated with skarn and calc-silicate alteration in the lower calcareous metasedimentary horizon (Cal 2).Another silver target has been identified in central Airstrip, associated with discrete Keno-style veins. In northeast Powerline, similar discrete veins have been identified with potential for expansion of the targets. Follow-up drilling will test the extent and orientations of these highly prospective structures as well as the periodicity of potential thicker mineralized intervals. Figure 2: Cross-sections 467325E in Airstrip. Silver intersections within drillholes AX-25-727, 658, and 686 highlight the potential for multiple high-grade silver targets throughout the Aurmac deposit. Keno mineralization in AX-25-727 is concentrated at the instructive contact between the Sourdough Hill Quartzite and Felsic Dyke; mineralization in AX-25-658 is spatially associated with skarn mineralization in Cal 2; mineralization in AX-25-686 is hosted in a reactivated/brecciated Keno-vein (Figure 4) with a lower horizon of mineralization associated with skarn mineralization in Cal 2. Figure 3: High-grade Keno Style mineralization in drillholes AX-25-727 in Airstrip. Silver mineralization is associated with galena and sphalerite mineralization hosted within discrete Fe-carbonate +- quartz veins; in this interval, Keno mineralization is associated with brittle deformation concentrated at the contact between the Airstrip felsic dyke and Sourdough Hill Quartzite (Figure 2). Figure 4: Brecciated Keno-style mineralization in an Fe-carb vein with galena and sphalerite in Airstrip from drillhole AX-25-686. Late brittle structures are the typical host for Keno mineralization at Aurmac.Table 1: Significant diamond drillhole assay intercepts for Powerline in this releaseHole IDdepth from (m)depth to (m)Ag Interval (m)Ag In