# K92 Mining Announces Major Expansion of Arakompa AR1 High-Grade Zone and Delineation of Substantial Near-Surface High-Grade Bulk Tonnage Zone *2026-06-04T17:00:00-04:00* K92 Mining Announces Major Expansion of Arakompa AR1 High-Grade Zone and Delineation of Substantial Near-Surface High-Grade Bulk Tonnage Zone VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- **K92 Mining Inc**. (“**K92**” or the “**Company**”) (TSX**: KNT; **OTCQX**: KNTNF) **is pleased to announce its sixth set of drilling results consisting of 33 holes for a total of 100 holes released to date from its maiden surface diamond drill program at Arakompa, located approximately 4.5 km from the Kainantu Gold Mine Process Plant in Papua New Guinea. All drill holes at Arakompa intersected mineralization, with 40 intersections exceeding 5 g/t AuEq and 20 intersections exceeding 10 g/t AuEq. **Major Expansion of AR1 High-Grade Zone, With Increased Drill Density Confirming Strong Vein Continuity** - **Multiple high-grade intersections recorded at Arakompa's AR1 Vein, with increased drill density expanding and upgrading the near-surface thick high-grade zone, which is now defined up to approximately 300 m of vertical extent and up to 400 m of strike length, starting at 100 m depth. Surface mapping and multiple high-grade rock chip samples indicate that up-dip from the thick high-grade zone, mineralization extends to surface, making infill drilling the top 100 metres a priority target, in addition to our step-out drill program. Within this zone, outlined in Figure 3, the weighted average grade and average true width are 9.47 g/t AuEq and 4.32 m respectively. Highlights include:** - KARDD0076: **11.90 m at 14.30 g/t AuEq**(14.00 g/t Au, 9 g/t Ag, 0.18% Cu), including **1.70 ****m at 92.43 g/t AuEq**(91.55 g/t Au, 44 g/t Ag, 0.35% Cu) - KARDD0106: **10.00 m at 15.21 g/t AuEq**(15.11 g/t Au, 4 g/t Ag, 0.06% Cu), including **4.00 m at 36.65 g/t AuEq**(36.50 g/t Au, 6 g/t Ag, 0.09% Cu) - KARDD0100:**16.50 m at 8.06 g/t AuEq **(7.53 g/t Au, 8 g/t Ag, 0.43% Cu), including **3.00 m at 18.03 g/t AuEq**(17.23 g/t Au, 14 g/t Ag, 0.63% Cu) - KARDD0090:**8.60 m at 6.79 g/t AuEq**(6.40 g/t Au, 8 g/t Ag, 0.29% Cu) - KARDD0094:**7.88 m at 6.63 g/t AuEq**(5.60 g/t Au, 22 g/t Ag, 0.77% Cu), including **2.15 m at 13.54 g/t AuEq**(12.92 g/t Au, 17 g/t Ag, 0.41% Cu) - KARDD0091: **4.00 m at 13.90 g/t AuEq**(13.21 g/t Au, 26 g/t Ag, 0.38% Cu), including **1.80 m at 30.35 g/t AuEq**(28.84 g/t Au, 57 g/t Ag, 0.83% Cu) - KARDD0078:**5.10 m at 6.81 g/t AuEq**(6.56 g/t Au, 16 g/t Ag, 0.07% Cu) **AR2 Vein Delivers Multiple High-Grade Intercepts** - **Multiple high-grade intercepts recorded at Arakompa's AR2 Vein, including: ** - KARDD0084G:**4.70 m at 41.90 g/t AuEq **(41.46 g/t Au, 4 g/t Ag, 0.38% Cu) - KARDD0104: **6.80 m at 15.21 g/t AuEq**(15.11 g/t Au, 6 g/t Ag, 0.04% Cu), including **2.00 m at 49.00 g/t AuEq**(48.79 g/t Au, 14 g/t Ag, 0.04% Cu) - KARDD0090:**3.40 m at 20.31 g/t AuEq**(20.21 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.03% Cu), including **0.90 m at 71.63 g/t AuEq**(71.40 g/t Au, 16 g/t Ag, 0.04% Cu) - KARDD0073: **8.00 m at 6.72 g/t AuEq**(5.78 g/t Au, 46 g/t Ag, 0.39% Cu) - KARDD0105: **3.60 m at 5.02 g/t AuEq**(3.45 g/t Au, 56 g/t Ag, 0.91% Cu) - KARDD0091:**1.40 m at 7.51 g/t AuEq**(6.12 g/t Au, 55 g/t Ag, 0.73% Cu) **Near-Surface, Large High-Grade Bulk Zone Confirmed and Expanded** - **Multiple, near-surface, high-grade bulk intersections recorded, expanding a high-grade zone towards surface, previously interpreted as lower grade due to lack of drilling (See Figure 5). Highlights include:** - KARDD0091: **49.30 m at 1.95 g/t AuEq**(1.79 g/t Au, 7 g/t Ag, 0.08% Cu) - KARDD0106: **140.10 m at 1.27 g/t AuEq**(1.21 g/t Au, 2 g/t Ag, 0.03% Cu) - Both KARDD0091 and KARDD0106 are located approximately 60 m from previously reported hole 005AD92 which recorded **41.9 m at 2.21 g/t AuEq **(2.12 g/t Au, 2 g/t Ag, 0.04% Cu). - **Thick, high-grade bulk zone expanded in multiple directions, with increased drill density improving confidence in geological continuity and highlighting the potential for grade profile upgrades at Arakompa through both infill and step-out drilling (See Figure 5). This area has been a major drilling focus ahead of the Arakompa maiden resource estimate. Additionally, surface sampling indicates that mineralization extends to surface along Arakompa’s known +2 km strike length, highlighting multiple high-priority areas for infill drilling up-dip of high-grade zones defined to date in addition to step-out drilling. Highlights include:** - KARDD0076: **99.00 m at 2.90 g/t AuEq**(2.76 g/t Au, 4 g/t Ag, 0.09% Cu) - KARDD0084G: **105.40 m at 2.26 g/t AuEq**(2.17 g/t Au, 2 g/t Ag, 0.06% Cu) - KARDD0090: **106.50 m at 2.22 g/t AuEq**(2.11 g/t Au, 3 g/t Ag, 0.07% Cu) - KARDD0078: **70.90 m at 1.01 g/t AuEq**(0.89 g/t Au, 4 g/t Ag, 0.07% Cu), and **36.40 m at 1.00 g/t AuEq**(0.83 g/t Au, 3 g/t Ag, 0.13% Cu) - KARDD0094: **137.35 m at 1.07 g/t AuEq**(0.95 g/t Au,