# StrikePoint Drills Best Hole to Date at Hercules Gold Project, H26004 Cuts 114.30m Grading 0.69 g/t Au and 5.03 g/t Ag Including 9.14 m of 2.95 g/t Au with 16.18 g/t Ag, New Broad Zone of Oxide Gold Mineralization Developing at Cliffs Target *2026-05-26T07:30:00-04:00* StrikePoint Drills Best Hole to Date at Hercules Gold Project, H26004 Cuts 114.30m Grading 0.69 g/t Au and 5.03 g/t Ag Including 9.14 m of 2.95 g/t Au with 16.18 g/t Ag, New Broad Zone of Oxide Gold Mineralization Developing at Cliffs Target Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 26, 2026) - StrikePoint Gold Inc. (TSXV: SKP) (OTCQB: STKXF) ("StrikePoint" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a second batch of assay results from its Spring 2026 drill program on the Hercules Gold Project located in Nevada's prolific Walker Lane. The current program is intended to provide sufficient data to support a maiden resource estimate, anticipated in Q4, 2026. The second batch of drill results returned the best ever drill hole into the Hercules Gold Project as determined by grade-width. Hole H26-004 returned 114.30m grading 0.69 g/t Au and 5.03 g/t Ag from 135.64m down the hole. Critically, this mineralization was dominantly oxide with minor relict sulphides noted, suggesting that the Hercules Gold Project could potentially develop into an open pit heap leach mine, similar to other mining operations in Nevada. "We are very pleased with the drilling to date, including the best hole delivered in the history of the project. H26-004 intersected mineralization at a grade above the upper bound of our Hercules Exploration Target," said Michael G. Allen, President and CEO of StrikePoint. "The hole ended in mineralization and the zone remains open to the south. Based on drilling since StrikePoint took control of Hercules, we have outlined a broad, near-surface oxide gold zone at the south end of the Cliffs target, the kind of widths and grades that could potentially support the open-pit, heap-leach scenario contemplated for the project." **Table 1: Hercules Gold Project May 21 2026, Drill Results** | **Hole ID** | **Target** | **From (m)** | **To (m)** | **Length (m)** | **Au (g/t)** | **Ag (g/t)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | H26004 | Cliffs | 1.52 | 4.57 | 3.05 | 0.12 | 1.25 | | and | 33.53 | 36.58 | 3.05 | 0.28 | 1.25 | | | and | 51.82 | 54.86 | 3.05 | 0.19 | 1.70 | | | and | 60.96 | 64.01 | 3.05 | 0.29 | 1.65 | | | and | 80.77 | 83.82 | 3.05 | 0.35 | 0.90 | | | **and** | **135.64** | **249.94** | **114.30** | **0.69** | **5.03** | | | **including** | **153.92** | **163.07** | **9.14** | **2.95** | **16.18** | | | **and** | **217.93** | **225.55** | **7.62** | **1.02** | **6.76** | | | **and** | **230.12** | **239.27** | **9.14** | **1.23** | **6.62** | | | H26008 | Hercules (N) | 1.52 | 3.05 | 1.52 | 0.15 | 1.40 | | H26010 | Loaves | 1.52 | 7.62 | 6.10 | 0.28 | 1.38 | | and | 36.58 | 38.10 | 1.52 | 2.06 | 5.70 | | | H26018 | Hercules (N) | 7.62 | 21.34 | 13.72 | 0.76 | 1.66 | | including | 13.72 | 15.24 | 1.52 | 5.94 | 5.20 | | | H26019 | Loaves | 16.76 | 32.00 | 15.24 | 0.17 | 0.71 | | H26024 | Loaves | 12.19 | 21.34 | 9.14 | 0.15 | 1.10 | | H26026 | Loaves | 1.52 | 10.67 | 9.14 | 0.20 | 3.77 | | H26027 | Hercules (N) | 13.72 | 24.38 | 10.67 | 0.26 | 4.01 | | and | 30.48 | 35.05 | 4.57 | 0.19 | 2.97 | | | H26028 | Hercules | 9.14 | 16.76 | 7.62 | 0.13 | 0.40 | | and | 22.86 | 25.91 | 3.05 | 0.14 | 0.43 | | Length reported above is sample length, there is insufficient data to estimate true thickness. **Drilling Discussion:** H26004 returned 114.3m of 0.69 g/t Au with 5.03 g/t Ag, with three higher grade intervals captured within the overall intercept, including, 9.14m of 2.95 g/t Au and 16.18 g/t Ag, 7.62m of 1.02 g/t Au and 6.76 g/t Ag and finally 9.14m of 1.23 g/t Au and 6.62 g/t Ag. The hole is located to the west and of Hole H260014, which cut 60.96m of 0.21 g/t Au with 2.8 g/t Ag, and was targeting the same lobe of mineralization that was encountered in H25005. The three holes are at the southern end of the Cliffs showing and show that the mineralization remains strongly open to the south. H26004 was terminated prematurely due to difficult drilling conditions, the final sample returned 0.41 g/t Au with 6.4 g/t Ag. [](https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/5044/298647_ffe8b866a49bb8d1_002full.jpg) [**Figure 1: Southern Cliffs Showing Section**](https://api.newsfilecorp.com/redirect/B5yjVHpb7n) To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit: [https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/5044/298647_ffe8b866a49bb8d1_002full.jpg](https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/5044/298647_ffe8b866a49bb8d1_002full.jpg) Other holes in this release returned shallow mineralization characteristic of the Hercules Gold Project. **Table 2, May 21, 2026 Hercu