{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"138748","rtpr_id":"nGNXc2NwTR-20260909","ticker":"SGD","exchange":"TSX","all_tickers":["SGD"],"title":"Snowline Gold Announces Inclusion Into Multiple Equity Indices and Provides Project Updates","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-09T10:00:00.336Z","article_body":"* Snowline set to be included in S&P/TSX Composite Index and FTSE Canada All\nCap Index on upcoming September rebalances\n* Pre-Feasibility Study (“PFS”) on track for delivery by Q1 2027, with\nengineering field studies largely complete\n* Project description submission to initiate mine permitting planned\nconcurrently with PFS, based on comprehensive environmental and geoscience\nbaseline\n* Step out drilling at Valley intersects broad zones of gold mineralization\nhundreds of metres beyond and below current mineral resource boundaries\n* Exploration drilling advancing on regional targets with assays pending.\nVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SNOWLINE GOLD\nCORP. (TSX: SGD) (US OTCQB: SNWGF) (the “Company” or “Snowline”)\nannounces its inclusion into the S&P/TSX Composite Index, Canada’s premier\nequity benchmark index which includes the largest and most actively traded\ncompanies on the Toronto Stock Exchange (visit: S&P/TSX Composite Index | S&P\nDow Jones Indices\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=kZOZE-ES4nWtXmZZXyzf0vmaAb3m1P51fJrG5STg436QHgrO109GIPFXVmvs4lK6s7xu26m73QHRlNPMqPoGwqfqtjehyVUDGOYvoGrAOjdytgzRYFLcCyCU6ygxxSMStkcGJpLZ1YYG0N6Abivl51MTRrBPILZnTsOLDLq5E6XvlAiS8G5ahShBbRi3G1Ot3IN6HsTseOFb3djyda-jpQS7MmmIru9W79WPX2R1au0=))\nas well as the FTSE Canada All Cap Index. Both index rebalances will take\neffect after market close on Friday, September 18.\n\n“Our inclusion into multiple equity indices reflects the momentum underway\nat Snowline and the significance of our flagship asset, Valley, positioning\nSnowline alongside the largest and most established companies in Canada,”\nsaid Scott Berdahl, CEO & Director of Snowline. “We expect these inclusions\nto enhance our visibility amongst a broader investor base, particularly amidst\nthe backdrop of increased generalist attention on gold and the wider natural\nresource space.”\n\nIn addition, the Company is pleased to provide updates on its field activities\nfrom the ongoing 2026 field season, which represents Snowline’s largest\nfield campaign to date. Comprehensive engineering, environmental baseline and\nexploration programs are currently underway.\n\n“This has been an incredibly productive year for Snowline to date,” said\nBerdahl. “Our primary focus is on the progression of the Valley gold deposit\non our Rogue Project. We have made significant progress towards a PFS, based\non rigorous engineering fieldwork and lab work to inform key trade-offs in\nmine design. Complementing this work are extensive, multi-faceted\nenvironmental baseline studies, providing a clear picture to inform upcoming\nproject permitting.”\n\n“Value creation through exploration remains a core part of our strategy. The\ndiscovery of Valley serves as a strong proof-of-concept for the prospectivity\nof the surrounding geological district. We are intrigued by the scale of the\nmineralized system that continues to unfold at Valley, with gold\nmineralization encountered across a wide footprint well beyond the mineral\nresource boundaries in current drilling on the target. In addition, we eagerly\nawait assay results for exploration drill programs underway on the Gracie and\nDuke targets on our Rogue Project, as well as the first ever drill program on\nour Cynthia Project’s newly discovered Crossroad target.”\n\nENGINEERING UPDATE\n\n\n\nRogue PFS: Snowline’s PFS for the Valley gold deposit on the Rogue Project\nremains on track for delivery by Q1 2027, supported by an extensive 2026 field\ninvestigation program that is nearing completion. The PFS will represent a key\nmilestone for the Company, with a refined mine plan reflecting integrated\ntrade-off considerations around various design components. The associated\nrigour in site investigation and cost estimation are expected to allow the\nCompany to establish initial Proven and Probable Reserves for the Valley gold\ndeposit, based on an updated Mineral Resource Estimate for Valley and\nassociated mine plan.\n\nKey trade-offs being explored for the PFS include:\n* Throughput: Increasing mill capacity from the 25 ktpd rate contemplated in\nthe Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) may have positive effects on\ngold output and overall project economics, considered against associated\nincreases in pre-production capital expenditures and other factors.\n* Power: Liquified natural gas is being explored as a primary fuel versus\ndiesel generators used in the PEA, based on a detailed power and load model\nfor the project site. With power as the largest driver of operating costs(1),\ngains in efficiency can have meaningful impact on project economics. Studies\nto assess potential contributions from solar, hydro and wind energy sources\nhave also been advanced.\n* Tailings and waste rock layout: The PEA envisioned a tailings storage\nfacility (“TSF”) served by an 18 km tailings pipeline. For the PFS,\ntrade-offs are considered for this site against additional locations,\nincluding sites closer to the mine site with potential for co-disposal of\nwaste rock and tailings.\n* Flowsheet optimization: Multiple mill-based processing methods are\nconsidered, complemented by optimization of grind size versus gold recovery\nand site layout providing efficiency and optionality moving forward.\n* Water management: Water management, site water balance and the discharge and\ntreatment strategy advancing to support permitting.\nThe PFS will establish the design basis and project description that are\nexpected to carry directly into a feasibility study and project permitting,\nallowing the two to advance in parallel.\n\nENVIRONMENT & PERMITTING UPDATE\n\nEnvironment: Snowline’s 2026 environmental baseline program is underway and\non schedule, marking nearly one full year of significant expansion on work\ninitiated in 2022. Field programs include hydrology, hydrogeology, water\nquality, meteorology, geochemistry, fish and aquatic habitat, terrestrial\nenvironment including wildlife and vegetation, heritage resources and air\nquality. The geographic extent of environmental surveys is shown in Figure 2.\n\nEnvironmental baseline data will be integrated into PFS engineering design and\ntrade-off studies to ensure the project design meets rigorous environmental\nstandards and permitting requirements.\n\n\n\nPermitting: The Company is targeting submission of a Project Description to\nthe Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (“YESAB”) in\nconjunction with its PFS, to initiate the Pre-Submission Engagement\n(“PSE”) for the Rogue Project. YESAB's PSE process is a newly introduced\n(2022), early, structured engagement process for major Yukon projects that\naims to identify issues, clarify information requirements, and align\nproponents, First Nations, regulators, and communities before a formal\nenvironmental and socio-economic assessment is submitted to YESAB, improving\nthe quality, efficiency and predictability of the subsequent YESAB review.\nFollowing PSE, Snowline intends to submit the Project Proposal to YESAB that\nwill initiate the Screening & Assessment process in early 2028. Figure 3\nillustrates the permitting process in alignment with completion of the PFS,\nadvancement of environmental studies and ongoing engagement with First\nNations.\n\n\n\nEXPLORATION UPDATE\n\n\n\nValley: Roughly 4,200 m of exploration drilling has been completed to date on\nValley in 2026, in addition to approximately 2,300 m focused on geotechnical\ndefinition, infrastructure design, condemnation, and potential borrow source\ndelineation. Recent exploration drilling at Valley focuses on untested areas\nwithin and around the Valley intrusion, including at depth and distal to the\ncurrent Mineral Resource Estimate (“MRE”). Brief notes on reported drill\nholes follow, with locations shown on Figure 5 and results summarized in Table\n1.\n\nV-26-158 Drilled outside of the intrusion and outside of PEA pit, as a 300 m\nstep-out from previous drilling along a northwest trending structural\ncorridor.\nV-26-159 Deepest hole to date at Valley, ending at 1,047 m downhole (~900 m\nvertical depth), drilled along western margin of the intrusion, west of and\nbelow the central high-grade zone of the deposit. The hole intersected 3.4 m\naveraging 5.86 g/t Au from 515.0 m downhole, more than 200 m below the PEA pit\nshell, associated with a zone of northeast trending quartz veins. This\ninterval sits within a 625.5 m run of core almost entirely below the PEA pit\nshell averaging 0.36 g/t Au, including intermittent barren zones.\nV-26-160 Long intersection of low grade outside of pit, with isolated >1g/t Au\noccurrences at depth. Did not intersect northeastern wall of the intrusion and\nended in weakly mineralized granodiorite.\nV-26-161 Drilled from northeast, entirely outside of PEA pit. Intersected a\nbroad zone of low grade at depth, with isolated occurrences of >1 g/t Au,\nincluding 2.68 g/t Au over 4.0 m from 624 m downhole, roughly 300 m below the\nPEA pit shell.\nV-26-162 A short (246 m) hole drilled in an untested area in the southeastern\npart of the Valley intrusion, intersecting low grades.\nV-26-163 Deepest hole to date along the northeast margin of the intrusion;\nextends known low grade mineralization to depth. The strongest gold\nmineralization was encountered at the bottom of the hole, which ended in\nmineralization within the intrusion (6.3 m averaging 1.03 g/t Au).\nV-26-164 Long run of low to moderate grades at depth, returned 450.5 m\naveraging 0.4 g/t Au outside of the pit shell boundary with localized high\ngrades (Table 1).\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGracie: Gracie is a reduced-intrusion related gold system (“RIRGS”) target\non the Rogue Project located roughly 4 km east of Valley (Figure 4). Unlike\nValley (also a RIRGS), where the mineralized intrusion is exposed at surface,\nthe causative intrusion at Gracie does not daylight. The scale of alteration\nand anomalous gold geochemistry, the potential to host a completely intact\nRIRGS, and the proximity to Valley make Gracie an attractive exploration\ntarget.\n\nSnowline has drilled roughly 2,300 m to date at Gracie in 2026 across three\nholes, with drilling ongoing. The 2026 drill program at Gracie targets a\ndown-dip search space, northwest of the anomalous surface geochemistry\ntargeted in earlier drilling by the Company, following up on promising results\nin a single 2025 drill hole in this area (Figure 7). Assays for 2026 drilling\nat Gracie are pending.\n\n\n\nDuke: Duke is an RIRGS target on the Rogue Project roughly 11 km southeast of\nValley (Figure 4). The system is centered on a 1.4 x 1.3 km multi-phase\nintrusive complex with multiple breccia centers. Preliminary drilling of a\nminor breccia in DUK-25-003(2) returned 8.0 m averaging 1.72 g/t Au, including\n4.0 m at 2.73 g/t Au(2).\n\nSnowline has drilled roughly 1,600 m at Duke in 2026 across five holes. This\nseason’s drilling targets breccia units identified by mapping and\nprospecting in 2025, as well as by geophysics. Assays for 2026 drilling at\nDuke are pending.\n\nCrossroad: Late 2025 prospecting identified a new gold target, Crossroad,\nroughly 27 km south of Valley on the Cynthia Project, hosting mineralization\nin granitic dikes, hydrothermal breccias, and altered sedimentary rocks.\nCrossroad is situated along the same five-kilometer structural trend as the\nCompany’s Intersection target. Selective grab samples from Crossroad\nreturned up to 14.1 g/t Au and 3,505 g/t Ag(3).\n\nFollow-up surface sampling in 2026 has yielded encouraging results, including\na continuous rock-saw channel sample yielding 1.5 g/t Au over 5.0 m. Soil and\ntalus fine sampling shows elevated to anomalous gold values across a zone of\nroughly 900 x 200 m. An initial drill program at Crossroad is underway, with\n435 m drilling across two holes drilled to date, and drilling ongoing. All\nassays for this drilling are pending.\n\n\nQA/QC\n‍\nOn receipt from the drill site NQ2-sized (50.6 mm diameter) drill core was\nsystematically logged for geological attributes, photographed and sampled at\nSnowline’s Forks camp. Sample lengths as small as 0.5 m were used to isolate\nfeatures of interest, but most samples within moderate to strong\nmineralization were 1.0 m in length; otherwise, a default 1.5 m downhole\nsample length was used. Core was cut in half lengthwise along a pre-determined\nline, with one half (same half, consistently, dictated by orientation line\nwhere present or by dominant vein orientation where absent) collected for\nanalysis and one half stored as a record. Field duplicates were collected at\nregular intervals as ¼ core samples by splitting the ½ core sent for\nsampling, leaving a consistent record of half core material from duplicate and\nnon-duplicate samples alike. Standard reference materials and blanks were\ninserted by Snowline personnel at regular intervals into the sample stream.\nBagged samples were sealed with security tags to ensure integrity during\ntransport. They were delivered by expeditor to Bureau Veritas’ preparatory\nfacility in Whitehorse, Yukon. Sample preparation was completed in Whitehorse,\nwith analyses completed in Vancouver.\n‍\nBureau Veritas (“BV”) is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO9001 for\nquality management and is independent of Snowline. Samples were crushed by BV\nto >85% passing below 2 mm and split using a riffle splitter. 250 g splits\nwere pulverized to >85% passing below 75 microns. A four-acid digest with an\ninductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) finish was used for\n59-element analysis on 0.25 g sample pulps (BV code: MA250). All samples were\nanalysed for gold content by fire assay with an atomic absorption spectroscopy\n(AAS) finish on 30 g samples (BV code: FA430). Any sample returning >10 g/t Au\nwas reanalysed by fire assay with a gravimetric finish on a 30 g sample (BV\ncode: FA530).\n\nABOUT SNOWLINE GOLD CORP.\n\nSnowline Gold Corp. is a Yukon Territory gold exploration and development\ncompany focused on advancing its 100% owned Valley gold deposit on its\nflagship Rogue Project, while unlocking district upside on its 360,000 ha\n(3,600 km(2)) mineral tenure in the highly prospective yet underexplored\nSelwyn Basin.\n\nValley is a large, low strip, near surface, >1 g/t Au bulk tonnage gold system\nhosting an open MRE of 7.94 million ounces gold at 1.21 g/t Au Measured &\nIndicated (in 204.0 million tonnes)(4) and an additional 0.89 million ounces\ngold Inferred at 0.62 g/t Au (in 44.5 million tonnes)(5), with a cut-off grade\nof 0.3 g/t Au. Results of a PEA for Valley suggest the potential to support a\nlong-life mining operation with a strong production profile and low production\ncosts. The MRE and PEA are detailed in the recent technical report for Rogue,\nprepared in accordance with NI 43-101 (as defined below) standards, entitled\n“Independent Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Rogue Project Yukon,\nCanada,” dated August 27, 2025, with an effective date of March 1, 2025, and\navailable on SEDAR+ and the Company’s website (the “Technical Report”).\nThe PEA is preliminary in nature and includes Inferred Mineral Resources that\nare considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations\napplied to them that would enable classification as Mineral Reserves. There is\nno certainty that the results of the PEA will be realized. Work is underway on\na PFS to supersede the Valley PEA on completion, anticipated during or before\nQ1 2027.\n\nSnowline’s project portfolio sits within the prolific Tintina Gold Province,\nhost to multiple million-ounce-plus gold mines and deposits across the central\nYukon and Alaska. The Company’s comprehensive first-mover position and\nextensive exploration database provide a distinct competitive advantage and a\nunique opportunity for investors to be part of multiple discoveries, the\nadvancement of a significant gold deposit, and the creation of a new gold\ndistrict.\n\nQUALIFIED PERSON\n\nInformation in this release has been prepared under the supervision of and\nreviewed and approved by Thomas Branson, M.Sc., P. Geo., VP Exploration for\nSnowline, and Victor Vdovin, MBA, P.Eng., VP Engineering for Snowline, each a\nQualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101– Standards\nof Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”).\n\nAll terms not otherwise defined have the meaning given to them under the CIM\nDefinition Standards for mineral resources and reserves.\n\nON BEHALF OF THE BOARD\n\nScott Berdahl\nCEO & Director\n\nFor further information, please contact:\nSnowline Gold Corp.\n+1 778 650 5485\ninfo@snowlinegold.com\n\nCAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS\n\nThis news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including\nstatements about the Company’s expected timing and inclusion into multiple\nequity indices – namely the S&P/TSX Composite Index and FTSE Canada All Cap\nIndex, the 2026 field program (drilling and exploration plans, engineering\nplans, environmental baseline programs, continued local and First Nation\ncollaboration and initiation of the PSE with YESAB), upcoming milestones\n(including advanced permitting activities, completion of drilling programs,\nincluding at Gracie, Duke and Crossroad, and the completion and timing of the\nPFS), the life of mine at Valley, the establishment through exploration of\nmultiple mineralized centres, and the creation of a new gold district.\nWherever possible, words such as “may”, “will”, “should”,\n“could”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “anticipate”,\n“believe”, “estimate”, “target”, “predict” or “potential”\nor the negative or other variations of these words, or similar words or\nphrases, have been used to identify these forward-looking statements. These\nstatements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information\ncurrently available to management as at the date hereof.\n\nForward-looking statements involve significant risk, uncertainties and\nassumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or\nachievements to differ materially from the results discussed or implied in the\nforward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things:\nassumptions that inclusion in equity indices will enhance the Company’s\nvisibility amongst a broader investor base; risks related to uncertainties\ninherent in drill results and the estimation of mineral resources, including\nassay results from the 2026 drill programs at Gracie, Duke and Crossroad;\nrisks that the results of the PEA will not be realized; risks related to the\ntiming and completion of comprehensive engineering, environmental baseline and\nexploration programs currently underway; risks related to the timing and\ncompletion of the PFS; risks relating to the timing and submission of a\nProject Description to the YESAB in conjunction with the PFS; risks related to\nthe successful initiation of the PSE for the Rogue Project; and risks\nassociated with executing the Company’s plans and intentions. These factors\nshould be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on\nthe forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking statements\ncontained in this news release are based upon what management believes to be\nreasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure readers that actual results\nwill be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These\nforward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and\nthe Company assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new\nevents or circumstances, except as required by law.\n\n__________________________\n(1) As per the Technical Report (as defined below) available on the\nCompany’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and the Company’s website.\n(2) See news release dated November 24, 2025, available on the Company’s\nwebsite www.snowlinegold.com and under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+\nat www.sedarplus.ca.\n(3) See news release dated February 11, 2026, available on the Company’s\nwebsite www.snowlinegold.com and under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+\nat www.sedarplus.ca.\n(4) Comprising 3.15 million ounces at 1.41 g/t Au in Measured and 4.79 million\nounces at 1.11 g/t Au in Indicated.\n(5 )Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated\neconomic viability.  The estimate of mineral resources may be materially\naffected by metal prices, economic factors, environmental, permitting, legal,\ntitle, or other relevant issues.\n\nFigures accompanying this announcement are available at:\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d536bb38-ee33-4bb6-9bc5-4ac2a7849815\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2addc0cc-f0f2-4edb-88b4-c4dd96864bd8\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f2aec5ce-8d45-4531-af6e-6c06040f60a7\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/aebe174f-b972-4b6b-93b7-bc5623f37a13\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/17a1b580-7956-4ecd-ae16-f44322598949\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/67c5db1b-5c5e-4d15-9f89-e417c861eb84\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/ca996d52-78d2-4687-98a0-1045e2c362ff\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/deed4a4c-8d74-4bd0-a70e-408788dc6e9c\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Table accompanying this announcement is available\nat: https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3b9e185d-9c92-42ff-82b3-fe28fae6652f\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/c47a7205-11af-4744-9b97-c53ebd3a8bab)\nFigure 1 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d536bb38-ee33-4bb6-9bc5-4ac2a7849815/en)\nConceptual, early site rendering of a mill facility at Valley (courtesy of\nWood Canada Limited). Components, location and layout are illustrative only\nand do not reflect specifics of PFS-level mill and processing design, nor\naccurate scale.Figure 2 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2addc0cc-f0f2-4edb-88b4-c4dd96864bd8/en)\nMap showing the geographic extent of Snowline’s ongoing environmental\nsurveying programs, which cover roughly 7,500 km2, or 1.6% of the Yukon’s\nentire surface area. This extensive dataset will support informed permitting,\nmine planning and future project monitoring.Figure 3 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f2aec5ce-8d45-4531-af6e-6c06040f60a7/en)\nConceptual project advancement timeline for Valley, with key milestones\naccomplished to date and targeted timing windows for near-term events.Figure 4\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/aebe174f-b972-4b6b-93b7-bc5623f37a13/en)\nRogue Project map showing the location of Valley along with other primary\nexploration targets on Rogue and Cynthia. Ongoing exploration drilling in 2026\nincludes Valley, Gracie and Duke on the Rogue Project, and the first ever\ndrill testing of the newly delineated Crossroad target on the Cynthia\nProject.Figure 5 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/17a1b580-7956-4ecd-ae16-f44322598949/en)\nPlan map of the Valley intrusion showing drilling to date, including results\nfrom the current holes reported for Valley. Note that 2026 holes are plotted\nabove previous results for clarity, regardless of relative depths. Holes\nreported herein are generally well outside/below the current Valley MRE and\noutside/below the Valley PEA mine plan. The outline of the Valley intrusion\ncorresponds to its expression at surface.Figure 6 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/67c5db1b-5c5e-4d15-9f89-e417c861eb84/en)\nDeep gold mineralization at Valley encountered in V-26-159 roughly 200 m below\nthe PEA pit boundary. The interval from 515.0 m to 518.4 m downhole averages\n5.86 g/t Au. Gold-bearing quartz veins in this interval follow a\nnortheast-southwest orientation, seen previously in other holes at depth.\nOrange flagging tape denotes instances of visible gold observed in the core\nbelow.Figure 7 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/ca996d52-78d2-4687-98a0-1045e2c362ff/en)\nPlan map of the Gracie target showing the mapped extent of hornfels\nalteration, underlying geology and gold values in rock and soil samples from\nthe target. Drilling in 2026 is focused to the northwest of earlier drilling\nefforts, which targeted the strongest expression of gold in soil geochemistry\nat surface, instead drilling down-dip and targeting the suspected causative\nintrusion.Figure 8 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/deed4a4c-8d74-4bd0-a70e-408788dc6e9c/en)\nPlan map of the Crossroad target, showing the known extent of hydrothermal\nbrecciation and disseminated sulfides, underlying geology, and soil and rock\nsamples collected from the target area.Table 1 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3b9e185d-9c92-42ff-82b3-fe28fae6652f/en)\nAnomalous gold intervals in drillholes V-25-158 through V-25-164 from the\nValley deposit. Underlined numbers indicate end-of-hole values within\nmineralized intervals. This round of drilling targeted areas well outside the\nfootprint of, and well below the MRE and PEA mine plan. *Interval widths\nshown.\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNXc2NwTR-20260909","title":"Snowline Gold Announces Inclusion Into Multiple Equity Indices and Provides Project Updates","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"SGD","created":"2026-09-09T10:00:00.336Z","tickers":["SGD"],"exchange":"TSX","article_body":"* Snowline set to be included in S&P/TSX Composite Index and FTSE Canada All\nCap Index on upcoming September rebalances\n* Pre-Feasibility Study (“PFS”) on track for delivery by Q1 2027, with\nengineering field studies largely complete\n* Project description submission to initiate mine permitting planned\nconcurrently with PFS, based on comprehensive environmental and geoscience\nbaseline\n* Step out drilling at Valley intersects broad zones of gold mineralization\nhundreds of metres beyond and below current mineral resource boundaries\n* Exploration drilling advancing on regional targets with assays pending.\nVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SNOWLINE GOLD\nCORP. (TSX: SGD) (US OTCQB: SNWGF) (the “Company” or “Snowline”)\nannounces its inclusion into the S&P/TSX Composite Index, Canada’s premier\nequity benchmark index which includes the largest and most actively traded\ncompanies on the Toronto Stock Exchange (visit: S&P/TSX Composite Index | S&P\nDow Jones Indices\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=kZOZE-ES4nWtXmZZXyzf0vmaAb3m1P51fJrG5STg436QHgrO109GIPFXVmvs4lK6s7xu26m73QHRlNPMqPoGwqfqtjehyVUDGOYvoGrAOjdytgzRYFLcCyCU6ygxxSMStkcGJpLZ1YYG0N6Abivl51MTRrBPILZnTsOLDLq5E6XvlAiS8G5ahShBbRi3G1Ot3IN6HsTseOFb3djyda-jpQS7MmmIru9W79WPX2R1au0=))\nas well as the FTSE Canada All Cap Index. Both index rebalances will take\neffect after market close on Friday, September 18.\n\n“Our inclusion into multiple equity indices reflects the momentum underway\nat Snowline and the significance of our flagship asset, Valley, positioning\nSnowline alongside the largest and most established companies in Canada,”\nsaid Scott Berdahl, CEO & Director of Snowline. “We expect these inclusions\nto enhance our visibility amongst a broader investor base, particularly amidst\nthe backdrop of increased generalist attention on gold and the wider natural\nresource space.”\n\nIn addition, the Company is pleased to provide updates on its field activities\nfrom the ongoing 2026 field season, which represents Snowline’s largest\nfield campaign to date. Comprehensive engineering, environmental baseline and\nexploration programs are currently underway.\n\n“This has been an incredibly productive year for Snowline to date,” said\nBerdahl. “Our primary focus is on the progression of the Valley gold deposit\non our Rogue Project. We have made significant progress towards a PFS, based\non rigorous engineering fieldwork and lab work to inform key trade-offs in\nmine design. Complementing this work are extensive, multi-faceted\nenvironmental baseline studies, providing a clear picture to inform upcoming\nproject permitting.”\n\n“Value creation through exploration remains a core part of our strategy. The\ndiscovery of Valley serves as a strong proof-of-concept for the prospectivity\nof the surrounding geological district. We are intrigued by the scale of the\nmineralized system that continues to unfold at Valley, with gold\nmineralization encountered across a wide footprint well beyond the mineral\nresource boundaries in current drilling on the target. In addition, we eagerly\nawait assay results for exploration drill programs underway on the Gracie and\nDuke targets on our Rogue Project, as well as the first ever drill program on\nour Cynthia Project’s newly discovered Crossroad target.”\n\nENGINEERING UPDATE\n\n\n\nRogue PFS: Snowline’s PFS for the Valley gold deposit on the Rogue Project\nremains on track for delivery by Q1 2027, supported by an extensive 2026 field\ninvestigation program that is nearing completion. The PFS will represent a key\nmilestone for the Company, with a refined mine plan reflecting integrated\ntrade-off considerations around various design components. The associated\nrigour in site investigation and cost estimation are expected to allow the\nCompany to establish initial Proven and Probable Reserves for the Valley gold\ndeposit, based on an updated Mineral Resource Estimate for Valley and\nassociated mine plan.\n\nKey trade-offs being explored for the PFS include:\n* Throughput: Increasing mill capacity from the 25 ktpd rate contemplated in\nthe Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) may have positive effects on\ngold output and overall project economics, considered against associated\nincreases in pre-production capital expenditures and other factors.\n* Power: Liquified natural gas is being explored as a primary fuel versus\ndiesel generators used in the PEA, based on a detailed power and load model\nfor the project site. With power as the largest driver of operating costs(1),\ngains in efficiency can have meaningful impact on project economics. Studies\nto assess potential contributions from solar, hydro and wind energy sources\nhave also been advanced.\n* Tailings and waste rock layout: The PEA envisioned a tailings storage\nfacility (“TSF”) served by an 18 km tailings pipeline. For the PFS,\ntrade-offs are considered for this site against additional locations,\nincluding sites closer to the mine site with potential for co-disposal of\nwaste rock and tailings.\n* Flowsheet optimization: Multiple mill-based processing methods are\nconsidered, complemented by optimization of grind size versus gold recovery\nand site layout providing efficiency and optionality moving forward.\n* Water management: Water management, site water balance and the discharge and\ntreatment strategy advancing to support permitting.\nThe PFS will establish the design basis and project description that are\nexpected to carry directly into a feasibility study and project permitting,\nallowing the two to advance in parallel.\n\nENVIRONMENT & PERMITTING UPDATE\n\nEnvironment: Snowline’s 2026 environmental baseline program is underway and\non schedule, marking nearly one full year of significant expansion on work\ninitiated in 2022. Field programs include hydrology, hydrogeology, water\nquality, meteorology, geochemistry, fish and aquatic habitat, terrestrial\nenvironment including wildlife and vegetation, heritage resources and air\nquality. The geographic extent of environmental surveys is shown in Figure 2.\n\nEnvironmental baseline data will be integrated into PFS engineering design and\ntrade-off studies to ensure the project design meets rigorous environmental\nstandards and permitting requirements.\n\n\n\nPermitting: The Company is targeting submission of a Project Description to\nthe Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (“YESAB”) in\nconjunction with its PFS, to initiate the Pre-Submission Engagement\n(“PSE”) for the Rogue Project. YESAB's PSE process is a newly introduced\n(2022), early, structured engagement process for major Yukon projects that\naims to identify issues, clarify information requirements, and align\nproponents, First Nations, regulators, and communities before a formal\nenvironmental and socio-economic assessment is submitted to YESAB, improving\nthe quality, efficiency and predictability of the subsequent YESAB review.\nFollowing PSE, Snowline intends to submit the Project Proposal to YESAB that\nwill initiate the Screening & Assessment process in early 2028. Figure 3\nillustrates the permitting process in alignment with completion of the PFS,\nadvancement of environmental studies and ongoing engagement with First\nNations.\n\n\n\nEXPLORATION UPDATE\n\n\n\nValley: Roughly 4,200 m of exploration drilling has been completed to date on\nValley in 2026, in addition to approximately 2,300 m focused on geotechnical\ndefinition, infrastructure design, condemnation, and potential borrow source\ndelineation. Recent exploration drilling at Valley focuses on untested areas\nwithin and around the Valley intrusion, including at depth and distal to the\ncurrent Mineral Resource Estimate (“MRE”). Brief notes on reported drill\nholes follow, with locations shown on Figure 5 and results summarized in Table\n1.\n\nV-26-158 Drilled outside of the intrusion and outside of PEA pit, as a 300 m\nstep-out from previous drilling along a northwest trending structural\ncorridor.\nV-26-159 Deepest hole to date at Valley, ending at 1,047 m downhole (~900 m\nvertical depth), drilled along western margin of the intrusion, west of and\nbelow the central high-grade zone of the deposit. The hole intersected 3.4 m\naveraging 5.86 g/t Au from 515.0 m downhole, more than 200 m below the PEA pit\nshell, associated with a zone of northeast trending quartz veins. This\ninterval sits within a 625.5 m run of core almost entirely below the PEA pit\nshell averaging 0.36 g/t Au, including intermittent barren zones.\nV-26-160 Long intersection of low grade outside of pit, with isolated >1g/t Au\noccurrences at depth. Did not intersect northeastern wall of the intrusion and\nended in weakly mineralized granodiorite.\nV-26-161 Drilled from northeast, entirely outside of PEA pit. Intersected a\nbroad zone of low grade at depth, with isolated occurrences of >1 g/t Au,\nincluding 2.68 g/t Au over 4.0 m from 624 m downhole, roughly 300 m below the\nPEA pit shell.\nV-26-162 A short (246 m) hole drilled in an untested area in the southeastern\npart of the Valley intrusion, intersecting low grades.\nV-26-163 Deepest hole to date along the northeast margin of the intrusion;\nextends known low grade mineralization to depth. The strongest gold\nmineralization was encountered at the bottom of the hole, which ended in\nmineralization within the intrusion (6.3 m averaging 1.03 g/t Au).\nV-26-164 Long run of low to moderate grades at depth, returned 450.5 m\naveraging 0.4 g/t Au outside of the pit shell boundary with localized high\ngrades (Table 1).\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGracie: Gracie is a reduced-intrusion related gold system (“RIRGS”) target\non the Rogue Project located roughly 4 km east of Valley (Figure 4). Unlike\nValley (also a RIRGS), where the mineralized intrusion is exposed at surface,\nthe causative intrusion at Gracie does not daylight. The scale of alteration\nand anomalous gold geochemistry, the potential to host a completely intact\nRIRGS, and the proximity to Valley make Gracie an attractive exploration\ntarget.\n\nSnowline has drilled roughly 2,300 m to date at Gracie in 2026 across three\nholes, with drilling ongoing. The 2026 drill program at Gracie targets a\ndown-dip search space, northwest of the anomalous surface geochemistry\ntargeted in earlier drilling by the Company, following up on promising results\nin a single 2025 drill hole in this area (Figure 7). Assays for 2026 drilling\nat Gracie are pending.\n\n\n\nDuke: Duke is an RIRGS target on the Rogue Project roughly 11 km southeast of\nValley (Figure 4). The system is centered on a 1.4 x 1.3 km multi-phase\nintrusive complex with multiple breccia centers. Preliminary drilling of a\nminor breccia in DUK-25-003(2) returned 8.0 m averaging 1.72 g/t Au, including\n4.0 m at 2.73 g/t Au(2).\n\nSnowline has drilled roughly 1,600 m at Duke in 2026 across five holes. This\nseason’s drilling targets breccia units identified by mapping and\nprospecting in 2025, as well as by geophysics. Assays for 2026 drilling at\nDuke are pending.\n\nCrossroad: Late 2025 prospecting identified a new gold target, Crossroad,\nroughly 27 km south of Valley on the Cynthia Project, hosting mineralization\nin granitic dikes, hydrothermal breccias, and altered sedimentary rocks.\nCrossroad is situated along the same five-kilometer structural trend as the\nCompany’s Intersection target. Selective grab samples from Crossroad\nreturned up to 14.1 g/t Au and 3,505 g/t Ag(3).\n\nFollow-up surface sampling in 2026 has yielded encouraging results, including\na continuous rock-saw channel sample yielding 1.5 g/t Au over 5.0 m. Soil and\ntalus fine sampling shows elevated to anomalous gold values across a zone of\nroughly 900 x 200 m. An initial drill program at Crossroad is underway, with\n435 m drilling across two holes drilled to date, and drilling ongoing. All\nassays for this drilling are pending.\n\n\nQA/QC\n‍\nOn receipt from the drill site NQ2-sized (50.6 mm diameter) drill core was\nsystematically logged for geological attributes, photographed and sampled at\nSnowline’s Forks camp. Sample lengths as small as 0.5 m were used to isolate\nfeatures of interest, but most samples within moderate to strong\nmineralization were 1.0 m in length; otherwise, a default 1.5 m downhole\nsample length was used. Core was cut in half lengthwise along a pre-determined\nline, with one half (same half, consistently, dictated by orientation line\nwhere present or by dominant vein orientation where absent) collected for\nanalysis and one half stored as a record. Field duplicates were collected at\nregular intervals as ¼ core samples by splitting the ½ core sent for\nsampling, leaving a consistent record of half core material from duplicate and\nnon-duplicate samples alike. Standard reference materials and blanks were\ninserted by Snowline personnel at regular intervals into the sample stream.\nBagged samples were sealed with security tags to ensure integrity during\ntransport. They were delivered by expeditor to Bureau Veritas’ preparatory\nfacility in Whitehorse, Yukon. Sample preparation was completed in Whitehorse,\nwith analyses completed in Vancouver.\n‍\nBureau Veritas (“BV”) is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO9001 for\nquality management and is independent of Snowline. Samples were crushed by BV\nto >85% passing below 2 mm and split using a riffle splitter. 250 g splits\nwere pulverized to >85% passing below 75 microns. A four-acid digest with an\ninductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) finish was used for\n59-element analysis on 0.25 g sample pulps (BV code: MA250). All samples were\nanalysed for gold content by fire assay with an atomic absorption spectroscopy\n(AAS) finish on 30 g samples (BV code: FA430). Any sample returning >10 g/t Au\nwas reanalysed by fire assay with a gravimetric finish on a 30 g sample (BV\ncode: FA530).\n\nABOUT SNOWLINE GOLD CORP.\n\nSnowline Gold Corp. is a Yukon Territory gold exploration and development\ncompany focused on advancing its 100% owned Valley gold deposit on its\nflagship Rogue Project, while unlocking district upside on its 360,000 ha\n(3,600 km(2)) mineral tenure in the highly prospective yet underexplored\nSelwyn Basin.\n\nValley is a large, low strip, near surface, >1 g/t Au bulk tonnage gold system\nhosting an open MRE of 7.94 million ounces gold at 1.21 g/t Au Measured &\nIndicated (in 204.0 million tonnes)(4) and an additional 0.89 million ounces\ngold Inferred at 0.62 g/t Au (in 44.5 million tonnes)(5), with a cut-off grade\nof 0.3 g/t Au. Results of a PEA for Valley suggest the potential to support a\nlong-life mining operation with a strong production profile and low production\ncosts. The MRE and PEA are detailed in the recent technical report for Rogue,\nprepared in accordance with NI 43-101 (as defined below) standards, entitled\n“Independent Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Rogue Project Yukon,\nCanada,” dated August 27, 2025, with an effective date of March 1, 2025, and\navailable on SEDAR+ and the Company’s website (the “Technical Report”).\nThe PEA is preliminary in nature and includes Inferred Mineral Resources that\nare considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations\napplied to them that would enable classification as Mineral Reserves. There is\nno certainty that the results of the PEA will be realized. Work is underway on\na PFS to supersede the Valley PEA on completion, anticipated during or before\nQ1 2027.\n\nSnowline’s project portfolio sits within the prolific Tintina Gold Province,\nhost to multiple million-ounce-plus gold mines and deposits across the central\nYukon and Alaska. The Company’s comprehensive first-mover position and\nextensive exploration database provide a distinct competitive advantage and a\nunique opportunity for investors to be part of multiple discoveries, the\nadvancement of a significant gold deposit, and the creation of a new gold\ndistrict.\n\nQUALIFIED PERSON\n\nInformation in this release has been prepared under the supervision of and\nreviewed and approved by Thomas Branson, M.Sc., P. Geo., VP Exploration for\nSnowline, and Victor Vdovin, MBA, P.Eng., VP Engineering for Snowline, each a\nQualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101– Standards\nof Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”).\n\nAll terms not otherwise defined have the meaning given to them under the CIM\nDefinition Standards for mineral resources and reserves.\n\nON BEHALF OF THE BOARD\n\nScott Berdahl\nCEO & Director\n\nFor further information, please contact:\nSnowline Gold Corp.\n+1 778 650 5485\ninfo@snowlinegold.com\n\nCAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS\n\nThis news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including\nstatements about the Company’s expected timing and inclusion into multiple\nequity indices – namely the S&P/TSX Composite Index and FTSE Canada All Cap\nIndex, the 2026 field program (drilling and exploration plans, engineering\nplans, environmental baseline programs, continued local and First Nation\ncollaboration and initiation of the PSE with YESAB), upcoming milestones\n(including advanced permitting activities, completion of drilling programs,\nincluding at Gracie, Duke and Crossroad, and the completion and timing of the\nPFS), the life of mine at Valley, the establishment through exploration of\nmultiple mineralized centres, and the creation of a new gold district.\nWherever possible, words such as “may”, “will”, “should”,\n“could”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “anticipate”,\n“believe”, “estimate”, “target”, “predict” or “potential”\nor the negative or other variations of these words, or similar words or\nphrases, have been used to identify these forward-looking statements. These\nstatements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information\ncurrently available to management as at the date hereof.\n\nForward-looking statements involve significant risk, uncertainties and\nassumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or\nachievements to differ materially from the results discussed or implied in the\nforward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things:\nassumptions that inclusion in equity indices will enhance the Company’s\nvisibility amongst a broader investor base; risks related to uncertainties\ninherent in drill results and the estimation of mineral resources, including\nassay results from the 2026 drill programs at Gracie, Duke and Crossroad;\nrisks that the results of the PEA will not be realized; risks related to the\ntiming and completion of comprehensive engineering, environmental baseline and\nexploration programs currently underway; risks related to the timing and\ncompletion of the PFS; risks relating to the timing and submission of a\nProject Description to the YESAB in conjunction with the PFS; risks related to\nthe successful initiation of the PSE for the Rogue Project; and risks\nassociated with executing the Company’s plans and intentions. These factors\nshould be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on\nthe forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking statements\ncontained in this news release are based upon what management believes to be\nreasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure readers that actual results\nwill be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These\nforward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and\nthe Company assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new\nevents or circumstances, except as required by law.\n\n__________________________\n(1) As per the Technical Report (as defined below) available on the\nCompany’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and the Company’s website.\n(2) See news release dated November 24, 2025, available on the Company’s\nwebsite www.snowlinegold.com and under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+\nat www.sedarplus.ca.\n(3) See news release dated February 11, 2026, available on the Company’s\nwebsite www.snowlinegold.com and under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+\nat www.sedarplus.ca.\n(4) Comprising 3.15 million ounces at 1.41 g/t Au in Measured and 4.79 million\nounces at 1.11 g/t Au in Indicated.\n(5 )Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated\neconomic viability.  The estimate of mineral resources may be materially\naffected by metal prices, economic factors, environmental, permitting, legal,\ntitle, or other relevant issues.\n\nFigures accompanying this announcement are available at:\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d536bb38-ee33-4bb6-9bc5-4ac2a7849815\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2addc0cc-f0f2-4edb-88b4-c4dd96864bd8\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f2aec5ce-8d45-4531-af6e-6c06040f60a7\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/aebe174f-b972-4b6b-93b7-bc5623f37a13\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/17a1b580-7956-4ecd-ae16-f44322598949\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/67c5db1b-5c5e-4d15-9f89-e417c861eb84\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/ca996d52-78d2-4687-98a0-1045e2c362ff\n\nhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/deed4a4c-8d74-4bd0-a70e-408788dc6e9c\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Table accompanying this announcement is available\nat: https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3b9e185d-9c92-42ff-82b3-fe28fae6652f\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/c47a7205-11af-4744-9b97-c53ebd3a8bab)\nFigure 1 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d536bb38-ee33-4bb6-9bc5-4ac2a7849815/en)\nConceptual, early site rendering of a mill facility at Valley (courtesy of\nWood Canada Limited). Components, location and layout are illustrative only\nand do not reflect specifics of PFS-level mill and processing design, nor\naccurate scale.Figure 2 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2addc0cc-f0f2-4edb-88b4-c4dd96864bd8/en)\nMap showing the geographic extent of Snowline’s ongoing environmental\nsurveying programs, which cover roughly 7,500 km2, or 1.6% of the Yukon’s\nentire surface area. This extensive dataset will support informed permitting,\nmine planning and future project monitoring.Figure 3 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f2aec5ce-8d45-4531-af6e-6c06040f60a7/en)\nConceptual project advancement timeline for Valley, with key milestones\naccomplished to date and targeted timing windows for near-term events.Figure 4\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/aebe174f-b972-4b6b-93b7-bc5623f37a13/en)\nRogue Project map showing the location of Valley along with other primary\nexploration targets on Rogue and Cynthia. Ongoing exploration drilling in 2026\nincludes Valley, Gracie and Duke on the Rogue Project, and the first ever\ndrill testing of the newly delineated Crossroad target on the Cynthia\nProject.Figure 5 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/17a1b580-7956-4ecd-ae16-f44322598949/en)\nPlan map of the Valley intrusion showing drilling to date, including results\nfrom the current holes reported for Valley. Note that 2026 holes are plotted\nabove previous results for clarity, regardless of relative depths. Holes\nreported herein are generally well outside/below the current Valley MRE and\noutside/below the Valley PEA mine plan. The outline of the Valley intrusion\ncorresponds to its expression at surface.Figure 6 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/67c5db1b-5c5e-4d15-9f89-e417c861eb84/en)\nDeep gold mineralization at Valley encountered in V-26-159 roughly 200 m below\nthe PEA pit boundary. The interval from 515.0 m to 518.4 m downhole averages\n5.86 g/t Au. Gold-bearing quartz veins in this interval follow a\nnortheast-southwest orientation, seen previously in other holes at depth.\nOrange flagging tape denotes instances of visible gold observed in the core\nbelow.Figure 7 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/ca996d52-78d2-4687-98a0-1045e2c362ff/en)\nPlan map of the Gracie target showing the mapped extent of hornfels\nalteration, underlying geology and gold values in rock and soil samples from\nthe target. Drilling in 2026 is focused to the northwest of earlier drilling\nefforts, which targeted the strongest expression of gold in soil geochemistry\nat surface, instead drilling down-dip and targeting the suspected causative\nintrusion.Figure 8 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/deed4a4c-8d74-4bd0-a70e-408788dc6e9c/en)\nPlan map of the Crossroad target, showing the known extent of hydrothermal\nbrecciation and disseminated sulfides, underlying geology, and soil and rock\nsamples collected from the target area.Table 1 \n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3b9e185d-9c92-42ff-82b3-fe28fae6652f/en)\nAnomalous gold intervals in drillholes V-25-158 through V-25-164 from the\nValley deposit. Underlined numbers indicate end-of-hole values within\nmineralized intervals. This round of drilling targeted areas well outside the\nfootprint of, and well below the MRE and PEA mine plan. *Interval widths\nshown.\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-09T10:00:00.487807656Z","server_sent_at_ms":1788948000487},"received_at":"2026-09-09T10:00:00.538Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"127592","press_release_id":"138748","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Gold","sector":"Materials"},"redFlags":["All 2026 assays pending at Gracie, Duke and Crossroad — headline regional results are not yet in hand","Step-out intercepts sit outside/below the current MRE and PEA pit shell and are not yet resource-accretive","No Proven and Probable Reserves until PFS completes; PEA is preliminary and its results may not be realized","Permitting is long-dated: formal YESAB Screening & Assessment only targeted to begin in early 2028"],"eventType":"operations_update","narrative":"Snowline Gold will be added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index and the FTSE Canada All Cap Index, with both rebalances effective after market close on September 18, 2026.\n\nThe pre-feasibility study for the Valley gold deposit remains on track for delivery by Q1 2027, with a Project Description submission to Yukon's YESAB planned concurrently and formal Screening & Assessment targeted for early 2028.\n\nStep-out drilling at Valley intersected broad gold mineralization hundreds of metres beyond current resource boundaries, headlined by 3.4 m averaging 5.86 g/t Au more than 200 m below the PEA pit shell and a 450.5 m run averaging 0.4 g/t Au outside the pit boundary.\n\nDrilling is also advancing at the Gracie and Duke targets on the Rogue Project and the newly discovered Crossroad target on the Cynthia Project, with all 2026 regional assays still pending.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":true,"suggestedAngle":"S&P/TSX Composite inclusion lands Sept 18 — a passive-flow catalyst for a junior gold developer whose step-out drilling is expanding Valley well beyond the current 7.94 Moz resource."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"mre_inferred":"0.89 Moz Au at 0.62 g/t (44.5 Mt)","pfs_delivery":"Q1 2027","index_inclusions":["S&P/TSX Composite Index","FTSE Canada All Cap Index"],"duke_2026_drilling_m":1600,"index_effective_date":"after market close Friday, September 18, 2026","gracie_2026_drilling_m":2300,"mre_measured_indicated":"7.94 Moz Au at 1.21 g/t (204.0 Mt)","yesab_screening_target":"early 2028","deep_highlight_interval":"3.4 m at 5.86 g/t Au from 515.0 m downhole (>200 m below PEA pit shell)","broad_highlight_interval":"450.5 m averaging 0.4 g/t Au outside pit shell (V-26-164)","crossroad_2026_drilling_m":435,"pea_contemplated_throughput":"25 ktpd","valley_2026_geotech_drilling_m":2300,"valley_2026_exploration_drilling_m":4200}},"quotedText":"Our inclusion into multiple equity indices reflects the momentum underway","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Scott Berdahl","role":"CEO & Director"},{"name":"Thomas Branson","role":"VP Exploration, Qualified Person"},{"name":"Victor Vdovin","role":"VP Engineering, Qualified Person"}],"products":["Valley gold deposit","Rogue Project","Cynthia Project","Gracie target","Duke target","Crossroad target"],"companies":[{"name":"Snowline Gold Corp.","ticker":"SGD","relationship":"filer/issuer"},{"name":"S&P Dow Jones Indices","relationship":"index provider (S&P/TSX Composite)"},{"name":"Bureau Veritas","relationship":"independent assay laboratory"},{"name":"Wood Canada Limited","relationship":"engineering/site rendering contributor"},{"name":"Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB)","relationship":"permitting regulator"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":3,"reasoning":"Inclusion in the S&P/TSX Composite and FTSE Canada All Cap Index (effective Sept 18) is a genuine catalyst for a junior gold developer via passive index flows and broader visibility, and step-out drilling at Valley shows mineralization extending well beyond the current resource. 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