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Blue Jay Gold Starts Drilling at Becker-Cochran Antimony Occurrence at Its Steller Project in the Yukon

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Blue Jay Gold (JAY.V) started drilling at the Becker-Cochran antimony-silver occurrence at its Steller Gold project, located in southern Yukon, it said Monday.

It plans ten drill holes to test the target.

"We have designed a Phase 1 drill program at Becker-Cochran to test extensions of known antimony mineralization, complementing our ongoing metallurgical work assessing antimony concentrate product quality," chief executive Geordie Mark said.

The company also said expects to receive initial assay results from its 2026 drill program at the Skukum Creek and Mt. Skukum gold-silver deposits in September, it said.

Shares of the company closed down C$0.01, or 1.4%, to C$0.71 Friday on the TSX Venture Exchange.

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