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| Sometimes a single drill hole changes everything.
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| In rare cases, one drill hole can mean a discovery. In even rarer cases, it can add one discovery on top of another.
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| It’s the latter event that has occurred with Abitibi Metals (AMQ.CSE; AMQFF.OTC) — a company that was drilling for copper and found it...but also found gold.
And a lot of it.
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| It’s a remarkable story developing at Abitibi Metals’ B26 project in Québec’s Abitibi Greenstone Belt, where the company has been doing what smart teams do in tier-one districts: take a known system, drill it systematically, prove continuity, expand the boundaries and build toward a modern resource.
The original focus was straightforward. B26 is a copper-led volcanogenic massive sulphide system with strong infrastructure, a deep technical database and a clear runway for growth. The plan was to keep tightening the geological picture and keep building tonnage.
Then the drilling started delivering something extra.
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| A Surprise At Depth That Transformed Everything
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| In late 2025, one step-out hole targeting copper did what the best holes do: It made everyone sit up a little straighter.
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| Hole 1274-17-269W5 hit 13.48% copper and 5.15 g/t gold over 6.3 meters, sitting inside a broader 19.5-meter interval grading 6.93% copper-equivalent, starting at 976.5 meters depth.
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| Consider the significance of this hit: It’s bonanza-grade copper and bonanza-grade gold together...in the same zone...at meaningful width...in a part of the system where exploration is still opening up.
But then it got even better.
Just a few week ago, Abitibi followed up with another high-grade result from the same “Western Down-Plunge High-Grade Zone.”
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| Hole 1274-17-269W6 returned 12.83% copper-equivalent (6.15% copper, 7.93 g/t gold) over 5 meters, within 3.59% copper-equivalent over 19 meters, starting at 913 meters depth.
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| Two high-grade holes. Same corridor. A system showing repeatable, high-value shoots rather than a one-time spike.
At this point, it’s no longer just about what the deposit was historically thought to be. It is about what it is becoming.
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Abitibi Metals’ B26 project sits in the midst of the Abitibi gold belt, where more than 200 million ounces of gold have been discovered.
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| The Quiet Milestone Most Juniors Never Reach
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| Here’s the part that tends to get overlooked when markets fixate on single-hole headlines: Abitibi Metals has now grown B26 to a scale that forces a different conversation.
On February 5, 2026, the company reported an updated mineral resource estimate showing 124% growth in total mineral resources since it optioned the project in 2023.
The updated estimate outlines:
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- 13.0 million tonnes Indicated grading 2.1% copper-equivalent
- 12.3 million tonnes Inferred grading 2.2% copper-equivalent
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| That brings total defined resources to more than 25 million tonnes.
This is the “crossing a threshold” moment. Because once a deposit moves beyond “interesting” tonnage and into “meaningful” tonnage while maintaining strong grades, the valuation framework changes.
It starts to look less like a pure exploration lottery ticket and more like an emerging development story with real optionality.
And B26’s metal mix supports that kind of thinking. In the Indicated category, the company reported grades of 1.2% copper, 1.2% zinc, 0.44 g/t gold and 30.8 g/t silver, along with meaningful contained metal totals including copper, zinc, gold and silver.
In other words, this is a copper system with substantial precious metal contributions, in a world where that kind of “two engines” exposure can matter a lot.
The interesting and exciting part is that the market has yet to appreciate this development.
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The future looks even brighter at the B26 project, where Abitibi Metals will drill 40,000 meters in the weeks ahead to expand the rich copper and gold mineralization along strike and at depth.
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| Why Québec’s Abitibi Belt Still Wins
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| When high-grade results hit in a remote frontier, the market has to add a big discount for logistics and timelines.
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| B26 does not come with that burden by any means.
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| You see, the project sits in one of the world’s most productive and mining-friendly districts, with the kind of access, power and skilled workforce that has supported generations of mines. B26 is located about seven kilometers from the former Selbaie mine, placing it in an established mining camp.
That matters because development is about permitting, infrastructure, capital intensity, workforce, seasonal constraints and how quickly a deposit can be de-risked.
The Abitibi is not only home to monster deposits, it’s also home to monster mines —because this is one of the key places on the planet where discoveries actually get built.
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| Building Even More Value With The Drill Bit
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| The market loves to talk about catalysts. Abitibi Metals certainly has plenty of those and more importantly, it’s also funding them and drilling them.
The company has commenced a fully funded 40,000-meter Phase 4 drill program, with a winter campaign expected to total roughly 15,000 to 20,000 meters, and drilling planned to continue throughout the year.
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| With that kind of drilling, with these kinds of proven targets, and with these copper and gold grades… we could see a monster deposit grow in the weeks ahead.
In copper and gold.
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| The likelihood of that happening is boosted by one simple fact: B26 is not closed off.
Abitibi has emphasized that mineralization remains open laterally and at depth, with the current estimate based on drilling concentrated within established zones — leaving multiple areas still available for step-out and down-plunge work.
That is how a big deposit becomes a much, much larger one.
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| The Real Opportunity:
When The Narrative Shifts
Before The Valuation Does
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| It’s not unusual for the junior mining market to miss the significance of new developments. In fact, it happens quite often.
And it appears to have occurred in the case of Abitibi Metals and its recent results.
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| It’s one thing to hit bonanza-grade copper intersections or bonanza-grade gold intersections. But to hit both in the same hole, confirmed and extended by a follow-up hole…
And to then embark on 40,000 meters of drilling to expand it all.
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| Well, it’s not surprising that the market has yet to price in the transformation at the B26 project over just the last few weeks. But as the drilling progresses over the weeks ahead and the results mount, that’s not likely to last long.
Timing is everything in these markets. And that’s why investors will want to take a detailed look at Abitibi Metals now.
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