Inaugural Resource Estimate Drives Upward Share Price Surge for This Junior Miner

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Monday, January 19, 2026

An inaugural Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate is a key milestone for any junior miner, as it marks the company’s first formal assessment of a deposit’s potential size, grade, and tonnage based on available data. This milestone moves a project beyond early-stage exploration and into a defined resource stage, often attracting increased investor attention, share price momentum, and improved access to capital. This morning, one junior miner released this exact type of fundamental update, which was met with a notable surge in its share price.

Endurance Gold Corporation (TSX-Venture: EDG) (OTCQB: ENDGF) announced its first-ever Mineral Resource Estimate for the 100%-owned Reliance Gold Project in southwest British Columbia, outlining an Inferred resource of 19.6 million tonnes grading 2.30 grams per tonne gold, containing approximately 1.45 million ounces of gold. The resource benefits from a favourable location within the historic Bridge River Mining Camp, offering year-round, road-accessible infrastructure including power, water, and skilled labour. A large portion of the resource is near surface, with more than 15 million tonnes potentially amenable to open-pit mining, complemented by a higher-grade underground component that remains open for expansion.

Metallurgical testing to date has produced encouraging results, indicating the potential to generate a high-grade, marketable gold concentrate. Looking ahead, the company has outlined several near-term growth catalysts, including infill drilling aimed at expanding and upgrading the near-surface resource, deeper step-out drilling to grow the underground component, and exploration of multiple untested targets along key structural trends adjacent to the current resource. Additional work will focus on optimizing gold recovery and advancing engineering and economic studies, with the goal of delivering a Preliminary Economic Assessment on the current Inferred resource.

"We are proud to report this inaugural Mineral Resource Estimate for the Reliance Project with 1.45 million ounces of gold in this historic but underexplored gold mining camp. This achievement is a significant milestone for Reliance, which originated as a grassroots discovery only five years ago with the initial exciting surface results at the Eagle Zone. Our disciplined exploration strategy, along with the robust characteristics of the Reliance Project, has resulted in a 70% drilling success rate and a discovery cost of only C$9 per ounce," said Robert T. Boyd, President and CEO.

Shares of EDG are currently up 11.39% at $0.44 in late-morning trading.

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