• Western Exploration filed a Mine Plan of Operations with the U.S. Forest Service for its 100%-owned Doby George gold project in northeastern Nevada.
• Filing starts formal federal permitting, including the National Environmental Policy Act environmental review, with the Forest Service as lead agency.
• Plan outlines a 7,500 tonne/day open-pit, heap-leach mine aligned with the 2025 PEA.
• Project footprint totals 697 acres, including 345 acres on private land under a mineral lease.
• Grid power feasibility study by Raft River Rural Electric Cooperative remains underway; results expected in Q4 2026 for a planned pre-feasibility study.

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