• ESGold has drilled approximately 4,074 meters at its Montauban project in Québec, exceeding 80% of its planned 5,000-meter program.
• Drilling has expanded southward beyond historic mine workings, with a 600-meter hole planned to test deeper targets.
• Core logging identified sulphide-bearing veins; laboratory assays are pending to establish metal grades.
• Nineteen equipment containers are in transit from China; eight more are scheduled to depart this week for the Montauban processing facility.
• The fully permitted tailings reprocessing project is advancing toward gold and silver production alongside exploration of the broader property.

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