Nine Mile Metals Ltd. (CSE: NINE | OTCID: VMSXF | FSE: KQ9) published certified assay results on August 12, 2026 for drill hole DDH WD-26-09 at its Wedge Mine project in the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick, per the company's August 12, 2026 Newsfile Corp release.
The hole returned 6.50m grading 5.22% copper-equivalent, sitting inside a 16.50m section that averaged 4.03% Cu-Eq, which in turn sits inside a full intersection of 24.55m at 3.49% Cu-Eq, per the same release.
The hole was collared in the southwest at the edge of the existing drill pattern, oriented at 340° and angled 50° below horizontal, to a depth of 200 metres. It intersected a thick massive sulphide lens carrying copper, lead, zinc, silver, and gold, with visible chalcopyrite and bornite in the core, per the August 12 Newsfile Corp release.
Each metal zone carries its own numbers. The Silver Zone returned 31.72 g/t Ag (1.02 oz/t Ag) over 21.75m, with a peak sample of 58 g/t silver. The Gold Zone ran 0.67 g/t Au over 20.20m, including 11.00m of 0.87 g/t Au. Zinc averaged 2.02% over 22.50m — including 4.82% over 5.75m and 8.09% over 3.00m — with a peak sample of 11.40% zinc, per the August 12 Newsfile Corp release.
Management commentary in the August 12 release stated: "This was a very strong polymetallic VMS Hole, with a large Lens Zone. As you can see in the itemized Sample Results Table, there is multiple high grade Copper, Silver and Gold zones, confirming a multi-dimensional deposit at the Wedge. Each one of these mineral intercepts would be a success on their own accord, but to combine them all in one hole shows the strength of this Lens and is spectacular start to our results season."
For context on what the drill is testing: the Wedge Project carries a historical measured resource of 545,200 tonnes grading 1.75% Cu, 1.71% Pb, and 5.21% Zn to a depth of 274 metres, per the company's public disclosures. WD-26-09 was collared at the southwest edge of the existing drill pattern.
The commodity backdrop on August 17, 2026 includes gold at $4,395.38 USD/oz, up 0.45% from the prior session, and silver at $65.48 USD/oz, per verified August 17 market data. The TSX Venture Composite closed at 970.17 on August 14, up 0.39% on that session, per the August 14 confirmed close — the most recent Canadian junior-market reading ahead of August 17.
Nine Mile Metals had 194,256,267 shares issued, with the share price at $0.075, per ADVFN stock data. The company is advancing four VMS projects in the Bathurst Camp: Wedge, Nine Mile Brook, California Lake, and Canoe Landing Lake (East-West), per the August 12 Newsfile Corp release.
The August 12 release describes WD-26-09 explicitly as the start of the results season, with additional assay results from the current drill program pending.