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Solitario Resources Corp. explores and develops precious- and base-metal properties in North America and Peru, with trading on the NYSE American under XPL and on the TSX under SLR. Its recurring updates center on the Golden Crest gold project in South Dakota; the Florida Canyon and Lik zinc projects, held with joint-venture partners; and Colorado projects including Cat Creek molybdenum-rhenium and Bright Angel gold-copper.
Company news commonly covers drilling plans and results, U.S. Forest Service permitting, property acquisitions, surface sampling, geophysical work, conference presentations, and portfolio financing or strategic ownership developments involving exploration-stage mineral assets.
Solitario Resources (NYSE American:XPL) completed a share issuance to Newmont Overseas Exploration under an amended investor rights agreement.
The company sold 305,195 shares at $0.77, raising US$235,000. Newmont now holds 8,759,162 shares, or about 9.4% of Solitario, maintaining its prior ownership level. Net proceeds will fund exploration and general corporate purposes.
Solitario Resources (NYSE American: XPL) will present at the 23rd Annual Mining Forum Europe in Zurich on April 15, 2026 at 3:40 pm Zurich / 9:40 am ET. The CEO will webcast and host one-on-one meetings; the presentation will be posted on the company website after the event.
Topics include the permitted Ponderosa drilling program (exceptional surface gold over a 2.0 x 1.5 km area), the planned Cat Creek molybdenum/rhenium drilling, details on the newly acquired Bright Angel gold-copper project, and activities on joint-ventured high-grade zinc projects Florida Canyon and Lik.
Solitario (NYSE American: XPL) filed a Plan of Operations with the U.S. Forest Service to conduct maiden core drilling at its Bright Angel gold-copper project in Colorado on March 10, 2026. Surface mineralization is reported across an area ~750m by 600m and historical core was last drilled in 1970.
The plan emphasizes limited surface impact, state and federal abandonment standards to protect groundwater, and follow-up geophysics (drone magnetics, possible IP). Solitario holds ~US$8.2M cash and management owns ~8.0% of 92.4M shares.
Solitario (NYSE American: XPL) will exhibit at PDAC 2026 in Toronto, March 1–2 at Booth 2422A in the Investors Exchange Hall (10:00–17:00 daily).
Management will also participate in PDAC One-on-One meetings March 2–3. Key projects: Golden Crest, Cat Creek, Bright Angel, Florida Canyon and Lik. Company holds ~US$8.3M cash and 92.1M shares outstanding; Newmont owns 9.3%.
Solitario (NYSE American: XPL) received a U.S. Forest Service Decision Memo completing NEPA for its Ponderosa drilling plan on Golden Crest, South Dakota. Subject to incorporating additional design features, drilling may commence in mid‑May 2026.
Phase‑One is 5,000 metres of drilling, 49 drill platforms approved, and the mapped high‑grade area spans about 2.0 x 1.5 km. Company cash and marketable securities: US$8.3 million; shares outstanding: 92.1 million (Newmont 9.3%).
Solitario (NYSE American: XPL) acquired the Bright Angel copper-gold project in Colorado, earning 100% of the minerals from a private party (rights acquired Sept 2025). Surface reconnaissance (27 grab samples across ~750m x 600m) returned strongly anomalous gold and copper including high-grade select rock assays (examples: 8.45% Cu, 3.97% Cu, 3.30% Cu). Solitario has submitted a Notice of Intent to the U.S. Forest Service and is working on a Plan of Operations to obtain drilling permits, targeting possible drilling in late‑2026.
The company noted historic drilling by Anaconda but cannot verify historic assays; a drone magnetic survey and possible IP survey are planned. Cash and marketable securities are approximately US$7.6 million and Newmont holds 9.3% of shares.
Solitario Resources (NYSE American: XPL) announced that President & CEO Chris Herald will present a live webcast at the John Tumazos Very Independent Research virtual conference on December 10, 2025 at 12:15 pm ET. The presentation will review Solitario's property portfolio, including Golden Crest (31,500 acres in South Dakota), the advanced zinc projects Lik and Florida Canyon, and early-stage critical metals targets Cat Creek and Bright Angel.
Key company facts to be highlighted include Golden Crest's location along a district that produced ~52 million ounces of gold, a 2026 drilling campaign for Golden Crest, joint-venture interests (Lik 50% with Teck; Florida Canyon 39% with Nexa), collective project spend of >$100 million on the zinc projects, being carried to production on Florida Canyon, 90.9 million shares outstanding, management ownership ~8.4%, Newmont ownership ~9.3%, and cash and marketable securities of approximately US$8.0 million.
Solitario (NYSE American: XPL) secured federal and Colorado state drilling permits for its Cat Creek critical metals project, targeting an undrilled molybdenum-rhenium porphyry system with core drilling planned for mid-summer 2026. Solitario holds a 100% lease since 2023 and completed confirmatory surface work; historical Anaconda surface exploration (early 1980s) included mapping, geochemistry and an IP survey but the property was never drill tested and Anaconda's database was not released. Surface sampling shows rhenium averaging ~30 gpt Re versus typical ~0.5 gpt Re, and the porphyry target is reported at ~800 m diameter. Molybdenum is noted at ~$25/lb and rhenium ~$4,200/kg.
Solitario Resources (NYSE:XPL) has announced significant drilling results from its Golden Crest project, highlighted by an exceptional intercept of 1,445 grams per tonne silver over 1.2 meters in drill hole GC-012. This high-grade silver mineralization, found between 164.0 to 165.2m depth, represents a unique style of precious metal mineralization for both the project and the historic Homestake and Wharf mining areas.
The company has completed its Phase 1 drilling campaign, totaling 18 holes (7,000 meters), with seven of the first 15 holes intersecting significant mineralization. The latest summer season added seven holes covering 2,653 meters. Additional results from GC-012X and GC-013 showed multiple intervals exceeding 30 ppb gold, reaching up to 0.57 g/t Gold.
Solitario is now preparing for Phase 2 drilling at Ponderosa, pending U.S. Forest Service permits, with plans to begin in late October. The program includes over 40 planned drill hole locations.
Solitario Resources (NYSE:XPL) announced that President and CEO Chris Herald will deliver a presentation at the 37th Annual Mining Forum Americas 2025 Conference on September 16, 2025, at 9:20 am Mountain Time.
The presentation will cover the company's strategic overview and recent drilling results from their 2025 drilling program at the Golden Crest gold project in South Dakota. Investors can access the live webcast through the Mining Forum Americas 2025 platform.