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July 30, 2025 – TheNewswire - Vancouver, Canada — Stellar Africagold Inc. (TSX-V: SPX) (“Stellar” or the ‘Company”) is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced at its 82km2 flagship Tichka Est Gold Project in Morocco’s Western High-Atlas Mountains.
Summer 2025 Drill Program Underway
The remediation and extension of the access road to the Zone B drill sites and the construction of drill platforms are complete. Stellar’s 10 hole 1,500-metre summer diamond drill program at Tichka Est’s Zone B is underway.
Figure 1 – Drill rig on site at Zone B.
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Zone B, located within the over 2-kilometer-long B Structure, is the most advanced target discovered thus far at the Tichka Est Project. It is characterized by the presence of three mineralized horizons and at least two shear zones.
The Zone B drill program will test four primary targets:
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Lateral and down-dip continuity of the MT1 sill-hosted mineralization
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High-grade NE shear-hosted shoots
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Depth extensions of trench 7B dyke and potential parallel dykes eastward
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Previously untested targets identified along the newly mapped faults and conjugate fractures.
Structural mapping and sampling at Structure B indicate a complex deformation system controlling gold mineralization, including conjugate shears and NE-trending fault corridors. High-grade gold has been intersected in both dioritic sills and intrusive dykes, with mineralized shoots interpreted to plunge gently to the north-northeast. These geological features, along with the scale and continuity of mineralization observed to date, position the Zone B area within the B Structure as the principal focus of the upcoming diamond drill program.
Figure 2. Geological Interpretation and Illustration of Planned Zone B Drill Program
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About the Tichka Est Gold Project
The Tichka Est Gold Project is comprised of one exploitation permit and four exploration permits covering an area of 82km2 located in the High Altas region of Morocco approximately 90km south of Marrakech. Under an earn-in agreement with Morocco’s National Office for Hydrocarbons and Mining (ONYHM) Stellar can earn an 85% interest after incurring exploration expenditures totalling US$2.39M (C$3.5M) over three years.
To date early-stage localized exploration (mapping, sampling, trenching and a small first pass RC drill program) have identified three gold-bearing structures: Structure A extending over 450 meters along strike; Structure B: extending over two kilometers along strike and Structure C extending over two kilometers along strike. Additionally, regional stream sediment sampling over a 12 km2 area surrounding the three known gold structures identified numerous other metal anomalous areas that warrant further mapping and sampling to identify new zones of mineralization for detailed exploration. These new areas include 6 areas anomalous for gold, 5 areas anomalous for silver, 2 areas anomalous for copper and 3 areas anomalous lead and zinc. These early discoveries are over only a small portion of the 82km2 Pichka Est permits leaving most of the property as yet unexplored or only superficially explored.
For more detailed information on the Tichka Est Gold Project readers are referred to Stellar’s website at www.stellarafricagold.com.
About Tichka Est Zone B Gold Discovery
Stellar’s 2025 exploration focus is on the Zone B gold discovery area where a 10-hole, 1,500-meter summer drill program is underway.
Structure B is a N80° trending gold structure extending over two kilometers along strike. It lies along a highly sheared contact of limestone and schist that is injected by quartz-ankerite-calcite veins and veinlets with traces of pyrite, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite.
Trenching programs by Stellar produced significant assay intersections including Trench 1B - 2.21g/t Au over 17 meters; Trench 2B - 4.55g/t Au over 15 meters; Trench 6B - 3.4g/t Au over 17 meters; Trench 7B - 3.40g/t Au over 20 meters; Trench 9B - 4.67g/t Au over 14 meters while deep mechanical trench (MT1) returned 3.5 g/t Au over 155.7 meters. Recent chip samples from the Diorite Sill exposed by trench MT1 yielded significant gold grades including 102 g/t Au, 34 g/t Au and 27 g/t Au.
A limited exploratory RC shallow drill program returned encouraging confirmatory results including 3.71 g/t Au over 9 meters; 3.03 g/t Au over 6 meters, 2.27g/t over 6 meters; and 3.30 g/t Au over 4 meters.
(For further details of trenching assays see news releases of April 21, 2021, October 6, 2021, October 25, 2021 and October 4, 2022, for further details of the RC drilling assays see news release of October 4, 2022 and for details of the chip sampling see news release of July 10, 2025.)
A detailed structural interpretation at Structure B including digital 3D modeling provided additional clarification of the controls of the gold mineralization and concluded that the controls of the gold mineralization appear to be:
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Gold is predominantly hosted in NE-trending, subvertical quartz-ankerite-arsenopyrite veins and diorite sills controlled by brittle deformation along major faults and conjugate splays.
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Key intercepts in trench MT1 andtrench 7B dykes plunge gently NNE, with additional mineralized sill-hosted Au observed to the northwest and projected at depth.
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Despite complex faulting, deep intercepts suggest continuation of the system at depth; drilling will focus on testing NE-trending brittle structures and gently NE-dipping shear corridors
Structural mapping indicates that steeply W-dipping fractures and NE shears control high-grade gold-mineralized shoots, and that carbonate-sill contacts and dykes similar to those identified in trench 7B may host additional gold mineralization along the hinge of the anticline.
Figure 3. Structure B Significant Historical Trenching and Drilling Intercepts
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About Stellar AfricaGold Inc.
Stellar AfricaGold Inc. is a Canadian precious metal exploration company focused on precious metals in North and West Africa, with active programs in Morocco and Côte d’Ivoire. Stellar’s principal exploration projects are its advancing gold discovery at the Tichka Est Gold Project in Morocco, and its early-stage exploration Zuénoula Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire.
The Company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange symbol TSX.V: SPX, the Tradegate Exchange TGAT: 6YP and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange FSX: 6YP.
The Company maintains its head office in Vancouver, BC and has a representative office in Casablanca, Morocco.
The technical content of this press release has been reviewed and approved by M. Yassine Belkabir, MScDIC, CEng, MIMMM, a Stellar director and a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.
Stellar’s President and CEO J. François Lalonde can be contacted at +1 (514) 994-0654 or by email at lalondejf@stellarafricagold.com
Additional information is available on the Company’s website at www.stellarafricagold.com.
On Behalf of the Board
J. François Lalonde
J. François Lalonde
President & CEO
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