King Global Ventures Inc. (CSE: KING) (OTCQB: KGLDF) (FSE: 5LM1) is advancing its exploration activities at the Black Canyon/Silver Cord project near Cleator, Arizona, against a backdrop of renewed U.S. federal emphasis on rebuilding domestic mining workforce capacity and securing critical mineral supply chains. The company is currently executing a 14,000-foot diamond drill program at the Iron Horse target, designed to test priority geophysical anomalies for potential volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralization within the Lower Spud Mountain Formation.
Recent drilling, geological mapping, and XRF interpretation have identified prospective volcanic stratigraphy, hydrothermal alteration, feeder-style geochemical responses, and multiple marker horizons. Wedge drilling from hole IH-26-03 is being utilized to further test the target at depth. Previous drilling at Silver Cord, completed in December 2025, intersected high-grade polymetallic veins containing silver, gold, lead, zinc, and antimony, including a 9-foot interval grading 619.6 g/t silver, 1.0 g/t gold, 0.6% lead, 1.05% zinc, and 375 g/t antimony.
The company highlighted an Aug. 7, 2026, White House announcement outlining $100 million for 14 U.S. mining schools as part of more than $2 billion in new mining and mining-related investments and more than $180 million in mining school and workforce funding. This policy backdrop is seen as potentially supportive for domestic exploration companies targeting strategic minerals such as antimony, which is critical for defense and other applications.
The Black Canyon Project comprises 213 contiguous concessions covering 4,000 acres, including 15 former operating mines, such as the past-producing Howard Copper Mine. Situated 100 kilometers north of Phoenix, the project represents an early-stage exploration opportunity targeting copper-gold-silver-zinc VMS mineralization. The region's geology is notable for its variety of base and precious metal deposit types, with a significant history of exploration and mining, including operations like Bagdad, Jerome, and Cleopatra. The property is on trend and approximately 13 kilometers northwest of Arizona Metals Corp. (T:AMC).
King Global Ventures is also advancing its Mikwam Gold Property in northeastern Ontario, located along the Casa Berardi Deformation Zone that hosts Detour Gold's Burntbush Property. The Mikwam deposit is hosted within Timiskaming-aged polymictic conglomerate and greywacke units and contains disseminated and vein-hosted gold mineralization associated with quartz-carbonate veins and pyrite mineralization.
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