Gold Breaks New Ground AGAIN, As Central Banks Intensify Buying Spree Amid Economic Uncertainty

October 17, 2025 - Baystreet.ca


Issued on behalf of RUA GOLD Inc.

VANCOUVER – Baystreet.ca News Commentary – Gold prices have surged past $4,200 per ounce for the first time in history[1], driven by intensifying central bank purchases[2] and growing concerns over persistent inflation pressures[3]. The precious metal's relentless climb has analysts raising price targets above $4,500 for year-end[4], while major financial institutions point to weakening confidence in fiat currencies[5] as a structural driver supporting sustained demand. This confluence of monetary policy uncertainty and safe-haven appetite is creating favorable conditions for gold mining companies positioned to capitalize on elevated prices, including RUA GOLD Inc. (TSXV: RUA) (OTCQB: NZAUF), JZR Gold Inc. (TSXV: JZR) (OTCPK: JZRIF), Cabral Gold Inc. (TSXV: CBR) (OTCQB: CBGZF), TDG Gold Corp. (TSXV: TDG) (OTCQX: TDGGF), and Arras Minerals Corp. (TSXV: ARK) (OTCQB: ARRKF).

Market strategists note that institutional gold allocations have climbed to decade highs[6], with hedge funds and pension managers increasing exposure as geopolitical tensions escalate[7] and traditional portfolio diversification strategies favor hard assets. The timing appears particularly advantageous for exploration and development companies that can deliver ounces into a supply-constrained market, where production growth from major miners has stagnated even as demand accelerates across both investment and industrial sectors.

RUA GOLD Inc. (TSXV: RUA) (OTCQB: NZAUF) is making waves in New Zealand's resurgent gold sector with exceptional high-grade results from its Auld Creek project. Recent drilling delivered standout intercepts of 17m at 9.8g/t AuEq and 8m at 8.9g/t AuEq, significantly extending the strike of the current resource and setting the stage for substantial growth by year-end. The company has also uncovered promising regional targets, with rock chip samples grading 14g/t gold discovered over 30km south of Reefton.

"These drill results from Auld Creek have significantly expanded the scale and potential of the project and put us well on the way to growing the resource base as we announced last month," said Robert Eckford, CEO of RUA GOLD. "Importantly, the mineralized system has been extended both vertically and along strike and remains open in all directions."

RUA GOLD recently announced a major expansion to its Reefton drill campaign, deploying a third rig and targeting over 4,000 metres of new drilling at Auld Creek to push the gold-antimony resource above 300,000 ounces by year-end. A third rig is also testing highly ranked prospects across the district, guided by the company's VRIFY AI targeting platform.

As momentum accelerates, RUA GOLD just announced an ambitious Q4 conference schedule designed to showcase its high-grade gold-antimony story to institutional investors across three continents. The executive team will present at six major mining investment events spanning Munich, New York, Sydney, New Zealand, and Zurich throughout October and November.

"We're excited to showcase RUA GOLD on this global stage and connect with some of the top minds in mining investment," said Eckford. "With antimony supply tightening and gold reaching further record highs, RUA GOLD is positioned to be the next explorer transitioning to developer in New Zealand."

The conference tour launched at the Munich Mining Conference on October 3-4, where CFO Zeenat Lokhandwala presented to over 1,000 German retail investors. The schedule continues with the Metals & Mining Virtual Investor Conference (October 7-9), Hidden Gems Conference in New York (October 20-21), and the International Mining and Resources Conference in Sydney (October 21-23), where COO Simon Henderson will represent RUA GOLD within the New Zealand pavilion. The tour concludes with the West Coast Minerals Forum in New Zealand (October 30) and the prestigious Swiss Mining Institute Conference in Zurich (November 20-21).

RUA GOLD controls roughly 95% of the historic Reefton Goldfield, a prolific district that produced more than 2 million ounces at grades up to 50 g/t. The company now holds 120,000 hectares and has confirmed multiple stacked mineralized shoots at Auld Creek, including previous standout intercepts of 2.1 m at 64 g/t AuEq (5.5 g/t gold and 13.1% antimony).

Antimony continues to provide a powerful tailwind, with prices surging past US$50,000 per tonne in 2025 following China's export restrictions. New Zealand has formally designated the metal as critical, amplifying interest in RUA GOLD's dual-commodity profile. Surface samples have returned over 40% Sb, and several drill holes exceed 8%—grades rarely encountered this early in a project's development.

On the North Island, drill access applications have been submitted for RUA's Glamorgan project in the Hauraki Goldfield, home to the 10 Moz Martha mine. Glamorgan's 4 km gold-arsenic anomaly has been refined using VRIFY's DORA AI engine, with drilling expected to begin in Q4.

With $14 million in cash and a leadership team behind US$11 billion in prior exits, RUA GOLD is well-positioned to deliver meaningful discovery growth and advance permitting across both islands.

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In other industry developments and happenings in the market include:

JZR Gold Inc. (TSXV: JZR) (OTCPK: JZRIF) has produced its first gold concentrate from the fully permitted Vila Nova Gold Project in Amapa State, Brazil, operated by ECO Mining Oil & Gaz Drilling and Exploration (EIRELI). The 800 tonne-per-day bulk sampling gravimetric mill is currently undergoing testing and optimization to improve efficiency and increase processing volumes.

"We are very excited with the progress at the Villa Nova Gold Project," said Robert Klenk, CEO of JZR Gold Inc. "In addition, ECO states it has begun stock-piling material at the Mill in anticipation of increasing the through-put of the Mill in the near future."

JZR holds a 50% net profit interest in all profits generated from the Vila Nova Project pursuant to a Joint Venture Royalty Agreement with ECO. The company will provide updates on test results and project progress as information becomes available from the operator.

Cabral Gold Inc. (TSXV: CBR) (OTCQB: CBGZF) has secured a US$45 million gold loan with Precious Metals Yield Fund to fully fund construction of its Cuiú Cuiú Heap Leach starter project in Brazil, with drawdown expected within weeks. The financing, which carries a 10% annual interest rate and 39-month term, will fully cover the US$37.7 million capex estimate and enable the company's Board of Directors to approve a construction decision targeting first gold pour by the end of 2026.

"This Gold Loan agreement is a monumental step forward for our Company and provides a complete funding solution for the construction of our heap leach starter project, without any significant further dilution to our capital structure," said Alan Carter, CEO of Cabral Gold Inc. "The financial metrics included within the recent PFS study make for a compelling opportunity, with a capex cost of US$37.7M, a post tax IRR of 78%, an NPV of US$74M and a payback of just 10 months, at a base case gold price of US$2500 / oz."

The 1 Mtpa capacity heap leach project has a 6.2-year mine life producing gold at all-in-sustaining costs of US$1,210 per ounce from NI 43-101 compliant resources totaling 450,200oz indicated and 455,100oz inferred in fresh basement material, plus 216,182oz indicated and 70,569oz inferred in oxide material. With approximately C$70 million in treasury following the gold loan drawdown, Cabral will accelerate early works into full construction mode while continuing its regional exploration drilling program across the Cuiú Cuiú district.

TDG Gold Corp. (TSXV: TDG) (OTCQX: TDGGF) has intersected 164 metres grading 1.02 g/t gold and 0.24% copper at its Aurora West target in British Columbia's Toodoggone District, including a higher-grade interval of 67 metres averaging 1.73 g/t gold and 0.32% copper. The Phase I exploratory drilling program has now expanded to three rigs following the success of initial holes demonstrating that Amarc Resources/Freeport-McMoRan's AuRORA copper-gold-silver zone extends onto TDG's 100%-owned Greater Shasta-Newberry project.

"These initial, widely spaced and broadly mineralized intercepts of the Phase I program are suggestive of a larger mineralized system than was initially anticipated," said Fletcher Morgan, CEO of TDG Gold Corp. "Our success thus far in the 2025 program has warranted the addition of a third drill rig to hasten the exploration of Aurora West. Given our solid treasury and fully winterized camp, we are also contemplating extending the Phase I drilling program through the winter months and into the 2026 exploration season."

Additional drilling at Aurora West has defined mineralization over 450 metres down dip with hole TDG25-005 returning two separate intercepts of 92.9 metres grading 0.76 g/t gold and 0.23% copper plus 53.2 metres at 0.95 g/t gold and 0.20% copper in separate monzonite porphyry intrusive dikes. TDG controls approximately 50,000 hectares in the Toodoggone District including the former producing Shasta and Baker mines, with the extended drilling program expected to provide year-round news flow as the company advances the constantly evolving Aurora West discovery.

Arras Minerals Corp. (TSXV: ARK) (OTCQB: ARRKF) has drilled 457.5 metres grading 0.63 g/t gold equivalent from surface at the Berezski East Target within its Elemes Project in Kazakhstan, including 231 metres at 0.98 g/t AuEq (0.97 g/t gold, 0.13% copper) and a high-grade interval of 91 metres averaging 1.77 g/t AuEq (1.79 g/t gold, 0.19% copper) starting at 88 metres depth. The discovery of copper sulfides including chalcopyrite and bornite alongside broad zones of potassic alteration indicates Berezski East may be situated on the margin of a larger porphyry copper-gold system.

"Drillhole EL25019 has delivered an exceptional high-grade gold-copper intercept from surface, confirming Berezski East's strong potential to host broad zones of high-grade mineralization," said Tim Barry, CEO of Arras Minerals Corp. "Broad zones of potassic alteration and the presence of copper minerals such as bornite and chalcopyrite suggests this target may form part of a larger porphyry system — a highly encouraging development. When we look at the area between Berezski Central and Berezski East, we continue to see the potential for continuity and scale."

The company has completed three drill holes totaling 1,000 metres at the Novii target 4.4 kilometres southwest of Berezski Central, with hole NOV25003 intersecting porphyry-style mineralization including B-type quartz-molybdenite veins and disseminated chalcopyrite beneath volcanic cover. Preliminary gravity survey results reveal a pronounced gravity low coincident with copper-gold mineralization at Berezski Central and a second gravity low immediately northeast of hole EL25019, supporting interpretation that Berezski East may be proximal to the core of a mineralized porphyry system with one dedicated drill rig currently operating at Berezski Central and additional holes planned at Berezski East.

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