• Athena Gold reported visible gold in drill hole LL-26-005 at its Laird Lake project in Ontario’s Red Lake Gold District.
• LL-26-001 assays from the G1 anomaly returned no significant gold values, despite strong alteration and sulfide mineralization in core.
• Holes LL-26-004 and LL-26-005 intersected an roughly 70 m mineralized corridor near the Balmer-Confederation contact.
• Follow-up drilling is underway with LL-26-006 to test continuity of the G4 target; assays for LL-26-002 to LL-26-005 are pending for June.

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