King Global Ventures Inc. (CSE: KING) (OTCQB: KGLDF) (FSE: 5LM1) is advancing its exploration efforts at the Black Canyon/Silver Cord project near Cleator, Arizona, as U.S. federal policy increasingly focuses 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 VMS-style sulphide mineralization within the Lower Spud Mountain Formation.
The exploration program has identified prospective volcanic stratigraphy, hydrothermal alteration, feeder-style geochemical responses, and multiple marker horizons. Wedge drilling from hole IH-26-03 is being used 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 9 feet 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 could support domestic exploration companies targeting strategic minerals such as antimony, which is critical for defense and technology applications.
King Global Ventures is focused on the exploration of precious and base metals in North America. The Black Canyon Project in Yavapai County, Arizona, comprises 213 contiguous concessions covering 4,000 acres, encompassing 15 former operating mines, including the past-producing Howard Copper Mine. The project is situated 100 km north of Phoenix and represents an early-stage exploration opportunity targeting copper-gold-silver-zinc VMS mineralization. The region has a significant history of mining operations, including Bagdad, Jerome, and Cleopatra. The property is on trend and approximately 13 km northwest of Arizona Metals Corp.
The Howard Copper Mine Property is located on 78 acres of patented land. Discovered in the early 1920s, small-scale production and development focused on high-grade copper. Historical reports state that the main shaft was sunk to the 900-foot level, but no ore was mined below the 500-foot level.
Additionally, the company holds the Mikwam Gold Property in Noseworthy Township within the Abitibi Greenstone Belt of northeastern Ontario. It lies along the Casa Berardi Deformation Zone that hosts Detour Gold's Burntbush Property. The deposit contains disseminated and vein-hosted gold mineralization associated with quartz-carbonate veins and pyrite mineralization.
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