Seabridge Gold Inc. reported that this year's drill program at 100%-owned Iskut Project has commenced testing for source copper- gold porphyries for the intermediate sulfidation epithermal mineral systems recognized in 2023 program. The Iskut Project is located in the Golden Triangle of northwest B.C. about 30 kilometers by air from KSM gold-copper district. The search for source intrusions will employ three helicopter-portable drill rigs to complete approximately 15,000 meters of core drilling this year at a budgeted cost of $12 million.

Regional geophysical surveys and surface geology have confirmed the district scale structural corridor that connects the Quartz Rise, Bronson Slope and Snip North targets. Substantial high-level expressions of a Cu-Au porphyry system fall along this regional trend. These multiple targets have only recently seen deep drilling and 2024 is planned to better evaluate their deeper porphyry potential.