Solitario Resources Corp. announced core drilling has begun on its 100%-owned Golden Crest gold project in South Dakota. Phase-One of the 2024 drilling program consists of drilling approximately 10-12 holes totaling 5,000 meters.

The first area to be drill tested is the high-grade Downpour Zone where trenching and surface rock sampling has revealed high-grade gold at surface (Trench and Surface Sample Assay Maps). Downpour Trenching Results (Previously Released) In addition to the high-grade trenching results, surface grab sampling of the area surrounding the trenches revealed significant gold values over a corridor of approximately 800 meters long and up to 500 meters wide. Within this zone, 37 select surface grab samples were collected and displayed the following gold-grade distributions (previously released results): 7 samples above 10 gpt gold; 16 samples above 3 gpt gold; 25 samples above 1 gpt gold.