Stakeholder Gold’s CEO on the Ballarat Gold-Copper Project in the White Gold District

In an InvestorNews interview, Christopher Berlet, President, CEO and Director of Stakeholder Gold Corp. (TSXV: SRC | OTCQB: SKHRF), outlined the company’s land position, exploration plans, and financing strategy in Yukon and Brazil.

Stakeholder’s origins trace back to staking in 2006 in the White Gold District of Yukon. The company holds 100% ownership of 930 contiguous mineral claims covering 19,440 hectares and spanning 17 kilometers of the proposed Northern Gateway Road route through the center of the district. It also maintains 10 claims located within the adjacent Coffee Mine Project being developed by Fuerte Metals Corp. (TSXV: FMT). These combined claim holdings are referred to as the Ballarat Gold-Copper Project.

“We look at three companies around us in the Yukon,” Mr. Berlet said, naming Fuerte Metals Corp. (TSXV: FMT), Western Copper and Gold Corp. (TSX: WRN), and White Gold Corp. (TSXV: WGO). “The White Gold District has major economic gold and copper deposits discovered, now being advanced toward production. We’re in the center of it.”

Within its land package, Stakeholder is advancing the Skye Gold Zone and the Loki Copper Zone, separated by approximately eight kilometers. “We’re drilling two separate — almost maybe even connected — gold deposits that are orthogneissic rock-type gold molybdenum indicator minerals,” he said. He added that the company is “drilling a copper target called the Loki, similar to the Minto suite of rocks that was the Minto mine.”

The company has completed more than 5,000 rock samples, RAB drilling, and VLF surveys and is preparing a maiden diamond drill program.

The proposed Northern Gateway Road route crosses approximately 20 kilometers of the company’s claims. “It’s going 20 kilometers through our ground,” Mr. Berlet said, adding that the company expanded its claims to cover drainage into Ballarat Creek, described as “a very prolific placer gold producer,” and to position claims along the road corridor.

On January 20, 2026, Stakeholder announced that it had received approval for its Class 1 Exploration Notification from the Yukon Government, Dawson Mining District, authorizing exploration and drilling on the Ballarat Gold-Copper Project, subject to standard operating conditions and environmental best practices.

Regarding First Nations engagement, Mr. Berlet said, “Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nations, Selkirk First Nations [are] relevant for this project,” and that the company is conducting exploration in compliance with applicable requirements.

Seasonal conditions limit field activity. “There’s about eight months of the year when you’re able to do that kind of work there,” he said, noting that winter temperatures reached minus 50.

Stakeholder also operates a Brazilian subsidiary, Mineração VMC Ltda., producing and exporting quartzite building stone. “We’re running four quarries now, going to be a fifth quarry this year,” Mr. Berlet said. He added, “We think we can get to ten quarries making about a million dollars profit per year per quarry.”

“Our stone business should generate significant cash flow from June this year,” he said. “Yukon exploration will be financed either from Brazil cash flow or market interest after discovery confirmation.” He added that the objective is to “raise money only if required at the best share price and control issuance.”

The company recently listed on the OTCQB and is DTC eligible. “We’re OTCQB listed SKHRF and DTC eligible,” Mr. Berlet said, adding that the listing provides a platform for potential gold and copper discovery interest.

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