Renegade Exploration Doubles Junction Gold Footprint as Aerial Survey Begins
Key Takeaways
- Renegade Exploration's 100%-owned Junction Project has seen its mapped reduced intrusive footprint expand from approximately 0.74km² to approximately 2.0km², based on recovered 2011 historical geological mapping and rock-chip data.
- Sheeted quartz veining, pyrrhotite-altered hornfels, and additional monzonite intrusions have been identified across a 5km² area, reinforcing the Reduced Intrusion-Related Gold System (RIRGS) exploration model at Junction.
- A helicopter-borne magnetic survey with Precision Geosurveys — the same firm that completed the 2025 Myschka airborne survey — has commenced and is designed to define intrusive geometry and map the pyrrhotite alteration halo.
- The broader gold-bismuth-copper soil anomalous corridor at Junction measures approximately 5km by 2.5km, providing a substantial geochemical footprint for future drill targeting.
- Junction sits within Renegade's growing Yukon RIRGS portfolio alongside the drill-ready Myschka prospect approximately 35km away and the Andrew zinc-lead-germanium project currently being reassessed for its critical metals angle.
Junction Project takes shape as a large-scale gold target
On 1 October 2026, Renegade Exploration (ASX: RNX) announced a meaningful step forward in defining its 100%-owned Junction Project as a credible drill target. The company has recovered and reviewed historical geological mapping and rock-chip data that materially expand the known footprint of Junction’s intrusive system within Yukon’s Tintina Gold Province.
Two headline developments stand out. First, the mapped reduced intrusive footprint has expanded from approximately 0.74km² to approximately 2.0km². Second, a helicopter-borne magnetic survey with Precision Geosurveys is now commencing. Sheeted quartz veining, pyrrhotite-altered hornfels, and additional monzonite intrusions have been identified across a 5km² area, adding substantial geological weight to the RIRGS exploration model.
Chairman Robert Kirtlan
“Junction is becoming a much more compelling exploration target as we bring together the historical geology, geochemistry and our understanding of the intrusive system.”
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What the new data reveals
Historical work expands the intrusive footprint
The recovered dataset comprises 12 rock-chip samples collected during fieldwork in 2011, together with geological observations from a further 20 mapped locations. The significance of this work is not individual assay grades alone, but the geological context it provides across the broader Zone A anomaly.
Historical mapping identified:
- Pyrrhotite within Zone A, contrasting with pyrite recorded within the separate Zone B mineral system
- Sheeted fine quartz veining within Zone A
- A zone of quartzite and hornfels developed around the reduced intrusive, with pyrrhotite alteration hosted within the hornfels
- A bismuth-copper-tungsten metal association within Zone A rock-chip samples, although the historical samples were not analysed for gold
- Two additional areas of mapped monzonite, expanding the interpreted surface footprint of the reduced intrusive complex from approximately 0.74km² to approximately 2.0km²
Historical rock-chip samples returned assays of up to 0.16% copper and 1.1g/t silver. Gold was not assayed in these historical samples.
This geological evidence sits within a broader gold-bismuth-copper soil anomalous corridor measuring approximately 5km by 2.5km, reinforcing the scale of the area Renegade is now seeking to evaluate.
Understanding Reduced Intrusion-Related Gold Systems (RIRGS)
A Reduced Intrusion-Related Gold System (RIRGS) is a gold deposit style formed when gold-bearing fluids migrate outward from cooling granitic intrusions into surrounding rock, creating halos of mineralisation around the intrusive body.
RIRGS deposits are an established deposit style within Yukon’s Tintina Gold Province and can form substantial mineralised systems associated with Cretaceous intrusive complexes. The province hosts several significant examples of this deposit type.
At Junction, Renegade has now identified several geological and geochemical characteristics that support the RIRGS model:
- A Cretaceous Tombstone Suite intrusive
- Extensive gold-bismuth-tungsten-copper soil anomalism
- Pyrrhotite alteration within the intrusive contact aureole
- Sheeted quartz veining
- Hornfels development around the intrusive system
- A materially larger intrusive footprint than previously recognised
For context on scale, Junction is located approximately 100km southwest of Snowline Gold Corp’s Rogue Project and 35km west of Renegade’s own drill-ready Myschka prospect. Exploration at Junction remains at an early stage and no drilling has yet been undertaken, but the combination of scale, geochemical anomalism, and supportive geology provides a clear rationale for advancing the prospect.
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Magnetic survey and what comes next
Renegade has contracted Precision Geosurveys of Langley, British Columbia to undertake a helicopter-borne magnetic survey across the Junction property. Precision Geosurveys is the same firm that completed the airborne magnetic survey over Renegade’s Myschka prospect in 2025.
The Junction survey is designed to:
- Define the extent and geometry of the reduced intrusive complex
- Map the associated magnetic pyrrhotite alteration halo
- Identify potential intrusive apophyses and structural features beneath surface cover
- Integrate those features with the existing gold-bismuth-tungsten-copper soil anomaly
- Provide a stronger targeting framework for follow-up mapping, sampling, and potential drilling
Subject to results and seasonal conditions, Renegade intends to use the magnetic data to plan the next phase of field mapping and sampling.
Junction forms part of Renegade’s expanding Yukon portfolio. The table below summarises the three key Yukon assets:
| Project | Target Style | Status | Key Metals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junction | RIRGS | Magnetic survey commencing | Gold, bismuth, tungsten, copper | Undrilled; 100%-owned |
| Myschka | RIRGS | Drill-ready | Gold, silver, bismuth, antimony | ~35km from Junction |
| Andrew | Zinc-lead deposit | Being reassessed in light of its germanium content | Zinc, lead, germanium, gallium | Critical metals angle |
Chairman Robert Kirtlan
“With Myschka already drill-ready approximately 35km away, we continue to build a broader pipeline of RIRGS exploration targets within our Yukon portfolio.”
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