Pirate Gold reported results from the first step-out drilling at its Moby Dick copper gold porphyry and high sulfidation epithermal discovery at Crippleback Lake, where PGC-26-118, collared 100m west of discovery holes 058 and 068, returned 0.24% copper equivalent over 299.4m from 12.6m downhole, including 0.43% copper equivalent over 56.5m and a deeper zone of 0.33% copper equivalent over 37.0m. CEO Denis Laviolette spoke to Mining Stock Daily. Laviolette also spoke about a August 28, 2026, news release. Pirate Gold reported shallow drill results from its Moosehead gold project, headlined by 30.6 g/t gold over 1.35m in PGC-26-112.