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- Ridgeline Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: RDG; OTCQB: RDGMF) is a Canada-based discovery-focused explorer of precious and base metal deposits, primarily gold, silver, copper, zinc and lead, with an approximately 200 square kilometer portfolio of projects in Nevada, USA. The company maintains a hybrid exploration model featuring 100%-owned assets including the Big Blue high-grade porphyry copper-gold-silver project in Elko County, the Bell Creek oxide gold project, the Atlas project, the Coyote project and the Selena carbonate replacement (CRD) project comprising 467 federal lode claims covering 9,626 acres in White Pine County; alongside partner-funded earn-in agreements at the Swift Carlin-type gold project and Black Ridge project with Nevada Gold Mines (a Barrick Gold-Newmont joint venture, up to US$40 million combined) and at Selena with a South32 subsidiary (up to US$20 million across five years, with US$10 million phase one). Founded in 2018 by Chad Peters and Steve Nielsen and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ridgeline targets mining companies and investors in the western United States precious and base metals sectors. Recent developments include a major sulfide CRD discovery at Selena's Chinchilla target in 2025 with drill highlights such as 1.1 meters grading 27.0% zinc and 60.1 g/t silver (SE25-053); high-grade Carlin-type gold mineralization intersected at Swift in November 2024; ongoing partner-funded drilling programs across Swift, Black Ridge and Selena with a combined 2025 budget of US$9.5 million and planned US$12 million for 2026; execution of the South32 earn-in at Selena in August 2024; and divestiture of its non-core tungsten project to Spartan Metals Corp. in June 2025.