The Great Gold Rotation: Smart Money Chases Strategic Assets as Gold Holds $4,300

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Issued on behalf of GoldHaven Resource Corp.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Equity Insider
News Commentary — Gold extended its historic 2025 rally to trade above $4,300 per ounce on December 16, marking the metal’s strongest annual performance in decades with gains exceeding 60% year-to-date^[1]. Central banks ramped up gold purchases by 28% in the third quarter alone, adding 634 tonnes year-to-date as emerging markets accelerate diversification away from dollar reserves^[2]. Against this backdrop of M&A liquidity and breakout discoveries, companies controlling strategic assets in premier jurisdictions are positioned to capture exponential upside, including GoldHaven Resources Corp. (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF), Equinox Gold Corp. (NYSE-A: EQX) (TSX: EQX), TDG Gold Corp. (TSXV: TDG) (OTCQX: TDGGF), GoldMining Inc. (NYSE-A: GLDG) (TSX: GOLD), and Perpetua Resources Corp. (NADSAQ: PPTA) (TSX: PPTA).

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J.P. Morgan Research projects gold to average $3,675 per ounce by fourth quarter 2025 and climb toward $4,000 by mid-2026, driven by sustained institutional demand averaging 710 tonnes quarterly^[3]. Central bank gold holdings reached 36,359 tonnes globally as of September 2025, with Poland, Kazakhstan, and Brazil leading year-to-date purchases, creating structural price support as geopolitical uncertainty drives strategic accumulation at the fastest pace in modern history^[4].

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GoldHaven Resources Corp. (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF) has completed its inaugural diamond drilling program at the Copeçal Gold Project in Brazil, marking a significant milestone as the first diamond drilling campaign ever conducted on the 3,681-hectare property. The company reported that nine holes totaling 1,085.7 meters successfully tested two priority gold targets, with potential gold-bearing minerals intersected at the East Target and all drill core now being logged and sampled for laboratory assay before year-end.

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The program delivered GoldHaven’s first subsurface confirmation that surface gold readings connect to mineralization at depth. Hole COPE-PDH-004 intersected potential gold-bearing minerals across approximately 30 meters, prompting GoldHaven to drill follow-up hole COPE-PDH-009, which discovered bornite, a copper-rich mineral never before identified at Copeçal.

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The presence of bornite is significant because it commonly appears in large-scale gold-copper systems and suggests GoldHaven may have intersected a substantial mineralized system with potential for both gold and copper mineralization. This discovery could materially expand the project’s economic scope beyond a single-metal gold deposit.

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“Intersecting sulphide mineralisation in Hole COPE-PDH-004 and subsequently in follow-up Hole COPE-PDH-009 at our East Target during a first-pass drilling program has provided valuable new geological insights,” said Rob Birmingham, CEO of GoldHaven Resources. “These results continue to enhance our understanding of the system as we integrate geological, structural, and geochemical data to refine targeting across both the East and West anomalies, as well as other prospective targets identified from our newly developed 3D diamond drilling dataset at Copeçal.”

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At the West Target, drilling penetrated approximately 60 meters of weathered rock containing fractured zones with gold-bearing quartz, suggesting potential gold mineralization that could have been concentrated during the weathering process. Laboratory results from these zones will determine whether significant gold grades exist across the western target area, potentially opening a second mineralized corridor on the property.