07:17 AM EDT, 09/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- McEwen (MUX.TO), up 2% in U.S. pre-market trading to multi-year highs, on Wednesday said the latest results from its 2025 drilling program at the Windfall Project in Nevada confirm continuous gold mineralization in the main Windfall Fault Zone and reveal a brand-new fault zone in its footwall.

In citing "key results", the company in a statement said dill hole WF033 hit a new high-grade zone containing 8.1 g/t (0.24 oz/T) over 8.7 meters, including 50.3 g/t (1.47 oz/T) gold, 782 g/t (22.83 oz/T) silver, 15% lead, 2.5% zinc over 1.3 meters (4.2 ft) (62.5 g/t (1.82 oz/T) gold equivalent).

Other "strong results" include 2.0 g/t (0.06 oz/T) gold over 38.3 meters (125.5 ft) (WF032); 1.2 g/t (0.04 oz/T) gold over 17.1 meters (56.0 ft) (WF031); 1.2 g/t (0.04 oz/T) gold over 10.1 meters (33.3 ft) (WF030).

McEwan intends to publish a resource estimate for the Windfall project by year-end.

The company's shares were up US$0.26, to US$14.03, in New York trade.