British Columbia’s Dolly Varden Silver Expands 2025 Drilling Program by 57%
Dolly Varden Silver Corporation has significantly expanded its 2025 drilling program at the Kitsault Valley and Big Bulk Projects in northwestern British Columbia. The company announced an increase from the initially planned 35,000 meters to 55,000 meters of drilling, representing a 57% expansion of exploration activities.
To support this expanded program, Dolly Varden has mobilized a fifth drill rig to the project
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British Columbia’s Dolly Varden Silver Expands 2025 Drilling Program by 57%
Dolly Varden Silver Corporation has significantly expanded its 2025 drilling program at the Kitsault Valley and Big Bulk Projects in northwestern British Columbia. The company announced an increase from the initially planned 35,000 meters to 55,000 meters of drilling, representing a 57% expansion of exploration activities.
To support this expanded program, Dolly Varden has mobilized a fifth drill rig to the project site. According to Shawn Khunkhun, president and CEO of Dolly Varden Silver, the company’s recent financing success has positioned it to accelerate exploration efforts.
“With the strong support of our shareholders in the recently completed financing, Dolly Varden is well positioned to significantly expand its exploration drilling based on a strong start to the season, enabling us to test key exploration targets and continue expanding the high-grade silver zone at the Wolf Vein,” Khunkhun stated in a recent press release.
The expanded program will focus heavily on the Wolf vein, where ongoing exploration continues to yield promising mineralized intercepts. Geological interpretations from structural and alteration studies indicate that the Wolf vein shows increasingly robust mineralization toward the southwest. This trend corresponds with a higher-temperature alteration zone approaching the projected intersection with the Central Valley/Moose Lamb fault system, a major structure that connects with the Torbrit Silver Deposit.
To date, approximately 17,000 meters of drilling have been completed in the 2025 program. Beyond the Wolf vein, exploration efforts have included drill testing of multiple regional targets, including the Moose, Chance, and Red Point prospects, reflecting the company’s broader exploration strategy across its consolidated land position in the Golden Triangle region.
The company has implemented directional drilling techniques for this year’s program, allowing multiple intercepts to be drilled from a single “mother hole.” This approach reduces the total volume of new core required. While the program is reported as 55,000 meters based on the full length of each hole, the actual new meters drilled is expected to be approximately 41,000 meters, providing significant operational efficiency while maintaining exploration effectiveness.
Concurrent with the expanded drilling program, Dolly Varden’s geological team has intensified fieldwork across its consolidated land position, which now totals approximately 100,000 hectares. This extensive area includes prospective Hazelton formation rocks, a key host lithology in the region known to support high-grade silver and gold deposits. The ongoing mapping and sampling in underexplored areas aim to generate new drill targets for future programs in late 2025 and into 2026.
The Big Bulk Project, located 10 kilometers east of the Torbrit deposit, is currently being tested with a dedicated drill rig. This area is considered prospective for copper-gold porphyry mineralization, with potential for mineralization styles similar to other significant deposits in the region, including Red Mountain, KSM, and Red Chris. This represents a broadening of Dolly Varden’s exploration focus beyond its historical emphasis on high-grade silver and gold targets to include base metals exploration.
The Kitsault Valley Project, which combines the Dolly Varden and Homestake Ridge projects, encompasses 163 square kilometers and hosts numerous historic high-grade silver mines. These include the past-producing Dolly Varden, Torbrit, Porter Idaho, Mountain Boy, and Esperanza operations.
Situated within British Columbia’s mineral-rich Golden Triangle, the project lies within the same structural and stratigraphic belts that host other prominent deposits in the region, such as Eskay Creek and Brucejack. The Golden Triangle has seen renewed exploration interest in recent years as new infrastructure developments have improved access to this historically productive mining district.
Beyond the high-grade epithermal-style silver and gold mineralization that has been the company’s primary focus, the property’s geological setting suggests potential for porphyry and skarn-style copper and gold systems, particularly at the Big Bulk target area.
Trading on multiple exchanges (TSXV:DV, NYSE American:DVS, FSE:DVQ), Dolly Varden Silver’s expanded exploration program positions the company to potentially increase its resource base in one of Canada’s premier mining jurisdictions.
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High-grade silver zones are always exciting. The question now is whether this program will uncover enough to shift the project’s economics.
Increased drilling is a good sign, but it’s the follow-through that matters. Will they stick to this aggressive schedule, or will delays creep in?
Exploration is risky, but this level of commitment could pay off big if they hit something significant.
The market seems to be pricing in some optimism. Let’s see if the drill results justify it.
55,000 meters is a lot of ground to cover. How do they prioritize targets when there’s so much potential to explore?
Still early days, but the acceleration in exploration is a positive sign. Keeping an eye on the assay results coming out of this expanded program.
Expanding the drill program while maintaining high-grade targets is no small feat. Let’s see if they can sustain this momentum beyond the Wolf vein.
Great to see exploration accelerating, but the real test will be turning these drill results into a bankable resource estimate.
With five drill rigs active, the Kitsault Valley Project is heating up. Will this rally attract more institutional interest in the stock?
Adding a fifth drill rig shows confidence in the project’s potential. Wondering how the crew will scale operations to handle the extra equipment efficiently.
The focus on the Wolf vein is strategic. It’ll be interesting to see if the high-grade intercepts translate into substantial deposits.
The financing success is a strong vote of confidence. Hope this translates into meaningful discoveries that justify the investment.
Scaling up operations is one thing, but maintaining consistent quality in exploration is another. Fingers crossed they pull off both.
A 57% increase in exploration activities is impressive. Hope the financing will sustain this pace without cutting corners on safety or environmental protocols.
The Wolf vein has been productive so far. This expansion suggests they’re trying to capitalize on that trend before it fades.
Expanding the drilling program to 55,000 meters is a bold move. Curious how they plan to manage the increased data flow from the extra 20,000 meters of drilling.
A fifth drill rig is a game-changer. The real value will come from how they interpret and act on the data it generates.
The CEO’s optimism is contagious. Now, the pressure’s on to deliver results from these additional meters.
Dolly Varden’s shareholders must be pleased with this aggressive approach. Looks like they’re serious about unlocking the project’s value.
Wondering how the local community and Indigenous groups feel about this scale-up in drilling operations. Transparency will be key.