8-K - AHNRF - Equibles

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event

reported): November 10, 2022

ATHENA GOLD

CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	000-51808	90-0158978
(State or other jurisdiction<br><br> <br>of incorporation)	(Commission File<br><br> <br>Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification<br><br> <br>number)

2010 A Harbison Drive # 312, Vacaville, CA

95687

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) (707)

291-6198

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registeredpursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
N/A	N/A	N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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ITEM 7.01	REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On November 10, 2022, Athena Gold Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the increased size of the Company's Fall 2022 reverse circulation (“RC”) drill program to nine (9) angle holes from the previously announced six (6) angle holes (press release dated October 27, 2022). Total footage was increased to 2,700 feet (820 meters) at its Excelsior Springs Project (“Excelsior Springs” or the “Project”), located approximately 45 miles southwest of Goldfield in Esmeralda County, Nevada. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liability under that section, and they shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. By filing this Current Report on Form 8-K and furnishing this information pursuant to Item 7.01, the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of any information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

ITEM 9.01	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Exhibits

Item	Title
99.1	Press Release
104	The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	Athena Gold Corporation
Date: November 14, 2022	By:	/s/ John C. Power
		John C. Power, President

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Exhibit 99.1

ATHENA GOLD COMPLETES EXPANDED FALL 2022 DRILL PROGRAM

VACAVILLE, CA – November 10, 2022 – Athena Gold Corporation (OTCQB: AHNR)(CSE: ATHA) (“Athena” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company increased the size of the Company's Fall 2022 reverse circulation (“RC”) drill program to nine (9) angle holes from the previously announced six (6) angle holes (press release dated October 27, 2022). Total footage was increased to 2,700 feet (820 meters) at its Excelsior Springs Project (“Excelsior Springs” or the “Project”), located approximately 45 miles southwest of Goldfield in Esmeralda County, Nevada.

John Power, President and CEO of Athena, commented, “Our primary objective with four of the holes in our Fall RC drill program was to define the strike and dip of the mineralization in our discovery hole from our Spring 2022 RC program DB-23; DB-23 was the best drill hole interceptin the history of the project, containing 110 feet (34 meters) of 5.2 g/t Au and 8.9 g/t Ag . We are also targeting to extend the mineralization found in DB-23 with two focused step-out holes to the west between DB-23 and the historic Buster zone. Finally, in the historic Buster zone, three holes were designed to test for potential extensions of high-grade gold mineralization in historic drill holes.”

Figure 1 Map Showing location of DB-23 and Fall 2022 Drill Holes.

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“Our technical team has done another amazing job executing on this drill program. Our RC drill contractor again provided strong competence completing our program in a timely manner,” Power added.

Figure 2 Table of Completed Drill Holes.

All RC samples were shipped to American Assay Laboratories, an independent laboratory, in Reno, Nevada on November 7, 2022 for analysis and the assay results are expected in Q1-2023.

AboutOur Flagship Excelsior Springs Project

The Excelsior Springs Project (the “Project”) lies within the prolific Walker Lane tectonic trend, a large region of northwest-trending, strike-slip fault zones that host a significant number of precious metal deposits having very strong structural control for mineralization. The Project contains numerous prospect pits, trenches, roads, surface sampling sites and 104 drill holes to date within a 300m X 3,000m wide (1,000 foot-wide and 10,000-foot-long east-west trending zone of shearing and alteration. Underground workings on the two patented claims within the Project had unverified, historical production of 597,187 grams of gold (19,200 troy ounces) of gold from 18,000 tons averaging 1.2 oz (37.3 grams of gold/ton).

Walker Lane is experiencing a major resurgence of intense and successful exploration and development. The Walker Lane has had total production of 20+ million ounces (“Moz”) of gold, including the following deposits at Goldfields (5 Moz), Bullfrog (2 Moz), Tonopah (2 Moz), Mineral Ridge (1.5 Moz) and Comstock (8 Moz Au, 200 Moz Ag). Readers are cautioned that the Company has no interest in or right to acquire any interest in any of the above-mentioned properties, other than the Project, and that the mineral deposits, and the results of any exploration or mining thereof, on adjacent or similar properties are not indicative of potential mineral deposits on the Project or any potential exploitation thereof.

Gold mineralization discovered at the Project to date occurs in quartz vein stock-works and silicified zones in hornfels and calc-silicate altered country rock and is generally close to porphyry dykes. The best (grades and thicknesses) in the recent past were found in oxidized and altered sediments immediately above porphyry dykes seemingly intruded along existing east- and east-northeast trending faults. The mineralized stock-work vein zones are shallow and have a relatively flat plunge, making them amenable to open pit mining methods.

Most historical exploration at the Excelsior Springs Project has focused on a 2.5 km (8,200 feet) long section in the central part of the Buster zone where mineralization is at or near the surface. Surface mapping and an Induced Polarization (IP) geophysical survey conducted by Zonge International Inc. identified multiple zones of silicification that correlate well with the known mineralization. Many of the silicified zones defined by the IP (resistivity highs) surveys have not been tested by drilling and remain targets for future exploration.

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Based on the results of previous drilling programs, the Project is at an advanced stage of exploration with significant potential to host one or more shallow open-pittable gold deposits along with deeper, higher grade feeder zones that may be found and could be mined by underground methods. In the opinion of management and its consultants, the Project is very promising and further exploration has the potential to expand the known mineralization and establish additional mineralized zones.

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Procedures are beingimplemented to assure Quality Assurance Quality Control (QAQC) of drill hole assaying at an ISO Accredited assay laboratory in Reno. All5-footdrill hole samples are being securely stored for shipment, with chain of custody documentation through delivery to the lab. Mineralizedcommercial reference standards and coarse blank standards are being inserted every 20th sample in sequence to assure acceptable levelsof confidence of the drill hole assays. When laboratory reports of the assays are received, QAQC protocols are immediately augmented toensure the precision and accuracy of the drill hole assays.

As the Project advances,additional QAQC measures will be implemented including selected duplicate check assaying on pulps and coarse rejects at a second accreditedassay laboratory.

QualifiedPerson

Donald G. Strachan, Certified Professional Geologist (CPG #10376 AIPG), is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects(“NI 43-101”) and has reviewed the scientific and technical information that forms the basis of this press release and has approved the disclosure herein. Mr. Strachan is independent of the Company and was responsible for the site management and technical aspects of Athena’s Spring 2022 drill program and the current Fall 2022 drill program.

About AthenaGold Corporation

Athena is engaged in the business of mineral exploration and the acquisition of mineral property assets. Its objective is to locate and develop economic precious and base metal properties of merit and to conduct additional exploration drilling and studies on the Project.

For further information about Athena Gold Corporation and our Excelsior Springs Gold project, please visit www.athenagoldcorp.com.

On Behalfof the Board of Directors

John Power

Chief Executive Officer and President

Contact:

Phone: John Power, 707-291-6198

Email: info@athenagoldcorp.com

Cautionary Statement to U.S. Investors

This press release references NI 43-101, whichdiffers from the requirements of U.S. securities laws. NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators thatestablishes standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects.

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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission(“SEC”) permits mining companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company canlegally extract or produce. Pursuant to SEC Industry Guide 7 under the United States SecuritiesAct of 1933, as amended, a “final” or “bankable” feasibility study is required to report reserves. CurrentlyAthena has not delineated “reserves” on any of its properties. Athena cannot be certain that any deposits at its propertieswill ever be confirmed or converted into SEC Industry Guide 7 or any successor rule or regulation compliant “reserves”. Investorsare cautioned not to assume that any part or all of the historic Buster Mine gold zone willever be confirmed or converted into reserves or that it can be economically or legally extracted.

The SEChas adopted amendments to its disclosure rules to modernize the mineral property disclosure requirements for issuers whose securitiesare registered with the SEC under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These amendments became effective February25, 2019, with compliance required for the first fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and historical property disclosurerequirements for mining registrants that were included in SEC Industry Guide 7, which was rescinded from and after such date and replacedwith disclosure requirements known as S-K 1300.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-lookingstatements and forward-looking information (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable Canadianand U.S. securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein including, without limitation, statementsregarding future exploration plans and the completion of a phase 2 drill program at the Project, future results from exploration, andthe anticipated business plans and timing of future activities of the Company, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believesthat such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statementsare typically identified by words such as: “believes”, “will”, “expects”, “anticipates”,“intends”, “estimates”, “plans”, “may”, “should”, “potential”,“scheduled”, or variations of such words and phrases and similar expressions, which, by their nature, refer to future eventsor results that may, could, would, might or will occur or be taken or achieved. In making the forward-looking statements in this pressrelease, the Company has applied several material assumptions, including without limitation, that there will be investor interest in futurefinancings, market fundamentals will result in sustained precious metals demand and prices, the receipt of any necessary permits, licensesand regulatory approvals in connection with the future exploration and development of the Company’s projects in a timely manner,QAQC procedures at the Project were followed, the availability of financing on suitable terms for the exploration and development of theCompany’s projects and the Company’s ability to comply with environmental, health and safety laws.

The Company cautions investors that any forward-lookingstatements by the Company are not guarantees of future results or performance, and that actual results may differ materially from thosein forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, operating and technical difficulties in connection with mineralexploration and development activities, actual results of exploration activities, the estimation or realization of mineral reserves andmineral resources, the inability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing required to conduct its business and affairs, as currentlycontemplated, the timing and amount of estimated future production, the costs of production, capital expenditures, the costs and timingof the development of new deposits, requirements for additional capital, future prices of precious metals, changes in general economicconditions, changes in the financial markets and in the demand and market price for commodities, lack of investor interest in future financings,accidents, labor disputes and other risks of the mining industry, delays in obtaining governmental approvals, permits or financing orin the completion of development or construction activities, risks relating to epidemics or pandemics such as COVID–19, includingthe impact of COVID–19 on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations, changes in laws, regulationsand policies affecting mining operations, title disputes, the inability of the Company to obtain any necessary permits, consents, approvalsor authorizations, including of the Canadian Securities Exchange, the timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation, environmentalissues and liabilities, and other factors and risks that are discussed in the Company’s periodic filings with the SEC and disclosedin the final long form prospectus of the Company dated August 31, 2021.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue relianceon forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements in this press releaseor incorporated by reference herein, except as otherwise required by law.

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