Interview with Jeffrey R. Wilson, President & CEO of Precipitate Gold Corp.
Our previous interview: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/precipitate-gold-corp-tsxvprg-funding-secured-as-barrick-adjacent-drilling-starts-9454
Recording date: 2nd April 2026
Precipitate Gold Corp. (TSXV:PRG) is approaching what may be the most consequential period in its history. The Vancouver-based junior explorer holds three gold-copper projects in the Dominican Republic (all 100% owned) and is now executing on the phase of exploration that carries the highest potential for value creation: active discovery drilling.
The company's two flagship assets are strategically located. Juan de Herrera shares a border with Goldquest Mining's Romero deposit, a 3.5 million gold-equivalent ounce resource advancing through feasibility and environmental review. Pueblo Grande surrounds Barrick Gold's Pueblo Viejo mine, one of the largest gold-producing operations in Latin America. In both cases, the host geology is known, the mineralisation style of high-grade gold and copper is confirmed in adjacent ground, and the question now is whether Precipitate's targets contain comparable mineralisation at economic grades.
That question will be answered by the drill bit over the course of 2026. The company has planned up to 10,000 metres of drilling across multiple zones on both projects, with Pueblo Grande already in an active program and Juan de Herrera in final preparation for mobilisation. At Juan de Herrera, years of methodical exploration work of approximately 18,000 soil samples and subsequent induced polarisation geophysical surveys have identified multiple zones where elevated gold and copper at surface coincide with strong chargeability anomalies at depth. This is precisely the geochemical and geophysical signature that defines the Romero and Cachimbo mineralised zones on neighbouring Goldquest ground, lending the targeting approach a credible, data-driven foundation.
The financial position supports the program without immediate dilution risk. A $6.5 million financing completed in January 2026, led by Dominican institutional investors, brought the total working capital to approximately $9 million. Those same investors hold approximately $5 million in in-the-money warrants, providing an additional funding lever should the drill program warrant expansion. The participation of locally connected Dominican capital is significant not only financially but as a signal: investors with direct knowledge of the political and regulatory environment have chosen to back the company at scale.
The jurisdictional backdrop has improved meaningfully. The Dominican government has moved toward a more pro-mining stance, with faster permitting and demonstrated willingness to support projects through the development pipeline. Goldquest's advancement of Romero toward feasibility is providing the sector's first real proof of concept that the country can host a project from discovery through to production-ready status.
From a valuation standpoint, Precipitate has historically traded in close ratio to Goldquest, despite Goldquest holding the established resource. That relationship has diverged over the past two years as Goldquest re-rated on the back of jurisdictional improvements and project advancement. Management believes the gap represents an opportunity, with exploration success at Juan de Herrera or Pueblo Grande the most direct mechanism to close it.
Assay results from both projects, expected progressively across 2026, will define the investment outcome. For investors with the risk tolerance appropriate to early-stage exploration, the current setup in terms of geological, financial, and jurisdictional is as well-structured as Precipitate has ever presented.
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