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MONTREAL, Feb. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yorbeau Resources Inc. (TSX:YRB) ("Yorbeau" or the "Company") commenced an exploration drilling program in January on its Beschefer and Selbaie West properties near the former Selbaie mine, as well as on the Allard property located southwest of the town of Matagami. The programs consist of approximately 2,545 meters of drilling on the Beschefer property, 2,100 metres on the Selbaie West property and 1,000 meters on the Allard property.Beschefer PropertyThe Beschefer property is located 9 km southeast of the former Selbaie producer (historical production of 56.9 Mt @ 0.87% Cu, 1.85% Zn, 39 g/t Ag)1 and immediately east of the B-26 Zone currently being developed by Abitibi Metals Corp. and SOQUEM (13.0 Mt Indicated at 2.1% Cu Eq and 12.3 Mt Inferred at 2.2% Cu Eq)2,3 (Figure 1). The 2026 program aims to trace the B-26 Zone near surface and to test a series of induced polarization anomalies along the extension of the B-14 gold zone located approximately 2 km to the east. Drilling is currently underway, and results will be released as soon as they become available.Selbaie West PropertyDrilling on this property will begin once all required permits have been obtained. The objective of this campaign is to test the continuity of newly identified copper, zinc, gold and silver zones discovered over the past two years by SOQUEM (Figure 1) on the adjacent Wagosic property. The Selbaie West property is located less than 3 km west of Soquem's recent discoveries on the Wagosic property (Hole 1338-25-087 cut a mineralized zone of 296.9 meters at 1.47% Zn, 0.20% Cu, 0.06 g/t Au and 18.3 g/t Ag)3,4 within the Selbaie horizon.This horizon extends onto Yorbeau's property for more than 9 km (see Figure 1). In 2008, Yorbeau completed a series of drill holes near the eastern boundary of the Yorbeau-SOQUEM properties and identified the Selbaie horizon, which returned ...Full story available on Benzinga.com