Once a mineral rights title is registered to the NatGold Integrity Vault LLC and ownership is effectively transferred in exchange for NatGold Tokens, the drill core remains the responsibility of the contributing mining title owner. NatGold Digital has no practical reason to take possession of or safeguard the drill core.

This is no different from traditional gold mining: once the gold has been extracted, the drill core no longer holds operational value for the producer. The core’s primary purpose was to help define the gold deposit during exploration and development. After mining, it may have some residual informational value for regional exploration, but not for the mined-out project itself.

Similarly, in the NatGold model, once the gold has been digitally mined and the mineral rights title is secured within the Integrity Vault, the process is complete and irreversible. There is no mechanism for future exploration or physical extraction. In essence, the drill core has no value to NatGold Digital once the digital mining process is finalized—just as it has no value to a gold producer once the physical gold has been extracted.