North Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – December 23, 2021) – Lion One Metals Limited (TSXV: LIO) (OTCQX: LOMLF) (ASX: LLO) (“Lion One” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the results of its Annual General Meeting (“AGM“), held on December 16, 2021. According to the meeting Scrutineers report, 128 shareholders were represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, representing 39,544,470 common shares or 25.29% of the 156,371,893 common shares outstanding on the October 27, 2021 record date for the Meeting.
All resolutions presented to the shareholders were approved with over 95% of votes cast being in favor of each resolution (see the SEDAR filing of the Company’s Information Circular, dated November 2, 2021). As a result,
Davidson & Company LLP was re-appointed as the auditor of the Company
The number of Directors was set at four with the following nominees elected as directors: Walter Berukoff, Richard Meli, Kevin Puil, and David Tretbar
The Company’s Stock Option Plan was re-approved
Following the AGM, management gave a brief overview of the Company’s plans for the development of the Tuvatu gold processing plant in Fiji, including the award of the design and procurement work. The Company plans to provide additional information about its development plans in early 2022 along with further drilling results from its ongoing exploration programs.
About Lion One Metals Limited Lion One’s flagship asset is 100% owned, fully permitted high grade Tuvatu Alkaline Gold Project, located on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji. Lion One envisions a low-cost high-grade underground gold mining operation at Tuvatu coupled with exciting exploration upside inside its tenements covering the entire Navilawa Caldera, an underexplored yet highly prospective 7km diameter alkaline gold system. Lion One’s CEO Walter Berukoff leads an experienced team of explorers and mine builders and has owned or operated over 20 mines in 7 countries. As the founder and former CEO of Miramar Mines, Northern Orion, and La Mancha Resources, Walter is credited with building over $3 billion of value for shareholders.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Lion One Metals Limited “Walter Berukoff“ Chairman and CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This press release may contain statements that may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are forward-looking information. Generally, forward-looking information may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “proposed”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases, or by the use of words or phrases which state that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, or might occur or be achieved. This forward-looking information reflects Lion One Metals Limited’s current beliefs and is based on information currently available to Lion One Metals Limited and on assumptions Lion One Metals Limited believes are reasonable. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, the actual results of exploration projects being equivalent to or better than estimated results in technical reports, assessment reports, and other geological reports or prior exploration results. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Lion One Metals Limited or its subsidiaries to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks and other factors may include, but are not limited to: the stage development of Lion One Metals Limited, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current research and development or operational activities; competition; uncertainty as to patent applications and intellectual property rights; product liability and lack of insurance; delay or failure to receive board or regulatory approvals; changes in legislation, including environmental legislation, affecting mining, timing and availability of external financing on acceptable terms; not realizing on the potential benefits of technology; conclusions of economic evaluations; and lack of qualified, skilled labour or loss of key individuals. Although Lion One Metals Limited has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Lion One Metals Limited does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
North Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – November 30, 2021) – Lion One Metals Limited (TSXV: LIO) (OTCQX: LOMLF) (ASX: LLO) (“Lion One” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce results from the infill drill and re-sampling program undertaken in the near-surface portion of the Tuvatu deposit. This program was designed to further strengthen the database in the portion of the deposit earmarked for earliest production, from the Company’s 100% owned Tuvatu gold project in Fiji.
5,615m of infill drilling completed in 30 holes (~70% of the proposed program)
600 additional data points generated from infill resampling of 12 historic holes
Highlights from near-surface infill drilling and re-sampling include:
20.61 g/t Au over 7.50m inc. 89.03 g/t Au over 1.50m, and 227.3 g/t Au over 0.30m from TUDDH545 21.34 g/t Au over 2.50m inc. 38.25 g/t Au over 1.30m, and 52.27 g/t Au over 0.30m from TUDDH548 33.52 g/t Au over 2.40m inc. 185.60 g/t Au over 0.40m from TUDDH553 9.13 g/t Au over 2.59m inc. 74.58 g/t Auover 0.30m from resampling of historic hole TUDDH362
TUDDH541
4.61 g/t Au over 4.23m from 112.6-116.83m, including
14.35 g/t Au over 1.20m from 115.63-116.83, which includes
33.85 g/t Au over 0.30m from 116.23-116.53m
7.09 g/t Au over 0.60m from 124.63-125.23m, including
12.82 g/t Au over 0.30m from 124.93-125.23m
TUDDH544
8.27 g/t Au over 0.30m from 24.65-24.95m
5.46 g/t Au over 2.90m from 34.6-37.5m, including
16.75 g/t Au over 0.50m from 34.9-35.4m, and
7.83 g/t Au over 0.60m from 36.6-37.2m
9.21 g/t Au over 0.30m from 50.85-51.15m
18.62 g/t Au over 0.30m from 65.93-66.23m
9.44 g/t Au over 0.60m from 68.32-68.92m, including
13.45 g/t Au over 0.30m from 68.32-68.62
11.21 g/t Au over 0.30m from 147.23-147.53
TUDDH545
20.61 g/t Au over 7.50m from 123.6-131.1m, including
7.97 g/t Au over 1.00m from 123.6-124.6m, and
8.97 g/t Au over 0.90m from 125.6-126.5m, and
89.03 g/t Au over 1.50m from 128.3-129.8m, which includes
227.30 g/t Au over 0.30m from 128.3-128.6m, and
10.48 g/t Au over 0.30m from 128.6-128.9, and
39.01 g/t Au over 0.30m from 128.9-129.2m, and
99.42 g/t Au over 0.30m from 129.2-129.5m, and
68.95 g/t Au over 0.30m from 129.5-129.8m
9.88 g/t Au over 0.30m from 130.8-131.1m
9.38 g/t Au over 1.00m from 137.6-138.6m
TUDDH546
10.16 g/t Au over 1.20 from 104.2-105.4m, including
39.33 g/t Au over 0.30m from 104.2-104.5m
TUDDH547
13.47 g/t Au over 0.30 from 104.5-104.8m
TUDDH548
9.82 g/t Au over 0.30 from 82.6-82.9m
18.74 g/t Au over 0.30m from 101.6-101.9m
6.41 g/t Au over 1.50m from 106.2-107.7m, including
26.34 g/t Au over 0.30m from 106.2-106.5m
15.37 g/t Au over 0.30m from 110.4-110.7m
21.34 g/t Au over 2.50m from 120.85-123.35m, including
38.25 g/t Au over 1.30m from 121.75-123.05m, which includes
52.27 g/t Au over 0.30m from 121.75-122.05m, and
21.13 g/t Au over 0.30m from 122.05-122.35m, and
53.82 g/t Au over 0.30m from 122.35-122.75m, and
20.58 g/t Au over 0.30m from 122.75-123.05m
TUDDH553
7.84 g/t Au over 0.90m from 26.0-26.9m
33.52 g/t Au over 2.40m from 173.4-175.8m, including
185.60 g/t Au over 0.40m from 174.5-174.9m
Highlights from infill resampling of historic drilling include:
6.78 g/t Au over 3.50m from 91.1-94.6m, including
8.43 g/t Au over 2.70m from 91.1-93.8m, including
10.98 g/t Au over 0.90m from 91.1-92.0m in TUDDH225
9.13 g/t Au over 2.59m from 84.81-87.4m, including
74.58 g/t Au over 0.30m from 86.31-86.61m in TUDDH362
1.81 g/t Au over 0.60m from 118.2-118.8m in TUDDH410
6.88 g/t Au over 0.60m from 131.1-131.7m in TUDDH539
Infill Drilling and Resampling Program In addition to the recently reported expansion of the high-grade 500 Zone underlying the Tuvatu resource, several bonanza-grade intercepts have also been returned from the ongoing near-surface infill/definition drill program. The ~8000m infill drill program was initiated in June of 2021 with the aim of infilling areas of low data density within parts of the resource currently categorized as Inferred. To date, a total of 5,615m of diamond drilling over 30 holes have been completed, with ~30% of the proposed program remaining. Concurrently, a program of resampling of unsampled intervals from historic drill holes in has been initiated with the resampling of 12 holes completed to date (23 holes planned), representing ~50% of the planned resampling program, and thus far generating ~600 additional samples in areas where data was considered sparse. The additional data generated was generated in Lion One’s own assay laboratory in Nadi and will add significant new high-grade intercepts to the resource earmarked for early production.
Final results received to date from holes drilled as part of the infill program are for 7 holes only (TUDDH541-553). All results for holes TUDDH554-562 remain pending. Figure 3 shows some of the coarse visible gold intersected as part of the infill drilling program. Photographs shown are from drill holes for which analytical results are still pending. A complete set of results for all previously unreported drill holes which form part of the infill drill program is included as Table 1.
The Company is currently undertaking two tiers of drilling: 1) the completion of shallow resource infill drilling from surface and underground, 2) deep exploration drilling from surface and underground targeting lode extensions and additional feeders under the Tuvatu resource. With the wet season starting in Fiji, the regional drill program requiring access to remote parts of the Navilawa caldera has seen a planned interruption, and is scheduled to resume in early 2022.
Deep Feeder Zone 500 – additional update An update of results obtained from the ongoing deep drilling of the high-grade 500 Zone feeder zone is also provided at this time. Additional results, as yet unreported, from ongoing drilling of the 500 Zone include: 17.43 g/t Au over 1.5m from downhole depth of 643.1-644.6m from hole TUDDH544-W1.
There are currently 3 drill holes targeting the 500 Zone. Results of these will be reported as they become available.
Sergio Cattalani, Lion One’s Senior Vice President Exploration, commented, “High grade mineralization continues to be defined both in the near-surface portion of the deposit, as well as in the expanding deep feeder Zone 500. The additional data generated by the infill drilling and resampling programs will greatly enhance our understanding of the geometry of the veins, and raise the level of confidence needed, ahead of Lion One’s near-term underground development at Tuvatu. Our objective remains to work toward a near-term modest production start, concomitant with an aggressive exploration program aimed at the continued expansion of deep bonanza-grade resources for the eventual scaled-up development of a larger and richer resource base.”
Figure 1: Left) schematic cross-section across the northern part of Tuvatu showing the location of some infill drill holes, with selected results. Right) Plan view of Tuvatu orebody as a block model, showing the trace of the Tuvatu decline and the location of the vertical section on the left. The different colors represent ore blocks of different grade forming the various lodes.
Figure 2: Left) schematic cross-section across the northern part of Tuvatu showing the location of some of the drill holes that have been resampled, with selected results. Right) Plan view of Tuvatu orebody as a block model, showing the trace of the Tuvatu decline and the location of the vertical section on the left. The different colors represent ore blocks of different grade forming the various lodes.
Table 1: Drilling Intervals Reported (intervals greater than 3.0 g/t Au cutoff are bolded)
Drill Hole
From (m)
To (m)
Interval (m)
Au (g/t)
TUDDH541
52.54
54.55
2.01
1.12
59.00
59.40
0.40
2.24
63.40
63.70
0.30
1.32
69.00
70.78
1.78
1.06
109.95
110.25
0.30
2.50
112.60
116.83
4.23
4.61
including
115.63
116.83
1.20
14.35
including
116.23
116.53
0.30
33.85
118.30
118.60
0.30
1.02
120.00
123.50
3.80
3.27
including
122.30
123.50
1.20
5.71
124.63
125.23
0.60
7.09
including
124.93
125.23
0.30
12.82
127.20
130.20
3.00
0.87
including
129.90
130.20
0.30
6.69
TUDDH-542
73.00
73.60
0.60
0.75
78.10
78.40
0.30
0.73
79.80
81.50
1.70
1.65
83.60
83.90
0.30
0.87
91.90
94.70
2.80
1.36
TUDDH-545
74.60
75.60
1.00
3.38
79.60
80.20
0.60
3.23
81.60
83.60
2.00
1.4
108.10
108.40
0.30
5.36
123.60
131.10
7.50
20.61
including
123.60
124.60
1.00
7.97
and
125.60
126.50
0.90
8.97
and
128.30
129.80
1.50
89.03
including
128.30
128.60
0.30
227.3
and
128.60
128.90
0.30
10.48
and
128.90
129.20
0.30
39.01
and
129.20
129.50
0.30
99.42
and
129.50
129.80
0.30
68.95
and
130.80
131.11
0.30
9.88
137.60
138.60
1.00
9.38
TUDDH-546
80.50
81.70
1.20
2.53
97.80
99.60
1.80
1.64
104.20
105.40
1.20
10.16
including
104.20
104.50
0.30
39.33
109.20
109.50
0.30
3.76
113.20
113.50
0.30
0.92
115.90
117.40
1.50
1.04
120.50
123.30
2.80
0.85
including
123.00
123.30
0.30
3.93
60.20
60.50
0.30
1.61
66.60
67.20
0.60
1.3
68.40
69.00
0.60
1.35
TUDDH-547
70.40
71.00
0.60
2.67
76.30
77.20
0.90
1
87.10
88.90
1.80
1.13
91.60
92.50
0.90
1.59
94.30
99.70
5.40
1.96
including
94.30
95.20
0.90
5.19
97.00
99.70
2.70
1.08
104.50
104.80
0.30
13.47
107.00
107.90
0.90
3.96
110.30
111.20
0.90
0.52
115.70
118.10
2.40
0.72
TUDDH-548
82.60
82.90
0.30
9.82
99.20
100.40
1.20
1.15
101.60
101.90
0.30
18.74
106.20
107.70
1.50
6.41
including
106.20
106.50
0.30
26.34
110.40
110.70
0.30
15.37
113.90
115.30
1.40
1.16
118.45
118.75
0.30
4.31
120.85
123.35
2.50
21.34
including
121.75
123.05
1.30
38.25
including
121.75
122.05
0.30
52.27
and
122.05
122.35
0.30
21.13
and
122.35
122.75
0.40
53.82
and
122.75
123.05
0.30
20.58
74.10
74.40
0.30
4.69
TUDDH-553
26.00
26.90
0.90
7.84
108.50
109.50
1.00
0.79
115.80
120.10
4.30
1.42
173.40
175.80
2.40
33.5
including
174.50
174.90
0.40
185.6
179.90
180.50
0.60
1.91
TUDDH544W1 (500 Zone)
643.10
644.60
1.50
17.43
including
643.10
643.40
0.30
5.10
and
643.40
643.70
0.30
75.55
and
643.70
644.00
0.30
4.05
Table 2: Survey details of diamond drill holes referenced in this release not previously reported
Hole No
Coordinates (Fiji map grid)
RL
final depth
dip
azimuth
N
E
m
(TN)
TUDDH544, 544W1
3920795.6
1876350.7
209.7
758.5
-65.0°
132°
TUDDH541
3920733.6
1876296.8
225.1
165.6
-49.0°
002°
TUDDH542
3920845.3
1876170.4
166.6
150.5
-7.0°
139°
TUDDH545
3920732.5
1876296.8
225.1
191.6
-80°
10°
TUDDH546
3920734.1
1876298.1
225.1
170.5
-49°
13°
TUDDH547
3920733.8
1876298.0
225.1
173.5
-61°
17°
TUDDH548
3920733.4
1876297.9
225.2
200.7
-73°
15°
TUDDH553
3920724.8
1876385.5
237.0
206.4
-74°
274°
TUDDH562
3920723.3
1876385.5
237.0
244.2
-70°
248°
TUDDH563
3920796.3
1876351.1
209.7
in progress
-63°
121°
Figure 3: A) Photo of a portion of uncut drill core from TUDDH563, one of the infill drill holes, showing coarse visible goldat 13.60m depth. Analytical results pending. B) Photo of a portion of uncut drill core from TUDDH562, one of the infill drill holes, showing coarse visible goldat 165.0m depth. C) Same interval as B after cutting. Analytical results pending.
Drilling and Assay Processes and Procedures The Company is utilizing its own diamond drill rig, using PQ, HQ and ultimately NQ sized drill core rods. Drill core is logged by Company geologists and then is sawn in half and sampled by Lion One staff.
Samples are analyzed at the Company’s own geochemical laboratory in Fiji, whilst pulp duplicates of all samples with results >0.5g/t Au are re-assayed, as well as sent to ALS Global Laboratories in Australia for check assay determinations. All samples for all high-grade intercepts reported here are will be sent to ALS Global Laboratories for check assays shortly. All samples are pulverized to 80% passing through 75 microns. Gold analysis is carried out using fire assay with an AA finish. Samples that have returned grades greater than 10g/t Au are then re-analyzed by gravimetric method. For certain high-grade samples for which results for duplicate assay are within 10% of the initial results, the average of duplicate runs is presented. Lion One’s laboratory can also assay for a range of 71 other elements through Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES), but currently focuses on a suite of 9 important pathfinder elements. All duplicate anomalous samples sent to ALS Townsville, Queensland, Australia are analyzed by the same methods (Au-AA26, and also Au-GRA22 where applicable). ALS also analyze for 33 pathfinder elements by HF-HNO3-HClO4 acid digestion, HCl leach and ICP-AES. (method ME-ICP61).
Qualified Person The scientific and technical content of this news release has been reviewed, prepared, and approved by Mr. Sergio Cattalani, P. Geo, who is a qualified person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI-43-101).
About Tuvatu The Tuvatu gold deposit is located on the island of Viti Levu in the South Pacific island nation of Fiji. The mineral resource for Tuvatu as disclosed in the technical report “Tuvatu Gold Project PEA”, dated June 1, 2015, and prepared by Mining Associates Pty Ltd of Brisbane Qld, comprises 1,120,000 tonnes indicated at 8.17 g/t Au (294,000 oz. Au) and 1,300,000 tonnes inferred at 10.60 g/t Au (445,000 oz. Au) at a cut-off grade of 3 g/t Au. The technical report is available on the Lion One website at www.liononemetals.com and on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
About Lion One Metals Limited Lion One’s flagship asset is 100% owned, fully permitted high grade Tuvatu Alkaline Gold Project, located on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji. Lion One envisions a low-cost high-grade underground gold mining operation at Tuvatu coupled with exciting exploration upside inside its tenements covering the entire Navilawa Caldera, an underexplored yet highly prospective 7km diameter alkaline gold system. Lion One’s CEO Walter Berukoff leads an experienced team of explorers and mine builders and has owned or operated over 20 mines in 7 countries. As the founder and former CEO of Miramar Mines, Northern Orion, and La Mancha Resources, Walter is credited with building over $3 billion of value for shareholders.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Lion One Metals Limited “Walter Berukoff“ Chairman and CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This press release may contain statements that may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are forward-looking information. Generally, forward-looking information may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “proposed”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases, or by the use of words or phrases which state that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, or might occur or be achieved. This forward-looking information reflects Lion One Metals Limited’s current beliefs and is based on information currently available to Lion One Metals Limited and on assumptions Lion One Metals Limited believes are reasonable. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, the actual results of exploration projects being equivalent to or better than estimated results in technical reports, assessment reports, and other geological reports or prior exploration results. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Lion One Metals Limited or its subsidiaries to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks and other factors may include, but are not limited to: the stage development of Lion One Metals Limited, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current research and development or operational activities; competition; uncertainty as to patent applications and intellectual property rights; product liability and lack of insurance; delay or failure to receive board or regulatory approvals; changes in legislation, including environmental legislation, affecting mining, timing and availability of external financing on acceptable terms; not realizing on the potential benefits of technology; conclusions of economic evaluations; and lack of qualified, skilled labour or loss of key individuals. Although Lion One Metals Limited has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Lion One Metals Limited does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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Lion One Metals (LIO-V) made the mistake of doing all of those. Think of it as a trifecta of mining. Our saga really began in March of 2019 when Chairman and CEO Wally Berukoff appointed Quinton Hennigh as a technical advisor to Lion One. The shares were bouncing along at $.35 after years of quiet but slow progress on the 100% company owned gold project in Fiji.
Quinton started off with a surprising announcement. What they thought of as an epithermal gold system of limited potential in spite of the already defined 43-101 of over 900,000 ounces of gold wasn’t that at all. It wasn’t epithermal limited in size and grade; it was a far richer and more valuable alkaline gold system. All the company needed to do was to drill deeper.
Lion One did and in 2020 came up with results of 55 g/t Au over 12.7 meters in hole DDH 500 and 85.7 g/t Au over 3.3 meters driving the price of shares up to $2.67. Wisely, Wally went to the financing markets and raised over $65 million to begin construction of the mill and for further resource definition. But Covid began to take its toll even if we now realize what we call Covid is no more than a bad flu.
The managing director for Lion was operating out of Perth in Western Australia. Since the country had a long experience with being a prison colony they slammed the cell doors and imprisoned their entire population in order to fight a bad flu. He couldn’t leave Australia and no one could enter Fiji.
Of all of the bad events that can transpire with a junior resource company the worst is to bore shareholders. Even though the company bought new drills and had them shipped to Fiji they have no professional mining engineers or exploration geologists on site to supervise the local crews. And to be kind, Fiji is not Ontario or Nevada or even Mexico or Peru in terms of mining expertise.
On a regular but slow basis Lion One would announce drill results. In January of 2021 they announced 2.24 meters of 13.31 g/t Au along with 3.47 meters of 20.71 g/t gold. A month later on February 3rd they released results of 12.45 meters of 21.31 g/t Au and 3 meters of 114 g/t gold. March brought an announcement of two additional drill rigs being delivered. May brought excellent results from three more holes including 1.2 meters of 13.74 g/t Au near surface, 6 meters of 9.11 g/t Au and 6.47 meters of 17.9 g/t gold.
By now the company was up to a total of six drill rigs operational but was beginning to run out of the bandwidth of trying to operate remotely from Perth. Wisely, Wally made the decision to bring in some professional staff to be on site to move the company forward to production as the plan had been all along. That plan ran into the Covid stupidity. It took until August of 2021 to get Patrick Hickey into Fiji as COO and Sergio Cattalani in place as SVP for Exploration.
I’d like to say everything went smoothly but if I did, I would be lying. It took months for Fiji to open up and then the pair had to remain in quarantine for two weeks. Literally they only started cleaning up what was basically your garden-variety mess in September.
They found a lot of issues. One of the most interesting was that a lot of the core clearly was mineralized but had never been assayed not withstanding the fact that Lion One owns the lab. Lion One had good people on site but trying to plan for construction of a mine and mill takes time and requires professional supervision. It is now in place and they are moving forward.
On November 2nd they came up with another press release showing excellent numbers including 3.9 meters of 33.4 g/t Au and 0.3 meters of 65 g/t Au and 0.3 meters of 112 g/t gold, with 0.6 meters of 48.7 g/t Au and 0.6 meters of 33.06 g/t Au. Clearly Lion One has the gold. It is high grade and there is a lot of it. The lookalike Vatukoula Gold Mine is located only 40 km from Tuvatu. Vatukoula has resources remaining of 4 million ounces of gold and has produced 7 million ounces already. Tuvatu has a similar footprint and every indication of similar grade and quantity of gold.
Wally’s plan all along has been to construction a 350 TPD mill using the existing near surface resource to produce 100,000 ounces of gold a year. As of today the company has a market cap of $151 million CAD with a total of $54 million in cash. Lion One has more than enough money to continue the six-drill rig exploration and development drill program and to move the plan for the mill into high speed.
The government of Fiji wants the mine to go into production. The potential tax revenue is an important part of their financial plan for the future. Investors want to see concrete action on the part of exploration and the start of construction for the long promised mill. Wally has 100% ownership of the project, a boatload of cash that makes the company more of a bank than a mining junior and two highly experienced mining professionals in position to move this puppy to production. It’s time for the company to shit or get off the pot.
I know of no company with a resource as real as Lion One’s and the cash they have on hand that is selling for pennies. Lion One has derisked the project. A move to production would convince investors that instead of what is probably $100 an ounce CAD today, the company would really be worth a whole lot more. Wally is in a position to ride the wave of gold higher to a multi-billion dollar market cap. He’s done it twice before and this is a whole lot better potential.
Lion One is an advertiser. The company is actually my largest share position in spite of having moved to a new low. I was buying shares in the open market as recently as Friday. I would love to see the company in production. I know a lot of investors feel the same way. Once in production the majors are going to be on this like white on rice. There will be a bidding war for the company when they actually begin to put the plan into operation.
Do your own due diligence.
Lion One Metals LIO-V $.97 (Nov 12, 2021) LOMLF OTCQX 156 million shares Lion One website
North Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – November 2, 2021) – Lion One Metals Limited (TSXV: LIO) (OTCQX: LOMLF) (ASX: LLO) (“Lion One” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce further high-grade intercepts from two recently completed drillholes as part of ongoing deep extensional step-out drilling from the Company’s 100% owned Tuvatu gold project in Fiji.
– DEEP FEEDER ZONE 500 NOW EXTENDS OVER 300M VERTICALLY AND 150M LATERALLY
– WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRADE OF 23 G/T Au FROM ZONE 500 MINERALIZED INTERCEPTS 2.6 X HIGHER THAN AVERAGE GRADE OF RESOURCE
– ZONE 500 CONNECTS WITH BASE OF EXISTING RESOURCE AT APPROX. 470M DEPTH
– DRILLED EXTENT OF TUVATU SYSTEM INCREASED BY 53% TO APPROX. DEPTH OF 720M
Drill highlights include:
33.40 g/t Au over 3.90m from downhole depth of 629.30m from TUDDH544-W2 – including 105.0 g/t Au over 0.30m from 629.6m, 65.0 g/t Au over 0.30m from 630.2m, and 112.0 g/tAuover 0.30m from 631.1m
48.74 g/t Au over 0.6m from downhole depth of651.50m, and 33.06 g/t Au over 0.6m from downhole depth of 658.2m, from hole TUDDH544-W1
Sergio Cattalani, Lion One’s Senior Vice President Exploration, commented, “High grade mineralization in Deep Feeder Zone 500 has now been demonstrated to extend over an area approximately 150m along strike and 300m vertically with an overall calculated weighted average grade of >23 g/t Au; Zone 500 mineralisation will add significantly to the overall Au inventory of the Tuvatu orebody. Furthermore, an improved understanding of the orientation of the 500 Zone now allows us to connect this high-grade feeder to the base of the existing resource. We continue to plan additional drilling to test the lateral and vertical extents of this zone which remains open in all directions.”
Deep Feeder Zone 500
These most recent intercepts reported above are believed to be the continuation of the interpreted deep feeder structure that encountered 55.43 g/t Au over 12.70m in TUDDH500 (see July 24, 2020 News Release), 55.44 g/t Au over 2.30m in TUDDH533 (see July 26, 2021 News Release), and 24.92 g/t Au over 3.70m in TUG-135 (see September 7, 2021 News Release), among many others.
Deeper Feeder Zone 500, cont.
This important gold-bearing structure has now been intersected by multiple holes, including TUDDH500, 500W1, 500W2, TUDDH533, 533W1, TUDDH528, TUDDH517, 517W1, TUDDH514, 514W1, TUDDH544W1, TUDDH544W2, TUG135, and TUG136 (results pending; see Figures 1, 2). At 33.40 g/t Au over 3.90m, the intercept reported here from TUDDH544W2 represents one of the best overall downhole intercepts to date, for holes drilled at a high angle to the 500 Zone structure. Figure 3 shows a photo of visible gold from a portion of this intercept.
The growing number of intercepts has allowed for a remodeling of the 500 Zone structure such that the current best-fit orientation of the 500 Zone is now modelled with an azimuth of N060° and a dip of -88°, with all of the high-grade intercepts from the boreholes listed above captured by an approximately 25m wide envelope. This revised model for the 500 Zone structure connects the 500 Zone to the Tuvatu orebody at a depth of approximately -150m RSL by way of two historic drillholes (TUDDH212, previously interpreted as the base of UR2 lode; and TUG110, previously interpreted as part of the URW3 lode) which occur in the lowermost portion of the existing resource model. This portion of the orebody remains significantly under-drilled.
Based on only the few, currently reported number of intercepts, the 500 Zone as defined above has a calculated weighted average thickness of approximately 2.75m and a calculated weighted average grade of 23.31 g/t Au, or approximately 2.6X the average grade of the current Tuvatu resource it underlays. At present, it represents an approximate increase in contained Au ounces of >25% (uncategorized) over the existing resource. It is increasingly clear that the current Tuvatu resource represents only a fraction of a much larger and considerably more extensive, high-grade Au deposit for which additional drilling is warranted to further define its full extent.
Resignation of Company Director
The Company also announces the resignation of Stephen Mann from the Board of Directors. The Company thanks Mr. Mann for his service to the Company as board member since 2012 and wishes him well in his future endeavors.
Figure 1: Longitudinal section oriented at N060°, -88°E of the 500 Zone high-grade feeder structure showing block model and selected drill Intercepts. The grid is 300m, the darker yellow is current indicated resource and the lighter yellow is current inferred resource. Dots indicate modelled pierce points for existing drill intercepts defining the 500 Zone (green=recently completed; orange=previously reported; open=within current resource).
Figure 2: Detail of Figure 1. The grid is 100m; intercepts are expressed as g/t Au over downhole width in meters. Dots indicate modelled pierce points for existing drill intercepts defining the 500 Zone (green=recently completed; orange=previously reported; white=within current resource).
Table 1: Drilling Intervals Reported (intervals greater than 3.0 g/t Au cutoff are bolded)
Drill Hole
From (m)
To (m)
Interval (m)
Au (g/t)
TUDDH544W1 (incomplete)
643.7
644.6
0.9
2.17
incl.
643.7
644.0
0.3
4.05
651.5
652.1
0.6
46.79
incl.
651.5
651.8
0.3
56.74
and
651.8
652.1
0.3
36.83
658.2
658.8
0.6
33.06
incl.
658.2
658.5
0.3
5.11
and
658.5
658.8
0.3
61.0
TUDDH544W2
573.2
575.3
2.1
6.69
incl.
574.1
575.0
0.9
14.67
and
574.4
574.7
0.3
32.83
577.1
578.3
1.2
7.45
incl.
577.1
577.4
0.3
12.69
and
577.4
577.7
0.3
5.99
and
577.7
578.0
0.3
8.57
and
578.0
578.3
0.3
2.23
579.5
579.8
0.3
25.56
629.3
633.2
3.90
33.40
incl.
629.3
629.6
0.3
25.0
and
629.6
629.9
0.3
105.0
and
630.2
630.5
0.3
65.0
and
630.5
630.8
0.3
19.0
and
630.8
631.1
0.3
5.67
and
631.1
631.4
0.3
112.0
and
631.4
631.7
0.3
45.0
and
632.3
632.9
0.6
3.47
and
632.9
633.2
0.3
50.0
Table 2: Survey details of diamond drill holes referenced in this release (Fiji Map Grid)
Hole No
coordinates
RL
final depth
dip
azimuth
N
E
m
(TN)
TUDDH544W1
3920795.6
1876350.7
209.7
758.50
-65.04°
132.06°
TUDDH544W2
3920795.6
1876350.7
209.7
926.8
-65.04°
132.06°
Figure 3: Photo of a portion of uncut drill core from TUDDH544W2, showing coarse visible gold and pyrite. This 30cm sample returned 112 g/t Au from 631.1-631.4m.
The Company is utilizing its own diamond drill rig, using PQ, HQ and ultimately NQ sized drill core rods. Drill core is logged by Company geologists and then is sawn in half and sampled by Lion One staff.
Samples are analyzed at the Company’s own geochemical laboratory in Fiji, whilst pulp duplicates of all samples with results >0.5g/t Au are re-assayed, as well as sent to ALS Global Laboratories in Australia for check assay determinations. All samples for all high-grade intercepts reported here will be sent to ALS Global Laboratories for check assays shortly. All samples are pulverized to 80% passing through 75 microns. Gold analysis is carried out using fire assay with an AA finish. Samples that have returned grades greater than 10g/t Au are then re-analyzed by gravimetric method. Lion One’s laboratory can also assay for a range of 71 other elements through Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES), but currently focuses on a suite of 9 important pathfinder elements. All duplicate anomalous samples sent to ALS Townsville, Queensland, Australia are analyzed by the same methods (Au-AA26, and also Au-GRA22 where applicable). ALS also analyze for 33 pathfinder elements by HF-HNO3-HClO4 acid digestion, HCl leach and ICP-AES. (method ME-ICP61).
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical content of this news release has been reviewed, prepared, and approved by Mr. Sergio Cattalani, P. Geo, who is a qualified person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI-43-101).
About Tuvatu
The Tuvatu gold deposit is located on the island of Viti Levu in the South Pacific island nation of Fiji. The mineral resource for Tuvatu as disclosed in the technical report “Tuvatu Gold Project PEA”, dated June 1, 2015, and prepared by Mining Associates Pty Ltd of Brisbane Qld, comprises 1,120,000 tonnes indicated at 8.17 g/t Au (294,000 oz. Au) and 1,300,000 tonnes inferred at 10.60 g/t Au (445,000 oz. Au) at a cut-off grade of 3 g/t Au. The technical report is available on the Lion One website at www.liononemetals.com and on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
About Lion One Metals Limited
Lion One’s flagship asset is 100% owned, fully permitted high grade Tuvatu Alkaline Gold Project, located on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji. Lion One envisions a low-cost high-grade underground gold mining operation at Tuvatu coupled with exciting exploration upside inside its tenements covering the entire Navilawa Caldera, an underexplored yet highly prospective 7km diameter alkaline gold system. Lion One’s CEO Walter Berukoff leads an experienced team of explorers and mine builders and has owned or operated over 20 mines in 7 countries. As the founder and former CEO of Miramar Mines, Northern Orion, and La Mancha Resources, Walter is credited with building over $3 billion of value for shareholders.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Lion One Metals Limited “Walter Berukoff“ Chairman and CEO
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This press release may contain statements that may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are forward looking information. Generally, forward-looking information may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “proposed”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases, or by the use of words or phrases which state that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, or might occur or be achieved. This forward-looking information reflects Lion One Metals Limited’s current beliefs and is based on information currently available to Lion One Metals Limited and on assumptions Lion One Metals Limited believes are reasonable. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, the actual results of exploration projects being equivalent to or better than estimated results in technical reports, assessment reports, and other geological reports or prior exploration results. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Lion One Metals Limited or its subsidiaries to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks and other factors may include, but are not limited to: the stage development of Lion One Metals Limited, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current research and development or operational activities; competition; uncertainty as to patent applications and intellectual property rights; product liability and lack of insurance; delay or failure to receive board or regulatory approvals; changes in legislation, including environmental legislation, affecting mining, timing and availability of external financing on acceptable terms; not realizing on the potential benefits of technology; conclusions of economic evaluations; and lack of qualified, skilled labour or loss of key individuals. Although Lion One Metals Limited has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Lion One Metals Limited does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
North Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – September 7, 2021) – Lion One Metals Limited (TSXV: LIO) (OTCQX: LOMLF) (ASX: LLO) (“Lion One” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce further high grade intercepts from ongoing deep extensional step-out drilling and near-surface infill drilling from the Company’s 100% owned Tuvatu gold project in Fiji.
Highlights include:
10.24 g/t Au over 8.48m from downhole depth of 111.20m from TUDDH539 (near surface infill) -incl. 33.26 g/t Au over 2.44m from 111.20m, and 13.49 g/t Au over 3.30m from 115.40m
24.92 g/t Au over 3.70m from downhole depth of 415.70m from TUG135 (Deep Feeder Zone 500) -incl. 83.63 g/t Au over 0.30m from 415.70m, and 159.30 g/t Au over 0.30m from 417.20m
Sergio Cattalani, Lion One’s Senior Vice President Exploration, commented, “High grade mineralization in Deep Feeder Zone 500 has now been demonstrated to extend over an area approximately 150m along strike and 250m vertically, completely outside the existing resource model. We have planned additional drilling to test the lateral extent of this zone and infill the shallowest part of this zone with the base of the existing resource.”
Deep Feeder Zone 500 These most recent intercepts are believed to be the continuation of the interpreted deep feeder structure that encountered 55.43 g/t Au over 12.70m in TUDDH500 (see July 24, 2020 News Release) and 55.44 g/t Au over 2.30m in TUDDH533. Multiple new high-grade gold intercepts have been encountered in underground hole TUG135 drilled from the Tuvatu decline, as well as in hole TUDDH533W1, a wedge hole to TUDDH533 reported previously (see July 26, 2021 News Release). These include 24.92 g/t Au over 3.70m (including 159.30 g/t over 0.30m) from a downhole depth of 415.70m, 2.89 g/t Au over 2.50m from a downhole depth of 508.10m in hole TUG135, and 3.34 g/t Au over 1.80m from a downhole depth of 613.90m in hole TUDDH533W1. This same gold-bearing structure has now been intersected by multiple holes, including TUDDH500, 500W1, 500W2, TUDDH533, 533W1, TUDDH528, TUDDH517, 517W1, TUDDH514, 514W1, and TUG135 (see Figure 1). These additional deep intercepts significantly increase our degree of confidence that the Tuvatu orebody extends to considerable depth, and that it remains fully open, laterally and at depth. It is clear that the current Tuvatu resource represents but a fraction of a much larger and considerably more extensive, high-grade Au deposit for which additional drilling is warranted to further define its true extent.
Figure 1: Longitudinal Section of the UR4 Lode Showing Block Model and 2020 and selected 2021 Drill Intercepts. The grid is 100m, the bright yellow is indicated and the darker yellow is inferred. Intercepts are expressed as g/t Au over downhole width in meters.
Resource Infill/Definition Drilling In addition to expanding the high-grade feeder zone underlying the UR4 lode, several bonanza-grade intercepts have also been returned from the ongoing near-surface infill/definition drill program which will add significantly to the resource earmarked for early production. The aim of this drill program was to infill areas of low data density within parts of the resource currently categorized as Inferred. A complete set of results for all previously unreported drill holes is included as Appendix 1.
The Company is currently undertaking three tiers of drilling: 1) shallow resource infill drilling from surface and underground, 2) deep exploration drilling looking for lode extensions under the Tuvatu resource and 3) other target areas within the Navilawa caldera such as Banana Creek, 3.5 km NE of Tuvatu where drilling is underway.
Highlights from shallow infill/definition drilling include: TUG 135: 7.53 g/t Au over 5.80m from 28.60m, incl. 13.64 g/t Au over 2.60m TUDDH 540: 97.40 g/t Au over 1.30m from 103.90m, incl. 210.29 g/t Au over 0.60m TUDDH 539: 10.24 g/t Au over 8.48m from 111.20m, incl. 33.26 g/t Au over 2.44m, and 13.49 g/t Au over 3.30m TUDDH 534: 5.52 g/t Au over 3.71m from 123.23m, incl. 15.59g/t Au over 0.34m and 18.4 g/t Au over 0.47m TUDDH 537: 12.23 g/t Au over 1.33m from 134.15m, incl. 30.50 g/t Au over 0.35m, and 16.07 g/t Au over 0.35m TUDDH 537: 6.52 g/t Au over 3.51m from 138.93m, incl. 19.46 g/t Au over 0.38m TUDDH 538: 103.5g/t Au over 0.28m from 177.78m in TUDDH538 Note: true width of intersections have yet to be accurately determined for these numerous lodes reported in this release.
Table 1: Drilling Intervals Reported (intervals greater than 3.0 g/t Au cutoff are bolded)
Drill Hole
From (m)
To (m)
Interval (m)
Au (g/t)
TUDDH533
12.45
13.65
1.20
10.45
incl
13.00
13.30
0.30
36.69
15.35
15.65
0.30
2.18
17.50
17.80
0.30
2.91
20.30
23.80
3.50
2.72
incl
20.60
20.90
0.30
9.23
25.85
26.15
0.30
0.89
27.40
28.00
0.60
1.04
28.57
28.95
0.38
0.54
30.00
31.80
1.80
1.41
36.00
39.00
3.00
3.47
incl
37.60
38.20
0.60
10.06
162.20
162.50
0.30
1.19
266.80
267.40
0.60
437.13
306.35
307.35
1.00
1.20
309.35
310.80
1.45
16.14
incl
310.15
310.80
0.65
31.93
335.24
335.64
0.40
12.84
370.89
371.23
0.34
0.56
385.60
386.00
0.40
1.10
390.79
391.09
0.30
1.47
437.84
438.26
0.42
0.95
439.30
439.60
0.30
0.58
453.15
453.60
0.45
0.67
459.25
459.80
0.55
3.73
464.10
464.91
0.81
1.82
487.40
488.33
0.93
0.92
539.45
540.30
0.85
1.33
550.06
550.43
0.37
0.76
551.20
551.50
0.30
0.61
575.70
578.00
2.30
55.44
incl
576.68
578.00
1.32
96.13
incl
577.60
578.00
0.40
221.60
TUDDH533w1
536.30
540.86
4.56
1.50
546.94
549.44
2.50
1.85
612.10
613.90
1.80
3.34
614.50
614.80
0.30
0.56
TUDDH534
66.69
67.08
0.39
0.67
71.40
71.72
0.32
4.03
90.95
94.19
3.24
2.95
incl
90.95
91.42
0.47
7.72
and
93.80
94.19
0.39
14.76
100.57
100.84
0.27
0.66
120.49
121.10
0.61
1.97
123.23
126.94
3.71
5.52
incl
124.66
125.00
0.34
15.59
and
125.47
125.94
0.47
18.44
TUDDH537
83.56
83.90
0.34
1.91
126.57
127.36
0.79
3.99
128.50
129.78
1.28
4.04
134.15
135.48
1.33
12.23
incl
134.15
134.50
0.35
30.50
and
135.17
135.48
0.31
16.07
138.93
142.44
3.51
6.52
incl
142.06
142.44
0.38
19.46
144.62
146.39
1.77
3.50
incl
145.31
145.53
0.22
14.13
TUDDH538
143.81
144.24
0.43
0.68
177.78
178.04
0.26
103.50
TUDDH539
86.27
88.28
2.01
4.26
102.82
103.14
0.32
10.78
111.20
119.68
8.48
10.24
incl
111.20
113.64
2.44
33.26
and
115.40
118.70
3.30
13.49
121.65
122.31
0.66
26.55
TUDDH540
97.95
98.25
0.30
79.65
103.90
105.20
1.30
97.40
incl
103.90
104.50
0.60
210.29
which incl
103.90
104.20
0.30
41.58
and
104.20
104.50
0.30
379.00
109.20
110.20
1.00
1.12
TUG135
4.60
4.90
0.30
1.12
28.60
34.40
5.80
7.53
incl
29.40
32.00
2.60
13.64
66.10
67.00
0.90
2.37
95.40
95.70
0.30
0.69
105.10
105.40
0.30
0.69
106.60
107.20
0.60
20.70
incl
106.90
107.20
0.30
40.55
108.90
110.70
1.80
1.37
178.20
178.50
0.30
0.53
260.50
261.30
0.80
1.83
263.10
263.70
0.60
1.18
265.00
265.30
0.30
1.84
276.40
280.40
4.00
3.59
284.30
285.60
1.30
1.49
288.40
288.70
0.30
2.77
294.90
295.20
0.30
1.26
299.55
299.85
0.30
2.02
346.70
350.10
3.40
3.61
374.60
374.90
0.30
0.96
415.70
419.40
3.70
24.92
incl
415.70
416.00
0.30
83.63
and
417.20
417.50
0.30
159.30
and
418.10
418.40
0.30
17.68
508.10
510.60
2.50
2.89
incl
508.10
508.80
0.70
8.93
511.50
511.90
0.40
0.56
Table 2: Survey details of diamond drill holes referenced in this release (Fiji Map Grid)
Hole No
coordinates
RL
final depth
dip
azimuth
N
E
m
(TN)
TUDDH533
3920795
1876351
209.4
818.7
-60
130
TUDDH533W1
3920795
1876351
209.4
773.8
-60
130
TUDDH534
3920736.01
1876267
225.83
179.4
-70
16
TUDDH537
3920735.17
1876267
225.98
206.5
-80
11
TUDDH538
3920735
1876267
225.98
239.60
-83
80
TUDDH539
3920731
1876300
228.00
186.20
-72
0
TUDDH540
3920731
1876300
228.00
168.20
-60
0
TUG135
3920761
1876454
139.28
underway
-64.00
131
Drilling and Assay Processes and Procedures The Company is utilizing its own diamond drill rig, using PQ, HQ and ultimately NQ sized drill core rods. Drill core is logged by Company geologists and then is sawn in half and sampled by Lion One staff.
Samples are analyzed at the Company’s own geochemical laboratory in Fiji, whilst pulp duplicates of samples with results >0.5g/t Au are sent to ALS Global Laboratories in Australia for check assay determinations. Samples for assays reported here will be sent to ALS Global Laboratories for check assays shortly. All samples are pulverized to 80% passing through 75 microns. Gold analysis is carried out using fire assay with an AA finish. Samples that have returned grades greater than 10g/t Au are then re-analyzed by gravimetric method. Lion One’s laboratory can also assay for a range of 71 other elements through Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES), but currently focuses on a suite of 9 important pathfinder elements. All duplicate anomalous samples sent to ALS Townsville, Queensland, Australia are analyzed by the same methods (Au-AA26, and also Au-GRA22 where applicable). ALS also analyze for 33 pathfinder elements by HF-HNO3-HClO4 acid digestion, HCl leach and ICP-AES. (method ME-ICP61).
Qualified Person The scientific and technical content of this news release has been reviewed, prepared, and approved by Mr. Sergio Cattalani, P. Geo, who is a qualified person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI-43-101).
About Tuvatu The Tuvatu gold deposit is located on the island of Viti Levu in the South Pacific island nation of Fiji. The mineral resource for Tuvatu as disclosed in the technical report “Tuvatu Gold Project PEA”, dated June 1, 2015, and prepared by Mining Associates Pty Ltd of Brisbane Qld, comprises 1,120,000 tonnes indicated at 8.17 g/t Au (294,000 oz. Au) and 1,300,000 tonnes inferred at 10.60 g/t Au (445,000 oz. Au) at a cut-off grade of 3 g/t Au. The technical report is available on the Lion One website at www.liononemetals.com and on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
About Lion One Metals Limited Lion One’s flagship asset is 100% owned, fully permitted high grade Tuvatu Alkaline Gold Project, located on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji. Lion One envisions a low-cost high-grade underground gold mining operation at Tuvatu coupled with exciting exploration upside inside its tenements covering the entire Navilawa Caldera, an underexplored yet highly prospective 7km diameter alkaline gold system. Lion One’s CEO Walter Berukoff leads an experienced team of explorers and mine builders and has owned or operated over 20 mines in 7 countries. As the founder and former CEO of Miramar Mines, Northern Orion, and La Mancha Resources, Walter is credited with building over $3 billion of value for shareholders.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Lion One Metals Limited “Walter Berukoff“ Chairman and CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This press release may contain statements that may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are forward looking information. Generally, forward-looking information may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “proposed”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases, or by the use of words or phrases which state that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, or might occur or be achieved. This forward-looking information reflects Lion One Metals Limited’s current beliefs and is based on information currently available to Lion One Metals Limited and on assumptions Lion One Metals Limited believes are reasonable. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, the actual results of exploration projects being equivalent to or better than estimated results in technical reports, assessment reports, and other geological reports or prior exploration results. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Lion One Metals Limited or its subsidiaries to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks and other factors may include, but are not limited to: the stage development of Lion One Metals Limited, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current research and development or operational activities; competition; uncertainty as to patent applications and intellectual property rights; product liability and lack of insurance; delay or failure to receive board or regulatory approvals; changes in legislation, including environmental legislation, affecting mining, timing and availability of external financing on acceptable terms; not realizing on the potential benefits of technology; conclusions of economic evaluations; and lack of qualified, skilled labour or loss of key individuals. Although Lion One Metals Limited has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Lion One Metals Limited does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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Highlights Include 437.13 g/t Au over 0.60m and 55.44 g/t Au over 2.30m
North Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – July 26, 2021) – Lion One Metals Limited (TSXV: LIO) (OTCQX: LOMLF) (ASX: LLO) (“Lion One” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce assay results from ongoing deep step-out drilling at the Company’s 100% owned Tuvatu gold project in Fiji.
Multiple high-grade gold intercepts have been encountered in TUDDH533. The deepest intercept of 55.44 g/t Au over 2.30m (including 221.60 g/t over 0.40m) from a downhole depth of 575.70m, is believed to be a continuation of the same structure that encountered 55.44 g/t over 12.70m in TUDDH500, 40m to the SW, in July 2020 (see July 24, 2020 News Release). Evidence is growing that this deep NE-oriented structure is nearly vertical, with a strike length of at least 360m, and vertical extent of at least 720m from surface. It is believed to be an extension of the high grade UR4 lode, open both at depth and along strike where it projects from the Tuvatu resource area to the Banana Creek target 3.5km to the NE.
Highlights include:
18.96 g/t Au over 0.65m beginning at a down hole depth of 13.00m
437.13 g/t Au over 0.60m beginning at a down hole depth of 266.80m
16.14 g/t Au over 1.45m beginning at a down hole depth of 309.35m
55.44 g/t Au over 2.30m including 221.60 g/t Au over 0.40m from 575.70m
Lion One interprets this deep intercept from TUDDH533 to be part of the same important structure as TUDDH500 with both intercepts displaying strong visual similarities including coarse pyrite and visible gold in gray silica within centimetric-scale veins with distinct light gray potassium feldspar alteration halos around the veins (see Figure 1).
Several shallower high-grade intercepts in hole TUDDH533 are also very important, especially 473.13 g/t Au over 0.60m occurring at 266.80m down hole depth. Veining in this area appears almost perpendicular to core suggesting this high-grade intercept possibly represents a flat lode. Such flat lodes, known as the SKL group, are common higher up at Tuvatu. If this intercept is indeed from a flat lode, it would be the deepest known flat lode at Tuvatu. Lion One believes that the ore-forming fluids that generated the high-grade feeder discussed above may have found their way into nearby fractures thus forming lodes similar to those seen in the SKL group.
Figure 1: Comparison of drill core from TUDDH 500 (L) and TUDDH533 (R)
Note: true width of intersections has yet to be accurately determined for the numerous lodes intersected to date.
“The deep high-grade intercept encountered in hole TUDDH533 is almost certainly from the same high-grade structure encountered in hole TUDDH500 late last July,” commented Dr. Quinton Hennigh, technical advisor to Lion One. “Visual appearances of these two intercepts are strikingly similar. We are now growing comfortable with the idea that this is a northeast-trending, near vertical lode, likely the down-dip and strike continuation of the UR4 lode. This is very exciting, because this lode remains open to the northeast and at depth. In fact, this lode projects toward the Banana Creek target approximately 3.5km to the northeast from Tuvatu. It is intriguing to think that the UR4 structure might be a main mineralizing conduit that could tie together the bigger gold system within the Navilawa caldera. Lion One has several deep drill holes planned at Banana Creek this drill season.”
The Company is currently undertaking three tiers of drilling: 1) shallow resource infill drilling from surface, 2) resource infill drilling from underground and 3) deep exploration drilling looking for lode extensions under the Tuvatu resource and soon, other target areas within the Navilawa caldera such as Banana Creek, 3.5 km NE of Tuvatu (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Navilawa Caldera and Lion One Mining Lease and Exploration License Areas
Survey details of diamond drill holes discussed in this release
Hole No
coordinates
RL
final depth
dip
azimuth
N
E
(TN)
TUDDH533
3920795
1876351
209.4
In progress
-60
130
Figure 3: Longitudinal Section of the UR4 Lode Showing Block Model and 2020 and 2021 Drill Intercepts. The grid is 100m, the bright yellow is indicated and the darker yellow is inferred.
The Company is utilizing its own diamond drill rig, using PQ, HQ and ultimately NQ sized drill core rods. Drill core is logged by Company geologists and then is sawn in half and sampled by Lion One staff.
Samples are analyzed at the Company’s own geochemical laboratory in Fiji, whilst pulp duplicates of samples with results >0.5g/t Au are sent to ALS Global Laboratories in Australia for check assay determinations. Assays reported here will be sent to ALS Global Laboratories for check assays shortly. All samples are pulverized to 80% passing through 75 microns. Gold analysis is carried out using fire assay with an AA finish. Samples that have returned grades greater than 10g/t Au are then re-analyzed by gravimetric method. Lion One’s laboratory can also assay for a range of 71 other elements through Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES), but currently focuses on a suite of 9 important pathfinder elements. All duplicate anomalous samples sent to ALS Townsville, Queensland, Australia are analyzed by the same methods (Au-AA26, and also Au-GRA22 where applicable). ALS also analyze for 33 pathfinder elements by HF-HNO3-HClO4 acid digestion, HCl leach and ICP-AES. (method ME-ICP61).
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical content of this news release has been reviewed, prepared, and approved by Mr. Stephen Mann, P. Geo, and a Director of Lion One, who is a qualified person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI-43-101).
About Tuvatu
The Tuvatu gold deposit is located on the island of Viti Levu in the South Pacific island nation of Fiji. The mineral resource for Tuvatu as disclosed in the technical report “Tuvatu Gold Project PEA”, dated June 1, 2015, and prepared by Mining Associates Pty Ltd of Brisbane Qld, comprises 1,120,000 tonnes indicated at 8.17 g/t Au (294,000 oz. Au) and 1,300,000 tonnes inferred at 10.60 g/t Au (445,000 oz. Au) at a cut-off grade of 3 g/t Au. The technical report is available on the Lion One website at www.liononemetals.com and on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
About Lion One Metals Limited
Lion One’s flagship asset is 100% owned, fully permitted high grade Tuvatu Alkaline Gold Project, located on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji. Lion One envisions a low-cost high-grade underground gold mining operation at Tuvatu coupled with exciting exploration upside inside its tenements covering the entire Navilawa Caldera, an underexplored yet highly prospective 7km diameter alkaline gold system. Lion One’s CEO Walter Berukoff leads an experienced team of explorers and mine builders and has owned or operated over 20 mines in 7 countries. As the founder and former CEO of Miramar Mines, Northern Orion, and La Mancha Resources, Walter is credited with building over $3 billion of value for shareholders.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Lion One Metals Limited “Walter Berukoff“ Chairman and CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This press release may contain statements that may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are forward-looking information. Generally, forward-looking information may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “proposed”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases, or by the use of words or phrases which state that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, or might occur or be achieved. This forward-looking information reflects Lion One Metals Limited’s current beliefs and is based on information currently available to Lion One Metals Limited and on assumptions Lion One Metals Limited believes are reasonable. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, the actual results of exploration projects being equivalent to or better than estimated results in technical reports, assessment reports, and other geological reports or prior exploration results. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Lion One Metals Limited or its subsidiaries to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks and other factors may include, but are not limited to: the stage development of Lion One Metals Limited, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current research and development or operational activities; competition; uncertainty as to patent applications and intellectual property rights; product liability and lack of insurance; delay or failure to receive board or regulatory approvals; changes in legislation, including environmental legislation, affecting mining, timing and availability of external financing on acceptable terms; not realizing on the potential benefits of technology; conclusions of economic evaluations; and lack of qualified, skilled labour or loss of key individuals. Although Lion One Metals Limited has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Lion One Metals Limited does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
