Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – November 2, 2023) – Dolly Varden Silver Corporation (TSXV: DV) (OTCQX: DOLLF) (the “Company” or “Dolly Varden“) is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated October 30, 2023, the Company completed the sale of 15,384,616 common shares of the Company to Hecla Canada Ltd. (“Hecla“) on November 1, 2023 at a price of $0.65 per Common Share for gross proceeds of $10 million (“Offering“). As a result of the Offering, Hecla has increased its shareholding in the Company to 15.7% from 10.6%, calculated on an undiluted basis.
No bonuses, finder’s fee or commissions were paid in connection with the Offering. The Common Shares issued pursuant to the Offering are subject to a four-month hold period from the closing of the Offering in addition to any other restrictions under applicable law.
In connection with the Offering, Dolly Varden has agreed with Hecla that the Company will not complete any further debt or equity financings for the remainder of 2023. Additionally, Dolly Varden has agreed that between January 1, 2024 and September 1, 2024, without the prior consent of Hecla, it will not complete any debt or equity financings other than equity financings for net proceeds to the Company of up to $15 million and provided that the issue price under such financing is greater than $0.65 per security. These restrictions do not capture customary exceptions such as the issuances of securities related to the Company’s equity based incentive compensation, the exercise of existing convertible securities and strategic transactions for non-cash consideration.
$6 million of the net proceeds from the Offering will be used for exploration expenditures, mineral resource expansion and related costs in the Kitsault Valley project, located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, with the balanced to be used for working capital and G&A costs.
Hecla is considered a related party of the Company under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101“) as a result of its ownership of more than 10% of the currently issued and outstanding Common Shares. As a result, the issuance of Common Shares to Hecla pursuant to the Offerings was a related party transaction. The Company relied on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements provided under sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 on the basis that participation in the Offering by Hecla does not exceed 25% of the fair market value of the Company’s market capitalization. The Company did not file a material change report in respect of the related party transaction 21 days prior to the closing of the Offering as the details of the participation of insiders of the Company had not been confirmed at that time. Further details can be found in the material change report that will be filed by the Company in due course.
About Dolly Varden Silver Corporation
Dolly Varden Silver Corporation is a mineral exploration company focused on advancing its 100% held Kitsault Valley Project (which combines the Dolly Varden Project and the Homestake Ridge Project) located in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia, Canada, 25kms by road to tide water. The 163 sq. km. project hosts the high-grade silver and gold resources of Dolly Varden and Homestake Ridge along with the past producing Dolly Varden and Torbrit silver mines. It is considered to be prospective for hosting further precious metal deposits, being on the same structural and stratigraphic belts that host numerous other, high-grade deposits, such as Eskay Creek and Brucejack. The Kitsault Valley Project also contains the Big Bulk property which is prospective for porphyry and skarn style copper and gold mineralization, similar to other such deposits in the region (Red Mountain, KSM, Red Chris).
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By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, among others: the risk that the Company may not be able to complete the Offering on the terms described herein or at all; the Company may require additional financing from time to time in order to continue its operations which may not be available when needed or on acceptable terms and conditions acceptable; compliance with extensive government regulation; domestic and foreign laws and regulations could adversely affect the Company’s business and results of operations; and the stock markets have experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the performance of companies and these fluctuations may adversely affect the price of the Company’s securities, regardless of its operating performance. The risk factors identified herein are not intended to represent a complete list of factors that could affect the Company. For additional information on risks and uncertainties, see the Company’s annual information form dated April 11, 2023 for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the Company’s base-shelf prospectus dated April 25, 2023, both available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
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North Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – November 2, 2023) – Lion One Metals Limited (TSXV: LIO) (OTCQX: LOMLF) (ASX: LLO) (“Lion One” or the “Company”) is pleased to report significant new high-grade gold results from ongoing infill and grade control drilling at its 100% owned Tuvatu Alkaline Gold Project in Fiji.
Assay results are presented here for infill and grade control drilling completed in the Zone 5 area of Tuvatu, which encompasses the near-surface portions of lodes UR1 to UR8, as well as URW2A and URW3. Grade control drilling is focused on the sections of lodes UR1, UR2, and URW3 that are scheduled for mining in early 2024, whereas infill drilling is focused on the parts of Zone 5 that are scheduled for mining in 2024 and 2025. Previous results from Zone 5 are available in the news releases dated June 14, 2023 and August 10, 2023.
Highlights of results (3.0 g/t cutoff):
90.76 g/t Au over 2.4 m (including 261.47 g/t Au over 0.6 m) (TUDDH-659, from 221.3 m depth)
18.56 g/t Au over 3.0 m (including 101.89 g/t Au over 0.3 m) (TGC-0081, from 92.1 m depth)
86.47 g/t Au over 0.6 m (TUDDH-672, from 141.1 m depth)
11.31 g/t Au over 3.9 m (including 65.29 g/t Au over 0.3 m) (TGC-0084, from 99.3 m depth)
46.78 g/t Au over 0.6 m (TUDDH-671, from 127.7 m depth)
38.75 g/t Au over 0.6 m (including 64.10 g/t Au over 0.3 m) (TGC-0107, from 136.2 m depth)
16.60 g/t Au over 1.2 m (including 24.37 g/t Au over 0.6 m) (TGC-0101, from 125.7 m depth)
31.56 g/t Au over 0.6 m (TUDDH-676, from 158.9 m depth)
51.76 g/t Au over 0.3 m (TUDDH-665, from 260.3 m depth)
Figure 1. Location of Zone 5 Infill and Grade Control Drillholes. Left image: Plan view of Tuvatu showing Zone 5 infill and grade control drillholes in relation to the mineralized lodes at Tuvatu. Drillholes are shown in black, mineralized lodes in pale grey, and underground developments in red. The yellow dashed square represents the area illustrated in the image on the right. Right image: Oblique view of Zone 5 infill and grade control drilling looking approximately northeast. Infill drilling was conducted from surface whereas grade control drilling was conducted from underground.
Table 1. Highlights of composited grade control and infill drill results in the Zone 5 area. Composites are calculated using a 3 g/t Au cutoff with maximum internal dilution intervals of 1 m at <3 g/t Au. For full results see Table 4 in the appendix.
Hole ID
From
To
Interval (m)
Au (g/t)
TUDDH-659
221.3
223.7
2.4
90.76
including
221.3
222.5
1.2
176.28
which includes
221.3
221.6
0.3
83.62
and
221.6
222.2
0.6
261.47
and
222.2
222.5
0.3
98.55
TGC-0081
92.1
95.1
3
18.56
including
92.1
92.4
0.3
101.89
and
92.4
92.7
0.3
35.02
TUDDH-672
141.1
141.7
0.6
86.47
TGC-0084
99.3
103.2
3.9
11.31
including
99.6
99.9
0.3
28.93
and
100.8
101.1
0.3
65.29
TUDDH-671
127.7
128.3
0.6
46.78
TGC-0107
136.2
136.8
0.6
38.75
including
136.2
136.5
0.3
64.10
and
136.5
136.8
0.3
13.40
TGC-0101
125.7
126.9
1.2
16.60
including
125.7
126.3
0.6
24.37
TUDDH-676
158.9
159.5
0.6
31.56
TUDDH-676
252.2
253.1
0.9
18.59
TUDDH-676
243.2
245
1.8
9.05
including
243.2
243.8
0.6
19.87
TUDDH-665
260.3
260.6
0.3
51.76
TUDDH-657
109.6
111.1
1.5
9.32
including
109.6
109.9
0.3
35.89
and
110.8
111.1
0.3
10.25
TUDDH-674
130.7
131.9
1.2
11.65
including
130.7
131.3
0.6
20.18
Zone 5
The Zone 5 area of Tuvatu is located along the main decline and includes the principal north-south oriented lodes at Tuvatu (UR1, UR2, UR3), the principal northeast-southwest oriented lodes (UR4 to UR8), and several smaller lodes to the west of the main decline (URW2, URW2A, URW3). The lodes in Zone 5 are all steeply dipping structures. Zone 5 represents the upward extension of the Zone 500 feeder zone, where several lodes coalesce into a wide zone of very high-grade mineralization, such as 20.86 g/t Au over 75.9 m (TUG-141), 12.22 g/t Au over 54.90 m (TUDDH-601), and 17.52 g/t Au over 23.7 m (TUDDH-608). The Zone 5 lodes targeted in the current round of drilling are shown in Figure 2. The location of Zone 5 relative to Zone 500 is also shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Main Zone at Tuvatu. Left image: Plan view of Tuvatu identifying the lodes referenced in this report. Right image: Section view looking approximately northeast, showing the location of Zone 5 and Zone 500 relative to the lodes. Drillholes reported in this news release are shown in yellow for visibility.
A total of 10 grade control and 10 infill drillholes are included in this release. The grade control drill program was conducted from underground and targeted the UR1, UR2, and URW3 lodes. The program was designed to provide a detailed understanding of the mineralization and geometry of these lodes both above and below the current underground developments. The grade control drillholes reported in this news release were drilled on 20 m centers. This will be followed up by additional grade control drilling to increase drill density to 10 m centers in advance of mining. The area targeted by these grade control drillholes is outside the current PEA mine plan but is being brought into the mine plan for 2024 based on drilling results. This part of Zone 5 is currently scheduled for mining in early 2024.
The infill drill program was conducted from surface and was designed to target the portions of lodes UR1 to UR7 located between the surface and the current underground developments. The purpose of the infill drill program is to increase knowledge and grade continuity in this area, and to further de-risk this portion of the deposit, which is scheduled for mining in 2024 and 2025. High-grade intercepts from the current round of Zone 5 grade control drilling are shown in Figure 3, while high-grade intercepts from the current round of Zone 5 infill drilling are shown in Figure 4. Examples of Zone 5 mineralization are shown in Figure 5.
Figure 3. Location of High-Grade Gold Intercepts from Zone 5 Grade Control Drilling, 3.0 g/t cutoff. High-grade gold intervals from Zone 5 grade control drillholes reported in this news release. The grade control drilling targeted sections of the UR1, UR2, and URW3 lodes above and below current underground developments, shown in grey. Composite intervals with grades between 3 and 10 g/t gold are shown in orange, grades between 10 and 30 g/t gold are shown in red, and grades over 30 g/t gold are shown in purple. Select high-grade intervals are identified. View is looking north.
Figure 4. Location of High-Grade Gold Intercepts from Zone 5 Infill Drilling, 3.0 g/t cutoff. High-grade gold intervals from Zone 5 infill drillholes reported in this news release. Composite intervals with grades between 3 and 10 g/t gold are shown in orange, intervals with grades between 10 and 30 g/t gold are shown in red, and intervals over 30 g/t gold are shown in purple. Select high-grade intervals are identified. View is looking approximately NNE.
Figure 5. Example Mineralization from Zone 5 Infill and Grade Control Drilling. Top left: Monzonite-hosted silica-pyrite-sphalerite-galena veins (TGC-0096, 87.5 m). Top middle: Chalcedonic quartz veins with coarse pyrite cross-cutting potassically altered monzonite (TUDDH-658, 69.5 m). Top right: Breccia zone with coarse-grained honey sphalerite and pyrite (TUDDH-657, 109.7 m). Bottom left: Stockwork-style veining with diffuse alteration halos and pyrite, sphalerite, and galena. (TGC-0081, 92.3 m). Bottom middle: Stockwork-style silica-pyrite-sphalerite-galena veins within altered monzonite (TUDDH-668, 127.2 m). Bottom right: Close-up view of coarse-grained pyrite within a zone of stockwork-style silica-pyrite veining. Specks of visible gold are highlighted in the yellow circles, width of image is approximately 3.5 cm (TUDDH-672, 141.3 m). Core diameter is 4.76 cm in each photo.
About Tuvatu The Tuvatu Alkaline Gold Project is located on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji. The January 2018 mineral resource for Tuvatu as disclosed in the technical report “Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Tuvatu Gold Project, Republic of Fiji”, dated September 25, 2020, and prepared by Mining Associates Pty Ltd of Brisbane Qld, comprises 1,007,000 tonnes indicated at 8.50 g/t Au (274,600 oz. Au) and 1,325,000 tonnes inferred at 9.0 g/t Au (384,000 oz. Au) at a cut-off grade of 3.0 g/t Au. The technical report is available on the Lion One website at www.liononemetals.com and on the SEDAR website at www.sedarplus.ca.
Qualified Person In accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43- 101”), Sergio Cattalani, P.Geo, Senior Vice President Exploration, is the Qualified Person for the Company and has reviewed and is responsible for the technical and scientific content of this news release.
QAQC Procedures Lion One adheres to rigorous QAQC procedures above and beyond basic regulatory guidelines in conducting its sampling, drilling, testing, and analyses. The Company utilizes its own fleet of diamond drill rigs, using PQ, HQ and NQ sized drill core rods. Drill core is logged and split by Lion One personnel on site. Samples are delivered to and analyzed at the Company’s geochemical and metallurgical laboratory in Fiji. Duplicates of all samples with grades above 0.5 g/t Au are both re-assayed at Lion One’s lab and delivered to ALS Global Laboratories in Australia (ALS) for check assay determinations. All samples for all high-grade intercepts are sent to ALS for check assays. All samples are pulverized to 85% passing through 75 microns. Gold analysis is carried out using fire assay with an AA finish. Samples that have returned grades greater than 10.00 g/t Au are then re-analyzed by gravimetric method. For samples that return greater than 0.50 g/t Au, repeat fire assay runs are carried out and repeated until a result is obtained that is within 10% of the original fire assay run. 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 are sent to ALS labs in Townsville QLD and are analyzed by the same methods (Au-AA26, and Au-GRA22 where applicable). ALS also analyses 33 pathfinder elements by HF-HNO3-HClO4 acid digestion, HCl leach and ICP-AES (method ME-ICP61).
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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Appendix 1: Full Drill Results and Collar Information
Table 2. Composited results from grade control and infill drillholes in the Zone 5 area (grade >3.0 g/t Au)
Hole ID
From
To
Interval (m)
Au (g/t)
TGC-0081
92.1
95.1
3
18.56
including
92.1
92.4
0.3
101.89
and
92.4
92.7
0.3
35.02
TGC-0084
99.3
103.2
3.9
11.31
including
99.6
99.9
0.3
28.93
and
100.8
101.1
0.3
65.29
TGC-0086
82.3
84.1
1.8
3.98
TGC-0088
75.7
76.9
1.2
5.87
TGC-0093
99
99.9
0.9
4.65
TGC-0096
87.4
88
0.6
13.31
TGC-0098
104.8
105.1
0.3
5.19
TGC-0098
107.8
108.4
0.6
6.29
TGC-0098
111.4
111.7
0.3
6.18
TGC-0101
125.7
126.9
1.2
16.6
including
125.7
126.3
0.6
24.37
TGC-0107
136.2
136.8
0.6
38.75
including
136.2
136.5
0.3
64.1
and
136.5
136.8
0.3
13.4
TGC-0107
138
139.2
3211.2
5.21
TUDDH-657
109.6
111.1
1.5
9.32
including
109.6
109.9
0.3
35.89
and
110.8
111.1
0.3
10.25
TUDDH-658
62.5
62.8
0.3
6.85
TUDDH-658
69.4
69.7
0.3
20.06
TUDDH-658
83.2
83.5
0.3
3.82
TUDDH-658
96.4
96.7
0.3
3.08
TUDDH-659
122.6
122.9
0.3
3.82
TUDDH-659
124.7
125
0.3
5.41
TUDDH-659
221.3
223.7
2.4
90.76
including
221.3
222.5
1.2
176.28
which includes
221.3
221.6
0.3
83.62
and
221.6
222.2
0.6
261.47
and
222.2
222.5
0.3
98.55
TUDDH-659
225.5
225.8
0.3
25.35
TUDDH-659
228.2
228.5
0.3
5.95
TUDDH-659
268.9
269.2
0.3
5.96
TUDDH-660
28.9
29.5
0.6
6.39
TUDDH-660
150.4
151
0.6
8.57
TUDDH-665
152.3
152.6
0.3
3.05
TUDDH-665
204.2
204.5
0.3
25.99
TUDDH-665
260.3
260.6
0.3
51.76
TUDDH-668
112.6
112.9
0.3
3.71
TUDDH-668
123.1
123.4
0.3
3.54
TUDDH-668
123.7
124
0.3
3.91
TUDDH-668
125.2
127.3
2.1
3.99
including
126.7
127.3
0.6
10.25
TUDDH-668
138.1
138.4
0.3
5.28
TUDDH-671
127.7
128.3
0.6
46.78
TUDDH-671
143.6
144.2
0.6
6.83
TUDDH-671
242
242.3
0.3
6.53
TUDDH-672
141.1
141.7
0.6
86.47
TUDDH-672
149.5
149.8
0.3
4.15
TUDDH-674
130.7
131.9
1.2
11.65
including
130.7
131.3
0.6
20.18
TUDDH-676
126.5
127.4
0.9
5.05
TUDDH-676
158.9
159.5
0.6
31.56
TUDDH-676
243.2
245
1.8
9.05
including
243.2
243.8
0.6
19.87
TUDDH-676
252.2
253.1
0.9
18.59
TUDDH-676
254.6
254.9
0.3
3.33
TUDDH-676
256.1
257.6
1.5
6.02
including
256.1
256.7
0.6
9.24
and
257.3
257.6
0.3
10.46
Table 3. Collar coordinates for grade control and infill drillholes reported in this release. Coordinates are in Fiji map grid.
Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – November 2, 2023) – Goldshore Resources Inc. (TSXV: GSHR) (OTCQB: GSHRF) (FSE: 8X00) (“Goldshore” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement (the “Private Placement“), for aggregate gross proceeds of $3,750,000. In connection with Private Placement, the Company will issue the following securities (the “Offered Securities“):
(i) 37,500,000 units of the Company (“Units“) at a price of $0.10 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share (each, a “Common Share“) and one common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant“); and
(ii) Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share (a “Warrant Share“) at an exercise price of $0.13 per Warrant Share for thirty-six (36) months from the date of closing.
Fully Funded Through 2025
The net proceeds from the Private Placement will be used to continue to advance the Moss Gold Project through development of a new resource model and a new mineral resource estimation (“MRE“); in addition to continuing the engineering and metallurgical studies being done on various leach methodologies (including heap leach) and ultimately factoring this new information into a preliminary economic assessment (“PEA“). With 80,000 meters of drilling completed and $48 million spent directly in the ground defining the current MRE; Goldshore is well positioned to achieve meaningful project milestones over the next 24 months with minimal cash expenditures and within the net proceeds and current cash balances of the Company.
Strategic Partnership
The Company announces that it has engaged with a strategic natural resources private capital group (the “Strategic Advisor“) participating, in aggregate, in the Private Placement for $3,000,000 or 30,000,000 Units, with a long-term financial commitment to unlocking the value of the Moss Gold Project and delivering increased return to all stakeholders.
Board Changes
The Company also announces that Michael Michaud has stepped down from the Board as an appointee of Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (“Wesdome“). Wesdome has advised that it does not intend to nominate a replacement at this time. Kyle Hickey will be appointed to the Goldshore Board of Directors upon closing of the Private Placement. Mr. Hickey has been a professional advisor to boards of directors, executive management teams, and private and public capital on a wide range of capital structure solutions including equity, debt, and hybrid financial instruments, as well as merger and acquisition transactions.
President and CEO Brett Richards stated: “We welcome this partnership with our new strategic shareholders, who are committed to advancing the project through its next stages of development. On behalf of the Goldshore directors, we would like to thank Mike for his tenure on the Board, as his technical and commercial approach has helped guide the Company since inception. We would also like to welcome Kyle to the Goldshore board. Kyle has extensive experience in the commodity and resource capital markets, financing assets through all stages of development from resource definition to construction and project finance, and long-term operating capital structures. This financing and partnership represents a new phase for Goldshore and is key to unlocking long-term value and driving success.”
PEA and Resource Update
As a result of the new financial and strategic commitment in Goldshore, the Company is reviewing the current PEA in an effort to rescope and optimize the Moss Gold Project under multiple operational and economic parameters. To that end, the Company has engaged APEX Geoscience to prepare a new resource model and a new MRE. The Company has also engaged the expertise of Kappes Cassiday & Associates, leaders in heap leach engineering and technology, to conduct detailed metallurgical test work to determine the efficacy of heap leaching the lower grade material contained in the Moss Gold deposit. Once the results from these activities are received, the Company will determine its next course of development.
Vice President, Exploration, Pete Flindell: “We welcome our new strategic partners, as this commitment allows us to recalibrate the scope of the future project we want to take to feasibility study. We have a significant portion of high-grade mineralization in the shear zones (3.35M oz Au or 55% of the current mineral resource) with an average head grade of 1.84 g/t Au. This creates the opportunity for a hybrid process with a small flotation, regrind and carbon in leach plant for the high-grade mineralization, and a large heap leach operation for the low-grade material.”
Additional Financing Details
Eventus Capital Corp. has been appointed as a finder in connection with the Private Placement. The Company may pay a finder’s fee of 6% in either cash or in Units of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the Private Placement. The securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement will be subject to a four-month and one day hold period under applicable securities laws in Canada. Closing of the Financing is expected to occur on or about November 14, 2023 and is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.
Qualified Person
Mr. Flindell, PGeo, MAusIMM, MAIG, Vice-President, Exploration, of the Company, and a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101, has approved the scientific and technical information contained in this news release.
About Goldshore Goldshore is an emerging junior gold development company and owns 100% of the Moss Gold Project located in Ontario. The Company is well-financed and supported by an industry-leading management group, board of directors, and advisory board. Goldshore is well positioned to advance the Moss Gold Project through the next stages of exploration and development.
For More Information – Please Contact:
Brett A. Richards President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Goldshore Resources Inc.
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Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements, or developments to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-Looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends,” “estimates,” “projects,” “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will,” “would,” “may,” “could” or “should” occur.
Forward-Looking statements in this news release include, among others, statements relating to expectations regarding the exploration and development of the Moss Gold Project, the release of an updated mineral resource estimate and preliminary economic assessment, and other statements that are not historical facts. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, among others: the Company may require additional financing from time to time in order to continue its operations which may not be available when needed or on acceptable terms and conditions acceptable; compliance with extensive government regulation; domestic and foreign laws and regulations could adversely affect the Company’s business and results of operations; the stock markets have experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the performance of companies and these fluctuations may adversely affect the price of the Company’s securities, regardless of its operating performance; and the impact of COVID-19.
The forward-looking information contained in this news release represents the expectations of the Company as of the date of this news release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.
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Burlington, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – November 1, 2023) – Silver Bullet Mines Corp. (TSXV: SBMI) (OTCQB: SBMCF) (‘SBMI’ or ‘the Company’) announces a third potential revenue stream. This potential revenue stream flows from SBMI’s relationship with a lender announced earlier this year.
Earlier this year SBMI announced it had entered into an agreement with an arm’s length third party (the “Investor/Client”) for the amount of USD$350,000. This investment was structured as a loan having a five year term and a zero per cent interest rate. Following extensive due diligence of SBMI’s operations, the Investor/Client asked SBMI to work with it to advance other projects in which the Investor/Client is involved. The first two such projects under consideration were in Arizona and Colorado.
The Investor/Client and SBMI have entered into a verbal agreement whereby the Investor/Client will ship approximately 900 pounds of what it advises to be high grade gold concentrate to SBMI’s mill in Globe, Arizona from an Investor/Client mine in Colorado, to be processed through SBMI’s modular processing facility. SBMI expects to receive the material in early November, following which it intends to run the material through its system to determine recovery, develop a process flowsheet, and ultimately pour gold dore bars.
The design of SBMI’s 100% owned mill affords the flexibility to process many different types of material and optimize the resulting output with its state of the art gravity circuit. The Investor/Client has indicated the facility that produced the concentrate is not capable of processing the material to a purity desired by the Investor/Client. This concentrate may be well suited for SBMI’s circuit to yield a higher purity gold product than the other facility could provide.
Remuneration for this work being done for the Investor/Client will be determined after SBMI’s receipt of the material and initial evaluation.
The Investor/Client has advised it has a substantial stockpile of similar material to be processed by SBMI’s mill, assuming this test run is successful.
If this run is successful, processing material for the Investor/Client is a third potential near-term revenue stream for SBMI, with the other two being silver production out of the Buckeye Silver Mine and silver / gold production from the Washington Mine in Idaho. Production at Idaho will not commence until stable production is achieved in Arizona. The delivery of this material shows the Investor/Client strongly believes SBMI has the capacity and ability to provide the necessary services and achieve the Investor/Client’s desired results.
The Company will continue to update as this project moves forward.
SBMI is in discussions with other parties whereby SBMI will process third party material, and the Company will advise as such discussions progress.
At the Buckeye Mine, the team continues to drift in Zone1 towards what management believes is a volume of higher grade silver mineralization.
For further information, please contact:
John Carter Silver Bullet Mines Corp., CEO cartera@sympatico.ca +1 (905) 302-3843
Peter M. Clausi Silver Bullet Mines Corp., VP Capital Markets pclausi@brantcapital.ca +1 (416) 890-1232
Cautionary and Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain statements that constitute forward-looking statements as they relate to SBMI and its subsidiaries. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts but represent management’s current expectation of future events, and can be identified by words such as “believe”, “expects”, “will”, “intends”, “plans”, “projects”, “anticipates”, “estimates”, “continues” and similar expressions. Although management believes that the expectations represented in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will prove to be correct.
By their nature, forward-looking statements include assumptions, and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results, conditions, actions or events to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. If and when forward-looking statements are set out in this new release, SBMI will also set out the material risk factors or assumptions used to develop the forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by applicable securities laws, SBMI assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. The future outcomes that relate to forward-looking statements may be influenced by many factors, including but not limited to: the impact of SARS CoV-2 or any other global virus; reliance on key personnel; the thoroughness of its QA/QA procedures; the continuity of the global supply chain for materials for SBMI to use in the production and processing of ore; shareholder and regulatory approvals; activities and attitudes of communities local to the location of the SBMI’s properties; risks of future legal proceedings; income tax matters; fires, floods and other natural phenomena; the rate of inflation; availability and terms of financing; distribution of securities; commodities pricing; currency movements, especially as between the USD and CDN; effect of market interest rates on price of securities; and, potential dilution. SARS CoV-2 and other potential global pathogens create risks that at this time are immeasurable and impossible to define.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Morien Resources Corp. (“Morien” or the “Company“) (TSX-V:MOX), is pleased to announce that Vulcan Materials Company (“Vulcan”), owner of the Black Point Quarry Project (“BPQ Project” or the “Project”) in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, is now advancing the Project. Vulcan has indicated a tentative, directional time goal of 18-months to complete various permit-related monitoring plans and commitments as outlined in the Project’s approved environmental assessment.
Morien owns an industry competitive production royalty (“Royalty”) payable on all material sold from the Project.
The BPQ Project hosts a large granite deposit along the southern shore of Chedabucto Bay in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, with suitable characteristics for the development of a crushed stone marine export operation for supplying markets in the eastern United States. The expected mine life of the Project exceeds 50-years allowing for long-term, multi-generational economic prosperity in the Guysborough region. It is anticipated the operation will create 50-70 direct, full-time jobs in addition to creating multiple spin-off economic impacts in the region.
Since 2017, Morien has received an advanced minimum royalty payment of $25,000 per quarter from Vulcan, subjected to annual inflationary adjustments according to the Producer Price Index for crushed stone. All advanced payments are recorded by Morien as unearned revenue and will be credited against future production royalties from the Project. As at June 30, 2023, Morien’s total recorded unearned revenue amounted to $679,000. Morien is due a milestone payment from Vulcan in the amount of $400,000, to be paid upon the completion of related and pending permitting agreements for the Project.
About Vulcan
Vulcan Materials Company, a member of the S&P 500 Index with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, is the United States largest producer of construction aggregates – primarily crushed stone, sand and gravel – and a major producer of aggregates-based construction materials, including asphalt and ready-mixed concrete.
About Morien
Morien is a Nova Scotia based, mining development company created in 2012 to be a vehicle of direct prosperity for Nova Scotians, its largest shareholder group. Led by Nova Scotians, Morien’s primary assets are a royalty on the sale of coal from the producing Donkin Mine in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and a royalty on the sale of crushed stone from the permitted Black Point Quarry Project, in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Morien’s management team exercises ruthless discipline in managing both the assets and liabilities of the Company. The Company’s management and its Board of Directors consider shareholder returns to be paramount over corporate size, number or scale of assets and industry recognition. The Company has 51,292,000 issued and outstanding common shares and a fully diluted position of 54,192,000. Further information is available at www.MorienRes.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this news release may constitute “forward-looking information” as defined under applicable securities laws. These statements reflect Morien’s current expectations of future revenues and business prospects and opportunities and are based on information currently available to Morien. Morien cautions that actual performance will be affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond its control, and that future events and results may vary substantially from what Morien currently foresees. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties described in documents filed by Morien with the Canadian securities regulators on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) from time to time. Morien cautions that its royalty revenue will be based on production by third party property owners and operators who will be responsible for determining the manner and timing for the properties forming part of Morien’s royalty portfolio. These third party owners and operators are also subject to risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted herein including: volatility in financial markets or general economic conditions; capital requirements and the need for additional financing; fluctuations in the rates of exchange for the currencies of Canada and the United States; prices for commodities including coal and aggregate; unanticipated changes in production, mineral reserves and mineral resources, metallurgical recoveries and/or exploration results; changes in regulations and unpredictable political or economic developments; loss of key personnel; labour disputes; and ineffective title to mineral claims or property. There are other business risks and hazards associated with mineral exploration, development and mining. Although Morien believes that the forward-looking information contained herein is based on reasonable assumptions (including assumptions relating to economic, market and political conditions, the Company’s working capital requirements and the accuracy of information supplied by the operators of the properties in which the Company has a royalty interest), readers cannot be assured that actual results will be consistent with such statements. Morien expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information in this news release, whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. All dollar values discussed herein are in Canadian dollars. Any financial outlook or future-oriented financial information in this news release, as defined by applicable securities laws, has been approved by management of Morien as of the date of this news release. Such financial outlook or future-oriented financial information is provided for the purpose of providing information about management’s current expectations and plans relating to the future. Readers are cautioned that such outlook or information should not be used for purposes other than for which it is disclosed in this news release.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
For more information, please contact:
Dawson Brisco, President & CEO Phone: (902) 403-3149 dbrisco@MorienRes.com or John P.A. Budreski, Executive Chairman Phone: (416) 930-0914 www.MorienRes.com
Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – October 30, 2023) – Dolly Varden Silver Corporation (TSXV: DV) (OTCQX: DOLLF) (the “Company” or “Dolly Varden“) is pleased to announce that the Company has today entered into an agreement (“Subscription Agreement“) for a further strategic investment by Hecla Canada Ltd. (“Hecla“) whereby Hecla has agreed to subscribe for 15,384,616 common shares of the Company (“Common Shares“) at a price of $0.65 per Common Share for gross proceeds of $10 million (“Offering“). Upon completion of the Offering, Hecla will increase its shareholding in the Company to 15.7% from 10.6%, calculated on an undiluted basis.
Closing of the Offering is anticipated to occur on or about November 1, 2023. Closing of the Offering remains subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV“).
Shawn Khunkhun, Chief Executive Officer of Dolly Varden Silver remarked, “Hecla’s support for Dolly Varden Silver’s high-grade Kitsault Valley Project in BC’s prolific Golden Triangle is validated with today’s financing news. Hecla is the world’s fastest growing established silver producer, the largest in the US and soon to be in Canada. We celebrate Hecla agreeing to increase their stake in Dolly from 10% to 15% and want to extend our gratitude for their financial and technical support of the Company and the project.”
In connection with the Offering, Dolly Varden has agreed with Hecla that the Company will not complete any further debt or equity financings for the remainder of 2023. Additionally, Dolly Varden has agreed that between January 1, 2024 and September 1, 2024, without the prior consent of Hecla, it will not complete any debt or equity financings other than equity financings for net proceeds to the Company of up to $15 million and provided that the issue price under such financing is greater than $0.65 per security. These restrictions do not capture customary exceptions such as the issuances of securities related to the Company’s equity based incentive compensation, the exercise of existing convertible securities and strategic transactions for non-cash consideration.
$6 million of the net proceeds from the Offering will be used for exploration expenditures, mineral resource expansion and related costs in the Kitsault Valley project, located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, with the balanced to be used for working capital and G&A costs.
No bonuses, finder’s fee or commissions were paid in connection with the Offering. The Common Shares issued pursuant to the Offering will be subject to a four-month hold period from the closing of the Offering in addition to any other restrictions under applicable law.
Hecla is considered a related party of the Company under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101“) as a result of its ownership of more than 10% of the currently issued and outstanding Common Shares. As a result, the issuance of Common Shares to Hecla pursuant to the Offerings would be considered a related party transaction. The Company intends to rely on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements provided under sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 on the basis that participation in the Offering by Hecla does not exceed 25% of the fair market value of the Company’s market capitalization. The Company did not file a material change report in respect of the related party transaction 21 days prior to the closing of the Offering as the details of the participation of insiders of the Company had not been confirmed at that time. Further details will be provided in a material change report to be filed by the Company subsequent to the dissemination of this news release.
The Common Shares to be acquired by Hecla will be acquired for investment purposes by Hecla. Hecla does not have any present intention to acquire ownership of, or control over, additional securities of Dolly Varden. It is the intention of Hecla to evaluate its investment in Dolly Varden on a continuing basis and such holdings may be increased or decreased in the future.
On October 30, 2023, Hecla entered into the Subscription Agreement. The 15,384,616 Common Shares to be acquired by Hecla represent approximately 6.04% of the 254,681,283 Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to when the Subscription Agreement was entered into (calculated on an undiluted basis). Prior to entering into the Subscription Agreement, Hecla held 27,040,880 Common Shares representing 10.62% of the outstanding Common Shares. Hecla does not hold any securities convertible into Common Shares. After completion of the subscription, Hecla will hold 42,425,496 Common Shares, representing 15.71% of the then outstanding 270,065,899 Common Shares (calculated on an undiluted basis). The change in Hecla’s percentage ownership is therefore an increase of 5.09% on an undiluted basis.
Pursuant to the investor rights agreement between Fury Gold Mines Ltd. (“Fury“) and the Company dated February 25, 2022, Fury has waived its anti-dilution right in respect of the Offering.
About Dolly Varden Silver Corporation
Dolly Varden Silver Corporation is a mineral exploration company focused on advancing its 100% held Kitsault Valley Project (which combines the Dolly Varden Project and the Homestake Ridge Project) located in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia, Canada, 25kms by road to tide water. The 163 sq. km. project hosts the high-grade silver and gold resources of Dolly Varden and Homestake Ridge along with the past producing Dolly Varden and Torbrit silver mines. It is considered to be prospective for hosting further precious metal deposits, being on the same structural and stratigraphic belts that host numerous other, high-grade deposits, such as Eskay Creek and Brucejack. The Kitsault Valley Project also contains the Big Bulk property which is prospective for porphyry and skarn style copper and gold mineralization, similar to other such deposits in the region (Red Mountain, KSM, Red Chris).
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements, or developments to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends,” “estimates,” “projects,” “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will,” “would,” “may,” “could” or “should” occur.
Forward-looking statements in this news release include, among others, the intended use of proceeds from the Offering, the intended release of drilling information, the anticipated closing of the Offering and other statements that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs and assume, among other things, the receipt of approval of the Offering from the TSXV, use of proceeds of the Offering, the adequacy of the Company’s current financial position, the ability of the Company to successfully pursue its current development plans, that future sources of funding will be available to the Company on desirable and permitted terms, that relevant commodity prices will remain at levels that are economically viable for the Company and that the Company will receive relevant permits in a timely manner in order to enable its operations, but given the uncertainties, assumptions and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements or information.
By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, among others: the risk that the Company may not be able to complete the Offering on the terms described herein or at all; the Company may require additional financing from time to time in order to continue its operations which may not be available when needed or on acceptable terms and conditions acceptable; compliance with extensive government regulation; domestic and foreign laws and regulations could adversely affect the Company’s business and results of operations; and the stock markets have experienced volatility that often has been unrelated to the performance of companies and these fluctuations may adversely affect the price of the Company’s securities, regardless of its operating performance. The risk factors identified herein are not intended to represent a complete list of factors that could affect the Company. For additional information on risks and uncertainties, see the Company’s annual information form dated April 11, 2023 for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the Company’s base-shelf prospectus dated April 25, 2023, both available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
The forward-looking information contained in this news release represents the expectations of the Company as of the date of this news release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
Emperor Metals Inc. is a gold exploration company focused on proving and developing the substantial resource potential of the Duquesne West Gold project, located in Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada. The project hosts a 727,000 oz Au historical resource.
A phase I, ~8,000m drill campaign is underway, which includes resource confirmation and exploration drilling, focusing on delineating and growing the resource towards development.
The company is led by a dynamic group of resource sector professionals who have a strong record of success in evaluating and advancing mining projects from exploration through to production, attracting capital and overcoming adversity to deliver exceptional shareholder value.
The flagship Duquesne West Gold Property is located 32 km northwest of the city of Rouyn-Noranda and 10 km east of the town of Duparquet. The property lies within the historic Duparquet gold mining camp in the southern portion of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt and is a high-grade Archean Lode Gold Deposit.
The property hosts a historical inferred mineral resource estimate of 727,000 ounces of gold in 4.17 million tonnes of material grading 5.42 g/t gold with an average thickness of 5.7 meters. The resource is distributed across eight zones, with the majority occurring in two zones, Fox and Liz. The resource is a greenstone-hosted mesothermal vein system, which occurs throughout the Abitibi gold belt.
Emperor Metals is part of the Metals Group.
Investor Relations
Alex Horsley Director – Corporate Development Mobile 778.323.3058 Email alexh@emperormetals.com
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two sets of high grade assay results from the Treasure Room
initial assay results from the targeted mineralized zone at the Buckeye Mine in Arizona (Zone1),
a financing, and
the re-pricing of warrants.
The Treasure Room is located roughly 310 feet from the portal, or roughly halfway to Zone1 along the vein structure. On March 1, 2022 SBMI reported assay results from grab samples from the Treasure Room as follows:
GRAB SAMPLES
SAMPLE I.D
Silver
Silver
[oz/ton]
[ppm]
1
14.0
480.2
2
15.2
521.4
3
12.2
418.5
4
13.6
466.5
5
13.8
473.3
6
35.2
1207.4
7
125.0
4287.5
8
20.2
692.9
9
21.2
727.2
Additional selected grab samples were recently taken from the Treasure Room area, whose assay results were 8.6, 90.3, 90.6, and 229.7 ounces per ton silver. Paper thin plates of native silver, analyzed with a hand held XRF, were also observed along certain fractures.
Historically mining was carried out in the Treasure Room, resulting in stopes and drifts. A third set of selected grab samples from various stopes in the Treasure Room were assayed on October 23, 2023 and returned as follows:
from stope 25 – 74.0 Ozs./Ton silver
from stope 32 – 11.6 Ozs./Ton silver
from stope 33 – 212.2 Ozs./Ton silver
from stope 34 – 101.8 Ozs./Ton silver
Readers are cautioned that such samples may not be representative of the Treasure Room or the Buckeye Mine as a whole.
SBMI intends to stabilize the Treasure Room and provide other safety measures to allow access to the higher grade material located within the Treasure Room’s continuation of the vein. This will provide an additional supply of mineralized material for the mill and will also assist in refining a plan to mine that section of vein material. The Company believes the Treasure Room likely hosts more higher grade material at depth.
Zone1 begins roughly 700 feet from the portal. Twelve samples were assayed from the body of Zone1, with assay results from these preliminary samples averaging 2 oz per ton silver. Earlier assay results from the contact right edge with Zone1 over an initial width of 4 feet averaged 1 oz silver/t. Both of these averages are in line with management’s expectations. From past observations and past assays, the Company anticipates the silver grade to increase with further penetration into Zone1. Mineralized material will be shipped from Zone1 to the Company’s mill in Globe, Arizona when the grade is high enough to justify the cost of transportation.
Historically gold and copper values were also reported in Zone1. Current visual inspection of the vein material shows materials other than silver, for which SBMI cannot assay at its own onsite assay facility. SBMI has sent multiple samples of such material to an independent ISO 9001 certified lab for multielement analysis including gold and PGM.
The Company suffered through aberrant extremely hot weather in Arizona throughout most of August, 2023. For example, the temperature on the concrete ball mill pad during this period on occasion exceeded 150 degrees Fahrenheit. A wildfire proximate to the Buckeye Mine during that period caused by lightning further impeded SBMI’s efforts. The Company was unable to carry out work at the mill or at the Buckeye Mine during that period, and as a result was not able to generate cash flow. The Company now intends to bolster its financial position as it continues with operations.
SBMI intends to carry out a non-brokered financing (the “Financing”) of $500,000.00 by way of a private placement of units (each, a “Unit”) priced at $0.12 cents per Unit, resulting in the issuance of 4,166,666 shares. Each Unit will consist of one common share and a full warrant exercisable into one common share at $0.17 for a term of 2 years. There is no acceleration clause on these $0.17 warrants.
The Company also announces its intention to re-price previously issued warrants. SBMI intends to re-price all previously issued $0.60 warrants to $0.24, all previously issued $.50 warrants to $0.20, and all previously issued $0.30 warrants to $0.13. Regulatory approval is required for the Financing and to re-price warrants.
The Financing and the re-pricing of warrants are subject to regulatory approval.
QA/QC
All samples above were analyzed by SBMI at its facility near Globe, Arizona. They were processed through the Lab Jaw Crusher, Lab Hammer Mill and Splitter Box into an aliquot. Most of the pulverized aliquot was mixed with a flux and flour combination and melted in a crucible at 1,850 degree Fahrenheit, with the remainder being logged and archived. Upon cooling, the poured melt was in the form of a metal button and slag, following which a bone ash cupel was utilized to eliminate the lead in the button to form a bead. The bead was then weighed, following which a solution of 6 to 1 distilled water to nitric acid was utilized to dissolve the silver in the bead at approximately 175 degrees Fahrenheit. A much more detailed description of the process and a picture of the assay lab can be found at https://www.silverbulletmines.com/qaqcassaylab.
The SBMI facilities have been designed for quick production grade control and are not ISO compliant; however, duplicate sampling with other ISO labs has been done on past samples with good correlation.
Mr. Robert G. Komarechka, P.Geo., an independent consultant, has reviewed and verified SBMI’s work referred to herein, and is the Qualified Person for this release.
For further information, please contact:
John Carter Silver Bullet Mines Corp., CEO cartera@sympatico.ca +1 (905) 302-3843
Peter M. Clausi Silver Bullet Mines Corp., VP Capital Markets pclausi@brantcapital.ca +1 (416) 890-1232
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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / October 19, 2023 / Metallic Minerals Corp. (TSXV:MMG)(OTCQB:MMNGF) (“Metallic Minerals” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the completion of field activities at the Company’s 100%-owned, 166 square kilometer Keno Silver project, adjacent to Hecla Mining in the high-grade Keno Hill silver district of Canada’s Yukon Territory. The 2023 exploration program included 1,112 meters in four diamond drill holes focused on resource expansion at the Formo target, the highest-grade and largest target area to be included in an inaugural NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate for the property expected in Q4 2023. The Company also conducted additional soil geochemical sampling on open-ended earlier-stage targets for future drill campaigns.
Metallic Minerals holds the second largest land position in the Keno district with claims covering the east, and parts of central and western Keno Hill, including eight high-grade, shallow past-producing deposits. Hecla Mining holds the western portion of the Keno district and has recently started production from its Keno Hill mining operations, with full production expected by year-end.
Metallic Minerals President, Scott Petsel, stated: “We were very pleased to return to our Keno Silver project and complete this important new phase of exploration which focused on drilling mineralized extensions of our “resource-ready” target at Formo. With the key milestone of an inaugural resource estimate for Keno Silver on the near-term horizon, the team is already looking ahead to working from those initial deposit models to continue to add additional ounces with this and subsequent future programs. One of the major advantages the upcoming resources will have are their shallow depth which makes them amenable to low-cost bulk tonnage mining methods. The blueprint for rapid and dramatic resource growth in the Keno district, as demonstrated by prior operators, is to first identify the dominant mineralized vein structures and their orientations, then vector along trend and depth with successive drill campaigns. This tried-and-true methodology is being employed by Metallic Minerals to expand the Keno Silver project which is located within one of the world’s highest grade silver producing districts.”
Mr. Petsel continued, “In addition to our work at the Keno Silver project, drilling continues at our La Plata copper-silver-gold-PGE project in Colorado, where we have just passed 3,000 meters of a targeted 5,000-meter drill program. The first two drill holes reached 909 meters and 1,350 meters depth, respectively, and intersected continuous porphyry style mineralization. Our target is to complete two to three more step-out, expansion drill holes from the discovery hole announced in February 2023. Core is being processed and sent to the lab for assaying with initial results expected to come in through the fall of this year. The results of this drilling will be used to calculate a new mineral resource estimate for La Plata in 2024.”
About the Keno Silver Project
Keno Hill is one of the world’s highest-grade silver districts, with nearly 300 million ounces (“Moz”) of silver in past production and current M&I resources1,2 and featuring excellent existing infrastructure, including grid power, road access and nearby community services. In July 2022, Hecla Mining announced the acquisition of Alexco Resource Corp, which held the western portion of the district. Hecla Mining has started production at Keno Hill, which is now their highest-grade silver operation, and is expecting to be at full production by year end with a stated goal of producing 4-5 Moz of silver per year3. Metallic Minerals’ Keno Silver project is adjacent and contiguous with Hecla Mining ground, covering the east, and parts of the central and western Keno silver district and includes eight high-grade, shallow past-producing mines. Prior to the Company’s consolidation of the land package, very little modern exploration had been completed in these parts of the district due to fragmented, private land ownership. Metallic Minerals has advanced four targets in the district from discovery to resource definition stage with several additional targets at drill-ready status along the known historically productive trends. In addition, recent exploration has defined and expanded 12 priority multi-kilometer-scale early-stage targets for reconnaissance drilling in the under-explored parts of the district where highly elevated silver, lead and zinc in soils and high-grade rock samples have been identified.
About Metallic Minerals
Metallic Minerals Corp. is a leading exploration and development stage company focused on copper, silver, gold, and other critical minerals in the La Plata mining district in Colorado, and silver and gold in the high-grade Keno Hill and Klondike districts of the Yukon. Our objective is to create shareholder value through a systematic, entrepreneurial approach to making exploration discoveries, growing resources, and advancing projects toward development.
The Company’s 100%-owned La Plata project in southwestern Colorado hosts a porphyry copper-silver resource consisting of 1.21 billion pounds of copper and 17.6 Moz of silver4. Drilling in 2022 provided the basis for the expanded 2023 resource estimate, including the longest and highest-grade interval ever encountered at La Plata and one of the top intersections for any North American copper project in the past several years. In May 2023, the Company announced a 9.5% strategic investment by Newcrest Mining Limited (acquired by Newmont Mining in Q4 2023) to fund the current 2023 drill campaign and accelerate the overall advancement of the project. Colorado ranked 5th globally for investment attractiveness and 2nd in the USA in the Fraser Institute’s 2023 Annual Survey of Mining Companies.
Metallic Minerals has consolidated a 176 square kilometer land position directly adjacent to Hecla Mining’s operations in the historic high-grade Keno Hill silver district of Canada’s Yukon Territory, a region which has more than 300 Moz of high-grade silver in past production and current M&I resources. Hecla Mining, the largest primary silver producer in the USA and third largest in the world, is anticipating full production at its Keno Hill operations by the end of 2023. Metallic Minerals is targeting release of an inaugural mineral resource estimate on the Keno Silver project in Q4 2023, with an expansion drill program completed in September.
The Company is also one of the largest holders of alluvial gold claims in the Yukon and is building a production royalty business by partnering with experienced mining operators, including Parker Schnabel of Little Flake Mining from the Discovery Channel television show, Gold Rush.
All of the districts in which Metallic Minerals operates have seen significant mineral production and have existing infrastructure, including power and road access. The Company is led by a team with a track record of discovery and exploration success on several major precious and base metal deposits in the region, as well as having large-scale development, permitting and project financing expertise. The Metallic Minerals team has been recognized for its environmental stewardship practices and is committed to responsible and sustainable resource development.
Cathro, R. J., Great Mining Camps of Canada 1. The History and Geology of the Keno Hill Silver Camp, Yukon Territory. Geoscience Canada, Sept. 2006. ISSN 1911-4850.
Alexco Resource Corp Technical Report, titled “NI 43-101 Technical Report on Updated Mineral Resource and Reserve Estimate of the Keno Hill Silver District” with an effective date of April 1, 2021 and issue date of May 26, 2021.
Forward-Looking Statements This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts including, without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization, historic production, estimation of mineral resources, the realization of mineral resource estimates, interpretation of prior exploration and potential exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, the timing and results of future resource estimates, permitting time lines, metal prices and currency exchange rates, availability of capital, government regulation of exploration operations, environmental risks, reclamation, title, statements about expected results of operations, royalties, cash flows, financial position and future dividends as well as financial position, prospects, and future plans and objectives of the Company are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. Although Metallic Minerals believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include failure to obtain necessary approvals, unsuccessful exploration results, unsuccessful operations, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, results of future resource estimates, future metal prices, availability of capital and financing on acceptable terms, general economic, market or business conditions, risks associated with regulatory changes, defects in title, availability of personnel, materials and equipment on a timely basis, accidents or equipment breakdowns, uninsured risks, delays in receiving government approvals, unanticipated environmental impacts on operations and costs to remedy same and other exploration or other risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company with securities regulators. Readers are cautioned that mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Mineral exploration, development of mines and mining operations is an inherently risky business. Accordingly, the actual events may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on Metallic Minerals and the risks and challenges of their businesses, investors should review their annual filings that are available at www.sedar.com.
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SOURCE: Metallic Minerals Corp.
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