Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – February 16, 2022) – Riverside Resources Inc. (TSXV: RRI) (OTCQB: RVSDF) (FSE: 5YY)(“Riverside“ or the “Company“), is pleased to announce it has closed its previously announced charity flow through private placement on February 15, 2022. The Company issued 3,430,833 common shares (each, a “Share”) issued on a flow-through basis under the Income Tax Act (Canada) at a price of $0.21 per Share to raise aggregate proceeds of C$720,475 (the “Offering”) with the Company paying no brokerage or finder fees. There is no warrant associated with this financing and the Company has no warrants outstanding.
The Company will use the funds towards a focused H1 2022 drill program at the 100% owned Oakes Gold Project in Ontario, Canada, and to follow up on trenching and IP work completed in 2021 as well as other work in Ontario. The mineralized zone at Oakes shows high grade gold and is similar to the mineralization style at the Hard Rock deposit 25km to the southwest (see press release date December 11, 2019). Riverside has progressed its projects in the Geraldton Gold Belt and now these funds can immediately be put into mineral exploration work with a focused Ontario work program.
The Offering is subject to the final acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”). The securities being offered have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons without United States federal and state registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The Shares are subject to a four month hold period expiring on June 16, 2022.
About Riverside Resources Inc.:
Riverside is a well-funded exploration company with over $4,000,000 in the bank and is driven by value generation and discovery. The Company has no debt and less than 75M shares outstanding with a strong portfolio of gold-silver and copper assets and royalties in North America. Riverside has extensive experience and knowledge operating in Mexico and Canada and leverages its large database to generate a portfolio of prospective mineral properties. In addition to Riverside’s own exploration spending, the Company also strives to diversify risk by securing joint-venture and spin-out partnerships to advance multiple assets simultaneously and create more chances for discovery. Riverside has properties available for option, with information available on the Company’s website at www.rivres.com.
Qualified Person & QA/QC:
The scientific and technical information in this news release was reviewed and approved by Freeman Smith, P.Geo, the VP, Exploration of Riverside Resources and who acts as a “qualified person” under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
ON BEHALF OF RIVERSIDE RESOURCES INC.
“John-Mark Staude”
Dr. John-Mark Staude, President & CEO
For additional information contact:
John-Mark Staude President, CEO Riverside Resources Inc. info@rivres.com Phone: (778) 327-6671 Fax: (778) 327-6675 Web: www.rivres.com
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Burlington, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – February 14, 2022) – Silver Bullet Mines Corp. (TSXV: SBMI) (‘SBMI’ or ‘the Company’) announces significant achievements related to the Washington Mine in Idaho and the Buckeye Silver Mine in Arizona.
In Idaho, the Company has engaged the Center for Advanced Materials Processing (“CAMP”) of Montana Technical University, part of Montana University, to provide it with mineralogy, gravity, and flotation testwork. In Arizona, the field team has broken into what it believes to be the higher-grade mineralized zone, which appears to be located exactly where predicted by the historical records and SBMI’s own work.
Idaho and CAMP
SBMI purchased the past-producing Washington Mine on patented lands in Idaho in December, 2020. As reported on January 18, 2022, assay results from a blended bulk sample at the Washington Mine site averaged 55.5 ounces of silver per tonne. Values reported in that press release ran as high as 180 ounces silver per tonne and 18 grams of gold per tonne. Historical records and SBMI’s field work lead management to believe the Washington Mine is capable of near-term revenue generation.
As said by Mr. A. John Carter, SBMI’s CEO, “We knew from historical records the Washington Mine was going to be good. We didn’t know it would be this good. We have to invest into the property to get it ready for mining.”
To advance its knowledge of the Washington Mine, SBMI has entered into an agreement with CAMP. Established in 1989, CAMP is a Montana University System designated Center of Excellence in Research and Education, located on the campus of Montana Technological University. CAMP’s activities involve three components, namely, an analytical testing laboratory, a materials testing laboratory, and research program management. Included in the services CAMP will provide to SBMI are the following:
Automated Mineralogy by SEM and EDS utilizing TESCAN’s Integrated Mineral Analysis (TIMA) software include model mineralogy liberation and associations up to 5 size fractions;
XRD: Mineralogy by X-Ray Diffraction;
Sample prep to 95% passing ¼ inch and rotary split;
Grind determinations to establish a grind curve;
Falcon evaluation and Table evaluations; and
Flotation evaluations, fire assay, acid digestion and ICP-OES.
SBMI will use CAMP’s results to design a flowsheet intended to maximize the recoveries at the Washington Mine in Idaho and to reduce overall milling costs for the Washington Mine ore. This relationship with CAMP is made possible at this time by the Company currently carrying out a financing to buttress its treasury (press release of February 9, 2022).
The current plan, depending upon the quantum raised in the current ongoing financing and the results from CAMP’s tests, is to be on site at the Washington Mine by the end of March, 2022 and to then immediately commence collecting mineralized material. That material will come from surface, having been hauled to surface by prior owners who were seeking gold, and from development of the historical underground workings. The goal is to be generating revenue in the fourth quarter of 2022. This is another example of SBMI thinking outside the box by establishing a cash flow model to fund future operations, reduce dilution, and create value for its shareholders.
Target Zone in Arizona
The field team in Arizona last week blasted into what is believed to be the higher-grade silver mineralized zone at the Buckeye Silver Mine. As previously disclosed SBMI’s target is the high-grade silver zone identified in 1976 by K.C. Delise, an Arizona geologist, in a report titled Surface/Underground Mapping and Sampling. In his report he mapped and identified this zone as extending approximately 500 feet along strike.
Locating what is believed to be the higher-grade silver zone is a major development as:
It should provide SBMI’s mill with higher-grade material, which can be blended with lower-grade material to increase the mill’s operating efficiencies;
It validates the Company’s mine plan for the Buckeye; and
The mineralized zone appears to be located exactly where predicted by SBMI’s field team and by Mr. Delise. This gives a very high level of confidence as to future decisions at the Buckeye and at SBMI’s other past-producing mines.
“This is old school mining,” said Mr. Carter. “We know where the mineralization is, so we’re going to spend shareholder money making money.”
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 accuracy and thoroughness of historical records; 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 viruses create risks that at this time are immeasurable and impossible to define.
Eureka Zone, where disseminated, magmatic sulfide minerals contain potentially economically recoverable nickel – copper – chromium – cobalt – platinum group elements over broad core lengths reported from historical drilling. The mineralization can be intermittently traced over a fifteen-kilometer-long strike length, and the historical intersections are up to 319.7 meters wide. If continuity can be proven, a very large tonnage deposit with high contained metal could result.
Canwell Zone, where very high grades of nickel, copper, and platinum group elements, including the rarer metals osmium, iridium, ruthenium, and rhodium are known from historical surface rock sampling and drilling.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Millrock Resources Inc. (TSX-V: MRO, OTCQB: MLRKF) (“Millrock” or the “Company”) reports that it has assembled (by staking and an option agreement) an extensive land package in the Delta River Mining District in Alaska. The Nikolai Project (previously known by some as the MAN project) hosts nickel (Ni) – copper (Cu) – chromium (Cr) – cobalt (Co) – platinum group element (PGE) prospects. The claims show potential for delineation and development of a large tonnage deposit rich in Ni and other critical and strategic metals.
Millrock President and CEO Gregory Beischer commented: “Millrock is very pleased to have generated this nickel-dominant project which also has a variety of accompanying critical and strategic metals. Other companies such as Canada Nickel (current share price ~$2.33) and Group Ten Metals (current share price ~$0.36) have had strong market success by working on the development of geologically similar metal accumulations. Millrock aims to have similar success with the Nikolai project.”
One of the claim blocks covers the highly prospective and underexplored Eureka zone. At this location, a zone of disseminated Ni-Cu-Cr-Co-PGE mineralization was initially discovered by a subsidiary of Inco, and further expanded by Pure Nickel Inc. (now Galleon Gold Corp.) as reported in their press releases issued between 2007 and 2014. The claims had become open for staking and Millrock re-staked the land position.
Additionally, Millrock has entered into an option agreement on the Canwell claims where very high grades of nickel, copper and platinum group elements, including the rare platinum group metals osmium, iridium, ruthenium, and rhodium are known from historical surface rock sampling and drilling.
In total, Millrock’s Nikolai Project now consists of 146 State of Alaska Mining Claims covering 9,454 hectares in a highly prospective, underexplored ultramafic Ni-Cu-PGE mineralized belt (Figure 1). The claims are proximal to paved highways, and a network of gravel roads and trails afford ready access to the Canwell claim block. The City of Fairbanks lies approximately 200 kilometers to the northwest. The city of Delta Junction lies 130 km to the north of the project and has many services and amenities that support the Alaska mining community. The main Alaska power line and railway lie 150 kilometers to the west along the Denali Highway.
Remobilized high-grade Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization (typical in large Ni camps)
Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS – Besshi style) Cu (Zn-Pb) Au, Ag (analogy = Windy Craggy deposit, Canada)
Geologically, the project is located within the underexplored Wrangellia Terrane of Central Alaska. A characteristic component of this terrane is the Nikolai Greenstone, an extensive sequence of Late Triassic flood basalt rocks. Mafic and ultramafic intrusions, the source for the Nikolai Greenstone, along with Permian and Cretaceous felsic plutons, intruded Permian volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks. Wrangellia holds high potential for the discovery of economic magmatic sulfide deposits containing nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum, palladium, iridium, rhodium, osmium, ruthenium, gold, silver, lead, and zinc. Past producing mines and known deposits within the Wrangellia include Kennecott Copper Mines, Windy Craggy, Wellgreen-Nickel Shaw, and White River.
At the Eureka claim block, 104 State of Alaska mining claims were staked and are 100% owned by Millrock. Previously discovered Ni-Cu-PGE prospects form a northwest trend of soil and rock anomalies that contain elevated nickel, copper, platinum, palladium, and gold. After an initial discovery by Inco Ltd. in 1997, drilling by Pure Nickel Inc. and ITOCHU Corporation between 2008 and 2013 resulted in the discovery of a mineralized corridor called the Eureka Zone. More than fifteen kilometers in length, the disseminated Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization is associated with serpentinized mafic and ultramafic rocks (Table 1, Pure Nickel Inc., News Release, October 29th, 2013).
Based on these historical drill hole results, Millrock has identified a zone of mineralization (1,700m x 600m x 300m) that contains potentially economic concentrations of nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum, palladium, and gold. Additionally, Millrock postulates that higher grade mineralization may occur in embayment features at the base of the Eureka Zone, where heavy metals may accumulate during fractionation and crystallization of the ultramafic intrusion. Further drilling is warranted to confirm this hypothesis, along with in-fill drilling on the identified zone of mineralization, with the goal of defining a NI 43-101/JORC compliant resource. The company cautions they have not yet done sufficient exploration to test these hypotheses and there is no certainty that exploration will be successful in confirming these hypotheses.
Table 1. Historical Eureka Zone drillhole intersections reported by Pure Nickel (Press Release, October 29th, 2013)
Drill Hole
From (m)
To (m)
Estimated True Width (m)2
Ni (%)
Cu (%)
Co (%)
Pt (ppb)
Pd (ppb)
Au (ppb)
Ag (g/t)
MAN05-01A1,3
35.0
136.8
99.9
0.25
0.08
0.017
79
49
23
N/A
PNI-07-0021
100.6
388.0
246.4
0.21
0.02
0.016
54
37
11
0.20
FL-0041,3
108.8
242.6
114.7
0.20
0.05
0.015
52
35
24
0.00
PNI-10-028
201.0
488.4
226.4
0.21
0.07
0.016
38
82
10
0.41
PNI-10-029
172.1
399.0
211.8
0.21
0.04
0.015
34
77
6
0.36
PNI-10-030
377.7
729.5
284.6
0.20
0.06
0.016
39
74
11
0.44
PNI-10-0331
210.2
496.0
231.2
0.21
0.05
0.017
36
62
20
0.37
PNI-10-0351
192.4
471.0
224.6
0.23
0.06
0.017
39
81
8
0.40
PNI-12-0631
146.6
241.7
94.8
0.24
0.15
0.018
97
156
31
1.11
PNI-07-0011
397.5
659.1
211.6
0.24
0.08
0.018
50
114
10
0.56
PNI-10-0361
163.2
559.9
319.7
0.25
0.09
0.018
54
121
13
0.59
FL-0061,3
185.0
382.8
160.0
0.24
0.09
0.019
57
115
14
N/A
FL-0031,3
60.2
393.2
269.4
0.21
0.08
0.017
54
117
12
N/A
PNI-09-201,3
192.5
394.0
200.4
0.24
0.02
0.014
N/A
N/A
7
0.11
PNI-13-0691
160.3
373.7
205.2
0.24
0.09
0.017
61
122
19
0.72
PNI-13-071
99.4
247.0
146.8
0.17
0.08
0.015
46
76
14
0.57
And
328.0
342.7
14.6
0.19
0.16
0.016
64
127
21
1.19
PNI-13-072
217.0
432.5
162.6
0.20
0.08
0.017
49
104
13
0.45
PNI-13-0731
245.5
376.7
130.5
0.22
0.07
0.016
52
118
16
0.36
PNI-13-0741
198.0
453.2
253.9
0.20
0.06
0.016
38
91
11
0.34
PNI-13-0751
73.0
116.7
43.4
0.23
0.06
0.016
46
105
11
0.34
And
254.0
377.0
122.4
0.17
0.05
0.015
33
80
11
0.18
1 Incomplete intersection of the Eureka Zone
2 True widths estimated from hole angle and average dip of mineralization (46˚)
3 Not Continuously Sampled
N/A No Assays Reported
m = meters, ppb = parts per billion, g/t = grams per tonne
Note: The Millrock Qualified Person (QP) does not have access to all the drill logs and assay results and has no way to verify the results that were published by Pure Nickel. The Millrock QP was responsible for the team that drilled holes beginning with the “FL” prefix in his prior role as Exploration Manager for Inco Ltd. subsidiary company American Copper & Nickel Company. The Millrock QP has access to the drill logs and original assay certificates for these holes.
At the Canwell claim block, Millrock has entered into an agreement under which it has been granted the option to purchase the Canwell Ni-Cu-PGE project from property owner David Johnson. The property covers 42 State of Alaska mining claims (2,720 hectares). Millrock may purchase a 100% interest in the property by performing exploration work totaling US$5.0 million in value, making cash payments of US$500,000 and incremental payments of Millrock shares (5.0 million in total), and granting a buyable royalty. Millrock is making an initial share issuance of 1,000,000 Millrock shares and US$25,000 as the signing payment. The agreement with the owner is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.
Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization is associated with mafic and ultramafic dikes/sills at Canwell and are hypothesized as deep-rooted feeders to the same ultramafic sills located at Eureka. Felsic intrusions on the Canwell property have the potential to upgrade the Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization through remobilization processes. Ni-Cu-PGE prospects located by previous explorers include Emerick, Forbes, Odie, and Canwell Ridge. Millrock due diligence samples collected in 2020 and 2021 from the Forbes prospect returned results ranging from 0.36% to 4.05% copper, 0.14% to 2.87% nickel, 44 to 716.4 ppm cobalt, 0.051 to 0.114 ppm gold, 3.774 to 7.745 ppm silver, 0.471 to 0.848 ppm palladium, 0.179 to 0.373 ppm platinum, 0.023 to 0.074 ppm iridium, 0.010 to 0.060 ppm osmium, 0.017 to 0.054 ppm rhodium and below detection to 0.110 ppm ruthenium (Table 2).
Table 2. 2020-2021 Due diligence sample assay results from the Forbes prospect
Sample
Prospect
Ni (%)
Cu (%)
Co (ppm)
Pt (ppb)
Pd (ppb)
Au (ppb)
Ag (ppb)
Ir (ppb)
Os (ppb)
Rh (ppb)
Ru (ppb)
701325
Forbes
2.87
4.05
716.4
373
848
51.8
7745
23
10
17
<50
701326
Forbes
0.14
0.36
44
179
471
114.5
3774
74
60
54
110
The potential for Besshi-type Volcanic Massive Sulfides (VMS) also occurs on the property in the Permian volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks adjacent to the mafic and ultramafic sequence. VMS prospects located by previous explorers include Silver, Red Knob, Plateau, Canyon, Verona Pick, and Woody. Millrock due diligence samples collected in 2020 and 2021 on the Plateau and Woody prospects returned results ranging from 0.01 to10.74% copper, 1.51 to 5450.48 ppm lead, 20.1 to 3989.8 ppm zinc, below detection to 11.856 ppm gold, 0.116 to 189 ppm silver, and below detection to 0.177 ppm palladium (Table 3).
Table 3. 2020-2021 Due diligence sample assay results from the Plateau and Woody prospects
Sample
Prospect
Cu (%)
Pb (ppm)
Zn (ppm)
Au (ppb)
Ag (ppb)
Pd (ppb)
701333
Plateau
0.01
1376.18
675.0
10.5
919
24
701334
Plateau
10.74
37.02
95.3
561.3
82933
<10
701335
Plateau
4.12
22.16
190.9
14.7
16978
<10
701320
Woody
0.01
53.23
146.0
2.7
283
<10
701321
Woody
5.37
5450.48
3989.8
11855.8
53916
177
701322
Woody
3.56
596.68
971.6
332.4
189000
32
701323
Woody
4.85
2456.93
758.6
2317.3
37418
46
701410
Woody
0.01
4.30
65.1
16.7
241
<10
967701
Woody
0.01
2.64
20.1
1.3
116
<10
967702
Woody
0.08
1.51
44.4
<0.2
178
14
967703
Woody
0.02
6.70
83.8
2.7
337
<10
The assay results reported in Table 2 and 3 were collected by the Millrock QP and analyzed in 2021. The samples were analyzed at the Bureau Veritas Laboratory in Vancouver and Ontario, Canada using methods AQ252, MA404, and NA-PGE-S. The assay results confirm similar grades to those reported by historical workers.
Millrock has reviewed existing data and built a comprehensive exploration plan. The Company will seek joint venture partners to fund exploration and thereby earn an interest in the project.
Quality Control – Quality Assurance Millrock adheres to stringent Quality Assurance – Quality Control (“QA/QC”) standards. Rock samples are kept in a secure location at all times. Rock samples are assayed at the Bureau Veritas laboratory in Vancouver, Canada. Preparation and analysis methods are described in further detail here. The sample preparation method code being utilized for the current rock sampling program was PRP70-250. Analysis methods used include AQ252-EXT (Aqua Regia – ICP-ES/MS) for all samples, MA404 (Aqua Regia and Multi-Acid – AAS) for overlimit samples (>10,000 ppm Cu, >10,000 ppm Ni & >100,000 ppb Ag), and NA-PGE-S for rare PGE’s. For every 20 rock samples, a standard sample (Certified Reference Materials) of known copper concentration was analyzed. The Qualified Person is of the opinion that the results reported in this press release are reliable.
Qualified Person The scientific and technical information disclosed within this document has been prepared, reviewed, and approved by Gregory A. Beischer, President, CEO, and a director of Millrock Resources. Mr. Beischer is a qualified person as defined in NI 43-101.
About Millrock Resources Inc. Millrock Resources Inc. is a premier project generator to the mining industry. Millrock identifies, packages, and operates large-scale projects for joint venture, thereby exposing its shareholders to the benefits of mineral discovery without the usual financial risk taken on by most exploration companies. The company is recognized as the premier generative explorer in Alaska, holds royalty interests in British Columbia, Canada, and Sonora State, Mexico, is a significant shareholder of junior explorer ArcWest Exploration Inc. and owns a large shareholding in Resolution Minerals Limited. Funding for drilling at Millrock’s exploration projects is primarily provided by its joint venture partners. Business partners of Millrock have included some of the leading names in the mining industry: EMX Royalty, Coeur Explorations, Centerra Gold, First Quantum, Teck, Kinross, Vale, Inmet and, Altius as well as junior explorers Resolution, Riverside, PolarX, Felix Gold and Tocvan.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD “Gregory Beischer” Gregory Beischer, President & CEO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Melanee Henderson, Investor Relations Toll-Free: 877-217-8978 | Local: 604-638-3164 Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn
Some statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information (within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation) including without limitation the intention to form joint ventures and to perform further exploration. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the statements.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rover Metals Corp. (TSXV: ROVR) (OTCQB: ROVMF) (FRA:4XO) (“Rover” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Fundamental Research Corp. (“FRC”) has published their updated analyst report on Rover, dated January 2022. The report can be accessed here: https://www.researchfrc.com/company/rover-metals-corp/
FRC is one of the largest issuer-paid independent stock market research firms in the world, with a 17-year track record of covering 550+ companies. As of December 14, 2020, FRC’s top picks were up 55.6% on average since the initiation of coverage.
Judson Culter, CEO at Rover Metals, states “Rover Metals operates in a prolific mining jurisdiction in the southern Northwest Territories (“NT”). Three weeks ago, our neighbour, Fortune Minerals, announced its intent to acquire a refinery location north of Edmonton, AB. The infrastructure needed to bring the NT’s next gold mine into production, looks to soon be in place. The proposed location for Fortune’s NICO processing facility is located 40km northwest of Rover’s Cabin Gold Project, along the recently constructed Tlicho All Season Road (“TASR”). TASR opened to the public in November 2021. Rover plans to send samples of its drill core, from its Cabin Gold Project, to the lab for metallurgic testing in H1 of this year. The goal of the testing will be to determine the recovery flotation rates for the ore at Cabin. The next step, after receiving the metallurgical results, would be to work with Fortune to determine the possible economics of a processing agreement.
Winter Phase 3 Exploration, at our Cabin Gold Project, is expected to commence soon. The Company will be issuing an updating release in the coming days.”
Advisory Agreements The Company has issued 218,840 common shares, for the settlement of $12,500 in trade payables, for consulting services provided in Q4-2021, pursuant to pre-approved shares for services agreements. The services were provided by two advisors to the Company. Only one of these shares for services agreements will continue into 2022. The shares bear the minimum four-month regulatory hold period from the date of issuance.
Investor Relations The Company has renewed its agreement with Momentum Public Relations Inc. (“Momentum PR”) for investor relations services for another six months through to July 31, 2022. Pursuant to the renewal agreement, Momentum PR will be granted 600,000 incentive stock options, pursuant to the Company’s shareholder approved Stock Option Plan. The incentive stock options have been granted in three tranches as follows: 200,000 options with an exercise price of $0.06, 200,000 options with an exercise price of $0.075, and 200,000 options with an exercise price of $0.09.
About Rover Metals Rover is a precious metals exploration company specialized in North American precious metal resources, that is currently advancing the gold potential of its existing projects in the Northwest Territories of Canada (60th parallel). The Company commenced Phase 2 Exploration at its 100% owned Cabin Gold Project in Q3-2021, and the analysis and reporting of the Phase 2 Exploration work at Cabin Gold continues through to the date of this release. The Company anticipates commencing its Phase 3 Exploration Program at Cabin in March of this year.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS “Judson Culter” Chief Executive Officer and Director
For further information, please contact: Email: info@rovermetals.com Phone: +1 (778) 754-2617
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Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – February 10, 2022) – EMX Royalty Corporation (NYSE American: EMX) (TSXV: EMX) (FSE: 6E9) (the “Company” or “EMX”) is pleased to announce the execution, by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bronco Creek Exploration Inc., of an Assignment and Assumption agreement as well as a Royalty Agreement (the “Agreements”) for transfer of EMX’s Arizona State Exploration Permit (“Permit”) to Cactus 110 LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arizona Sonoran Copper Company, Inc. (“ASCU”). EMX’s Permit covers a portion of the Parks Salyer copper target, located approximately 1,500 meters southwest of the historic Sacaton open pit copper mine. Sacaton was previously operated by Asarco from 1972-1984 and is now being developed by ASCU and is known as the Cactus Project. The Agreements provide EMX with a one-time cash payment for the assignment of its rights under a State of Arizona Exploration Permit as well as a 1.5% net smelter return (“NSR”) royalty interest, work commitments, annual advance royalty payments, and certain milestone payments. EMX is pleased to see the Permit advance with ASCU as it continues to advance activities at its Cactus project.
Commercial Terms Overview. (All dollar amounts in USD) Pursuant to the Agreements, ASCU will assume all rights under EMX’s Arizona State Exploration Permit by making payments of $5,000 upon execution and $195,000 upon transfer and registration of the Permit to Cactus 110 LLC (“Registration Date”). EMX will retain a 1.5% NSR royalty interest on the Permit. ASCU may buy back one percent (1%) of the royalty for a payment of $500,000 to EMX. EMX will receive annual advance royalty (“AAR”) payments of $50,000. The AAR payments cease upon commencement of commercial production and can be bought out at any time for a payment of $1,000,000. ASCU will make milestone payments of $1,500,000 upon declaration of a mineral resource containing 100 million pounds or more of copper and another payment of $1,500,000 upon further declaration of an additional 100 million pounds of copper contained in a resource. In the two years following the Registration Date, ASCU will make yearly exploration expenditures totaling $2,000,000 prior to the first anniversary and a cumulative total of $4,000,000 prior to the second anniversary.
Parks Salyer Permit Overview. EMX’s Parks Salyer Permit is located approximately 5 kilometers northwest of the city of Casa Grande, and approximately 900 meters southwest of the historic Sacaton open pit copper mine in central Arizona. Sacaton is a porphyry copper-molybedenum deposit within the Laramide arc in the southwestern U.S. The Parks Salyer Permit is comprised of one State of Arizona Exploration Permit totaling 158 acres and covers a portion, roughly one third of the poorly drill defined Parks Salyer copper target area. The target lies beneath post-mineral gravels and contained within a fault-bounded horst block, and has potential for supergene enriched copper and hypogene sulfide mineralization. The target is supported by historic induced polarization geophysical surveys and drilling within and adjacent to the EMX royalty ground.
More information on the Parks Salyer Permit can be found at www.EMXroyalty.com.
Comments on Adjacent Properties. The nearby Sacaton mine provide geologic context for EMX’s Project, but this is not necessarily indicative that the Project hosts similar tonnages or grades of mineralization.
Michael P. Sheehan, CPG, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and employee of the Company, has reviewed, verified and approved the disclosure of the technical information contained in this news release.
About EMX. EMX is a precious, base and battery metals royalty company. EMX’s investors are provided with discovery, development, and commodity price optionality, while limiting exposure to risks inherent to operating companies. The Company’s common shares are listed on the NYSE American Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol EMX, as well as on the Frankfurt Exchange under the symbol “6E9.” Please see www.EMXroyalty.com for more information.
For further information contact:
David M. Cole President and Chief Executive Officer Phone: (303) 973-8585 Dave@emxroyalty.com
Scott Close Director of Investor Relations Phone: (303) 973-8585 SClose@emxroyalty.com
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Figure 1. Location map of the EMX Parks Salyer Permit.
Burlington, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – February 9, 2022) – Silver Bullet Mines Corp. (TSXV: SBMI) (‘SBMI’ or ‘the Company’) announces its intention to carry out an accretive non-brokered financing of Units. Each Unit will be priced at $0.40 (forty cents) per Unit and will comprise of one common share and one full 60-cent (sixty cent) warrant with a 24-month term, with each such warrant being exercisable into a common share (the “Financing”). Readers are reminded the Qualifying Transaction that resulted in SBMI being a reporting issuer in December, 2021 was carried out at $0.30 per share.
“As we’ve disclosed many times, the global supply chain has been problematic for us,” said Mr. A. John Carter, SBMI’s CEO. “Unavoidable third-party delays, especially through the port of Long Beach, caused the Company to consume working capital that otherwise would not have been consumed. Further, with the passage of time, we have experienced pandemic-related increases in the cost of parts, logistics, fuel and supplies. All of this has put stress on the treasury. While SBMI continues to have considerable cash in its account, effecting a financing now is a combination of insurance and ensuring SBMI can execute on its revised 2022 plans in both Arizona and better-than-expected Idaho. It’s the responsible thing to do.”
The minimum and maximum gross proceeds from the Financing will be $500,000 (five hundred thousand dollars) and $2,000,000 (two million dollars), respectively. The minimum and maximum number of Units to issue as a result of the Financing are 1,250,000 and 5,000,000, respectively. Units will be allocated on a first come, first served basis although SBMI retains the right to accept or reject subscription agreements in its sole discretion.
SBMI has two lead orders on the Financing, one for CDN$180,000 and the other for USD$200,000, from two existing shareholders who are accredited investors, who each committed to participating in the Financing without knowing its terms. Other existing shareholders have also expressed an interest in participating in the Financing without knowing its terms.
Net proceeds from the Financing, assuming the minimum, will be used to fund operations in Arizona until the Buckeye Silver Mine begins generating revenue, most likely in May, 2022 (see SBMI press release dated February 7, 2022 for details on the timing of revenue generation). Net proceeds from the Financing, assuming the maximum, will be used to fund and expand operations in Arizona until the Buckeye Silver Mine begins generating revenue (up to approximately $800,000), to fund development of the Washington Mine in Idaho (up to approximately $500,000), and to fund exploration and development of the McMorris Mine in Arizona (up to approximately $500,000). In either case some of the proceeds will fund costs related to the Financing, working capital and overhead. The amount of costs related to the Financing will vary depending upon the amount paid as referral fees, which is unknown as this time.
SBMI purchased the Washington Mine in Idaho in December, 2020. The Company expected to warehouse that property until after the Buckeye Silver Mine began generating revenue so minimal allocation was made for it in SBMI’s 2021 or 2022 budget. However, preliminary work at the Washington Mine revealed it could be capable of near-term revenue generation, resulting in the January 18, 2022 press release disclosing the assay results from a blended bulk sample of 55.5 oz/t silver. Management wants to accelerate work at the Washington Mine which will require some of the capital being raised in the Financing.
Customary prospectus exemptions will be relied upon for the Financing, including the “Accredited Investor” exemption and the “Distributions to Existing Security Holders” exemption pursuant to section 2.9 of Ontario Securities Commission Rule 45-501 (the ‘Existing Securityholder Exemption’). Management believes this to be a democratic means of effecting the Financing.
Investors subscribing for Units under the Existing Securityholder Exemption must meet certain conditions set out in Rule 45-501. The Company has set Monday, February 7, 2022 as the record date. Subscribers purchasing Units under the Existing Shareholder Exemption will need to represent in writing that they meet certain requirements of the Existing Shareholder Exemption, including that they were, on such record date, a common shareholder of the Company and still are a shareholder as at the closing date. The aggregate acquisition cost to a subscriber under the Existing Shareholder Exemption cannot exceed $15,000 in the 12-month period immediately preceding the closing of the Financing, unless that subscriber has obtained advice from a registered investment dealer regarding the suitability of the investment. There is no minimum subscription amount. Any SBMI shareholder can subscribe, subject to the conditions above and in the subscription agreement.
Referral fees may be paid to arm’s length persons in connection with the issuance of the Units. Other than the subscription agreement, there will be no further offering material provided to Existing Security Holders or others related to Financing. The subscription agreement is available at the Company’s website https://www.silverbulletmines.com/technical-corporatedocuments. The Financing is subject to regulatory approval.
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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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 viruses create risks that at this time are immeasurable and impossible to define.
Right out of the box this year, gold, silver, and mining stocks were extremely volatile. One day gold rose $25 an ounce and silver a dollar. Next gold dropped $35 and silver $1.20.
Is it worth holding metal and putting up with such dysfunctional price gyrations? My answer is an unequivocal “Yes”!
Now for the “Why?”
One of The Morgan Report’s long-time colleagues, US Global Investors’ Frank Holmes, in his column “Frank Talk,” writes that India spent a record amount on gold in 2021 ($55.7 billion) surpassing the $54 billion record set in 2011.
“Weak-handed” investors are emotionally swayed by the daily price swing “noise” -0 which is more often the result of paper “chart painting” than fundamentals.
It’s easy to become discouraged and postpone a rational physical gold – silver strategic acquisition plan for yourself and your loved ones. This U.S. Global chart should help assure you that over the long run (and in the intermediate term too) “sticking with the plan” is a solid gold approach.
The World Gold Council reports that the third most liquid asset after the S&P 500 and U.S. Treasuries is gold. When held yourself or in allocated form, no one else but you has a claim to it.
Add that contrary to the public’s perception – it has surprisingly low volatility over time – and you’ve got a winning hand.
Doug Casey is the doyen of investment letter writers. His book, Crisis Investing: Opportunities and Profits in the Coming Great Depression (1980) is considered a classic in the genre.
In the 1970’s, along with Harry Browne, Jerome Smith and Jim Sinclair (“Mr. Gold”), Casey sounded the alarm on a decade that came to be known for slow growth and high inflation – “stagflation” – leading to a massive gold and silver bull market which peaked in 1980 at $850 and $50, respectively.
The background is recounted here because the 2020’s are shaping up as a stagflation mirror image – only this time, by the metrics of Federal debt, socio-political discord, the Covid response, central bank mismanagement, and inflation, things are much worse.
The silver market is only about 1/10th the size of its gold cousin. When investors get concerned about inflation – as they are now – money flooding into the metal’s market can cause an energetic impulse leg to get underway posthaste.
David Morgan says that in markets, “change takes place on the margin.” With about 15% of silver supply dedicated to investment, that “change” can happen in a heartbeat.
The problem for most of us is that silver can remain deceptively calm for lengthy periods before exploding to the upside. Even experienced traders find themselves doubting the staying power of a new run, as many did in 2016 and 2019. Trying to trade “resistance” lines on the charts, leaves investors on the sidelines as the price deftly slices through them.
Doug Casey notes:
It’s the most reckless monetary action in the history of the US. Moreover, it has set the stage for an explosion in inflation—notwithstanding any token moves to tighten. I expect it to kick off a crisis-driven mania into silver like what happened in 1980. Adjusted for today’s prices, that could mean silver soaring above $190 an ounce—many multiples of the current price.
Hugo Salinas Price, one of Mexico’s wealthiest businessmen, speaks to the wisdom of holding precious metals – as well as the probable outcome from doing so:
At the present time, it is clear that there is only a minimal interest in owning gold on the part of most investors focused on maximizing their ownership of Dollars or Euros.
However, when the King of Fiat – the Dollar – suffers a sudden loss of value in terms of other currencies… at some point, it will dawn upon investors that owning Dollars (and other fiat currencies) is a losing proposition, and they will rush in mass, to acquire whatever they can of the yellow metal.
Official selling to break the price will, at best, only slow its rise, allowing for panicked investors to acquire some gold – but far less than had they not been so blind to the danger. At this point, the price will be rising by hundreds of Dollars an hour…
The motto of holding gold and silver: First as insurance against a decline in your other assets, and only Secondarily for possible investment gains, has never been more relevant than it is today as markets across the board -including the metals – gyrate, on a metaphorical tightrope over an abyss!
The insurance aspect has become critical. And the asymmetric potential of risking a modest amount of depreciating currency for the possibility of gaining a lot more depreciating currency (!) has never been greater.
After all, if you do get a big win on your metal, you can sell some and diversify into another strong asset like land, collectibles, or food storage… before inflation still further erodes your purchasing power.
Shouldn’t you follow the advice of these wise men, and Stake Your Claim to enough gold and silver to fit your circumstance as a Player rather than a “Watcher”?
David Smith is Senior Analyst for TheMorganReport.com and a regular contributor to Money Metals, GoldSeek.com & SilverSeek.com
For the past 15 years, he has investigated precious metals’ mines and exploration sites in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Bolivia, China, Canada, and the U.S. He shares his resource sector findings with readers, the media, and North American investment conference attendees.
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / February 9, 2022 / (CSE:ROO)(OTC PINK:JNCCF)(Frankfurt:5VHA) – RooGold Inc. (“RooGold” or the “Issuer“) is pleased to announce the appointment of Carlos Espinosa as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President and member of the Board of Directors, effective March 4th, 2022. Mr. Espinosa replaces Michael Mulberry, who will remain a Director of RooGold. In addition to these changes, Yana Borovskaya has agreed to step down from the Board of Directors concurrent with the appointment of Mr. Espinosa.
Carlos Espinosa is a mining executive with over 25 years of experience within Canadian capital markets, international business development and commercial banking. He is Director and former President & CEO of Monarca Minerals an exploration mining company with gold and silver assets in Mexico and former CFO of Fredonia Mining, Inc., a gold exploration mining company in Argentina.
Carlos has held Director roles with Silver X Mining, a silver producer from Peru and is a former advisor of Mineros SA, a Colombian gold producer with operations in Colombia, Nicaragua and Argentina. Prior to this, Mr. Espinosa was at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV), where he was Head of Business Development, Global Mining. Recognized for his leadership and long-term business relationships with C-level executives, government officials, and clients globally.
Mr. Espinosa earned an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Business Administration at UNAM – “Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico”.
Carlos Espinosa commented, “I am looking forward to working with such a formidable geological team, specifically, Alexandra Bonner, with her in-depth knowledge of New South Wales Australia, Quinton Hennigh, a world class economic geologist with immense experience and knowledge of Australian geology and Chris Wilson, another world class geologist that was responsible for pulling together such a large, highly prospective land package and is used to managing such district scale properties during his time as exploration manager of Ivanhoe.”
The RooGold Board of Directors would like to sincerely thank Michael Mulberry for his dedication, significant contributions, and years of service with the Company and we look forward to his continued contribution as a valued member of the Board. The Board of Directors would also like to thank Yana Bobroskaya for her valued contributions, and wish her success as she moves on to pursue other ventures.
Issuance of Stock Options
RooGold has issued 750,000 incentive stock options (the “Options“) to certain directors, officers, employees, and consultants of the Company. The Options have an exercise price of $0.25 and are exercisable for a period of five (5) years, expiring February 9, 2027. The Options will vest over a period of two (2) years from February 9, 2022 (the “Effective Date“), with 1/3rd vesting immediately, 1/3rd vesting one year from the Effective Date, and the final 1/3rd vesting two years from the Effective Date.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities law. Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as “plan”, “expect”, “project”, “intend”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “estimate” and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions “may” or “will” occur.
Although the Issuer believes that the expectations reflected in applicable forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in such statements.
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