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Granite Creek Copper Reports on Metallurgical Results in Support of an Updated PEA on the Carmacks Copper-Gold Project in Yukon, Canada

Granite Creek Copper, Proven and Probable

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 10, 2023 / Granite Creek Copper Ltd. (TSXV:GCX | OTCQB:GCXXF) (“Granite Creek” or the “Company“)is pleased to report positive metallurgical results in support of the upcoming Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) for the Carmacks copper-gold-silver project (“the Project” or “Carmacks Project”) located in the Minto copper district, within the traditional territories of the Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation and the Selkirk First Nation, Yukon Canada.

Metallurgical testing completed by SGS Vancouver Metallurgy (“SGS”) supports a simplified process consisting of froth flotation for the recovery of copper, gold and silver from both sulphide and oxide ores at Carmacks. These tests demonstrate outstanding recovery levels and concentrate grades in both the sulphide only and blended sulphide/oxide samples, which would be utilized by the mine. Testing was done on samples consisting of material in which copper was present primarily in oxide minerals, where the copper was present as primarily sulphide minerals, and samples that were a blend of oxide and sulphide minerals. Table 1 below highlights selected results from this testing:

Table 1 – Flotation Recovery and concentrate grade.

Recovery %Concentrate Grade
SampleCuAuAgCu %Au g/tAg g/t
Sulphide/Oxide blend182.070.168.640.110.6104
Sulphide Sample293.769.078.442.77.7117
Oxide Sample339.857.537.426.213.693
  1. Locked cycle flotation on blend sample consisting of 60% sulfide and 40% oxide.
  2. The sulphide ore assayed 0.92% Cu, 0.67% S, and 0.24 g/t Au. Gold and copper head grades calculated from the flotation test assays agreed well with the direct head assays.
  3. The oxide ore assayed, 0.60% Cu, 0.06% S, and 0.25-0.82 g/t Au indicating that nugget gold may exist. However, the gold head grade calculated from the flotation tests was consistently between 0.20 g/t to 0.23 g/t with an average of 0.21 g/t. Locked cycle testing was not completed on the oxide samples.

Test work produced a very clean, premium, high-grade concentrate that forms the metallurgical basis for the process flow sheet of the PEA, which the company expects to publish by the end of the current quarter. Flotation optimization and an economic evaluation of the target copper grade versus recovery has been recommended by SGS and will be considered in future test work.

President and CEO, Tim Johnson, stated, “Building on the success of sulphide flotation testing completed in 2021, this study directly supports the PEA allowing a simplified flow sheet consisting of well-established froth flotation technology to be considered for increased overall recoveries at the Carmacks Project. Metallurgy is a key component of the upcoming PEA and with this important work complete we look forward to delivering the updated study to the market within the current quarter.”

Options

Granite Creek also announces that, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, it has granted 1,250,000 incentive stock options to directors, officers, employees, and consultants of the Company, under its long-term incentive plan. The options are exercisable for up to five years, expiring on January 10th, 2028 and each option will allow the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of $0.08 per share.

About Granite Creek Copper

Granite Creek, a member of the Metallic Group of Companies, is a Canadian exploration company focused on the 176 square kilometer Carmacks project in the Minto copper district of Canada’s Yukon Territory. The project is on trend with the high-grade Minto copper-gold mine, operated by Minto Metals Corp., to the north, and features excellent access to infrastructure with the nearby paved Yukon Highway 2, along with grid power within 12 km. More information about Granite Creek Copper can be viewed on the Company’s website at www.gcxcopper.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Timothy Johnson, President & CEO
Telephone: 1 (604) 235-1982
Toll-Free: 1 (888) 361-3494
E-mail: info@gcxcopper.com
Website: www.gcxcopper.com
Twitter: @yukoncopper

Qualified Persons

Ms. Debbie James, P.Geo., a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure contained in this news release. Ms. James is a Senior Geologist with TruePoint Exploration and a Project Manager at Carmacks.

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, and future plans and objectives of the company are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. Although Granite Creek Copper 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, 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 companies with securities regulators. Readers are cautioned that mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Mineral exploration and development of mines is an inherently risky business. Accordingly, the actual events may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on Granite Creek Copper and the risks and challenges of their businesses, investors should review their annual filings that are available at www.sedar.com.

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.

SOURCE: Granite Creek Copper Ltd.

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Base Metals Junior Mining Precious Metals Uncategorized

Your Crystal Ball for 2023

No one, has a crystal ball when it comes to the future. But, we wanted to share how you may want to position ourself for the future.

#1 PURCHASE PHYISCAL PRECIOUS METALS

  • Why: As a Savings/Financial Insurance/Protection from Government Stupidity.
  • Where to Buy: Maurice Jackson: https://www.milesfranklin.com/faq-maurice/
  • Frequency: Every 2 Weeks.
  • Percentage of Portfolio: Minimum 10%, but we hold approximately 35% in our portfolio.
Economics in One Lesson, Proven and Probable

GREAT FOUNDATIONAL READINGS:

  • Methodology: Using the Ratio’s.
  • Dow:Gold Ratio is indicating that Gold is on sale relative to the Dow. When the ratio is between 4-5, it is more favorable to be in general equities and real estate. At present the ratio is 1 share of the Dow = 18 oz of Gold.
  • Looking further, Silver and Platinum are on sale relative to Gold.
  • Gold:Silver Ratio At present 1 oz of Gold = 76.5 oz of Silver. When the ratio is between 45-54 trade your Silver in for Gold. Note: Silver Eagles have demanded a significant premium the past 8 months. Which actually reduced the Gold:Silver Ratio inside the 45-54 range.
  • Platinum:Gold Ratio: At present .59 oz of Platinum is = 1 oz of Gold. When the ratio is equal to and or greater than 1, trade your Platinum in for Gold.
  • A great resource on the power of Ratio’s and when to buy and sell is: Bob Moriarty’s: Nobody Knows Anything (Must Read)!
Nobody Knows Anything, Proven and Probable

#2 ROYALTY AND PROJECT GENERATORS

  • Royalty and Project Generators use a unique business model relative to their mining industry peers.
  • Why: They tend to outperform mining exploration companies accretively (Highlighted Below):

ROYALTY COMPANIES: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/how-precious-metals-royalty-and-streaming-companies-create-value

PROJECT GENERATORS: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/project-generators-exploration-risk-lower-cost/

#3 JUNIOR MINING/EXPLORATION COMPANIES

  • These companies are most speculative and offer tremendous upside and conversely a lot of downside. We are biased and are active buyers of our partner/advertisers found (Here). For a deeper dive into the mining/exploration industry: (Must Reads):
  • What Became of the Crow by Bob Moriarty
  • Mineral Exploration and Mining Essentials by Robert Stevens
Mineral Exploration and Mining, Proven and Probable

EXPLORATION COMPANIES: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mineral-exploration-roadmap/

#4 HOLD YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE

  • Commit your future to paper. Not having a plan, is a plan. A foolish one, but is a plan. If you don’t have a plan for your savings and investments someone else does. SCHEDULE YOUR PATH.
  • Be willing to study each of the aforementioned. Don’t believe the hype! Don’t get mislead by fancy thumbnails, price predictions, and narratives on manipulation. Is there manipulation? Yes, in every market! Don’t complain about manipulation, learn to leverage manipulation in your favor by realizing you are being offered a discounted price!
  • Be pragmatic, and be patient. Your competition is never patient. They want to price to rise on their schedule, which was yesterday. They will be your best friends, because they have have fast hands and love to sell at the wrong time. If the price goes down, and nothing fundamental has changed with management, the project/s, and or results, there is your buying opportunity!!!
  • Very few investors/speculators are in this space, you don’t have much competition. The best way to beat your competition in this space, is not to follow the herd. Remember, no one get’s it right all the time, you just need to be better than your competition.
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Emx Royalty Energy Junior Mining Metallic Group MillRock Resources Precious Metals Silver Bullet Mines Stillwater Critical Minerals

Platinum price on pace for 20% quarterly gain, its biggest since 2008

Platinum price on pace for 20% quarterly gain, its biggest since 2008

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Due to ongoing supply concerns, platinum prices have surged more than 20% over the past three months, and the precious metal is now set to experience its best quarter since the start of 2009.

On Friday, platinum prices rose another 1.0% to $1,064.50 per ounce, bringing its quarterly gain to just under 23%.

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Should the price of platinum maintain its 20% uptick, then this will will be the biggest quarterly increase since the first quarter of 2008, when it gained a staggering 34%.

According to the World Platinum Investment Council, top consumer China has imported excessive amounts of platinum metal since 2019, which has left a limited above-ground supply for the rest of the world.

“This, in combination with higher prices likely being needed to release Chinese inventories to the domestic market, could have a significant bearing on platinum market price discovery,” the Council wrote in its Platinum Perspectives report in December.

The Council is anticipating a platinum deficit in 2023, with demand growing by 19% while supply increasing by just 2%.

“Despite international economic turbulence, with many countries already in, or expected to tip into, recession, industrial demand for platinum will be up 10% compared to 2022, which exceeds the 10-year average,” the WPIC said in a press release.

Demand for platinum in the automotive industry will also continue to grow next year, while jewelry-based demand for platinum is forecasted to remain constant throughout 2023, the WPIC added.

According to Reuters data, platinum is by far the best-performing precious metal in 2022, recording a year-to-date gain of 9%. Over the same period, gold has lost around 1%, silver up around 3% and palladium down 4%.

(With files from Reuters)

Source: https://www.mining.com/platinum-price-on-pace-for-20-quarterly-gain-its-biggest-since-2008/

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Precious Metals

How Gold Royalties Offer Inflation-Resistant Gold Exposure

How Gold Royalties Offer Inflation-Resistant Gold Exposure

As rising inflation has increased the operational expenses of gold mining companies, gold royalty companies have emerged as an inflation-resistant alternative for investors seeking exposure to the precious metal. 

Without exposure to rising wages, fuel, and energy costs, gold royalty companies are able to maintain strong profit margins that are often more than double those of gold mining companies.

This infographic sponsored by Gold Royalty is the first in a two-part series and showcases exactly how royalty companies naturally avoid inflation, along with the superior profit margins that come as a result.

Inflation’s Dampening Effect on Gold Mining Profits

Since mid-2021, inflation has become a constant risk-factor for investors to keep in mind as they manage their portfolio. Every energy fuel has risen in price over the last year alongside wage increases around the world, greatly impacting the expenses of material production and refining.

Gold mining is no exception, and while operational costs have risen, gold’s price has actually decreased slightly over the same time period, further impacting gold mines’ profitability and margins.

CommodityPrice change since the start of 2021
Coal+372%
Gasoline+72%
Diesel+53%
Electricity+24%
Gold-13%

The impact of inflation can’t be understated when it comes to mining operations, which require large amounts of machinery, electricity, and people.

Along with massive haul trucks, bulldozers, and machinery like large-scale grinding units that require diesel and other fuels to operate, refinery operations also consume large amounts of electricity.

How Gold Royalty Companies Avoid Inflation

With no large fleets of vehicles to fuel, refining plants to power, along with significantly smaller headcounts and wage bills, royalty companies barely suffer from rising inflation. Compared to gold mining companies with tens of thousands of employees across the world, gold royalty companies rarely employ more than 50 people. 

Along with this, while royalty companies’ revenue comes from royalty and streaming agreements with mining companies, these agreements are structured to ensure royalty companies face none of the operational expenses (and inflation) that miners do.

This is because royalty agreements calculate royalties (which royalty companies receive) as a percentage of the mine’s top-line revenue rather than from the mine’s final profits after expenses, meaning royalty companies get their cut before operational costs and other expenses are deducted.

The Golden Profit Margins of Royalty Companies

With gold’s price having remained stagnant while inflation has pushed expenses up, gold mining company profit margins have been crunched from both sides while royalty companies have avoided the impact. 

Over the last four quarters, gold mining giant Newmont Goldcorp’s average profit margin declined to 6.6% when compared to the 22.9% average margins of the four quarters prior. On the other hand, royalty company Franco-Nevada’s profit margins increased from 54.8% to 57.3% over the same time periods. 

Without inflation impacting their bottom line, royalty companies have been able to maintain strong financials in a chaotic period for the economy.

In part 2 of this series, we’ll take a closer look at the returns of gold royalty companies, and how exactly they’ve outperformed both gold mining companies and the precious metal itself.

Gold Royalty offers inflation-resistant gold exposure with a portfolio of royalties on top-tier mines across the Americas. Click here to find out more about Gold Royalty.

Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/how-gold-royalties-offer-inflation-resistant-gold-exposure/

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Junior Mining Labrador Gold Precious Metals

Labrador Gold Reviews Successful Year of Discovery at Kingsway

Labrador Gold, Proven and Probable

TORONTO, Dec. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Labrador Gold Corp. (TSX.V:LAB | OTCQX:NKOSF | FNR: 2N6) (“LabGold” or the “Company”) is pleased to share a year end review of exploration at its 100% owned Kingsway Project. Exploration during 2022 was focussed on the prospective Appleton Fault Zone that trends over a 12km strike length at Kingsway.

Discovery highlights of 2022 exploration include:

  • Extended Big Vein discovery to over 520 metres NE-SW strike length; mineralization remains open in both directions
  • Both the highest-grade intersection of 284.1 g/t Au over 0.58 metres and the longest intersection of 2.02 g/t Au over 32 metres on the property to date were uncovered at Big Vein
  • Additional high-grade mineralization (479.5 g/t Au) found in outcrop at Golden Glove where initial drilling during 2022 intersected 6.22 g/t Au over 4m and 20.07 g/t Au over 1m
  • Made two brand new discoveries of near surface gold mineralization under cover at the Pristine and Midway targets.
    • Initial drilling at Pristine identified a mineralized zone (Doyle Zone) that currently extends over 135 metres as well as a second parallel zone approximately 25m east
    • Limited drilling at Midway indicates near surface gold disseminated within an altered gabbroic intrusion, a separate mineralization style with significant potential for expansion along strike
  • Drilled 36,000 metres in 2022 after doubling the size of the planned drill program to 100,000 metres.

The company is fully funded for the remaining 37,496 metres of the planned 100,000 metre program with approximately $18 million in cash. Assays are pending for samples from 3,903 metres of core (10.3% of the total submitted).

“LabGold’s exploration at Kingsway over the past two and a half years has resulted in the discovery of four new gold occurrences. Three of these, Golden Glove, Big Vein and Pristine, are located along the Appleton Fault Zone which continues to be our primary exploration target,” said Roger Moss, President and CEO of Labrador Gold. “With only about 2km of the 12km strike length of the Appleton Fault Zone tested by drilling, we anticipate additional discoveries as we test the remaining 10km of this very prospective structure. We would like to thank our investors for their continued support during the recent market downturn and hope you will join us as we look forward to another exciting year of exploration and discovery at Kingsway.”

Figure 1. Kingsway gold occurrences showing highlights of 2022 drilling
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QA/QC

True widths of the reported intersections have yet to be calculated. Assays are uncut. Samples of HQ split core are securely stored prior to shipping to Eastern Analytical Laboratory in Springdale, Newfoundland for assay. Eastern Analytical is an ISO/IEC17025 accredited laboratory. Samples are routinely analyzed for gold by standard 30g fire assay with atomic absorption finish as well as by ICP-OES for an additional 34 elements. Samples containing visible gold are assayed by metallic screen/fire assay, as are any samples with fire assay results greater than 1g/t Au. The company submits blanks and certified reference standards at a rate of approximately 5% of the total samples in each batch.

Qualified Person

Roger Moss, PhD., P.Geo., President and CEO of LabGold, a Qualified Person in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements as set out in NI 43-101, has read and approved the scientific and technical information that forms the basis for the disclosure contained in this release.

The Company gratefully acknowledges the Newfoundland and Labrador Ministry of Natural Resources’ Junior Exploration Assistance (JEA) Program for its financial support for exploration of the Kingsway property.

About Labrador Gold
Labrador Gold is a Canadian based mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and exploration of prospective gold projects in Eastern Canada.

Labrador Gold’s flagship property is the 100% owned Kingsway project in the Gander area of Newfoundland. The three licenses comprising the Kingsway project cover approximately 12km of the Appleton Fault Zone which is associated with gold occurrences in the region, including those of New Found Gold immediately to the south of Kingsway. Infrastructure in the area is excellent located just 18km from the town of Gander with road access to the project, nearby electricity and abundant local water. LabGold is drilling a projected 100,000 metres targeting high-grade epizonal gold mineralization along the Appleton Fault Zone with encouraging results. The Company has approximately $18 million in working capital and is well funded to carry out the planned program.

The Hopedale property covers much of the Florence Lake greenstone belt that stretches over 60 km. The belt is typical of greenstone belts around the world but has been underexplored by comparison. Work to date by Labrador Gold show gold anomalies in rocks, soils and lake sediments over a 3 kilometre section of the northern portion of the Florence Lake greenstone belt in the vicinity of the known Thurber Dog gold showing where grab samples assayed up to 7.8g/t gold. In addition, anomalous gold in soil and lake sediment samples occur over approximately 40 km along the southern section of the greenstone belt (see news release dated January 25th 2018 for more details). Labrador Gold now controls approximately 40km strike length of the Florence Lake Greenstone Belt.

The Company has 170,009,979 common shares issued and outstanding and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol LAB.

For more information please contact:     

Roger Moss, President and CEO      Tel: 416-704-8291

Or visit our website at: www.labradorgold.com

Twitter: @LabGoldCorp

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Statements: This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. When used in this document, the words “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “intend”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from the statements made, including those factors discussed in filings made by us with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties, such as actual results of current exploration programs, the general risks associated with the mining industry, the price of gold and other metals, currency and interest rate fluctuations, increased competition and general economic and market factors, occur or should assumptions underlying the forward looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, or expected. We do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Shareholders are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

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Gold Shore Resources Junior Mining Precious Metals

Goldshore Announces Upsize of Private Placement to over $1 Million

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – December 29, 2022) – Goldshore Resources Inc. (TSXV: GSHR) (OTCQB: GSHRF) (FSE: 8X00) (“Goldshore” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that it is increasing the size of its previously announced non-brokered private placement offering of Units of the of the Company (the “Units”) at a price of $0.25 per Unit for gross proceeds of $1,041,680 (the “Financing”).

Each Unit issued in connection with the Financing is comprised of one common share of the Company (each, a “Common Share”) and one-half common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at an exercise price of $0.40 at any time up to 24 months from the closing of the Offering. Goldshore may pay finders’ fees to eligible finders, as permitted by applicable securities laws and the rules of the TSX Venture Exchange.

The Company intends to use the proceeds raised from the Financing for future exploration work on its Moss Lake gold deposit in Northwest Ontario, Canada and for general working capital purposes.

The securities issued pursuant to the Financing will be subject to a four-month and one day hold period under applicable securities laws in Canada. Closing of the Financing is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.

This press release is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in the United States or in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to qualification or registration under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. The securities being offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act“) or any U.S. state securities laws, and such securities may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws.

About Goldshore

Goldshore is an emerging junior gold development company, and owns the Moss Lake Gold Project located in Ontario. Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. is currently a large shareholder of Goldshore with an approximate 23% equity position in the Company. Well-financed and supported by an industry-leading management group, board of directors and advisory board, Goldshore is positioned to advance the Moss Lake 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.
P. +1 604 288 4416 M. +1 905 449 1500
E. brichards@goldshoreresources.com
W. www.goldshoreresources.com

Facebook: GoldShoreRes | Twitter: GoldShoreRes | LinkedIn: goldshoreres

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.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. “Forward-looking information” includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including the expectation that the Offering will close in the timeframe and on the terms as anticipated by management. Generally, but not always, forward-looking information and statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates”, or “believes” or the negative connotation thereof or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved” or the negative connation thereof. These forward‐looking statements or information relate to, among other things: closing of the Financing and the timing thereof; receipt of approvals required to close the Financing; and the intended use of proceeds from the Financing.

Such forward-looking information and statements are based on numerous assumptions, including among others, that the Company will complete Offering in the timeframe and on the terms as anticipated by management. Although the assumptions made by the Company in providing forward-looking information or making forward-looking statements are considered reasonable by management at the time, there can be no assurance that such assumptions will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s plans or expectations include risks relating to the failure to complete the Offering in the timeframe and on the terms as anticipated by management, market conditions and timeliness regulatory approvals. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information or implied by forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information.

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Collective Mining Energy Junior Mining Precious Metals

Collective Mining Reviews 2022 Achievements & Provides Preliminary Plans for 2023

TORONTO, Dec. 28, 2022 /CNW/ – Collective Mining Ltd. (TSXV: CNL) (OTCQX: CNLMF) (“Collective” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an overview of its achievements in 2022 and a preliminary outline of its plans for 2023.

The Company enjoyed an outstanding year exploring in the field as well as building relationships and related sustainability efforts off the field with its employees and stakeholders. Importantly, buy-in by employees of the Company’s health and safety program has resulted in a record low Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (“TRIFR”) of 1.44 (Dec. 2021 – Nov. 2022) and as of December 19, 2022, the Company’s employees have gone 333 days without recording a safety incident.

Exploration efforts in 2022 were directed at the Company’s flagship Guayabales project (“Guayabales”) where a major grassroot discovery was drilled at the Apollo target along with two additional earlier stage drilling discoveries at the Olympus and Trap targets. Guayabales is located in an established mining camp with 10 fully permitted and operating mines located within a three-kilometre radius and enjoys excellent infrastructure with abundant labor in close proximity. Additionally, Guayabales is contiguous to the Aris Mining’s multi-million-ounce Marmato project, which was awarded its PTO by the national government of Colombia in November 2022.

2022 Highlights

Guayabales Project

  • Drilling: In 2022, the Company drilled a total of 22,907 metres on schedule and on budget, of which 14,975 metres (30 holes) were drilled at the Apollo target.
  • Discovery 1: Apollo Target Main Breccia Discovery: The Company announced a significant grassroots discovery of a new bulk tonnage and high-grade, copper-silver-gold porphyry-related breccia system named the Main Breccia. The discovery hole for the Main Breccia system was announced on June 22, 2022, and since that time a total of 21 holes have been announced with an additional 9 holes awaiting assay results in the near term. From only a limited number of holes, the maximum known dimensions of the volume of rock, within which the Main Breccia system is hosted, measures 385 metres along strike by 350 metres across by 825 metres vertical. The system remains open for expansion in all directions. Apollo owes its excellent metal endowment to multiple phases of mineralization which include earlier gold-silver-copper breccia matrix mineralization derived from a porphyry source and younger, overprinting, sheeted carbonate base metal vein systems. Highlight assay results for drill holes into the Main Breccia system include:

Table 1: Select Assay Results of Holes Drilled into the Main Breccia Discovery at Apollo

Hole #From
(m)		To (m)Intercept
(m)		Au
(g/t)		Ag
(g/t)		Cu%Zn %Pb%Mo %AuEq
(g/t)*		CuEq
(%)*
APC-2154.75361.90207.151.46450.310.0750.050.0022.681.37
Incl192.50209.9017.406.57440.080.2850.230.0037.33
270.65291.6020.953.67680.410.0340.030.0025.21
APC-8202.00467.75265.751.26550.220.070.050.0452.441.24
Incl202.00215.2013.203.68270.030.320.240.2384.29
239.05257.5018.453.48530.120.240.220.2164.55
279.40307.8528.453.70240.160.030.020.0164.18
342.60358.1015.502.151580.470.130.100.1045.21
APC-12191.35429.05237.71.15720.380.080.070.0012.881.47
Incl209.70224.0014.304.01770.210.270.260.0015.58
339.55361.3021.753.842100.680.370.450.0018.27
416.90429.0512.153.64840.220.040.060.0015.09
APC-1484.25131.7047.450.81130.200.010.000.0031.360.7
197.00391.30194.300.39560.440.030.010.0022.001.02
APC-18136.05304.65168.600.98690.500.040.030.0022.911.48
Incl149.20157.007.805.08350.520.02–0.0026.343.23
193.20205.1011.902.181540.770.180.200.0015.812.97
233.90251.5017.601.49560.740.050.020.0023.631.85
291.65297.005.353.26100.110.01–0.0013.471.77
APC-19199.20497.80298.60.48340.310.040.020.0021.540.79
Incl199.20323.50124.300.62640.630.050.020.0022.721.39
491.30497.806.502.33260.040.080.060.0012.69
APC-20298.20400.40102.202.72280.080.210.150.0013.38
Incl324.25357.8533.606.30450.080.420.330.0017.30
Figure 1: Plan View of the Main Breccia Discovery at Apollo (CNW Group/Collective Mining Ltd.)
Figure 1: Plan View of the Main Breccia Discovery at Apollo (CNW Group/Collective Mining Ltd.)
  • Apollo Target: New Undrilled Porphyry Target: On December 14, 2022, the Company announced the discovery of a significant high-grade copper and molybdenum soil anomaly located only 150 metres south of the southernmost edge of the Main Breccia discovery. Drilling is planned for early 2023 to test the target, which could be the source of the porphyry copper mineralization found in the Main Breccia system.  
  • Apollo Target: Metallurgy: The Company successfully completed cyanide leach, bottle-roll test on three representative composite sulphide samples from the Main Breccia discovery. Importantly, the samples covered all major styles of mineralization hosted within the Main Breccia discovery and yielded excellent recovery rates for gold up to 97%.
  • Discovery #2: Olympus: The Company made its second grassroots discovery on March 25, 2022, at the Olympus target. The discovery is characterized by broad drilling intercepts of medium grade gold and silver with minor associated base metal credits. The Olympus discovery covers an area measuring 1.0 km by 0.9 km and remains open in most directions. A three-hole, phase II program was recently completed with assay results expected in Q1, 2023.  Highlight Phase I assay results for drill holes at Olympus include:

Table 2: Select Assay Results from Drilling at the Olympus Target

Hole #From (m)To (m)Intercept
(m)		Au (g/t)Ag (g/t)Cu%Zn %Pb%Mo %AuEq (g/t)*
OLCC-361.70363.60301.900.8911.820.030.030.030.0021.11
OLCC-473.00289.70216.700.7913.840.040.020.030.0041.08
  • Discovery #3: Trap: The Company announced its third grassroots discovery at the Trap target on September 27, 2022. Trap is a north to northwest trending, structurally controlled corridor with evidence of overprinting porphyry B veins and late-stage carbonate base metals veins. Highlights from the reconnaissance drill program at Trap include:

Table 3: Select Assay Results from Drilling at the Trap Target

Hole #From
(m)		To (m)Intercept
(m)		Au
(g/t)		Ag
(g/t)		Cu%Zn %Pb%Mo %AuEq
(g/t)*		CuEq
(%)*
TRC-1233.8336.0102.201.26120.090.080.010.0031.530.90
VICE-2214.6233.5018.901.06360.180.180.120.0051.831.13

Corporate & Sustainability, Strategic Alliances

  • Financing: In October, the Company closed a $10.7 million bought deal financing comprised of 4,783,400 units at $2.25 per unit, including one half of one common share purchase warrant at $3.25, excisable until April 25, 2024.
  • OTC Listing: The Company upgraded its US-based listing to the OTCQX exchange from the Pink® market, trading under the symbol CNLMF. 
  • Strategic Alliances:

2023 Preliminary Plans

  • Equipped with a strong balance sheet, the Company will continue to actively drill the Apollo target. The program will focus on targeting the high-grade subzones within the Main Breccia system while simultaneously expanding the size of the system. Additionally, the Company will remain aggressive in testing new targets including the newly generated copper and molybdenum porphyry target located 150 metres south of the Main Breccia system. Drilling will resume in early January 2023.       
  • Assays for the remaining and completed 2022 drill holes at Apollo remain outstanding and will be announced throughout early 2023.

About Collective Mining Ltd.

To see our latest corporate presentation and related information, please visit www.collectivemining.com

Founded by the team that developed and sold Continental Gold Inc. to Zijin Mining for approximately $2 billion in enterprise value, Collective Mining is a copper, silver and gold exploration company based in Canada, with projects in Caldas, Colombia. The Company has options to acquire 100% interests in two projects located directly within an established mining camp with ten fully permitted and operating mines.

The Company’s flagship project, Guayabales, is anchored by the Apollo target, which hosts the large-scale, bulk-tonnage and high-grade copper, silver and gold Main Breccia discovery. The Company’s near-term objective is to continue with expansion drilling of the Main Breccia discovery while increasing confidence in the highest-grade portions of the system.

Management, insiders and close family and friends own nearly 35% of the outstanding shares of the Company and as a result, are fully aligned with shareholders. The Company is listed on the TSXV under the trading symbol “CNL” and on the OTCQX under the trading symbol “CNLMF”.

Qualified Person (QP) and NI43-101 Disclosure

David J Reading is the designated Qualified Person for this news release within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) and has reviewed and verified that the technical information contained herein is accurate and approves of the written disclosure of same. Mr. Reading has an MSc in Economic Geology and is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and of the Society of Economic Geology (SEG).

Technical Information

Rock and core samples have been prepared and analyzed at SGS laboratory facilities in Medellin, Colombia and Lima, Peru. Blanks, duplicates, and certified reference standards are inserted into the sample stream to monitor laboratory performance. Crush rejects and pulps are kept and stored in a secured storage facility for future assay verification. No capping has been applied to sample composites. The Company utilizes a rigorous, industry-standard QA/QC program.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements about the drill programs, including timing of results, and Collective’s future and intentions. Wherever possible, words such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict” or “potential” or the negative or other variations of these words, or similar words or phrases, have been used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management as at the date hereof.

Forward-looking statements involve significant risk, uncertainties, and assumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from the results discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements. These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, Collective cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and Collective assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.

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 news release.

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Dolly Varden Silver Junior Mining Precious Metals Uncategorized

Dolly Varden Silver Announces Closing of $22.6 Million Private Placement with Participation by Hecla Mining

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – December 22, 2022) – Dolly Varden Silver Corporation (TSXV: DV) (OTCQX: DOLLF) (the “Company” or “Dolly Varden“) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced brokered private placement offering (the “Offering“) for gross proceeds of approximately $20.7 million, including the full exercise of the agents’ option, and also received $1.9 million from Hecla Canada Ltd.’s pro-rata participation to maintain its 10.21% ownership on a fully diluted basis, for aggregate gross proceeds of $22.6 million to the Company. The Company issued: (i) 5,634,516 common shares of the Company that qualify as “flow-through shares” as defined under the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “FT Offered Shares“) at a price of $0.90 per FT Offered Share; (ii) 14,884,700 common shares of the Company that qualify as “flow-through shares” as defined under the Income Tax Act (Canada) that will be issued as part of a charity arrangement (the “Charity Offered Shares” and together with the FT Offered Shares, the “Offered Shares“) at a price of $1.05 per Charity Offered Share; and (iii) 2,334,114 non flow-through common shares to Hecla Canada Ltd.

The Offering was led by Research Capital Corporation and Eventus Capital Corp., as co-lead agents and joint bookrunners, on behalf of a syndicate of agents, including Haywood Securities Inc. (collectively, the “Agents“).

“2022 has been the most successful year to date in the history of Dolly Varden Silver. By consolidating seven high-grade silver and gold deposits and historic mines with potential development synergies as well as exploration upside, we have created a preeminent silver gold company within an accessible and stable region of BC’s prolific Golden Triangle. Drill results received and released to date have exceeded expectations and we eagerly await the remaining 50 drill holes from our 2022 exploration season. We are grateful to existing and new shareholders who have provided us with the capital to continue to unlock the potential of the Kitsault Valley,” commented Shawn Khunkhun, Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

The gross proceeds of the Offering will be used for further exploration, mineral resource expansion and drilling in Kitsault Valley located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, as well as for working capital as permitted, as Canadian Exploration Expenses as defined in paragraph (f) of the definition of “Canadian exploration expense” in subsection 66.1(6) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and “flow through mining expenditures” as defined in subsection 127(9) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) that will qualify as “flow-through mining expenditures,” which will be incurred on or before December 31, 2023 and renounced with an effective date no later than December 31, 2022 to the initial purchasers of FT Offered Shares and Charity Offered Shares.

The Offered Shares were issued under the Offering by way of applicable prospectus exemptions in accordance with NI 45-106 to “accredited investors” only.

Pursuant to the ancillary rights agreement between Hecla Canada Ltd. (“Hecla“) and the Company dated September 4, 2012, Hecla exercised its anti-dilution right in respect of the Offering to acquire 2,334,114 common shares of the Company (“Common Shares“) at a price per Common Share of $0.83 for gross proceeds of $1.9 million. The Common Shares issued to Hecla are in addition to those issued as part of the Offering.

The Offered Shares and Common Shares issued to Hecla are subject to a hold period in Canada expiring on April 23, 2022.

In connection with the Offering, the Agents received an aggregate cash fee equal to $1,191,600 and REDPLUG Inc. received a cash finder’s fee equal to $50,400.

This release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy of any securities in the United States. The securities described herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act“), or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold within the United States except in compliance with the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to available exemptions therefrom.

About Dolly Varden Silver Corporation

Dolly Varden Silver Corporation is a mineral exploration company focused on advancing its 100% held Kitsault Valley Projects (which include 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. projects host the high-grade silver and gold resources of Dolly Varden and Homestake Ridge along with the past producing Dolly Varden and Torbrit silver mines. They are considered to be prospective for hosting further precious metal deposits, being on the same structural and stratigraphic belts that host numerous other, on-trend, high-grade deposits, such as Eskay Creek and Brucejack. The Kitsault Valley Projects also contain 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 release may contain forward-looking statements or forward-looking information under applicable Canadian securities legislation that may not be based on historical fact, including, without limitation, statements containing the words “believe”, “may”, “plan”, “will”, “estimate”, “continue”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect”, “potential”, and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of Dolly Varden to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements or information in this release relates to, among other things, the use of proceeds with respect to the Offering, the results of previous field work and programs and the continued operations of the current exploration program, interpretation of the nature of the mineralization at the project and that that the mineralization on the project is similar to Eskay and Brucejack, results of the mineral resource estimate on the project, the potential to grow the projects, the potential to expand the mineralization and our beliefs about the unexplored portion of the properties.

These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs and assume, among other things, the ability of the Company to successfully pursue its current development plans, that future sources of funding will be available to the company, 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. The Company disclaims any obligation to update, or to publicly announce, any such statements, events or developments except as required by law.

For additional information on risks and uncertainties, see the Company’s most recently filed Annual Information Form (“AIF“) dated September 23, 2022, which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The risk factors identified in the AIF are not intended to represent a complete list of factors that could affect the Company.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX-V) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

For further information: Shawn Khunkhun, CEO & Director, 1-604-602-1440, www.dollyvardensilver.com.

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Gold Shore Resources Junior Mining Precious Metals

Goldshore Announces Private Placement of up to $1 Million

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – December 23, 2022) – Goldshore Resources Inc. (TSXV: GSHR) (OTCQB: GSHRF) (FSE: 8X00) (“Goldshore” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement of up to 4,000,000 units (each, a “Unit”) at a price of $0.25 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $1,000,000 (the “Financing”). Each Unit issued in connection with the Financing is comprised of one common share of the Company (each, a “Common Share”) and one-half common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at an exercise price of $0.40 at any time up to 24 months from the closing of the Offering.

The Company intends to use the proceeds raised from the Financing for future exploration work on its Moss Lake gold deposit in Northwest Ontario, Canada and for general working capital purposes.

The securities issued pursuant to the Financing will be subject to a four-month and one day hold period under applicable securities laws in Canada. Closing of the Financing is subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.

This press release is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in the United States or in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to qualification or registration under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. The securities being offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act“) or any U.S. state securities laws, and such securities may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws.

About Goldshore

Goldshore is an emerging junior gold development company, and owns the Moss Lake Gold Project located in Ontario. Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. is currently a large shareholder of Goldshore with an approximate 23% equity position in the Company. Well-financed and supported by an industry-leading management group, board of directors and advisory board, Goldshore is positioned to advance the Moss Lake 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.

P. +1 604 288 4416 M. +1 905 449 1500
E. brichards@goldshoreresources.com
W. www.goldshoreresources.com

Facebook: GoldShoreRes | Twitter: GoldShoreRes | LinkedIn: goldshoreres

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.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. “Forward-looking information” includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including the expectation that the Offering will close in the timeframe and on the terms as anticipated by management. Generally, but not always, forward-looking information and statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates”, or “believes” or the negative connotation thereof or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved” or the negative connation thereof. These forward‐looking statements or information relate to, among other things: closing of the Financing and the timing thereof; receipt of approvals required to close the Financing; and the intended use of proceeds from the Financing.

Such forward-looking information and statements are based on numerous assumptions, including among others, that the Company will complete Offering in the timeframe and on the terms as anticipated by management. Although the assumptions made by the Company in providing forward-looking information or making forward-looking statements are considered reasonable by management at the time, there can be no assurance that such assumptions will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s plans or expectations include risks relating to the failure to complete the Offering in the timeframe and on the terms as anticipated by management, market conditions and timeliness regulatory approvals. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information or implied by forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information.

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Collective Mining Energy Junior Mining Precious Metals

Collective Mining Reports Positive Preliminary Metallurgical Test Results from the Main Breccia Discovery at Apollo with up to 97% Gold Recovery from Cyanide Leach

TORONTO, Dec. 21, 2022 /CNW/ – Collective Mining Ltd. (TSXV: CNL) (OTCQX: CNLMF) (“Collective” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce preliminary metallurgical test results from three variability samples from its Main Breccia discovery at the Apollo target (“Apollo”) within the Company’s Guayabales project located in Caldas, Colombia. The Main Breccia discovery at Apollo is a high-grade, bulk tonnage copper-gold-silver porphyry-related breccia system. The metallurgical test work program was undertaken by SGS Laboratories in Lima, Peru.

Highlights:

  • Initial cyanide leach, bottle-roll metallurgical test work was undertaken on three representative sulphide samples from the Apollo Breccia discovery and returned gold recoveries ranging from 90% to 97%. These results clearly demonstrate that high recoveries for gold can be achieved with cyanide leaching.
  • The three samples were all sulphide ores with a range of gold values (1.17 g/t to 8.01 g/t gold) and were taken from the upper, central and lower portions of the Main Breccia discovery at Apollo. The samples consisted of mineralized angular breccia and contained clasts of diorite and quartz diorite porphyry with a flooded matrix of chalcopyrite, pyrite and pyrrhotite. Samples 2 and 3 also contained overprinting carbonate base metal (“CBM”) vein material resulting in higher gold grades. The samples were selected from depths ranging between 150 metres to 400 metres vertically below surface.
  • As drilling progresses, further metallurgical studies will be undertaken including whole ore flotation tests to isolate and recover chalcopyrite and optimize silver recoveries. Variability sampling and subsequent test work will also be undertaken throughout the deposit and will include shallow and oxide ores.
  • The Company has just completed its 23,000-metre drilling program for 2022 at the Guayabales project. Assay results are pending for the final nine holes drilled at the Apollo target and are expected in the near term.
  • The next phase of drilling will commence at the Apollo target in early 2023 with three diamond rigs. The focus of the program will be to continue expanding the Main Breccia discovery while simultaneously drill the first ever holes into the newly generated porphyry target located 150 metres south of the Main Breccia discovery.

Executive Chairman, Ari Sussman commented: “The results of the first phase of metallurgical testing collected from representative samples of the Main Breccia system at Apollo confirm that gold can be extracted with conventional processing at high recovery rates. We look forward to advancing the metallurgical work to ultimately develop a conventional flow sheet to produce copper, silver and gold from this bulk tonnage and high-grade system.”

Details

Sample IDDescriptionAu
(g/t)		Ag
(g/t)		Cu%% Rec
Au
24hr		% Rec
Au
48hr		% Rec
Au
72hr		% Rec
Ag
24hr		% Rec
Ag
48hr		% Rec
Ag
72hr
APBRT-01Mineralized Angular Breccia (BAM)
from the central portion of the
system		1.1753.831.0482.3487.1290.742.8343.7649.19
APBRT-02BAM with carbonate base metal
(CBM) veins in the hanging wall
portion of the system		4.9216.050.0682.786.4292.5149.5848.7452.34
APBRT-03BAM with veins in the footwall
portion of system		8.0156.080.1093.4493.0897.5736.5941.7346.27
P80 = 75 microns, pH = 10.5-11, CN= 1000 ppm


Description of Samples Subjected to Cyanide Leach Bottle Roll Testing

APBRT-01:

  • Location: Apollo in the central portion of the Main Breccia
  • Composite Length: 4.4 metres
  • Hole Id: APC_014
  • Core depth interval: From 216.85 metres to 221.25 metres
  • Macroscopic description: Mineralized angular breccia with pervasive Sericite altered clasts and carbonates with chlorite and quartz in cement. Principal sulphides are chalcopyrite and pyrite.

APBRT-02:

  • Location: Apollo in the footwall portion of the Main Breccia
  • Composite Length: 4.15 metres
  • Hole Id: APC_008
  • Depth interval: From 457.85 metres to 462 metres
  • Macroscopic description: Mineralized angular breccia with carbonates plus chlorite and sericite alteration. Principal sulphides include chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and pyrite. There are veinlets overprinting the mineralized angular breccia, which contain carbonates, pyrite plus sphalerite.

APBRT-03:

  • Location: Apollo in the hanging wall portion of the Main Breccia
  • Composite Length: 3.75 metres
  • Hole Id: APC_003
  • Depth interval: From 387.5 metres to 391.25 metres
  • Macroscopic description: Mineralized angular breccia with carbonate base metals (CBM) veinlets. The main sulphide minerals are sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, and pyrite.
Figure 1: Plan View of the Guayabales Project Highlighting the Apollo Target Location (CNW Group/Collective Mining Ltd.)
Figure 1: Plan View of the Guayabales Project Highlighting the Apollo Target Location (CNW Group/Collective Mining Ltd.)

Grant of Annual Stock Options

The Company also announces the grant of incentive stock options (the “Options) to certain directors, officers, employees and service providers of the Company to acquire an aggregate of 925,000 common shares in the capital of the Company, in accordance with the Company’s 10% rolling incentive stock option plan and the provisions of the TSX Venture Exchange. 610,000 Options were issued to directors, officers and investor relations personnel of the Company. The Options were granted at an exercise price of $2.83, are exercisable for a five-year term and vest 25 percent every six months.

About Collective Mining Ltd.

To see our latest corporate presentation and related information, please visit www.collectivemining.com

Founded by the team that developed and sold Continental Gold Inc. to Zijin Mining for approximately $2 billion in enterprise value, Collective Mining is a copper, silver and gold exploration company based in Canada, with projects in Caldas, Colombia. The Company has options to acquire 100% interests in two projects located directly within an established mining camp with ten fully permitted and operating mines.

The Company’s flagship project, Guayabales, is anchored by the Apollo target, which hosts the large-scale, bulk-tonnage and high-grade copper, silver and gold Main Breccia discovery. The Company’s near-term objective is to continue with expansion drilling of the Main Breccia discovery while increasing confidence in the highest-grade portions of the system.

Management, insiders and close family and friends own nearly 35% of the outstanding shares of the Company and as a result, are fully aligned with shareholders. The Company is listed on the TSXV under the trading symbol “CNL” and on the OTCQX under the trading symbol “CNLMF”.

Qualified Person (QP) and NI43-101 Disclosure

David J Reading is the designated Qualified Person for this news release within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) and has reviewed and verified that the technical information contained herein is accurate and approves of the written disclosure of same. Mr. Reading has an MSc in Economic Geology and is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and of the Society of Economic Geology (SEG).

Technical Information

Rock and core samples have been prepared and analyzed at SGS metallurgical laboratory in Lima, Peru. The lab is accredited under suitable international standards and all procedures performed by the lab were completed in adherence with the Company’s rigorous, industry-standard QA/QC program.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements about the drill programs and metallurgical recoveries, including timing of results, and Collective’s future and intentions. Wherever possible, words such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “predict” or “potential” or the negative or other variations of these words, or similar words or phrases, have been used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management as at the date hereof.

Forward-looking statements involve significant risk, uncertainties, and assumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from the results discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements. These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, Collective cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and Collective assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.

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 news release.

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