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| February 24, 2022 – Vancouver, BC: Riverside Resources Inc. (“Riverside” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: RRI) (OTCQB: RVSDF) (FSE: 5YY), is pleased to report it has signed an agreement with Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSX:AEM) for the sale of the Pima Property located in Sonora, Mexico, where Riverside will receive cash and completes the pass through royalty transfer with Millrock Resources Inc (TSV:MRO). The Pima Project is part of the Santa Teresa Gold Mining District which includes the Santa Gertrudis Gold Mine owned by Agnico Eagle. The Pima mineral concession is located inside Agnico’s property tenure and south of the known mine operation. Acquiring the Pima project allows Agnico to consolidate another part of its property concession and provides cash to Riverside. As a reminder, this project was originally added to Riverside’s portfolio as part of the 2019 purchase of the Millrock’s set of 5 (five) assets that included the Cuarentas and La Union projects (see press release September 11, 2019). This current transaction with Agnico allows Riverside to recover the amount of the Millrock transaction with profit and pass on the royalty to Millrock who has been a positive partner with the Company in Mexico.Riverside is now focusing on its 100% owned projects within its portfolio, including the Cuarentas Gold Project, which is located southeast of Agnico’s property and where drilling in 2021 discovered gold in intermediate sulfidation veins. Riverside plans to progress further work at the Cuarentas project in 2022. About Riverside Resources Inc.: Riverside is a well-funded exploration company driven by value generation and discovery. The Company has over $4.5M in cash, 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. 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.comRaffi Elmajian Corporate Communications Riverside Resources Inc. relmajian@rivres.com Phone: (778) 327-6671 TF: (877) RIV-RES1 Web: www.rivres.com Certain statements in this press release may be considered forward-looking information. These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology (e.g., “expect”,” estimates”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “plans”). Such information involves known and unknown risks — including the availability of funds, the results of financing and exploration activities, the interpretation of exploration results and other geological data, or unanticipated costs and expenses and other risks identified by Riverside in its public securities filings that may cause actual events to differ materially from current expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.  The Communications TeamRiverside Resources Inc. info@rivres.com Phone: (778) 327-6671 x 312 Toll Free: 1-877-RIV-RES1 (748-7371) Web: www.rivres.com |
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rover Metals Corp. (TSXV: ROVR) (OTCQB: ROVMF) (FSE:4XO) (“Rover” or the “Company”) is pleased to report, that further to its release on January 13, 2022, the gold mineralization at the Andrew Zone does extend past the primary sulfide intervals in the drill core. The Company has received its new December 2021 samples back from the lab and is pleased to be reporting longer mineralized intervals at the Andrew Zone South, and Andrew Zone North.
Andrew Zone South
The Company is now reporting significant intervals of:
- 7.4m of 1.64 g/t Au (from 63.1m to 70.5m) at hole CL-21-25, or an increase of approximately 5m to the previously reported interval;
- 2.3m of 1.21 g/t Au (from 53.0m to 55.3m) closer to surface in hole CL-21-25;
- 4.5m of 2.62 g/t Au (from 50.4m to 55.1m) at hole CL-21-24 (which previously reported 3.9m of 2.91 g/t Au);
The updated cross-sections for holes CL-21-24 and CL-21-25 will be available on Rover’s website in the coming days.
Andrew Zone North
The Company is now reporting a significant interval of:
- 6.4m of 1.88 g/t Au (from 37.6m to 44.0m) at hole CL-21-29, or an increase of approximately 3m to the previously reported interval
Judson Culter, CEO at Rover Metals, states, “the Andrew Zone has a surface strike length of approximately 800m from south to north, and is open at depth. Follow-up drilling is needed to further delineate this zone at depth.”
Updated Tables of Significant Drill Results
| Hole | Sample ID | From | To | Interval | Au g/t | Zone |
| CL-21-24 | Y031579 | 50.37 | 51.00 | 0.63 | 0.78 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-24 | V748102 | 51.00 | 51.50 | 0.50 | 2.77 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-24 | V748103 | 51.50 | 52.01 | 0.51 | 0.15 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-24 | V748104 | 52.01 | 52.76 | 0.75 | 1.57 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-24 | V748105 | 52.76 | 53.10 | 0.34 | 3.63 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-24 | V748106 | 53.10 | 53.41 | 0.31 | 5.16 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-24 | V748107 | 53.41 | 53.80 | 0.39 | 1.79 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-24 | V748108 | 53.80 | 54.20 | 0.40 | 3.57 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-24 | V748109 | 54.45 | 54.77 | 0.32 | 6.11 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-24 | V748110 | 54.77 | 55.12 | 0.35 | 4.93 | Andrew South |
| Hole | Sample ID | From | To | Interval | Au g/t | Zone |
| CL-21-25 | V748125 | 53.00 | 53.45 | 0.45 | 1.64 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | Y031568 | 53.45 | 53.96 | 0.51 | 0.22 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | Y031569 | 53.96 | 54.72 | 0.76 | 1.95 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | Y031570 | 54.72 | 55.26 | 0.54 | 0.75 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | Y031571 | 63.07 | 63.51 | 0.44 | 0.06 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | Y031572 | 63.51 | 63.95 | 0.44 | 3.39 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748126 | 63.95 | 64.25 | 0.30 | 0.73 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | Y031577 | 64.25 | 64.80 | 0.58 | 0.30 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | Y031573 | 64.80 | 65.42 | 0.62 | 1.17 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748127 | 65.42 | 65.88 | 0.46 | 1.72 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748128 | 65.88 | 66.18 | 0.30 | 0.22 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748129 | 66.18 | 66.58 | 0.40 | 2.16 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | Y031574 | 66.58 | 67.09 | 0.51 | 0.18 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748130 | 67.09 | 67.39 | 0.30 | 4.01 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748131 | 67.39 | 67.76 | 0.37 | 0.41 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | Y031575 | 67.76 | 68.00 | 0.24 | 0.12 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748132 | 68.00 | 68.35 | 0.35 | 0.50 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748133 | 68.35 | 68.68 | 0.33 | 0.64 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748134 | 68.68 | 68.98 | 0.30 | 1.59 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748135 | 68.98 | 69.68 | 0.70 | 4.27 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748136 | 69.82 | 70.12 | 0.30 | 1.07 | Andrew South |
| CL-21-25 | V748137 | 70.12 | 70.46 | 0.34 | 5.55 | Andrew South |
| Hole | Sample ID | From | To | Interval | Au g/t | Zone |
| CL-21-29 | V748153 | 37.60 | 38.00 | 0.40 | 2.72 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | V748154 | 38.00 | 38.40 | 0.40 | 4.75 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | V748155 | 38.4 | 38.70 | 0.30 | 1.18 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | V748156 | 38.70 | 39.10 | 0.40 | 4.83 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | Y031583 | 39.10 | 39.37 | 0.27 | 0.39 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | V748158 | 39.37 | 39.71 | 0.34 | 1.31 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | V748159 | 39.71 | 40.09 | 0.38 | 5.61 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | V748160 | 40.09 | 40.39 | 0.30 | 4.43 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | V748161 | 40.39 | 40.82 | 0.43 | 0.60 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | Y031589 | 40.82 | 41.70 | 0.88 | 1.06 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | V748162 | 41.70 | 42.01 | 0.31 | 1.48 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | Y031589 | 42.01 | 42.25 | 0.24 | 1.06 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | V748165 | 42.97 | 43.37 | 0.40 | 0.92 | Andrew North |
| CL-21-29 | Y031585 | 43.37 | 44.00 | 0.63 | 0.47 | Andrew North |
Drill core is cut with half sent to ALS Global Laboratories (ALS) for crushing to <2 mm with 250 g split pulverized to -75 µm (200#). ALS is an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory. A 30g change is fire assayed and analysed using AAS finish for Gold.
True thickness of the intervals reported herein have not been calculated, therefore, all intervals are reported as drill core intervals and should be considered apparent thicknesses. Program gold averages are reported at weighed averages.
Technical information in this news release has been approved by David White, P.Geo., Technical Advisor of Rover and a Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101.
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 completed Phase 2 Exploration at its 100% owned Cabin Gold Project (“Cabin”) in 2021. The Company’s secondary asset, the Up Town Gold Project (for which it retains a 25% ownership interest), also saw the completion of Phase 2 Exploration Drilling in Q4-2021, and the results are expected in Q1-2022. The Company anticipates commencing its Phase 3 Exploration Program at Cabin in March of this year.
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“Judson Culter”
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Phone: +1 (778) 754-2617
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Silver Hammer Mining Corp. (CSE: HAMR/OTCQB:HAMRF) (“Silver Hammer” or the “Company”) is pleased to report exploration results from a rock sampling and mapping program that has led to Company more than doubling the Silverton Project area through the staking of additional claims. The Silverton Project is located 129 kilometres (“km”) northeast of the Tonopah silver district in Nevada and was acquired by the Company in 2021.
Program Highlights:
- Obtained multiple rock-chip samples of silver mineralization assaying up to 330 grams per tonne (“g/t”) silver (“Ag”) southwest of the former Silverton Mine
- New samples, together with structural information obtained in the field, suggest historically mined silver zone extends to southwest and potentially continues under colluvium and post-mineral volcanic rocks
- Added 19 claims (516 acres) to cover potential extension of the silver zone mined by previous operators the Silverton Mine
“Based on our exploration completed to date at the Silverton Project, where minor silver production occurred in the 1930s, we believe that the historical mining developed just a small portion of a significantly larger zone or system of silver mineralization that has now been shown to extend hundreds of metres southwest of the old mine,” stated President & CEO Morgan Lekstrom. “Detrital sediments and young volcanic rocks appear to overlie and obscure the silver mineralized system southwest of the mine and we now believe that the strike extent of the system could be significantly expanded. Consequently, we have filed for 19 additional claims in a block that is contiguous with our original six-claim Silverton Project.
Figure 1. Silverton Project – Map of Silver Hammer claim blocks and locations of rock-chip samples with silver assays graphically indicated.
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Technical Information
Assay results from 102 rock-chip samples, 40 of which were collected in January of this year, indicate that the silver mineralization in the historic Silverton Mine area is hosted by fractured limestone and quartzite beds, with distinct structures of brecciated limestone containing the highest-grade silver. These structures, also marked by patchy silicification and quartz-iron oxide veinlets, generally trend north 030° east. When the mineralized structures are followed southwest from the mine they are soon obscured by colluvium. Table 1 below, lists some of the better silver assays for the recently collected rock samples.
Table 1. Notable silver assays for January 2022 rock-chip samples
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*Sb=Antimony; ppm=parts per million
The Company’s plans for 2022 include more detailed field work to understand the controls on the mineralization, including but not limited to hyperspectral, and geophysical setting Silver Hammer up for drill targeting and drilling in the 2nd half of 2022.
Qualified Person
Technical aspects of this press release have been reviewed and approved by Philip Mulholland, P.Geo., the designated Qualified Person (QP) under National Instrument 43-101.
About Silver Hammer Mining Corp.
Silver Hammer Mining Corp. is a junior resource company advancing the flagship past-producing Silver Strand Mine in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District in Idaho, USA, as well both the Eliza Silver Project and the Silverton Silver Mine in one of the world’s most prolific mining jurisdictions in Nevada and the Lacy Gold Project in British Columbia, Canada. The Company has commenced an initial drill program at Silver Strand that will test for silver and gold mineralization immediately below the mine’s lowest level extending only 90 metres below surface. Silver Hammer strives to become a multi-mine silver producer and will focus near-term exploration and drilling plans at the Company’s Idaho and Nevada silver-gold assets.
(Mineralization hosted on adjacent and/or nearby properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization hosted on the Company’s property.)
On Behalf of the Board of Silver Hammer Mining Corp.
Morgan Lekstrom, President and CEO
Corporate Office: 551 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2C2, Canada
For investor relations inquiries, contact:
Kristina Pillon, High Tide Consulting Corp.
T: 604.908.1695
E: investors@silverhammermining.com
For media inquiries, contact:
Adam Bello, Primoris Group Inc.
T: 416.489.0092
E: media@primorisgroup.com
The CSE does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The Canadian Securities Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
Fundamental Research has just issued their updated Analyst Report based on the Phase 2 Exploration Results at Rover’s Cabin Gold project. For a copy of the report click here.
Burlington, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – January 27, 2022) – Silver Bullet Mines Corp. (TSXV: SBMI) (‘SBMI’ or ‘the Company’) announces it has begun extracting mineralized material from its Buckeye Silver Mine in Arizona after taking delivery of its first shipment of blasting powder. SBMI’s intention is to produce an initial total of 10,000 tonnes of mineralized material at a rate of 125 tonnes per day.
SBMI also announces it has been invited by the TMX Group to ring the bell at market open on Monday, January 31st at 9:30 am Eastern Standard Time, a rare honour for a new junior mining company.
Blasting underground in January, 2022 at the Buckeye Silver Mine
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SBMI’s initial target is the high-grade silver zone identified in 1976 by K.C. Delise, a Registered Geologist, in a report titled Surface/Underground Mapping and Sampling. Accompanying the report was a Mine Shaft Survey dated October 23, 1976 prepared by him for International Resources and Minerals Development Company. In his report he mapped and identified this zone as extending approximately 500 feet along strike.
The Company has found a summary of assay results from 1976 and 1977 from Clarkson Labs of San Diego, CA. SBMI believes these resulted from samples taken by Delise in his 1976 field work at the Buckeye. These assays returned spectacularly high values for gold, silver and copper. The highest value for gold was 4.8 opt, for silver was 8,970 opt, and for copper was 30.7%.
This information is historical in nature and pre-dates NI43-101. SBMI does not know the methods by which such work was carried out, or whether all or part of it was under the supervision of a Qualified Person, as that term is defined in NI43-101. SBMI refers to such data and observations to inform its knowledge of the area.
Nick Barr, one of SBMI’s consulting geologists, carried out his own analysis of Delise’s work in 2015, as part of which he produced notes, sections and longitudinals. He also plotted the 1976 Clarkson Labs assay results noted above onto Mr. Delise’s original Mining Shaft Survey. In addition to Delise’s and other historical records, SBMI is also relying upon these documents created by Mr. Barr as well as his current first-hand experience at the Buckeye.
“This is a significant accomplishment”, said SBMI’s VP Mining, Mr. Ron Murphy. “We have completed the rehabilitation of the underground and have commenced mining as we blast into what we believe to be Delise’s documented high-grade zone. The training, experience and talent of our seasoned mining crew has allowed us to achieve these goals in a short period of time.”
The mineralized material blasted and extracted from the Buckeye will be stockpiled at SBMI’s proximate millsite for eventual processing at SBMI’s gravity pilot plant, which is nearing completion. The Company also plans to run assays in its own assay facility on-site on multiple samples from the mineralized material to determine grades.
As previously disclosed, SBMI’s assay lab on-site in Arizona is managed by Robert Budd, a Metallurgical Process Engineer who began his career in metallurgical engineering in 1972. He has held various positions with various employers including Senior Engineer, Superintendent, Engineer, Technical Assistant, Technician, and Lab Assistant. Most recently, prior to joining SBMI he was involved in designing and creating an internal assay facility in Arizona for Freeport McMorran Inc. Working with Mr. Budd in SBMI’s assay facility is Vic Power, a Registered Professional Assayer for the state of Arizona. Mr. Budd and Mr. Power will ensure all QA/QC practices will be adhered to, including sending samples from each run to an independent accredited lab for corroboration.
It is intended the state-of-the-art gravity pilot plant should be ready to commence the processing of mineralized material in approximately sixty days, depending on the timing of delivery of certain mill items. Such deliveries are beyond SBMI’s control. The progress of both the mine and mill can be followed at www.silverbulletmines.com or on Twitter @bulletmines.
“Having our own assay lab and mill should make us incredibly efficient,” said Mr. John Carter, SBMI’s CEO who also designed the gravity pilot plant. “We will be able to have assay results back in less than a day, which will empower us to select mineralization within our target ranges to process.”
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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Dec 22, 2021
Every once in awhile I get something right. I did a story on Group Ten (PGE-V) in May of this year. Rhodium was about $27,000 an ounce. That seemed pretty steep to me given the far lower prices of gold, palladium and platinum. I said,
“I’ll be really candid here. I was telling people to buy rhodium when it was $600 an ounce because it was cheap. It is not cheap at $27,000. Either platinum, palladium and gold go way up from here or rhodium drops a lot. The prices for each of the metals don’t align logically at present. But when an NFT of a fart is worth $85, who knows what anything is worth?”
At the time of the article rhodium was worth $868 a gram. Today it is worth $414 for the same size gram. If you will buy things when they are cheap and sell them when they are expensive, you can make a lot of money. Gold, palladium and platinum are all about the same price as they were then. You can stay invested in physical metals all of the time with little risk if you will buy the cheap metals and sell the expensive. Right now silver and platinum seem cheap to me while rhodium and palladium seem expensive.
In December of 2015 I wrote a piece talking about the massive crash in the metals that took place between 2011 and the end of 2015. I happen to believe that we are in exactly the same position as we were in late December of 2015. Investors should keep in mind that the gold stocks finally hit bottom around January 17th of 2016 before rocketing higher with the XAU and HUI up almost three fold in the next seven months with a lot of juniors up 500-1,000% at the same time. Here is what I said,
“Slowly but surely the stars have come into alignment for the battered metals sector. The bear market in silver started at the end of April of 2011. Gold topped in September of the same year. The bear has been more brutal and lasted longer than any since 1970. But bear markets breed bull markets and the upcoming market is going to be interesting to say the least. When gold and silver bottomed in 2001 the financial horizon was still reasonably stable. Today the banking system and financial systems of most countries are on the edge of an abyss waiting to fall into the bottomless pit.
We are at the end of tax loss silly season. For the past couple of weeks shares have been dumped on the sales table just because they are down for the year. Many shares are going to recover in the next two months simply because they sold off during tax loss silly season.”
I see exactly the same thing happening this year into January as happened five years ago. Stocks rocketed higher for the next seven months. This is the season to be picking the low hanging fruit.
Certainly Group Ten Metals (PGE-V) would qualify as low hanging fruit. The company has a 25 km strike package located adjacent to the $2.8 billion dollar Sibanye-Stillwater platinum/palladium mines in Montana. Sibanye-Stillwater has produced over 14 million ounces of pd+pt. They report 26.9 million pd+pt ounces in P+P reserves.
Group Ten has been busy drilling and expanding their resources and moving the company forward without a lot of respect from the market. In October of this year they released a 43-101 showing 157 million tonnes in inferred resources at an average of 0.45 total nickel equivalent. That’s $89 rock at today’s prices.
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If you work out the numbers, they have reported right at $14 billion dollars worth of rock in the ground. If someone bought them and paid 1% of the gross metal in the ground value, that would be $140 million. Meanwhile the company is selling for $64 million. That seems absurd to me.
On December 20th the company reported partial results from the first two holes of a fourteen-hole drill program to expand the resource. The results were barn burning and included 63.7 meters of 0.92% NiEq within a 367 meter continuous mineralization at 0.31% NiEq. The hole returned the longest intercept ever recorded in the Stillwater district with 728 meters of solid sulfide mineralization.
If Group Ten Metals is not cheap today, I don’t think it ever will be.
I have participated in a placement with Group Ten and they are an advertiser. Pease do your own due diligence.
Group Ten Metals
PGE-V $.38 (Dec 21, 2021)
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Vancouver, British Columbia, December 20, 2021 (Globe Newswire) – Irving Resources Inc. (CSE:IRV; OTCQX: IRVRF) (“Irving” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update and announce plans of work on its Yamagano and Satsuma Au-Ag Vein Projects under the Newmont Alliance, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan.
Summary:
- Irving Resources recently secured an office near Kagoshima airport from which the Company will oversee operations at all of its Kagoshima exploration projects (Figure 1).
- To oversee regional operations, Irving welcomes Mr. Masafumi Torimaru, its newly appointed Kagoshima Mine Manager. Mr. Torimaru served as Director and Production Manager of Kasuga Mines Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation and holds all prerequisite licenses and certificates necessary to operate all aspects of exploration and mining.
- Over recent months, in preparation for gearing up its exploration activities, Irving has engaged in consultations with local government offices, local communities and universities in Kyushu Island. Irving sees such close relationships as key to its success.
- In response to receipt of positive stream sediment analyses, Irving has expanded its Satusma B block of tenements bringing its total Kagoshima land holdings (Figure 2) to 11,333 hectares (113.33km2). Each of Irving’s claim blocks, Yamagano, Satsuma A, Satsuma B, Satsuma C and Satsuma D, is centered over an anomalously high gravity anomaly considered highly prospective for blind epithermal vein mineralization.
- Irving recently contracted local geotechnical firm, Nagasaki Chiken Co., Ltd., to undertake geologic mapping over the entirety of the Yamagano claim holdings. This work is of high priority as the Company develops upcoming drill targets. Because the core Yamagano mining right tenement has been held privately for several hundred years, this will be the first integrated mapping exercise across the district.
- Detailed gravity and drone magnetics surveys have recently been conducted across the Company’s Yamagano claims. (Figure 3 – video) The Company will discuss this data upon final processing.
- Irving is targeting February 2022 to undertake a controlled source audio-magnetotelluric survey over Yamagano, the final dataset necessary to define drill targets, subject to the Covid entry restrictions imposed by the Japanese government at that time.
- Once drill targeting is complete, Irving plans to file all necessary applications for Phase One drilling at Yamagano.
The Yamagano mining district, situated approximately 11 km southwest of the large, high-grade Hishikari gold mine, is host to innumerable historic gold mine workings, some dating back to 1640AD during the early Edo Period in Japan. Mining was focused on a multitude of high-grade epithermal gold veins hosted by volcanic rocks blanketing this region. Importantly, the mining right tenement has seen no modern exploration, including drilling.
Gold veins at Yamagano appear associated with a particular geophysical feature, an area of anomalously high gravity, thought to represent a buried uplift, or dome, in underlying denser basement sedimentary rocks. Such a geologic feature is believed to have focused gold-depositing hydrothermal fluids to ascend into overlying faults and fissures where they formed extensive high-grade vein networks.
A gravity high was recognized very early as an important ore control at the Kushikino gold mine (56 tonnes or 1.80 Moz Au produced) situated approximately 39 km southwest of Yamagano. In fact, based upon this geologic model, initial targeting of the famous Hishikari deposits (248.2 tonnes or 7.98 Moz Au produced) was driven largely by recognition of an anomalous gravity high underlying that area. Irving believes the gravity high at Yamagano reflects a buried dome of basement rock, and that given the large footprint of this feature, there is considerable prospectivity for veins elsewhere across the property.
Information published by Mitsui Kushikino Mines Co., Ltd. concerning the Kushikino mine, and information published by Sumitomo Metal Mining concerning the Hishikari mine, may be obtained at the links below.
(https://mitsuikushikino-mine.co.jp/en/corporate-information/introduction)
(https://www.smm.co.jp/en/corp_info/location/domestic/hishikari/)
“We are delighted to establish our operational base in Kagoshima,” commented Akiko Levinson, President and director of Irving. “We are also delighted to welcome Mr. Torimaru, our new Mine Manager. Mr. Torimaru has an impressive track record as Production Manager of Kasuga Mines Co., Ltd., a Kagoshima based gold mining company. We are now focused on advancing all of our Kagoshima assets, especially our Yamagano claim holdings covering one of the most prospective unexplored high-grade vein districts in Japan. In addition to our plans to soon follow up recent exploration success at Omu in Hokkaido, we have aggressive plans to explore in Kagoshima in 2022.”
Quinton Hennigh (Ph.D., P.Geo.) is the qualified person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 responsible for, and having reviewed and approved, the technical information contained in this news release. Dr. Hennigh is a technical advisor and director of Irving Resources Inc.
About Irving Resources Inc.:
Irving is a junior exploration company with a focus on gold in Japan. Irving also holds, through a subsidiary, a Joint Exploration Agreement with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC). JOGMEC is a government organization established under the law of Japan, administrated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, and is responsible for stable supply of various resources to Japan through the discovery of sizable economic deposits of base, precious and rare metals.
Additional information can be found on the Company’s website: www.IRVresources.com.
Akiko Levinson,
President, CEO & Director
For further information, please contact:
Tel: (604) 682-3234Toll free: 1 (888) 242-3234Fax: (604) 971-0209
Forward-looking information
Some statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation including, without limitation, statements as to planned exploration activities. Forward-looking 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. Such factors include, without limitation, customary risks of the mineral resource exploration industry, the availability to Irving of sufficient cash to fund any planned drilling and other exploration activities, the performance of services by third parties, and the other risk factors identified in Irving‘s management’s discussion and analysis for the six-month period ended August 31, 2021, which is available under Irving‘s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date those statements are made. Except as required by applicable law, Irving assumes no obligation to update or to publicly announce the results of any change to any forward-looking statement contained or incorporated by reference herein to reflect actual results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting the forward-looking statements. If Irving updates any forward-looking statement(s), no inference should be drawn that it will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
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(Figure 1: Irving Resources’ new Kagoshima office.)
(Figure 2: Map showing Irving Resources’ Kyushu land holdings. Claims now cover 11,333 hectares, 113.33km2.)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Implementation of revised mining approach 1 at Beatons Creek Oxide resource has delivered, as expected, higher processing grades in November 2021 of 1.58 g/t Au over 117 kt processed, for total monthly production of 5,498 ounces
- Completion of Beatons Creek Gold Project (“ Beatons Creek ”) mining review outlines optimized five-year plan through to 2026
- A three-phase approach for the plan has been adopted for development and mining activities
- Mining of the Beatons Creek Oxide resource to continue through Q2 2022, with low-grade stockpiles to be processed through Q3 2022
- Transition to mining of higher-grade free-milling Beatons Creek Fresh resource, which provides production through 2026
- Mining of the Golden Eagle deposit (“ Golden Eagle ”) may commence and continue through the transition from Beatons Creek Oxide to Fresh material, depending on timing of Beatons Creek Fresh mining approvals
- Beatons Creek Fresh resource drill out to 20 m by 20 m drill spacing for completion of a Feasibility Study in Q2 2022 has commenced
- Ongoing brownfields and regional exploration underway to further optimize and extend mine life beyond 2026, e.g. current drilling of the Parnell deposit
- Five-year plan supported by a strong balance sheet with cash balance of C$39.1 million and an investment portfolio with a fair value of approximately C$119 million 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Novo Resources Corp. ( “Novo” or the “Company” ) (TSX: NVO, NVO.WT & NVO.WT.A) (OTCQX: NSRPF) is pleased to announce completion of the Beatons Creek mining review, which has delivered an optimized five-year plan through to 2026 for its Beatons Creek conglomerate gold project 3 ( Figure 1 ).
Novo commenced a detailed review of Beatons Creek and nearby projects in October 2021, with a primary focus on developing a detailed plan to ensure optimized production and profitability from the Beatons Creek Oxide resource, given the nature of the deposit and incorporating the learnings to date.
Mining and processing target rates at Beatons Creek have been achieved during the ramp-up since February 2021, however gold production has been below expectations due to predominantly wide-spaced grade control drilling at the high-nugget oxide mineralization and higher mining dilution from more complex mining areas.
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/b2d656db-28a9-45b7-885c-81569f0bedbc
( Figure 1 : Beatons Creek; Grant’s Hill in the foreground, with (from left to right) Edwards, Central, Golden Crown, and South Hill mining areas in the background.)
A program of closer-spaced grade control drilling at Beatons Creek has provided more certainty for mine forecasting. These results, along with additional data and analysis, have been incorporated into the mining review to develop the optimized production profile for Beatons Creek. As expected, implementation of the revised mining approach has delivered higher grades to the Company’s Golden Eagle processing facility (the “ Golden Eagle Mill ”). The Company processed 240,731 tonnes of mineralized material during October and November 2021 at an average head grade of 1.30 g/t Au and average recovery of approximately 93% to produce 9,223 oz Au.
The Company expects to produce between 5,000 – 5,500 oz Au in December, for an anticipated total of between 14,200 – 14,700 oz Au for Q4 2021.
The revised mining approach is expected to be implemented for the life of the Beatons Creek Oxide resource with continued closer-spaced grade control drilling.
Following completion of the detailed review, Novo has developed a five-year, three-phase plan through to 2026:
- Mining of the Beatons Creek Oxide resource to continue through Q2 2022. Between Q2 and Q3 2022, lower-grade oxide stockpiles will supplement transitional mill feed.
- Mining of the Beatons Creek free-milling Fresh Resource targeted to commence in Q3 2022 and continue through 2026.
- The Golden Eagle deposit, which is adjacent to the Golden Eagle Mill, will be used for a transition period of production as preparations are completed for the Beatons Creek Fresh resource, depending on timing of Beatons Creek Fresh mining approvals.
Novo expects to produce 27 koz – 33 koz Au in H1 2022.
Through the Company’s robust balance sheet, which is comprised of cash holdings of C$39.1 million and an investment portfolio with a fair value of approximately C$119 million 2 , Novo remains in a strong financial position to ensure effective execution of the five-year plan.
Commenting on the outcomes and delivery of the optimized five-year plan, Executive Co-Chairman Mike Spreadborough said, “We are pleased with the results from our detailed mining review at Beatons Creek. Key objectives of the review were to ensure we optimize our production profile and profitability as we transition between mining the Beatons Creek Oxide and Fresh resources and we now have an optimized plan for the future. Our team now has a year of experience mining the Beatons Creek conglomerate gold resource and the learnings have been incorporated into our plan.”
“We are in a strong position with solid mining and development assets, a healthy balance sheet and an enviable exploration program to continue to deliver value to our shareholders.”
PHASE ONE – BEATONS CREEK OXIDE RESOURCE
Mining of the Beatons Creek Oxide resource continues and assuming receipt of approvals, is expected to continue through completion of the Beatons Creek Oxide resource using the revised mining approach through Q2 2022.
The optimized mine plan includes mining further Beatons Creek Oxide resource, beyond the area that was approved for mining in 2020. Receipt of approvals from the Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (“ DMIRS ”) and the Western Australian Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (“ DWER ”) for the mining of this extended Beatons Creek Oxide resource is anticipated in Q1 2022.
Upon completion of the Beatons Creek Oxide resource mining fleets are expected to begin pre-stripping for the Beatons Creek Fresh resource or, if required, and dependent on timing of approvals for the mining of the Beatons Creek Fresh resource, shift to Golden Eagle.
Mining and haulage are expected to generate stockpiles at the Golden Eagle ROM pad which will provide mill feed through Q3 2022, allowing for a transition to the Beatons Creek Fresh resource upon completion of requisite pre-stripping.
PHASE TWO – BEATONS CREEK FRESH RESOURCE
Mining of the Beatons Creek Fresh resource is targeted to commence Q3 2022.
The most recently announced Beatons Creek mineral resource estimate includes a fresh component comprising approximately 65% of the global estimate, including an indicated mineral resource component of 2,145,000 tonnes at 2.7g/t Au for 185,000 oz Au and an additional inferred mineral resource component of 2,645,000 tonnes at 2.9g/t Au for 250,000 oz Au 4 . Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
The Beatons Creek Fresh resource drill out to 20 m by 20 m drill spacing required for completion of a Feasibility Study in Q2 2022 has commenced. The Feasibility Study is expected to deliver an updated mineral resource and will focus on optimizing haulage, power, water and tailings storage facility life-of-mine costs.
Mining is expected to commence on the higher-grade free-milling Beatons Creek Fresh resource, with a targeted start date of Q3 2022, assuming the timely receipt of approvals from DMIRS, DWER, and (if required) the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (“ EPA ”). Approximately two months of mining pre-strip will likely be required prior to accessing mineralized material.
Milling is expected to continue at a rate of approximately 1.8 million tonnes per annum through the Golden Eagle Mill, being higher that the 1.5 million tonnes per annum rates assumed in the PEA.
In July 2021, a test package of approximately 43 kt of Beatons Creek Fresh mineralized material was processed at an average head grade of 1.83 g/t Au, confirming free-milling properties, processing throughputs and recovery with good grade predictability 5 . This data will be used to optimize the Beatons Creek Fresh mining plan as part of the Feasibility Study.
Mining of the Beatons Creek Fresh resource is expected to continue through to 2026.
PHASE THREE – GOLDEN EAGLE
If approvals for the Beatons Creek Fresh resource are not received from DMIRS, DWER, or the EPA (as applicable) by the end of Q2 2022, the Company is expected to transition its mining fleet to Golden Eagle, which is located adjacent to the Golden Eagle Plant ( Figure 2 ). Mining at Golden Eagle is expected to continue until approvals are received to mine the Beatons Creek Fresh resource. Studies related to the mining and processing of Golden Eagle are underway. Golden Eagle was mined by Millennium Minerals Limited (“ Millennium ”) prior to Novo’s acquisition of Millennium in September 2020 6 . There is no current technical report prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“ NI 43-101 ”) or the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves 2012 edition (“ JORC 2012 ”) in respect of Golden Eagle.
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/23330bbb-2a72-4832-8b4d-8fa174068673
( Figure 2 : Golden Eagle location relative to the Golden Eagle Plant.)
STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION
Novo’s cash and working capital positions remain strong, with cash reserves of C$39.1 million as at December 13, 2021.
In addition to its cash reserves, the Company’s strategic portfolio of investments held a fair value of approximately C$119 million 2 as at December 13, 2021, including its 9.2% investment in New Found Gold Corp. (TSXV: NFG) which was worth approximately C$108 million 2 .
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
The decision by the Company to produce at Beatons Creek and the Nullagine Gold Project, and potentially at Golden Eagle, was not based on a feasibility study of mineral reserves demonstrating economic and technical viability and, as a result, there is an increased uncertainty of achieving any particular level of recovery of minerals or the cost of such recovery, including increased risks associated with developing a commercially mineable deposit. In addition, there is no current technical report prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 or JORC 2012 in respect of Golden Eagle. Historically, such projects have a much higher risk of economic and technical failure. There is no guarantee that that anticipated production costs will be achieved. Failure to achieve the anticipated production costs would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s cash flow and future profitability. The Company cautions that the declaration of commercial production effective October 1, 2021 7 only indicates that Beatons Creek and the Nullagine Gold Project are operating at anticipated and sustainable levels and it does not indicate that economic results will be realized.
QP STATEMENT
Dr. Quinton Hennigh (P.Geo.) is the qualified person, as defined under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects , responsible for, and having reviewed and approved, the technical information contained in this news release. Dr. Hennigh is the non-executive co-chairman and a director of Novo.
ABOUT NOVO
Novo operates its flagship Beatons Creek gold project while exploring and developing its prospective land package covering approximately 13,250 square kilometres in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In addition to the Company’s primary focus, Novo seeks to leverage its internal geological expertise to deliver value-accretive opportunities to its shareholders. For more information, please contact Leo Karabelas at (416) 543-3120 or e-mail leo@novoresources.com .
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Novo Resources Corp.
“ Michael Spreadborough ”
Michael Spreadborough
Executive Co-Chairman
Forward-looking information
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking information (within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation) including, without limitation, Novo’s five-year production plan. 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. Such factors include, without limitation, customary risks of the resource industry and the risk factors identified in Novo’s management’s discussion and analysis for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021, including but not limited to those under headings Construction, Development, and Operation of Mines, No Prefeasibility or Feasibility Study for the Beatons Creek Project, Permitting and License Risks, and Uncertainty in the Estimation of Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves , which is available under Novo’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date those statements are made. Except as required by applicable law, Novo assumes no obligation to update or to publicly announce the results of any change to any forward-looking statement contained or incorporated by reference herein to reflect actual results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting the forward-looking statements. If Novo updates any forward-looking statement(s), no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
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1 Refer to the Company’s news release dated October 12, 2021 .
2 This value excludes the fair value of warrants held in GBM Resources Ltd. Novo’s ability to dispose of its investments is subject to certain thresholds pursuant to its senior secured credit facility with Sprott Private Resource Lending II (Collector), LP. Please refer to the Company’s management discussion and analysis for the 9-month period ended September 30, 2021, which is available under Novo’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com . Novo’s investment in New Found Gold Corp. is subject to escrow requirements pursuant to National Instrument 46-201 Escrow for Initial Public Offerings. The value of Novo’s holdings in Elementum 3D, Inc. (“ E3D ”) is based on E3D’s most recent financing price of US$2.50 per share. Except for its investment in E3D, the fair value of Novo’s investments is based on closing prices of its investments and relevant foreign exchanges rate as at December 10, 2021.
3 Refer to the Company’s news release dated April 30, 2021 and the report titled “Preliminary Economic Assessment on the Beatons Creek Gold Project, Western Australia” (the “ PEA ”) with an effective date of February 5, 2021 and an issue date of April 30, 2021. The mineral resource estimate in the PEA has not been adjusted for depletion. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
4 These figures do not include the underground component of the Fresh mineral resource estimate; refer to the Company’s news release dated April 30, 2021 and the PEA which is available under Novo’s profile on SEDAR.
5 Refer to the Company’s news release dated October 12, 2021 .
6 Refer to the Company’s news releases dated August 4, 2020 , and September 8, 2020 .
7 Refer to the Company’s news release dated October 12, 2021 .
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