White Metal Resources Secures Two New Gold Properties in the Pickle Lake Gold Camp, Ontario, Canada
NEWS RELEASE
July 4, 2016
WHITE METAL RESOURCES SECURES TWO NEW GOLD PROPERTIES IN THE PICKLE LAKE GOLD CAMP, ONTARIO, CANADA
Thunder Bay, Ontario: White Metal Resources Corp. (“White Metal” or the “Company) (TSXV:WHM) is pleased to announce that it has secured an Option Agreement (“Murchison Option”) with its Joint Venture Partner, Murchison Minerals (CSE:MUR) (“Murchison”), formerly Manicouagan Minerals Inc., for certain mining claims in the Pickle Lake Area, northwestern Ontario. The Murchison Option will see White Metal pay Murchison $45,000 over the first two years of the three year option period and expend $1,200,000 over three years (work commitment) for its 51% ownership of the Pickle Lake Claims (the “Claims”). Once the option is completed, Murchison would retain a 1% Net Smelter Royalty (“NSR”) which can be bought at any time by White Metal for $2,500,000; the balance of the other 50% of the NSR can be purchased for $1,500,000.
The Claims included in the Murchison Option are those held 100% by Murchison and also any claims that were included in the Joint Venture Agreement (see Press Release: April 16, 2009). Included in the Murchison Option is the Kasagiminnis Lake Property which hosts a historical mineral resource (noncompliant with NI 43-101) of 390,000 ounces of gold and the Dobie Lake Property, located west of the Kasagiminnis Lake Property and directly along strike of the Golden Patricia Mine which was operated by Bond Gold between 1988 and 1997 and produced some 619,796 ounces of gold at a grade of 15.21 g/t Au.
White Metal is also pleased to announce that it has secured a second Option Agreement (“Kukkee Option”) for certain mining claims in the Pickle Lake Area, northwestern, Ontario. The Kukkee Option will see White Metal issue to the vender 1.5 million WHM shares over the four year option agreement and also make cash payments to the vender that total $110,000 over the first three years of the four year option period. The Property is subject to a 2% NSR of which 1% can be bought out at any time by White Metal for $1,000,000. Annual advance royalty payments of $50,000 (fifty thousand dollars) cash are due and payable to the Optionor commencing April 15, 2026 and will continue until commencement of commercial-scale production.
The Kukkee Option property is along strike from the claims currently held by White Metal and hosts the Dorothy-Dobie deposit which has an historical mineral resource (non-compliant with NI 43-101) of 46,000 ounces of gold. This zone is open to the west and is located along the Pickle Lake Deformation Zone. Drilling on the Kukkee Option by Manicouagan in 2009 intersected a mineralized gold zone on the western end of the Dorothy-Dobie gold deposit. All three diamond drill holes were successful in identifying a potential bulk tonnage gold exploration target at the Dobie Zone. Diamond drill holes DOB-09-10, 11, 13 and 14 encountered broad zones of gold mineralization (see plan map):
- DOB-09-10: 20.0m @ 1.52 g/t Au including 2.7m @ 5.65 g/t Au.
- DOB-09-11: 31.5m @ 1.39 g/t Au including 1.5m @ 6.48 g/t Au.
- DOB-09-13: 33.2m @ 1.04 g/t Au including 1.0m @ 6.27 g/t Au and 2.0m @ 4.34 g/t Au.
- DOB-09-14: 27.9m @ 1.53 g/t Au including 2.0m @ 5.64 g/t Au.
The Dobie Zone is characterized by strong carbonate-silica alteration hosted within mafic volcanic rocks. To date, the gold bearing zone of mineralization has been traced by Manicouagan for approximately 180 metres along strike and to a depth of 100 metres. It remains open at depth and to the northwest (Stockwatch News Release, 2009).
The Dobie Zone also lies within 140 meters of the east claim boundary of the claims that were held by White Metal and Joint venture partner Murchison of which White Metal can earn 100% ownership as stated in this press release. Also included in the Kukkee Option is the Northwest Extension Zone which lies approximately 4.5 km northeast of the Dorothy-Dobie gold deposit. The Northwest Extension Zone was drilled by Placer Dome (1988-1990) and reported intercepts that included 3.4 g/t Au over 6 metres. This zone is located along the same structural corridor as the Dorothy-Dobie deposit.
Work permits for the Kukkee Option have been issued and drilling is scheduled to start in the near future. The Company will continue its community engagement with all stakeholders including First Nations communities and other stakeholders.
This transaction has not been approved by the TSX-V.
The Company would also like to report, as previously reported by White Metal (see Press Release: April 12, 2016), that the Company has acquired 100% by staking, two properties near the Town of Pickle Lake, proximal to existing gold deposits and mines. The first property, the “South Limb”, is along strike from the Dona Lake Mine which produced (1987-1993) some 218,668 ounces of gold at 7.44 g/t Au. The South Limb Property is also contiguous along a gold-bearing iron formation that has similar structural features to the Dona Lake gold deposit. Ongoing compilation work by White Metal has generated numerous untested drill targets in the area. Past work by previous mining companies such as drilling and a detailed aeromagnetic survey has demonstrated that the same structural features that characterize the Dona Lake gold deposit exist on the South Limb Property. The second property, the “Pickle Lake East”, is located 5 km west of the Pickle Lake Gold Camp and covers an area of intense magnetic disruption interpreted to be folding of the host gold-bearing iron formation. Exploration work by previous owners discovered a boulder containing anomalous gold and arsenic, located down-ice and southwest of this magnetic disruption.
White Metal is very excited about the gold potential of the newly staked properties and the properties covered by the Murchison and Kukkee option agreements. The Company will now focus its efforts on exploration and continuing to grow its land base in the high-grade Pickle Lake Gold Camp which has a camp-wide historical production of approximately 3 million ounces at 15 g/t Au (weighted average).
White Metal is a junior mineral exploration company exploring in Canada and currently has 19,316,076 common shares issued and outstanding.
It should be emphasized that the mineral resources referred to in this Press Release are historical in nature and cannot be relied upon.
Qualified Person
The technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved for White Metal by L. Scott Jobin-Bevans, a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
Head Office Relocation
The Company would like to advise shareholders that it has relocated its head office to 684 Squier Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario. All contact Numbers for the Company will remain the same.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of White Metal Resources Corp.
“Michael Stares”
Michael Stares, President and CEO
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