Exploration Highlights

In a March 12, 2024 news release, Nine Mile Metals Ltd. reported a drill core intercept of a 76.1-metre-long mineralized zone in hole WD-24-04 at the Wedge property in northern New Brunswick. The mineralized interval consists of pyritic volcanogenic massive sulphides with visible chalcopyrite and local sphalerite.

In a March 13, 2024 news release, Galway Metals Inc. reported gold assay results from recent drilling at the Southwest Deposit of their Clarence Stream property in southwest New Brunswick.  Assay highlights include 114.1 g/t Au over 2 m including 447.0 g/t Au over 0.5 m in hole BL-251, which extends mineralization by 106 m at depth.  In addition, hole BL-252 intersected 7.43 g/t Au over 6 m including 20.95 g/t Au over 1.0 m and 3.08 g/t Au over 7.5 m.

In a March 14, 2024 news release, Great Atlantic Resources Corp. reported analytical results from rock samples collected in 2023 from the Glenelg property in southwest New Brunswick. A grab sample from a highly oxidized and faulted outcrop returned an anomalous value of 820 ppm Li while a grab sample from a quartz-veined granite boulder yielded 920 ppm Li.

In a March 22, 2024 press release, Great Atlantic Resources Corp. provided an update on their 2023 rock and soil sampling surveys conducted on their Keymet property in northern New Brunswick. Of the 41 soil samples collected, 21 yielded anomalous gold values ranging between 10 ppb and 77 ppb, whereas a grab sample collected from outcrop assayed 1.41 g/t Au.

In a March 26, 2024 news release, Nine Mile Metals Ltd. reported assays of 0.44% Cu over 136.31 m in drill hole WD-24-02, including 1.32% Cu and 8.84 g/t Ag over 40 m, drilled at the Wedge property in northern New Brunswick. The main copper zone occurs between 134 m and 174 m in hole WD-24-02, spanning 40 m and assaying 32% Cu, 0.21% Pb, 1.54% Zn, 8.8 g/t Ag, and 0.164 g/t Au.

In an April 3, 2024 news release, Nine Mile Metals Ltd. announced analytical results for drill hole WD-24-01 at their Wedge Mine project in northern New Brunswick. Drill hole WD-24-01 successfully intersected three zones of visual sulphide mineralization: 26.76 – 53.16 m, 69.00 – 82.00 m, and 139.00 – 142.00 m. The main copper zone intersected 11.10 m (32.55 – 43.65 m) assaying 1.37% Cu, 0.21% Pb, 0.29% Zn, 19.02 g/t Ag, and 0.36 g/t Au. Gold and silver mineralization coincides with the copper-rich volcanogenic massive sulphides.

In an April 4, 2024 news release, Puma Exploration Inc. reported some initial 2024 drilling results at the Williams Brook Gold Project in northern New Brunswick. Fifteen holes with depths from 25 m to 150 m were completed for a total of 875 m. All holes intersected the targeted gold-bearing quartz-vein/stockwork horizon in altered sedimentary and gabbroic units. Visible gold was observed in hole WB24-151 in a quartz vein in altered gabbro.

In an April 18, 2024 news release, Puma Exploration Inc. reported that 2024 drilling has extended the target corridor known to host gold mineralization at its Williams Brook Gold Project in northern New Brunswick.  This drilling confirms that the host geology is continuous along 4 km of the Lynx Gold Trend.

In an April 24, 2024 news release, Nine Mile Metals Ltd. announced analytical results for drill hole WD-24-04 at their Wedge Mine project, near Bathurst, New Brunswick. Drill hole WD-24-04 successfully intersected three zones of visual sulphide mineralization at depths of 55.00 – 78.00 m, 110.00 – 132.20 m, and 136.00 – 147.10 m. The main copper zone intersected a 10 m section (110.00 – 147.10 m), assaying 0.81% Cu, 0.25% Pb, 1.00% Zn, 8.5 g/t Ag and 0.13 g/t Au.

In an April 30, 2024 news release, Great Atlantic Resource Corp. announced analytical results for bedrock grab samples collected from a northwest-trending, steeply dipping stibnite-quartz-carbonate-bearing vein at its Glenelg property in southwestern New Brunswick. Two samples returned high grade antimony values including 13.75% (6.36 kg sample weight) and 13.70% (4.94 kg sample weight). A third sample returned 2.98% Sb (6.34 kg sample weight).

In a May 16, 2024 news release, Great Atlantic Resources Corp. announced new analytical results that confirm a new antimony discovery on their McDougall Road property in western New Brunswick. A grab sample collected from a highly siliceous and oxidized outcrop in the vicinity of antimony and gold in soil anomalies assayed 1.56% Sb.

In a May 16, 2024 news release, Nine Mile Metals Ltd. announced assay results of recent drilling at their Wedge Mine property in northern New Brunswick. Drill hole WD-24-07 intersected base metal mineralization between 116.00 m and 156.32 m assaying 1.20% Cu, 0.18% Pb, 0.88% Zn, 0.12 g/t Au, and 8.00 g/t Ag. Two distinct zones of visible sulphide mineralization were intersected: 1) an upper zone (123.00 m – 138.50 m) assaying 1.64% Cu, 0.08% Pb, 0.82% Zn, 0.08 g/t Au, 3.32 g/t Ag, and 2) a lower zone (143.20 m – 156.32 m) assaying 1.40% Cu, 0.45% Pb, 1.55% Zn, 0.25 g/t Au, and 19.8 g/t Ag.

In a May 21, 2024 news release, Nine Mile Metals Ltd. announced assay results for drillhole WD-24-08 at the Wedge Mine property in northern New Brunswick. The drill hole intersected Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, and Ag mineralization between 37.00 m and 81.00 m assaying 0.47% Cu, 0.89% Pb, 1.54% Zn, 0.18 g/t Au and 15.35 g/t Ag. Two distinct zones of visible sulphide mineralization were intersected, including 1) an upper zone (37.00 m – 49.00 m) assaying 0.95% Cu, 3.06% Pb, 4.95% Zn, 0.55g/t Au, 48.00 g/t Ag, and 2) a lower zone (75.00 m – 81.00 m) assaying 1.18% Cu, 0.05% Pb, 0.36% Zn, 0.09 g/t Au, and 8.00 g/t Ag.

In a May 29, 2024 news release, Nine Mile Metals Ltd. announced assay results for drillhole WD-24-03 at the Wedge Mine property in northern New Brunswick. The drill hole intersected Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, and Ag mineralization between 37.90 m and 70.00 m assaying 0.60% Cu, 0.70% Pb, 1.98% Zn, 0.21 g/t Au, and 17.03 g/t Ag. Two distinct zones of volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralization were intersected within the overall section: 1) a Cu Zone (44.85 m – 61.00 m) assaying 1.06% Cu, 1.17% Pb, 2.97% Zn, 0.35 g/t Au, 28.64 g/t Ag, and 2) a Pb/Zn Zone (44.85 m – 53.00 m) assaying 0.95% Cu, 2.29% Pb, 5.80% Zn, 0.65 g/t Au, and 55.16 g/t Ag.