Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX: WM, OTCQX:
WLBMF) (
“Wallbridge” or the
“Company”) today announced the start of
approximately 7,500 meters of diamond drilling with two rigs at its
Martiniere gold project located in Northern Abitibi,
Quebec, 30 kilometres west of the Company’s Fenelon gold
project and 45 kilometres east of Agnico Eagle’s Detour Lake gold
mine.
The 2024 drill campaign at Martiniere has been
designed to meet three principal objectives:
- to expand and upgrade the current gold resource;
- to collect a representative sample of mineralized material for
metallurgical characterization studies; and,
- to collect oriented drill core data to support geotechnical
rock mass characterization studies.
The 2024 drill program will be conducted in two
phases. This first phase is to be completed during March and April;
phase 2 will be based on the results returned from phase 1 and is
scheduled to commence in early Q3. The results from the Martiniere
drilling program will be incorporated into a combined
Fenelon/Martiniere Preliminary Economic Assessment
(“PEA”) scheduled for completion in early
2026.
“Given its close proximity to Fenelon, the
current 684,300 ounce indicated and 632,300-ounce inferred gold
resources and indications that Martiniere is part of a
substantially larger gold system, continued exploration is clearly
warranted to better define the principal controls on
mineralization, identify the centers of higher gold grades and
delineate the overall limits of the mineral resource,” said CEO
Brian Penny.
Wallbridge recently completed its nine-hole,
2,500 metre first phase of drilling targeting near-surface
high-grade gold mineralization at the Fenelon project site. Assays
are pending. The second phase of drilling at Fenelon will be
developed once final results of phase 1 have been received and
incorporated into the geologic model.
About Wallbridge Mining
Wallbridge is focused on creating value through
the exploration and sustainable development of gold projects along
the Detour-Fenelon Gold Trend in Québec’s Northern Abitibi region
while respecting the environment and communities where it
operates.
Wallbridge’s most advanced projects, Fenelon
Gold (“Fenelon”) and Martiniere Gold
(“Martiniere”) incorporate a combined 3.05 million
ounces of indicated gold resources and 2.35 million ounces of
inferred gold resources. Fenelon and Martiniere are located within
an 830 square kilometre exploration land package controlled by
Wallbridge.
Wallbridge has reported a positive Preliminary
Economic Assessment (“PEA”) at Fenelon that
estimates average annual gold production of 212,000 ounces over 12
years (see Wallbridge press release of June 26, 2023).
Wallbridge also holds a 15.9% interest in the
common shares of Archer Exploration Corp.
(“Archer”) as a result of the sale of the
Company’s portfolio of nickel assets in Ontario and Québec in
November of 2022.
For further information please visit the
Company’s website at https://wallbridgemining.com/ or contact:
Wallbridge Mining Company
Limited
Brian Penny, CPA, CMACEOTel: (416)
716-8346Email: bpenny@wallbridgemining.com
Victoria Vargas, B.Sc. (Hon.) Economics,
MBACapital Markets AdvisorEmail: vvargas@wallbridgemining.com
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Information
The information in this document may contain
forward-looking statements or information (collectively,
“FLI”) within the meaning of applicable Canadian
securities legislation. FLI is based on expectations, estimates,
projections and interpretations as at the date of this
document.
All statements, other than statements of
historical fact, included herein are FLI that involve various
risks, assumptions, estimates and uncertainties. Generally, FLI can
be identified by the use of statements that include, but are not
limited to, words such as “seeks”, “believes”, “anticipates”,
“plans”, “continues”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”,
“expects”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “projects”, “predicts”,
“proposes”, "potential", “targets” and variations of such words and
phrases, or by statements that certain actions, events or results
“may”, “will”, “could”, “would”, “should” or “might”, “be taken”,
“occur” or “be achieved.”
FLI in this document may include, but is not
limited to: statements regarding the results of the Fenelon PEA;
the potential future performance of Archer common shares; future
drill results; the Company’s ability to convert inferred resources
into measured and indicated resources; environmental matters;
stakeholder engagement and relationships; parameters and methods
used to estimate the MRE’s at Fenelon and Martiniere (collectively
the “Deposits”); the prospects, if any, of the
Deposits; future drilling at the Deposits; and the significance of
historic exploration activities and results.
FLI is designed to help you understand
management’s current views of its near- and longer-term prospects,
and it may not be appropriate for other purposes. FLI by
their nature are based on assumptions and involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such FLI. Although the FLI
contained in this document is based upon what management believes,
or believed at the time, to be reasonable assumptions, the Company
cannot assure shareholders and prospective purchasers of securities
of the Company that actual results will be consistent with such
FLI, as there may be other factors that cause results not to be as
anticipated, estimated or intended, and neither the Company nor any
other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and
completeness of any such FLI. Except as required by law, the
Company does not undertake, and assumes no obligation, to update or
revise any such FLI contained in this document to reflect new
events or circumstances. Unless otherwise noted, this document has
been prepared based on information available as of the date of this
document. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on the
FLI, or information contained herein.
Furthermore, should one or more of the risks,
uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should underlying
assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially
from those described in FLI.
Assumptions upon which FLI is based, without
limitation, include: the results of exploration activities, the
Company’s financial position and general economic conditions; the
ability of exploration activities to accurately predict
mineralization; the accuracy of geological modelling; the ability
of the Company to complete further exploration activities; the
legitimacy of title and property interests in the Deposits; the
accuracy of key assumptions, parameters or methods used to estimate
the MREs and in the PEA; the ability of the Company to obtain
required approvals; geological, mining and exploration technical
problems; failure of equipment or processes to operate as
anticipated; the evolution of the global economic climate; metal
prices; foreign exchange rates; environmental expectations;
community and non-governmental actions; and, the Company’s ability
to secure required funding. Risks and uncertainties about
Wallbridge's business are discussed in the disclosure materials
filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada, which
are available at www.sedarplus.ca.
Cautionary Notes to United States
Investors
Wallbridge prepares its disclosure in accordance
with NI 43-101 which differs from the requirements of the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"). Terms relating to mineral
properties, mineralization and estimates of mineral reserves and
mineral resources and economic studies used herein are defined in
accordance with NI 43-101 under the guidelines set out in CIM
Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves,
adopted by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and
Petroleum Council on May 19, 2014, as amended. NI 43-101 differs
significantly from the disclosure requirements of the SEC generally
applicable to US companies. As such, the information presented
herein concerning mineral properties, mineralization and estimates
of mineral reserves and mineral resources may not be comparable to
similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to the
reporting and disclosure requirements under the U.S. federal
securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
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