Osisko Metals Provides Corporate Update
September 22 2023 - 4:03PM
Osisko Metals Incorporated (the "
Company or
"
Osisko Metals") (TSX-V: OM; OTCQX: OMZNF;
FRANKFURT: 0B51) today announces a change to management and the
grant of options as outlined below:
On April 6, 2023, the successful closing of the
joint venture transaction between the Company and a subsidiary of
Appian Natural Resources Fund III LP (“Appian”) resulted in the
formation of a joint venture for the advancement of Osisko Metals’
Pine Point Project (the “Transaction”), called Pine Point Mining
Limited (PPML). The Company confirms that as of September 30, 2023,
Mr. Jeff Hussey will step down as President and Chief Operating
Officer of Osisko Metals and transition full-time to PPML (holder
of the Pine Point Project) as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hussey
remains a member of Osisko Metals’ Board of Directors. The Company
would like to thank Mr. Hussey for his contributions over the years
and looks forward to continuing to benefit from his expertise in
his new role at PPML, of which the Company currently retains a 67%
interest.
“It has been a unique pleasure to be part of the
Osisko Metals team from its inception and have had the opportunity
to interact with the larger group of Osisko companies,” said Mr.
Hussey. “The Company’s joint venture with Appian will enable us to
advance the Pine Point Project to ‘shovel ready’ status. The
Pine Point JV Team and our collaborators are outlining options for
the final conceptual design, working towards initiating the
feasibility study. Work has also begun on the regulatory
process to obtain the permits necessary to construct and operate
the mine. We are engaging and working with local communities
to realize benefits for them from the future mine, and we sincerely
appreciate their support in helping us reach this development
milestone for the project. Going forward you can reach me
through our Pine Point website, www.pinepointmining.com, or by
email at: info@pinepointmining.com.”
Grant of Options
Osisko Metals wishes to announce that the
Company’s Board of Directors have approved the grant of incentive
stock options to certain directors to purchase up to an aggregate
of 400,000 common shares in the capital stock of the Company.
Grants are subject to a three-year vesting period and a five-year
term at an exercise price of $0.19 per share.
About Osisko Metals
Osisko Metals Incorporated is a Canadian
exploration and development company creating value in the critical
metals space, specifically copper and zinc. The Company is a joint
venture partner with Appian Natural Resources Fund III LP for the
advancement of one of Canada’s premier past-producing zinc mining
camps, the Pine Point project (the “Pine Point Project”), located
in the Northwest Territories, for which the 2022 PEA (as defined
herein) has indicated an after-tax NPV of C$602 million and an IRR
of 25%, based on long-term zinc price of US$1.37/lb and the current
mineral resource estimates that are amenable to open pit and
shallow underground mining. The current mineral resource estimate
in the 2022 PEA consists of 15.7Mt grading 5.55% ZnEq of indicated
mineral resources and 47.2Mt grading 5.94% ZnEq of inferred mineral
resources. Please refer to the technical report
entitled “Preliminary Economic Assessment, Pine Point Project,
Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada” dated August 26,
2022 (with an effective date of July 30, 2022), which has been
prepared for Osisko Metals and PPML by representatives of BBA
Engineering Inc., Hydro-Resources Inc., PLR Resources Inc. and WSP
Canada Inc. (the “2022 PEA”). Please refer to the full text of the
2022 PEA, a copy of which is available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com)
under Osisko Metals’ issuer profile, for the assumptions,
methodologies, qualifications and limitations described therein.
The Pine Point Project is located on the south shore of Great Slave
Lake in the Northwest Territories, near infrastructure, paved
highway access, and has an electrical substation as well as 100
kilometres of viable haulage roads already in place.
In addition, the Company has acquired a 100%
interest in the past-producing Gaspé Copper Mine, located near
Murdochville in the Gaspé peninsula of Québec. The Company is
currently focused on resource evaluation of the Mount Copper
Expansion Project that hosts an inferred mineral resource (in
accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects) of 456Mt grading 0.31% Cu (see
April 28, 2022 news release of Osisko Metals entitled “Osisko
Metals Announces Maiden Resource at Gaspé Copper – Inferred
Resource of 456Mt Grading 0.31% Copper”). Gaspé Copper hosts the
largest undeveloped copper resource in Eastern North America,
strategically located near existing infrastructure in the
mining-friendly province of Québec.
For further information on this news release,
visit www.osiskometals.com or contact:
Robert Wares, Chairman & CEO of Osisko
Metals Incorporated
Email: info@osiskometals.comwww.osiskometals.com
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking
Information
This news release contains “forward-looking
information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities
legislation based on expectations, estimates and projections as at
the date of this news release. Any statement that involves
predictions, expectations, interpretations, beliefs, plans,
projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance
are not statements of historical fact and constitute
forward-looking information. This news release may contain
forward-looking information pertaining to the Pine Point Project
and Gaspé Copper, including, among other things, the results of the
2022 PEA and the IRR, NPV and estimated costs, production,
production rate and mine life; the ability to identify additional
resources and reserves (if any) and exploit such resources and
reserves on an economic basis; and the ability of Osisko Metals to
become a premier base metal development company in Canada.
Forward-looking information is not a guarantee
of future performance and is based upon a number of estimates and
assumptions of management, in light of management’s experience and
perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments,
as well as other factors that management believes to be relevant
and reasonable in the circumstances, including, without limitation,
assumptions about: favourable equity and debt capital markets; the
ability and timing for the parties to fund cash calls to advance
the development of the Pine Point Project and pursue planned
exploration and development; future prices of zinc and lead; the
timing and results of exploration and drilling programs at Gaspé
Copper and the Pine Point Project; the accuracy of mineral resource
estimates; production costs; operating conditions being favourable;
political and regulatory stability; the receipt of governmental and
third party approvals; licenses and permits being received on
favourable terms; sustained labour stability; stability in
financial and capital markets; availability of equipment; the
economic viability of the Pine Point Project; and positive
relations with local groups. Forward-looking information involves
risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual
events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
information. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from such forward-looking information are set out in the
Company’s public disclosure record on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) under
Osisko Metals’ issuer profile. Although the Company believes that
the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking
information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance
should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of
the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that
such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The
Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by
law.
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policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accept responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this news release. No stock exchange,
securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or
disapproved the information contained herein.
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