Osisko Metals Incorporated (the "
Company" or
"
Osisko Metals") (TSX-V: OM; OTCQX: OMZNF;
FRANKFURT: 0B51) is pleased to announce additional assay results
from its 2023 drilling program at the Pine Point Project, located
in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The reported results are from
the P499 and O556 deposits, both prismatic-style deposits with
associated tabular-style aprons in the West Zone (“WZ”). Results
within the prismatic pipes defined by historical drilling were
thick, high-grade intersections consistent with historical results.
Drillhole P499-23-PP-004 extends the known prismatic style
mineralization towards the West and remains open for further
exploration.
Drilling was conducted as part of the Pine Point
Joint Venture’s larger 2023 definition drilling program that is
designed to achieve an average drill spacing of approximately 30
metres within the current modelled mineral resources reported in
the 2022 PEA. This drilling is intended to upgrade Mineral
Resources presently classified as Inferred to the Indicated
category and to potentially expand on known resources.
Drill Hole Assay Composite
Highlights:
- P499-23-PP-004:
25.00 metres, grading 5.62% Zn and 4.57% Pb (10.19%
Zn+Pb)
- O556-23-PP-005:
28.00 metres, grading 10.91% Zn and 8.03% Pb (18.94%
Zn+Pb)
- O556-23-PP-009:
35.00 metres, grading 6.20% Zn and 5.44% Pb (11.64%
Zn+Pb)
All mineralization occurs near surface between
81.00 and 181.00 metres vertical depth from surface and occurs as
prismatic-style banded colloform style sphalerite and galena
associated with intensely altered hydrothermal dolomite and
limestone.
Robert Wares, CEO and Chairman of the Board,
commented: “Drill results from Pine Point continue to meet or
exceed expectations and we are looking forward to an updated
resource estimate before year end. Now that the bulk of the
definition program is done, we will focus on exploration drilling
of new targets with a significant program slated for the upcoming
fall/winter season, details to be provided in due time.”
Table 1: Drill Hole Assay
Composites.
Hole Name |
Zone |
Deposit |
From |
To |
Drill Width |
True Width |
Zn |
Pb |
Zn+Pb |
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
% |
% |
% |
P499-23-PP-001 |
W1 |
P499 |
107.70 |
111.00 |
3.30 |
3.30 |
2.40 |
1.14 |
3.54 |
and |
W1 |
P499 |
154.00 |
157.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.20 |
0.68 |
3.88 |
P499-23-PP-002 |
W1 |
P499 |
82.00 |
86.00 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
6.01 |
2.15 |
8.16 |
and |
W1 |
P499 |
98.00 |
119.00 |
21.00 |
21.00 |
5.71 |
1.51 |
7.22 |
and |
W1 |
P499 |
126.00 |
130.00 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
12.03 |
4.22 |
16.25 |
P499-23-PP-003 |
W1 |
P499 |
96.00 |
107.00 |
11.00 |
11.00 |
6.13 |
1.75 |
7.88 |
P499-23-PP-004 |
W1 |
P499 |
81.00 |
106.00 |
25.00 |
25.00 |
5.62 |
4.57 |
10.19 |
and |
W1 |
P499 |
125.00 |
127.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
8.40 |
0.04 |
8.44 |
and |
W1 |
P499 |
150.00 |
152.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
0.43 |
3.78 |
4.21 |
O556-23-PP-001 |
W1 |
O556 |
161.00 |
163.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
4.55 |
0.12 |
4.67 |
O556-23-PP-003 |
W1 |
O556 |
146.00 |
151.00 |
5.00 |
5.00 |
0.71 |
1.89 |
2.60 |
and |
W1 |
O556 |
154.00 |
165.00 |
11.00 |
11.00 |
4.03 |
1.34 |
5.37 |
and |
W1 |
O556 |
168.00 |
174.00 |
6.00 |
6.00 |
2.27 |
0.59 |
2.86 |
O556-23-PP-004 |
W1 |
O556 |
153.00 |
155.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
9.15 |
1.33 |
10.48 |
and |
W1 |
O556 |
180.00 |
181.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
10.95 |
7.36 |
18.31 |
O556-23-PP-005 |
W1 |
O556 |
123.00 |
126.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.46 |
0.18 |
3.64 |
and |
W1 |
O556 |
133.00 |
161.00 |
28.00 |
28.00 |
10.91 |
8.03 |
18.94 |
and |
W1 |
O556 |
179.00 |
181.60 |
2.60 |
2.60 |
2.34 |
2.92 |
5.26 |
O556-23-PP-006 |
W1 |
O556 |
111.00 |
114.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
4.48 |
1.21 |
5.69 |
and |
W1 |
O556 |
151.00 |
159.00 |
8.00 |
8.00 |
2.30 |
1.66 |
3.96 |
O556-23-PP-007 |
W1 |
O556 |
109.00 |
110.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
2.94 |
1.00 |
3.94 |
O556-23-PP-008 |
W1 |
O556 |
114.30 |
126.00 |
11.70 |
11.70 |
5.72 |
1.89 |
7.61 |
and |
W1 |
O556 |
147.00 |
157.00 |
10.00 |
10.00 |
3.44 |
1.46 |
4.90 |
O556-23-PP-009 |
W1 |
O556 |
111.00 |
146.00 |
35.00 |
35.00 |
6.20 |
5.44 |
11.64 |
and |
W1 |
O556 |
149.00 |
154.00 |
5.00 |
5.00 |
5.52 |
3.90 |
9.42 |
Drill holes not reported in this table with a
collar location tabulated in Table 2 contained no significant assay
results.
Qualified Person
Mr. Robin Adair is the Qualified Person and the
Senior Technical Advisor for Pine Point Mining Limited. He is
responsible for the technical data reported in this news release
and is a Professional Geologist registered in the Northwest
Territories.
Quality Assurance / Quality
Control
Osisko Metals adheres to a strict QA/QC program
for core handling, sampling, sample transportation, and analyses.
Drill core samples from the Pine Point project area are securely
transported to its core facility on-site, where they are logged and
sampled. Samples selected for assay are shipped to ALS Canada
Ltd.'s preparation facility in Yellowknife. Pulps are analyzed at
the ALS Canada Ltd. facility in North Vancouver, BC. All samples
are analyzed by four acid digestion followed by both ICP-AES and
ICP-MS for a multi-element suite with a 1% upper detection limit
for base metals. Samples reporting over 1% for Zn and 1% for Pb are
analyzed by assay grade, four acid digestion, and ICP-AES analysis
with an upper detection limit of 30% and 20%, respectively. Samples
with Zn >30% and or Pb >20% are analyzed by traditional
titration.
Table 2: Drill Hole Collar Locations (NAD83
(CSRS) Zone 11).
Hole Name |
Zone |
Deposit |
Easting |
Northing |
Elev. (m) |
Azm. |
Dip |
Length (m) |
P499-23-PP-001 |
W1 |
P499 |
600340 |
6733558 |
205.35 |
0 |
-90 |
168 |
P499-23-PP-002 |
W1 |
P499 |
600308 |
6733557 |
205.29 |
0 |
-90 |
186 |
P499-23-PP-003 |
W1 |
P499 |
600271 |
6733560 |
205.23 |
0 |
-90 |
189 |
P499-23-PP-004 |
W1 |
P499 |
600281 |
6733578 |
205.17 |
0 |
-90 |
189 |
O556-23-PP-001 |
W1 |
O556 |
599505 |
6734180 |
202.32 |
0 |
-90 |
192 |
O556-23-PP-002 |
W1 |
O556 |
599514 |
6734142 |
202.78 |
0 |
-90 |
192 |
O556-23-PP-003 |
W1 |
O556 |
599478 |
6734123 |
202.69 |
0 |
-90 |
192 |
O556-23-PP-004 |
W1 |
O556 |
599520 |
6734108 |
202.85 |
0 |
-90 |
192 |
O556-23-PP-005 |
W1 |
O556 |
599498 |
6734110 |
202.85 |
0 |
-90 |
192 |
O556-23-PP-006 |
W1 |
O556 |
599447 |
6734128 |
202.38 |
0 |
-90 |
192 |
O556-23-PP-007 |
W1 |
O556 |
599423 |
6734115 |
201.82 |
0 |
-90 |
192 |
O556-23-PP-008 |
W1 |
O556 |
599429 |
6734089 |
201.58 |
0 |
-90 |
192 |
O556-23-PP-009 |
W1 |
O556 |
599459 |
6734081 |
201.83 |
0 |
-90 |
192 |
O556-23-PP-010 |
W1 |
O556 |
599487 |
6734076 |
202.17 |
0 |
-90 |
192 |
About Osisko Metals
Osisko Metals Incorporated is a Canadian
exploration and development company creating value in the critical
metals space, more specifically copper and zinc. The Company is a
joint venture partner with Appian Capital Advisory LLP for the
advancement of one of Canada's premier past-producing zinc mining
camps, the Pine Point Project, located in the Northwest
Territories. The 2022 PEA (as defined herein) has indicated an
after-tax NPV of C$602 million and an after tax IRR of 25%, based
on long-term zinc price of US$1.37/lb. The current Mineral Resource
Estimate consists of 15.7Mt grading 5.55% ZnEq of Indicated
Mineral Resources and 47.2Mt grading 5.94% ZnEq of Inferred Mineral
Resources. The Mineral Resources are amenable to open pit
and shallow underground mining. 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., HydroRessources 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 the 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, an electrical substation, as
well as 100 kilometres of viable haulage roads.
The Company has also acquired, from Glencore
Canada Corporation, 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 and
economic studies of the Mount Copper Expansion Project that hosts a
pit-constrained 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). Gaspé Copper hosts the largest undeveloped copper
resource in Eastern North America, strategically located near
existing infrastructure in the mining-friendly province of
Québec.
About Appian
Appian Capital Advisory LLP is a
London-headquartered investment advisor to long-term value-focused
private capital funds that invest solely in mining and
mining-related companies.
Appian is a leading investment advisor in the
metals and mining industry, with global experience across South
America, North America, Europe, Australia and Africa and a
successful track record of supporting companies to achieve their
development targets, with a global operating portfolio overseeing
nearly 6,300 employees. Appian has a global team of 65 experienced
professionals with presences in London, Toronto, Vancouver,
Montreal, New York, Lima, Belo Horizonte, Perth, Mexico City and
Dubai. The Appian team, through its private capital funds, has a
long history of successfully bringing mines through development and
into production, having completed 9 mine builds in the last 6
years.
For more information, please visit
www.appiancapitaladvisory.com, or find us on LinkedIn, Instagram
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release, visit
www.osiskometals.com or
contact:
Robert Wares, Chairman & CEO of Osisko Metals
Incorporated
Email: info@osiskometals.com www.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 closing of the Gaspe
Copper Project Definitive Agreement or the Pine Point Project. For
Pine Point, statements including, among other things, the results
of the 2022 PEA and the IRR, NPV and estimated costs, production,
production rate and mine life; the expectation that the Project
will be a robust operation and profitable at a variety of prices
and assumptions; the ability to identify additional resources and
reserves (if any) and exploit such resources and reserves on an
economic basis; the expected high quality of the Pine Point
concentrates; the potential impact of the Pine Point Project in the
Northwest Territories, including but not limited to the potential
generation of tax revenue and contribution of jobs; the Pine Point
Project having the potential for mineral resource expansion and new
discoveries; the timing and ability for the Pine Point Project to
reach construction decision (if at all); the estimated costs to
take the Pine Point Project to construction decision (if at all);
the ability of the Company to realize the anticipated benefits of
the Transaction; and the impact to the Company of the disposition
of ownership interest and control in the Pine Point Project, which
is a material property of the Company. There can be no certainty on
the timing, costs and ability for the joint venture parties to take
the Pine Point Project to reach construction decision or pursue
planned exploration and development as presently contemplated.
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; 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
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release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur
in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any
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