New Energy Metals Corp. (TSXV:
ENRG) (
OTCPink:
NEMCF) (“
New
Energy” or the “
Company
“
) is pleased to provide an update on its
Troitsa Copper Project (“
Troitsa” or the
“
Project”) and announces the filing of a Technical
Report in accordance with National Instrument 43-101
- Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“
NI
43-101”) (the “
Report”). The Report is
available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and the Company's website,
www.new-enrg.com.
The Report represents an important milestone for
the Company as it provides a comprehensive and independent
evaluation of the mineralization of the Project. The Report is
effective as of November 17, 2022, and follows the approval of the
Troitsa option agreement by the TSX Venture Exchange (the
“Exchange”). The Project is located in Central
British Columbia, southwest of Troitsa Lake, on the western Nechako
Plateau. It comprises 26 mineral tenures covering an area of
7,013.9 hectares. The Troitsa stock is a porphyry copper-moly
prospect and a member of the Late Cretaceous Bulkley Suite,
generated in a zone of tectonic crustal thickening known as the
Skeena Arch. The Report confirms the presence of significant
mineralization on the property, including copper, molybdenum, gold,
and silver. The Report also outlines a number of exploration
targets and recommends further exploration work to fully evaluate
the potential of the Project.
"The Report represents a significant step
forward for New Energy," states Rishi Kwatra, CEO of the Company.
"It provides valuable information for investors and stakeholders
and underscores the significant potential of the Project.”
The Main Zone was extensively tested in the 2010
to 2013 period by Callinex Mines Inc.
(“Callinex”).
Highlights include:
- 121-meter-long series of
channel samples, revealing long intervals of mineralization
including 20-meter intervals that grade 0.57% Cu within an average
grade of 0.28% over the 121-meter length.
- Long
intercepts of mineralization confirmed in two drill holes by check
samples, including a 3.2 kg check sample grading 0.52% Cu
consisting of several pieces of split core from the interval 13.8 m
to 34.3 m in Tr11-07, compared to the intercept grade of 0.64% Cu,
and a 1.2 kg check sample grading 0.98% Cu from interval 150.6 to
171.6 meters in Tr12-10, compared to 0.87% Cu.
Five other adjacent drill holes are also
well-mineralized.
- Geological
mapping in 2022 corroborated distinctive dyke patterns mapped in
1967 and observed that some of the dykes are mineralized with
disseminated chalcopyrite and that veinlets of quartz-chalcopyrite
occur in the surrounding granodiorite. Trogold historical samples
showed sporadically high gold grades with 3 grading 19.4, 9.4 and
5.0 g/t Au of which two had over 2% Cu and one was in a vuggy
quartz vein (9.4 g/t Au).
- Historical
samples number about 60 at the Astiort and Tro showings and average
0.14% Cu, although this includes a high-grade chalcopyrite vein of
1.2% Cu. Lead and zinc mineralization is elevated, averaging 715
ppm Pb and 282 ppm Zn for the 60 samples, which may be an indicator
of a peripheral environment.
- A
peripheral type of mineralization was also observed in the pyritic
halo on the east side of the stock at the Troitsa Easter showings.
Mineralization is mainly carbonate veins with galena and sphalerite
exemplified by two check samples that graded 1.2 and 1.4 % Pb and
1.0 and 2.8% Zn with minor copper (300 ppm). The Callinex
exploration program sampled 32 rocks, which averaged > 0.25% Pb,
>0.33% Zn (some rocks exceeded reporting limit for Pb and Zn)
and 0.1% Cu.
- The West
Showing is enigmatic. It is located near the bottom of a broad, wet
alpine valley meadow and may be either a protruding outcrop or a
very large boulder. The rock is a biotite feldspar porphyritic
diorite of more mafic composition than the Troitsa dykes and stock.
It is mineralized with disseminated and stockwork veinlet
chalcopyrite and grades 0.65% Cu and 0.41 g/t Au, in the check
sample and 0.82% Cu and 0.37 g/t Au in the Callinex sample, which
would have been sampled from the same small outcrop
area.
The magmas of the Bulkley Suite, and the similar
Eocene Nanika Suite, were unusually metal-rich because of a greater
depth of partial melting and higher fluid content, and consequently
many have developed porphyry deposits such as Berg, Huckleberry,
Seel, Ox and Granisle. The Project has seen several phases of
well-conducted exploration work beginning in the 1960s, despite
relatively isolated access, resulting in good data that has been
corroborated by our property visit and the production of the
Technical Report.
In August of 2022, the Company conducted an
initial exploration program at Troitsa that included a 7-day
property visit by the author of the Report, Dr. Hardolph Wasteneys,
P.Geo., with a crew of geologists and prospectors, and involved
geological mapping, extensive prospecting, and rock sampling to
validate previously documented showings and diamond drilling. Most
of the known showings including the Main Zone, Cirque, Trogold,
TRO, Astiort, Troitsa East, and the West were examined as well as
parts of the contact metamorphic zone on the east side of the stock
and the Blanket Lake fault on the west. Check samples were taken
from important mineralized and geological units and comprehensively
analyzed. All 14 check samples were analyzed by ALS methods ME-MS41
(aqua regia digestion) and ME-MS61 (strong 4-acid digestion) and
subset of 7 distinctive igneous units was analyzed by complete
characterization whole rock methods (CCP-Pkg01) (Li-borate fusion
digestion).
The different methods facilitated comparisons
with historical data sets that used various methods and provided
comprehensive data for rock classification and interpretation. From
this evaluation, it was concluded that porphyry style
mineralization is zoned around a NW-SE axis across the core of the
stock centered on potassically-altered porphyritic dykes that
contain disseminated chalcopyrite mineralization. The dykes appear
to form the core of a zone of quartz chalcopyrite veinlets that cut
the dykes and surrounding granodiorite.
Peripheral styles of mineralization were
observed at the Troitsa Easter showing where numerous carbonate
veins contain galena and sphalerite cutting Kasalka group tuffs
within the hornfelsed contact aureole of the stock, and possibly at
the Astiort and Tro showings. Metal zoning is apparent in some 400
historical rock samples taken from the various showings across the
stock showing a decrease in the copper-to-iron ratio outwards from
the centre in addition to the appearance of peripheral lead-zinc
mineralization. Molybdenum mineralization is far more sporadic than
that of copper and requires further evaluation, which is beyond the
scope of the current disclosure.
In addition to the Troitsa update, the Company
is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement (the
“Agreement”) with Lakefront Enterprises Inc.
(“Lakefront”) dated May 1, 2023. Lakefront agreed
to provide marketing services to the Company, including content
creation, distribution, and advertising. The Agreement is for a
period of three months for a total of $160,000. Lakefront is a
privately owned consulting firm based in Vancouver, British
Columbia that provides marketing and consulting services. The
Company is at arm’s length with Lakefront, and neither Lakefront
nor its principals have any direct or indirect interest in the
Company’s securities or any right or intent to acquire such an
interest.
Further to the Company’s news release dated
March 21, 2023, regarding the agreement with Native Ads Inc.
(“Native Ads”), the Company wishes to announce
that the cost of investor relations and market awareness campaign
with Native Ads has been revised to US$100,000. The Company has
diversified its marketing strategy and allocated a portion of its
budget of US$250,000 towards the Lakefront contract.
The agreement with Lakefront is subject to the
approval of the Exchange.
The technical information contained in this news
release has been approved by Dr. Hardolph Wasteneys, P.Geo., a
Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
New Energy Metals Corp.
Rishi KwatraCEO & Director
#610 – 700 West Pender StreetVancouver, BC V6C 1G8, CanadaTel:
604-669-9788www.new-enrg.com
About New Energy Metals Corp.
New Energy is a Canadian-based resource company
listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ENRG. The
Company has an option to purchase a 100-per-cent interest in the
Roslyn lithium property, covering 5,100 hectares located 20
kilometers southeast of the Georgia Lake pegmatite field and 35
kilometers southeast of where Rock Tech Lithium just published a
preliminary economic assessment supporting the indicated mineral
resource of 10.6 Mt (million tons) grading 0.88 per cent lithium
oxide and an inferred mineral resource of 4.2 Mt grading 1.0 per
cent Li2O. The Company also has an option to purchase a
100-per-cent interest in the Troitsa copper property covering
approximately 7,000 hectares located in the Omineca mining division
of British Columbia.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.Forward
Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking
statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of
Canadian securities laws (collectively, “forward-looking
statements”). Forward-looking statements in this news
release relate to, among other things: the technical update, future
plans and objectives on the Troitsa Copper Project, and all other
statements that are not historical facts, particularly statements
that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs,
plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance of
the Company. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can
be identified through the use of words or phrases such as “will
likely result”, “are expected to”, “expects”, “will continue”, “is
anticipated”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimated”, “intends”,
“plans”, “forecast”, “projection”, “strategy”, “objective” and
“outlook”. Forward-looking statements contained in this news
release are made based on reasonable estimates and assumptions made
by management of the Company at the relevant time in light of its
experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions
and expected future developments, as well as other factors that are
believed to be appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances.
Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made
as of the date of this news release and the Company will not update
any such forward-looking statements as a result of new information
or if management’s beliefs, estimates, assumptions or opinions
change, except as required by law. There can be no assurance that
forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader is
cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.
Forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are
beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results,
performance, achievements and events to differ materially from
those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Such risks and uncertainties include all factors
outlined in the Company’s publicly filed documents under the
Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The Company
cautions that the list of risk factors and uncertainties described
in its publicly filed documents on SEDAR is not exhaustive and
other factors could materially affect its results. New factors
emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to
consider all of them, or assess the impact of each such factor or
the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may
cause results to differ materially from those contained in any
forward-looking statement. Any forward-looking statements contained
in this news release are expressly qualified in their entirety by
this cautionary statement.
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