Canterra Minerals Corporation announce exploration results returning up to 12.5% copper in grab samples from the Victoria Project, and that it has entered into an Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) with local prospectors (collectively, the “Optionors”), to acquire a 100% interest in adjacent properties to expand the Company’s Victoria Project in the Central Newfoundland Mining District. The Victoria Project is a critical minerals prospect with small scale historic mining and known high-grade copper occurrences.
Highlights:
- 12.5% and 12.1% copper grab samples from angular boulders located within newly acquired claims
- Samples are located 1 kilometre (“km”) east of Company’s previously announced high-grade copper exploration results from the Victoria Project (see news release dated April 22, 2024) and represents additional mineralization that potentially extends high-grade copper mineralization beyond the previously known limits of the known Victoria Project
- The acquisition expands Canterra’s Victoria property position by 1,095 hectares (11 km2) to 1,275 hectares (12.75 km2), located within an area of historic small scale mining dating back to the early 1900s
- The project benefits from excellent access provided by a network of logging roads that are expected to further open and enhance access to the project with work scheduled in 2024
- Previous operator drilling on the Victora Project included an intersection of up to 5.5% Cu over 20.58 m
- The project is located immediately west and contiguous to 300 claims (7,500 ha) staked by Teck Resources Limited in June 2024 where mapping extends volcanic and sedimentary rocks located within Canterra’s property northeast of the Victoria Project, as well as rocks of the Buchans Group; a similar belt of rocks prospective for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits covered by Canterra’s nearby Buchans Project
Rock Samples
Grab samples collected from the project returned the following results:
| Sample Number | UTM NAD83E Zone 21 | UTM NAD83N Zone 21 | Sample Type | Cu % | Zn % | Ag g/t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D00236016 | 522875 | 5398815 | Grab Sample Angular Boulder | 12.50 | 0.03 | 18.12 |
| D00236017 | 522874 | 5398809 | Grab Sample Angular Boulder | 10.14 | 0.01 | 5.01 |
| D00236018 | 522883 | 5398817 | Grab Sample Angular Boulder | 12.12 | 0.23 | 24.01 |
| D00236027 | 519179 | 5396519 | Grab Sample Angular Boulder | 0.14 | 3.61 | 2.85 |
“This acquisition, highlighted by the spectacular copper numbers returned from our prospecting samples, shows the larger potential of the Victoria Project within the Central Newfoundland Mining District. This project is located along strike of multiple known VMS deposits already held by Canterra and further underscores the great potential for high-grade critical mineral mineralization within the Tulks VMS Belt. With the addition of this project to our growing portfolio, Canterra continues to consolidate assets in the district with focused exploration work to come later this year.”
Chris Pennimpede, CEO & President of Canterra
Victoria Project
The Victoria Project includes historic exploration adits, shafts and drifts completed during the early 1900s while evaluating the potential development of copper-bearing massive sulphide mineralization. Commercial production was never declared, and the Victoria Project was subsequently explored by Noranda in the 1990s and Celtic Minerals Ltd. between 1999 and 2007 as well as Messina Minerals Inc. (“Messina”) in 2011. Highlights from past drilling include reported intersections of up to 5.5% Cu over 20.58 m (estimated true thickness) drilled by Messina (Messina press release February 21, 2012). The Project includes two mineral leases already held by Canterra and covers the northern extension of the Tulks Volcanic Belt, which is the same prospective belt that hosts the Company’s Bobby’s and Daniel’s Pond deposits located approximately 6 km and 13 km to the southwest of the expanded Victoria Project, respectively.
Option Agreement
Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Canterra must make cash payments and issue common shares of the Company to the Optionors over two years as follows:
- $10,000 Canadian Dollars and 100,000 shares of the Company upon execution of the Agreement
- $20,000 Canadian Dollars and 200,000 shares of the Company on or before the first anniversary of the Agreement
- $30,000 Canadian Dollars and 300,000 shares of the Company on or before the second anniversary of the Agreement
The Agreement assigns a 2% Net Smelter Return (“NSR”) to the Optionors upon commencement of production, with Canterra retaining rights to buy-down 50% of the NSR for $1,000,000 and right of first of refusal on the remaining NSR (1%).
Newfoundland and Labrador Junior Exploration Assistance
Canterra would like to acknowledge the financial support it may receive from the Junior Exploration Assistance Program from the government of Newfoundland and Labrador related to its exploration efforts throughout 2024.
Assay and Sample Information
Rock samples are comprised of grab samples, which are selective samples and not necessarily representative of mineralization found on the property. All rock samples were either collected from outcrops (bedrock) or as float samples and put into sample bags with unique sample tags. The exact location of the collected grab sample was taken using a handheld GPS unit and field notes were taken on lithology, structure, and mineralization. The rock samples were securely transported directly to the SGS Mobile Prep Lab in Grand Falls-Windsor, NL and forwarded by SGS chain of custody to SGS Vancouver Lab for Multi-Acid (4 Acid) Digestion ICP-OES and ICP-MS (49 elements) with ore grade analysis on over limit Zn and Cu samples.
Qualified Person
Paul Moore MSc. P.Geo. (NL), Vice President of Exploration for Canterra Minerals Corporation, a Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed the technical disclosure in this news release for accuracy and either prepared or supervised its preparation.
About Canterra Minerals
Canterra Minerals is a diversified mineral exploration company with a focus on critical and precious metals projects in the Central Newfoundland Mining District. Canterra’s projects include seven mineral deposits located in the central Newfoundland Mining District including the prolific, past producing Buchans mine. The central Newfoundland Mining District includes Teck Resources’ past producing Duck Pond mine that produced copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold and Calibre Mining’s Valentine gold mine development.
Canterra’s projects include several exploration-stage gold projects that cover 60 km of strike of the regional gold-bearing Rogerson Lake structural corridor that hosts Calibre Mining Corporation’s development stage Valentine Gold Mine. Canterra’s Newfoundland gold projects have been subject to four drilling campaigns, demonstrating many gold occurrences warranting further exploration.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF CANTERRA MINERALS CORPORATION
Chris Pennimpede
President & CEO
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