VANCOUVER - Anacortes Mining Corp. (TSXV: XYZ) ('Anacortes' or the 'Company') is pleased to provide a corporate update, including guidance on its 2022 objectives, as the Company advances towards its ambitious goal of becoming a low cost, mid-tier gold producer.
In 2021, Anacortes was formed through a transformational merger between the CPC company, First Light Capital, and New Oroperu Resources, which owned 100% of the highly-prospective Tres Cruces gold deposit in Northern Peru, 10 km southwest of the past-producing Lagunas Norte mine. As part of the transaction, the Company completed a $22M financing, led by institutional investors and industry executives, built its management team and commenced trading as Anacortes Mining Corp. on the TSX Venture Exchange on October 12, 2021.
Tres Cruces is located within a highly prolific belt of rocks extending for more than 600 km in Northern Peru, where 100M ounces of gold has been discovered (50M ounces produced) from long standing operations, including Newmont/Buenaventura's Yanacocha mine (South America's largest and most profitable gold mine), the 14M ounce past-producing Lagunas Norte operation, and the past-producing 6M ounce high-grade Pierana gold and silver mine, amongst others.
Tres Cruces is one of the highest-grade oxide deposits globally and hosts oxide plus sulphide indicated resources of 2,474,000 oz at 1.65 g/t gold and inferred resources of 104,000 oz at 1.26 g/t gold, inclusive of 630,000 oz of high-grade leachable gold at 1.28 g/t gold. (The current mineral resource estimate was prepared by Jeffrey D. Rowe, James N. Gray, and Ruperto Castro Ocampo with an effective date of March 16, 2021). Surrounding infrastructure includes the national highway from Trujillo, electricity from the national grid, airstrip, a deep-water port, nearby mining infrastructure from past producing operations and a very skilled workforce in the region.
The Property was under option to Barrick Gold from 2003 to 2020 and the bulk of the exploration work on the Property was performed by Barrick, operating from the nearby Lagunas Norte operation. Barrick's option expired on December 31, 2020 and the property was returned to New Oroperu as Barrick was in the process of selling Lagunas Norte.
Jim Currie, CEO of Anacortes Mining, states, '2022 will prove to be a very exciting year for Anacortes as we advance the Tres Cruces project. The PEA is well underway and will demonstrate the economics of the high-grade heap-leachable oxide resource. We are in the process of preparing an expedited drill permit application to test the depth extension of Tres Cruces, where a number of drill holes ended in mineralization. It's hard to believe that an asset such as Tres Cruces, with 371 drill holes, has never been properly tested below 250 meters from surface when so many holes ended in excellent mineralization. We strongly believe these wide zones of gold mineralization suggest an exceptional exploration opportunity for our shareholders to prove that Tres Cruces can be a world class asset in an excellent mining jurisdiction as we embark on our journey to become a mid-tier gold producer.'
Contact:
James A. (Jim) Currie
Tel: 604-684-6730
Email: XYZ@kincommunications.com
About Anacortes
Anacortes is a new, growth-oriented gold company in the Americas, which owns a 100-per-cent interest in the Tres Cruces gold project located in Northern Peru. Tres Cruces is one of the highest-grade oxide deposits globally and hosts oxide plus sulphide indicated resources of 2,474,000 oz at 1.65 g/t gold and inferred resources of 104,000 oz at 1.26 g/t gold, inclusive of 630,000 oz of high-grade leachable gold at 1.28 g/t gold. Anacortes is well capitalized and intends to aggressively advance the oxide resource at Tres Cruces through feasibility and to production under an open-pit, heap-leach scenario. Additionally, Anacortes will continue to seek further growth opportunities in the Americas, with the goal of creating the next mid-tier multi asset gold producer.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking statements which constitute 'forward-looking information' within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation ('Forward-looking Statements'). All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, are Forward-looking Statements and are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those reflected in the Forward-looking Statements.
The Forward-looking Statements in this news release may include, without limitation, statements about the the services to be provided to the Company by Kin and ITG and the Company's plans to aggressively advance Tres Cruces through feasibility and to production. Often, but not always, these Forward-looking Statements can be identified by the use of words such as 'anticipated', 'estimated', 'potential', 'open', 'future', 'assumed', 'projected', 'used', 'detailed', 'has been', 'gain', 'planned', 'reflecting', 'will', 'anticipated', 'estimated' 'containing', 'remaining', 'to be', or statements that events, 'could' or 'should' occur or be achieved and similar expressions, including negative variations.
Forward-looking Statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the ability of the Company to control or predict and which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the Forward-looking Statements. These risks include changes in general economic conditions and financial markets; political risks; risks relating to the current and potential adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, financial markets and the Company's operations and risks inherent in mineral exploration. Although Forward-looking Statements contained in this news release are based upon what each of the parties believe are reasonable assumptions at the time they were made, such statements are made as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any obligation to update any Forward-looking Statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise, except as required by law. There can be no assurance that these 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 should not place undue reliance on Forward-looking Statements.
ANACORTES MINING CORP. 
