Galway Metals Inc. provided Metallurgical Work at Clarence Stream and Estrades. The Clarence Stream Project will undergo initial metallurgical test work at the southwest deposit (the largest and newest part of the resource) which will be subjected to a cyanidation test to benchmark gold extraction, and testing of chemical and mineralogical characterization will also occur. Galway Metals has engaged Blue Coast Research Ltd., Parksville BC., to perform initial bottle roll cyanidation testing to see if the gold mineralization in the South West Zone is amenable to cyanide gold extraction, as a first step in determining processing options.

Initial metallurgical test work will be conducted on a limited number of variability samples collected from across the South West Zone of the Clarence Stream deposit. Samples are approximately 10 kg of material from ½ or ¼ core. Test work will include gold and multi-element chemical analyses, and mineralogy by QemSCAN to determine gold mineral occurrence, mineral associations, and gold particle size distribution.

Samples will be subjected to (bottle roll) cyanidation tests on primary grind pulps for a preliminary test of gold extraction. For the Estrades Project, Galway Metals is looking to take advantage of newer technologies and processes through this test work that will help better understand the mineralogy and improve recoveries for the Estrades ore body. Test work for the application of Ore Sorting Technology to reject waste rock dilution will also be undertaken.

If successful, this process will reduce transportation and mill costs as well as decrease the volume of tailings being created, thus reducing the overall environmental footprint. The historical test work completed at Estrades was only in the main zone, which was specifically in the old workings and close to the existing ramp. With the growth of the resource, Galway is now looking to expand the test work to encompass the main, central and east zones which would provide a better representation of the mine feed.

Testing will also be undertaken on a significant Footwall copper stringer zone that is not in the resource. All drill hole samples have been completed for the metallurgical test work and are now in the process of selecting a partner to perform the testing.