Highlights:
Egan is strategically located in the heart of Ontario’s prolific Abitibi gold camp, central to mining operations inTimmins ,Kirkland Lake , andMatachewan .- Harfang has exercised its option to earn 100% interest in the Property in exchange for a combination of cash and shares.
- Exploration conducted by Harfang has generated several high-priority targets.
“We are pleased to proceed with the acquisition of a 100% interest in Egan,” commented
The Egan Gold Property
The
- Grab sampling by the Vendors that returned assay values ranging from 0.1 g/t Au to 105.0 g/t Au. Fifteen percent (15%) of the 78 samples returned assay values greater than 10 g/t Au with highlight that include: 105.0 g/t Au, 67.2 g/t Au, and 47.6 g/t Au.
- Grab sampling by
LaSalle Exploration Corp. , now amalgamated into Harfang, returned assay values ranging from 0.1 g/t Au to 63.7 g/t Au with highlights that include: 63.7 g/t Au, 22.7 g/t Au, and 4.7 g/t Au. - Two composite chip samples that returned assay values of 7.67 g/t Au over 3.0 metres and 2.80 g/t Au over 4.0 metres.
Exploration conducted under the option includes 117 square kilometres of Aerial LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), 828 line-kilometres of high-resolution helicopter-borne magnetic surveys, 75 kilometres of IP (Induced Polarization) geophysics over priority target areas, geological mapping, prospecting, as well as soil and till sampling.
Exploration work to date has generated several high priority targets including:
The E3 Zone which returned assay values in grab samples including 44.7 g/t Au and 19.0 g/t Au.- A gold-in-soil anomaly measuring approximately 1 km by 500 metres and coincident with: (i) the projected contact of the
Bradley Lake syenite and surrounding metavolcanic, and (ii) a broad IP chargeability anomaly. This chargeability zone which extends for 600 metres in length, is interpreted as potentially thick bands of altered lithologies enriched in sulphides. - The E1 South gold showing which returned an assay value of 25.0 g/t Au. This grab sample was part of a follow-up prospecting program focused on a gold-in-soil result of 1.9 g/t Au. It was taken from an outcrop of hematized syenite exposed over approx. 75 metres by 140 metres. The E1 South showing is at the western end of a weak IP chargeability anomaly which extends 400 metres to the east where it remains open.
- Glacial float of altered syenite which returned an assay value of 5.5 g/t Au. This sample was also part of a follow-up prospecting program focused on a gold-in-soil result of 1.5 g/t Au. It is similar in appearance to E1 was taken 230 metres southwest of the E1 discovery.
Collectively, these high priority targets validate the 2021 soil geochemistry results.
Cautionary statement: grab samples described above are selective by nature and reported grades might not be representative of more extensive mineralized zones.
The Option Agreement
Pursuant to an option agreement and amendment signed in
The Vendors have recently agreed to receive, as their final instalment, a total of
The Company will proceed with the cash payment and the share issuance once approval is received and earn 100% interest in the Egan Property, subject only to a 2% net smelter return royalty in favour of the Vendors.
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