Maple Gold Mines Ltd. Outlines VMS-Focused Exploration Targeting and Summer Field Program
occur laterally along the Eagle-Telbel Mine Horizon, as well as along multiple interflow horizons
within The Cartwright Hills Grp, which include the interpreted eastern extension of the Estrades horizons. The Joutel Targets include several EM anomalies within 2-5 km of the historical Eagle, Telbel and Eagle West deposits that have very limited drilling. These deposits are associated with the Harricana and Joutel Deformation Zones and appear as discrete conductive zones aligned along a well-defined northwest trend. The Mag-EM survey indicates possible similar structures extending more than 9 km further to the east in this area where
historical drilling intersected anomalous gold ("Au") and zinc ("Zn") in several holes. Hole M- 94-078 (also known as McClure 93-2 showing) intersected 0.81% Zn over 0.6 metres ("m"); hole JO-12-05 intersected 6.1 g/t Au over 1.5 m, as well as 0.55% Zn over 4 m further
downhole, including 0.88% Zn over 1m. Planned work to advance VMS targets at Douay and Joutel is expected to include compilation of existing data, including review of historical drill logs, followed by field work including lithogeochemistry and initial follow-up ground EM surveys to support bringing highest priority VMS target areas towards a drill ready stage. Separately, planned work at Morris is expected to include detailed lithogeochemical sampling to establish the full extent of strong VMS related hydrothermal alteration identified in 2021 and identify promising portions of the 3 km long conductor identified by ground geophysics in 2022 and 2023. Morris is located approximately 30 km east of the Matagami VMS mining camp and hosts the Watson Lake rhyolite unit which forms the footwall of all the VMS mines at Matagami.