Solstice Gold Corp. (TSXV: SGC) (“
Solstice”, “we”,
“our” or the “
Company”) is pleased to provide an
update on the Company’s royalty and property portfolio with assets
located in Ontario and Quebec. The portfolio was acquired in
October 2021 as part of the Company’s strategy of value creation
for shareholders, to decrease the Company’s financial risk and to
potentially generate funding for our exploration activities at our
core properties. This acquisition also resulted in our Red Lake
Extension (RLX) project in the Red Lake Camp being 100% owned and
royalty free.
The potential cash inflows from option payments
are expected to be approximately $2.4 million over the next 30
months and will partially offset certain corporate costs over that
timeframe. In addition, shareholders get exposure to potential
windfall gains from new discoveries by project partners as well as
exposure to multiple “hot” markets such as the current global
interest in Ontario lithium (Li), other rare earth element (REE)
assets and copper (Cu) exploration properties.
Today we are also announcing the option to
acquire the exciting Raven-Furniss Lithium project as well as the
formation of the highly prospective Lightspeed Lithium project,
both located near Thunder Bay, Ontario. These 2 projects bring our
100% owned Lithium portfolio to 13 distinct assets.
Mike Timmins, Solstice CEO stated, “Solstice is
unique in that we have an extensive, cash generating gold and
battery metal portfolio that, to date, has demonstrated the ability
to fund certain areas of our business. We have harvested over a
million dollars of cash and share payments since its acquisition
and added two new gold royalties. The Company continues to develop
new plans to generate increased value for shareholders by the
potential monetization of certain assets as larger property
packages that may include the available gold exploration properties
in Quebec or our current stand-alone royalty suite. We have
recently added two exciting new lithium projects to enhance that
area of the portfolio, the Raven-Furniss and Lightspeed Lithium
projects. The Company expects to take advantage of the current
interest in lithium by leveraging this asset package in future
deals.”
Recent Portfolio Highlights
Since the acquisition in October 2021:
- Solstice has
received ~$1.2 million in option payments (cash and shares) from
the portfolio
- Two Ontario gold
exploration property packages were sold creating two new
stand-alone gold royalties
- One Ontario
copper (Cu) exploration property was optioned to a newly formed
exploration company
- Four Ontario
lithium properties were optioned to an international lithium
explorer
Royalty and Property Asset
Summary
- 82 royalties and
exploration assets located in Ontario and Quebec
- 43 currently
optioned to partners generate cash inflows and on exercise, new
royalties
- 22 properties in
Ontario and Quebec available for purchase or option earn-in
partnerships
- 10 fully earned
stand-alone royalties (9 gold and 1 Li)
- Asset split of
75% Gold and 25% Green Metals (Cu, Li and REE)
Option Agreement to Acquire the
Raven-Furniss Lithium Property in Ontario
The Company announces that it has entered into
an Option Agreement dated May 30, 2022, with Gravel Ridge Resources
Ltd. (“Gravel”), 1544230 Ontario Inc. (“1544230”) and 2873454
Ontario Inc. (“2873454” and together with Gravel and 1544230, the
“Optionors”) to purchase an option (the “Option”) to acquire the
Optionors 100% interest in certain mining claims known as the
Raven-Furniss Project (the “Claims”).
In consideration for the grant of the Option,
Solstice has agreed to pay the Optionors $24,200 in cash (the
“Initial Cash Payment”) and issue 450,000 Common Shares (the
“Initial Share Payment”). To exercise the Option, the Company must
make the following cash payments to the Optionors: (i) $24,000 by
May 30, 2023; (ii) $30,000 by May 30, 2024; and (iii) $45,000 by
May 30, 2025. Following exercise of the Option, the Claims will be
subject to a 1.5% NSR royalty in favour of the Optionors, 0.75% of
which may be repurchased by Solstice for $1,000,000 any time after
the exercise of the Option.
No finder’s fees are payable in connection with
the transaction and the issuance of the Initial Share Payment is
subject to approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Solstice Forms Lightspeed Lithium
Project
The Company has recently staked mining claims
totalling approximately 17.1km2 in the Thunder Bay mining district
based on an internal review of the battery metal potential and the
activity of other lithium explorers in the region. The newly
acquired property is located approximately 27 km north of Ignace in
NW Ontario and covers an area of previous government mapping in
19741 which identified ten pegmatite occurrences from lakeshore
mapping. Subsequent lake sediment sampling in 2003 by the OGS2 in
the Ignace area (total samples = 2214) show that, of the 48 lake
sediment samples from the Lightspeed property, 79% of these have Li
contents which exceed the 90th percentile (11.6 -35.7 ppm Li) of
the entire sample (N=2214). Furthermore, 31% of the 48 samples
exceed the 98th percentile of data for the entire survey
(21.8-35.7ppm Li). The elements rubidium (Rb) and cesium (Cs),
which are typically associated with known Li-pegmatites in the
region are also strongly elevated in lake sediment samples from the
staked claims. More details on this project will be provided in the
coming months.
1 Sage, R.P., Breaks, F.W., Stott, G.M., Williams, G.M. and
Atkinson, S. 1974. Operation Ignace-Armstrong, Ignace-Graham Sheet,
Districts of Thunder Bay, Kenora and Rainy River; Ontario Div. of
Mines, Preliminary Map P.964.
2MRD 118 Lake Sediment Geochemical data from the Ignace Area,
Northwestern Ontario; by J.E. Jackson, 2003.
About Solstice Gold Corp.
Solstice is an exploration company with quality,
district-scale gold projects in established mining regions of
Canada. Our 180 km2 Red Lake Extension (RLX) and New Frontier
projects are located at the northwestern extension of the prolific
Red Lake Camp in Ontario and approximately 45km from the Red Lake
Mine Complex owned by Evolution Mining. The Company is funded for
phase one drilling at RLX. Our newly formed 322km2 Atikokan Gold
Project is approximately 23km from the Hammond Reef Gold Project
owned by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited and is fully funded for a
robust field program in 2022. Our Qaiqtuq Gold Project which covers
886 km2 with certain other rights covering an adjacent 683 km2,
hosts a 10 km2 high grade gold boulder field, is fully permitted
and hosts multiple drill-ready targets. Qaiqtuq is located in
Nunavut, only 26 km from Rankin Inlet and approximately 7 km from
the Meliadine Gold Mine owned by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited. An
extensive gold and battery metal royalty and property portfolio of
over 80 assets was purchased in October 2021. Approximately $1.2
million in value and two new royalties have been generated since
the acquisition.
Solstice is committed to responsible exploration
and development in the communities in which we work. For more
details on our core properties or the recently acquired royalty and
property portfolio, please see visit our website at
www.solsticegold.com.
David Adamson was a co-award winner for the
discovery of Battle North Gold Corporation's Bateman Gold deposit
and was instrumental in the acquisition of many of the district
properties in the Battle North portfolio during his successful 16
years of exploration in the Red Lake.
Sandy Barham, M.Sc., P.Geo., Senior Geologist,
is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 standards
responsible for reviewing and approving the technical disclosures
of this news release.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
On Behalf of Solstice Gold
Corp.
Mike Timmins, Chief Executive Officer
For further information on Solstice Gold Corp.,
please visit our website at www.solsticegold.com or contact:
Phone: (604) 283-7234
info@solsticegold.com
Forward-Looking Statements and
Additional Cautionary Language
This news release contains certain
forward-looking statements (“FLS”) including, but not limited to
the potential cash inflows that are expected from the portfolio,
the ability of the portfolio to continue to fund certain areas of
our business and the Company’s plans to potentially monetize
certain asset packages and leverage its lithium assets in Ontario.
FLS can often be identified by forward-looking words such as
“approximate or (~)”, “emerging”, “goal”, “plan”, “intent”,
“estimate”, “expects”, “potential”, “scheduled”, “may” and “will”
or similar words suggesting future outcomes or other expectations,
beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, intentions or statements
about future events or performance. There is also no guarantee that
continued exploration at Solstice exploration projects, all of
which are at an early stage of exploration, will lead to the
discovery of an economic gold deposit. Factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from any FLS include, but are
not limited to, unforeseen delays related to drilling, the future
impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic and government response to such
pandemic, the ability of the Company to continue exploration at its
projects during the pandemic and the risk of future lack of access
to the projects as a result thereof, delays in obtaining or
failures to obtain required TSXV, governmental, environmental or
other project approvals, inability to locate source rocks,
inflation, changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity
prices, delays in the development of projects, regulatory approvals
and other factors. FLS are subject to risks, uncertainties and
other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from expected results.
Potential shareholders and prospective investors
should be aware that these statements are subject to known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the
FLS. Shareholders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on FLS.
By their nature FLS involve numerous assumptions, inherent risks
and uncertainties, both general and specific, that contribute to
the possibility that the predictions, forecasts, projections and
various future events will not occur. Solstice undertakes no
obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any FLS whether
as a result of new information, future events or other such factors
which affect this information, except as required by law.
This news release contains information with
respect to adjacent or other mineral properties in respect of which
the Company has no interest or rights to explore or mine or
acquire. Readers are cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent or
similar properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on the
Company’s properties, nor is there certainty that Solstice’s
projects will contain economic mineralization. This news release
mentions other companies that are unrelated to Solstice, and this
does not imply any agreements, partnerships, or rights with respect
to any of these companies or their properties other than where
explicitly defined. Past performance is no guarantee of future
performance, and all investors are urged to consult their
investment professionals before making an investment decision.
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