VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 20,
2024 /CNW/ - Mayfair Gold Corp. ("Mayfair", or the
"Company") (TSXV: MFG) (OTCQB: MFGCF) is pleased to report its
operating and financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. Mayfair is focused on the exploration and
development of its 100% controlled Fenn-Gib gold project located in
the Timmins region of Northeast Ontario ("Fenn-Gib" or the
"Project"). The full version of the financial statements and
accompanying management discussion and analysis can be viewed on
the Company's website at www.mayfairgold.ca or on SEDAR+ at
www.sedarplus.ca. Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are
presented in Canadian dollars.
Mayfair's Interim Chief
Executive Officer Darren McLean
commented,
"Dear Stakeholders,
I am pleased to share an update on our recent progress at
Mayfair Gold. I am happy to report that the transition within the
Company has gone smoothly, allowing us to maintain our momentum in
advancing Fenn-Gib without interruption to key initiatives. Our
Pre-Feasibility study is well underway, our cash balance remains
strong, and we are looking forward to kicking off an advanced
metallurgical test program to further optimize and de-risk the
project towards development.
We remain confident about our outlook as we consolidate our
understanding of Fenn-Gib and its surrounding infrastructure.
Looking ahead, we anticipate shifting the focus of the Company from
exploration to development as we believe Fenn-Gib's exceptional
qualities and existing critical mass merit a focused path towards
production."
Corporate Highlights During the Quarter
- On April 17, 2024, the Company
announced that it had called the annual general and special meeting
of shareholders of the Company (the "Meeting") to be held on
June 5, 2024 in response to a
previously filed shareholder meeting requisition (the
"Requisition") submitted by MWCGOF SPV III LP, an investment fund
controlled by Muddy Waters Capital LLC ("Muddy Waters") indicating
their intent to seek shareholder support for the removal of all the
directors of the Company at the Meeting and the appointment of
Muddy Waters' board nominees (the "Nominee Directors").
- On April 18, 2024, the Company
announced the appointment of Richard
Klue as Vice President of Technical Services, who has over
40 years of experience in the mining, minerals, and metals
industry, and has held numerous senior leadership positions
overseeing global engineering studies, projects, and engineering
programs.
- On May 8, 2024, the Company
announced the safe and successful completion of the Phase 6
resource drill program of 26,500 meters focused on extending the
strike of the Footwall Zone of the Project. Additionally, the
Company announced the continued progress of the Project's
pre-feasibility study, including groundwater hydrogeology studies
and engineering trade-off studies.
- On June 5, 2024, the Company
announced the voting results from the Meeting, wherein all the
Nominee Directors were elected. Additionally, the Company announced
the appointment of Mr. Sean Pi as an
additional director of the Company. Mr. Pi, a partner at Heeney
Capital, is a co-founder of Mayfair and previously served as a director
since the formation of the Company in 2019 until March 26, 2024.
- On June 20, 2024, the Company
announced the additions of Christine
Hsieh and Zach Allwright to
the board of directors. Ms. Hsieh is an international commercial
lawyer with 25 years of global practice experience, including 13
years focusing on resources. Mr. Allwright is a skilled mining
professional with 15 years of diversified international experience,
specializing in asset optimization and technical evaluations. Mr.
Allwright currently serves as the Vice President - Projects and
Evaluations for Faraday Copper (Lundin Group company).
Additionally, the Company announced that Anthony Jew and Freddy
Brick both tendered their resignation as directors in order
to permit the Company to further enhance the Board by adding the
deep mining experience and expertise brought by Ms. Hsieh and Mr.
Allwright.
Exploration Highlights During the Quarter
Mayfair extends the strike
of the mineralized structure by approximately 1 km
April 16, 2024
- FG24-385 intersected 0.88 g/t Au over 71.0m, including 1.40 g/t Au over 28.3m including 19.81 g/t Au over 1.8m;
- FG24-387 intersected 0.80 g/t Au over 194.5m, including 3.02 g/t Au over 3.0m and 2.54 g/t Au over 5.0m and 8.56 g/t Au over 3.3m including 23.90 g/t Au over 1.0m and 4.60 g/t Au over 2.2m;
- FG24-388 intersected 1.97 g/t Au over 68.9m including 4.82 g/t Au over 9.4m including 11.25 g/t Au over 2.1m and 3.01 g/t Au over 12.5m and 6.63 g/t Au over 1.1m and 4.15 g/t Au over 5.9m; and
- FG24-390 intersected 10.72 g/t Au over 1.0m, 0.55 g/t Au over 28.5m, 6.12 g/t Au over 14.0m including 68.13 g/t Au over 0.9m and 3.24 g/t Au over 6.0m including 9.13 g/t Au over 1.0m.
Selected Financial Data
The following selected financial data is summarized from the
Company's financial statements and related notes thereto (the
"Financial Statements") for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2024 and 2023.
|
Three months
ended
June 30,
|
Six months
ended
June 30,
|
|
2024
|
2023
|
2024
|
2023
|
Loss and comprehensive
loss
|
(5,711,375)
|
(3,883,906)
|
(9,021,188)
|
(8,221,044)
|
Loss per share – basic
and diluted
|
(0.06)
|
(0.04)
|
(0.09)
|
(0.09)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June
30,
2024
|
December 31,
2023
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
|
|
7,173,290
|
13,504,009
|
Total assets
|
|
|
22,181,209
|
28,493,187
|
Total current
liabilities
|
|
|
1,428,534
|
2,546,327
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
1,428,534
|
2,546,327
|
Total shareholders'
equity
|
|
|
20,752,675
|
25,946,860
|
2024 Outlook
In the first quarter of 2024, the Company announced the
commencement of a pre-feasibility study on the Fenn-Gib
project. The study will build further on the metallurgical,
geotechnical, hydrogeology, and environmental evaluations completed
to date to develop a clearly defined project description in support
of a potential environmental assessment. Mayfair has engaged a Vice President,
technical services to manage the entire Fenn-Gib project, who has
included AGP Mining Consultants and Environmetal Applications Group
(EAG) as lead engineers and scientists of a multi-disciplinary
group to deliver the pre-feasibility study. The initiation of the
pre-feasibility study is a major milestone towards the development
of the Fenn-Gib project.
About the Fenn-Gib Project
The Fenn-Gib Project comprises two property packages, referred
to as the Fenn-Gib North and South Blocks, which are separated by
approximately three kilometers. The Fenn-Gib Deposit is located on
the North Block along the regional Contact Fault, an east-west to
south-east trending shear zone on the Pipestone Fault, which is
interpreted to be a splay off the Porcupine-Destor Fault. The
Fenn-Gib Deposit hosts significant concentrations of gold
mineralization within two zones: (i) the Main Zone, and (ii) the
Deformation Zone. These two zones overlap completely. A third zone
of mineralization, known as the Footwall Zone, is located
approximately 100 meters to the northwest of the Fenn-Gib Deposit.
A fourth zone of mineralization, known as the Contact Zone, is
located at depth below the current pit-constrained resource.
April 6, 2023 Fenn-Gib Resource
Estimate by Category Using 0.40 g/t Au Cut-Off
Style
|
Class
|
Tonnes
|
Au
(g/t)
|
Au
(ounces)
|
Open pit
|
Indicated
|
113,687,000
|
0.93
|
3,383,000
|
Open Pit
|
Inferred
|
5,724,000
|
0.85
|
157,000
|
All mineral resources have been estimated in accordance with
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Petroleum
definitions, as required under NI 43-101. Ounce (troy) = metric
tonnes x grade / 31.10348. All numbers have been rounded to reflect
the relative accuracy of the estimate
QA/QC Controls
Mayfair employs a QA/QC program
consistent with NI 43-101 and industry best practices. Surface
drilling was conducted by Major/Norex Drilling of Timmins, Ontario and was supervised by the
Mayfair exploration team.
Mayfair's drill program includes
descriptive logging and sampling of the drill core for analysis at
Mayfair's secure facility located
in Matheson, Ontario. Sampled
drill core intervals were sawn in half with a diamond blade saw.
Half of the sampled core was left in the core box and the remaining
half was bagged and sealed. Mayfair utilizes accredited laboratories that
include, Activation Laboratories Ltd. (Actlabs) and AGAT
Laboratories Ltd. (AGAT) both located in Timmins, Ontario. Mayfair personnel transport the samples
directly and deliver to Actlabs, and samples are collected by
laboratory personnel directly from Mayfair's secure core logging facility in
Matheson, Ontario. Gold was
analyzed by 30-gram fire assay with AA-finish. Certified reference
material (CRM) standards and coarse blank material are inserted
every twenty samples. Mayfair
completes routine third-party check assays. Drill intercepts cited
do not necessarily represent true widths unless otherwise
noted.
Qualified Person
Tim Maunula, P. Geo., of T.
Maunula and Associates Consulting Inc, is a qualified person for
the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and
approved the technical content in this news release.
About Mayfair Gold
Mayfair Gold is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused
on advancing the 100% controlled Fenn-Gib gold project in the
Timmins region of Northern Ontario. The Fenn-Gib gold deposit is
Mayfair's flagship asset and
currently hosts an updated NI 43-101 resource estimate with an
effective date of April 6, 2023 with
a total Indicated Resource of 113.69M
tonnes containing 3.38M ounces at a
grade of 0.93 g/t Au and an Inferred Resource of 5.72M tonnes containing 0.16M ounces at a grade of 0.85 g/t Au at a 0.40
g/t Au cut-off grade. The Fenn-Gib deposit has a strike length of
over 1.5km with widths ranging over 500m. The gold mineralized zones remain open at
depth and along strike to the east and west. Recently completed
metallurgical tests confirm that the Fenn-Gib deposit can deliver
robust gold recoveries of up to 94%.
Cautionary Notes to U.S. Investors Concerning Resource
Estimates
This news release has been prepared in accordance with the
requirements of the securities laws in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of
the U.S. securities laws. In particular, and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the terms "mineral reserve", "proven
mineral reserve", "probable mineral reserve", "inferred mineral
resources," "indicated mineral resources," "measured mineral
resources" and "mineral resources" used or referenced in this
presentation are Canadian mineral disclosure terms as defined in
accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") under the guidelines
set out in the 2014 Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and
Petroleum Standards for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves,
Definitions and Guidelines, May 2014
(the "CIM Standards"). The CIM Standards differ from the mineral
property disclosure requirements of the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in Regulation S-K Subpart 1300 (the
"SEC Modernization Rules") under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"). As a foreign private issuer that
is eligible to file reports with the SEC pursuant to the
multijurisdictional disclosure system, the Company is not required
to provide disclosure on its mineral properties under the SEC
Modernization Rules and will continue to provide disclosure under
NI 43-101 and the CIM Standards. Accordingly, the Company's
disclosure of mineralization and other technical information may
differ significantly from the information that would be disclosed
had the Company prepared the information under the standards
adopted under the SEC Modernization Rules.
Forward Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking statements and
forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian
securities legislation (collectively, "forward-looking statements")
that relate to Mayfair's current
expectations and views of future events. Any statements that
express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs,
plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance
(often, but not always, through the use of words or phrases such as
"will likely result", "are expected to", "expects", "will
continue", "is anticipated", "anticipates", "believes",
"estimated", "intends", "plans", "forecast", "projection",
"strategy", "objective" and "outlook") are not historical facts and
may be forward-looking statements and may involve estimates,
assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results or
outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in such
forward-looking statements. No assurance can be given that these
expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking
statements included in this news release should not be unduly
relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date of this
news release.
Forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions
and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of
which are beyond Mayfair's
control, which could cause actual results and events to differ
materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, the impact and progression of the COVID-19
pandemic and other factors. Mayfair undertakes no obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required
by law. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not
possible for Mayfair to predict
all of them, or assess the impact of each such factor or the extent
to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results
to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking
statement. Any forward-looking statements contained in this news
release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this
cautionary statement.
Neither the 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 news release
SOURCE Mayfair Gold Corp.