Labrador Gold Corp. (TSX.V:LAB | OTCQX:NKOSF | FNR: 2N6) (“LabGold”
or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the board of
directors of the Company have approved 2025 exploration programs
for the 100% owned Hopedale and Borden Lake gold projects.
HopedaleThe district scale
Hopedale property covers a 43km strike length of the Archean-age
Florence Lake greenstone belt which has characteristics typical of
greenstone belts around the world but has been underexplored by
comparison.
Recent exploration by LabGold has resulted in the identification
of 11 significant mineral occurrences over the length of the
property including five gold occurrences, three nickel occurrences,
two copper-silver occurrences and a zinc-copper occurrence (Figure
1).
The 2025 program will mainly focus on the Thurber gold trend,
defined by four significant gold occurrences surrounded by
anomalous gold in rock and soil samples stretching over a
three-kilometre strike length (Figure 2). An induced
polarization/resistivity survey is planned to cover the three
kilometre trend in order to further refine drill targets for a
first stage drill program. In addition, mapping and sampling will
be undertaken particularly between Thurber North and Thurber
boundary where work during 2024 indicates the potential to extend
the Thurber gold trend a further 1.5 kilometres to the northern
boundary.
Elsewhere on the property, prospecting and mapping will be
carried out over electromagnetic conductors identified during 2024
surveys at the Jasmine Zn-Cu occurrence and the Misery North Ni-Cu
occurrence. Anomalous gold in lake sediment samples occurs along a
structural lineament between the Fire Ant Au-Ag occurrence and the
StoneFly Cu-Au-Ag occurrence three kilometres to the northeast that
will also be prospected.
Borden Lake
The Borden Lake project is located near
Chapleau, Ontario and lies immediately adjacent to the Borden gold
mine, part of the Porcupine Complex, currently being acquired by
Discovery Silver Corp. from Newmont Corporation (Figure 3).
LabGold’s past exploration on the property
identified two anomalous zones, based on geochemistry, one in the
north extending over 1.3km northwest-southeast and another in the
south extending over 1km north-south. Results from an
IP/resistivity survey over the anomalous areas showed a
chargeability anomaly approximately 230 metres up ice of a 48 gold
grain in till sample that is open to the northwest and to the
southeast. In addition, a second chargeability anomaly was
identified 800 metres up ice of the 48 gold grain sample and
approximately 450 to 600 metres up ice of a cluster of samples
containing from three to seven gold grains.
Exploration during 2025 will focus on
prospecting and a biogeochemical survey covering approximately 27
line kilometres across the northernmost part of the property (see
Figure 3). The Company is using biogeochemistry as an exploration
tool due to the widespread glacial sand cover over large parts of
the property.
Project Acquisition
UpdateConsistent with its stated strategy of acquiring a
project with a significant resource, the Company continues to look
at projects for potential acquisition. To date over 40, primarily
Canadian based, projects have been reviewed. The search is ongoing
with a focus on advanced stage gold projects and the Company has
narrowed down the list of potential candidates and completed
technical due diligence on several. With cash and marketable
securities of approximately $19.6 million, LabGold is in an
excellent position to acquire and advance a significant
project.
Figure 1. Mineral occurrences of the Hopedale
Project.
Figure 2. Gold and copper potential of the
Thurber license, north Florence Lake greenstone belt.
Figure 3. Area of 2025 work and anomalous zones
at the Borden Lake gold project.
Qualified Person
Roger Moss, PhD., P.Geo., President and CEO of LabGold, a
Qualified Person in accordance with Canadian regulatory
requirements as set out in NI 43-101, has read and approved the
scientific and technical information that forms the basis for the
disclosure contained in this release.
The Company gratefully acknowledges the
Newfoundland and Labrador Ministry of Natural Resources’ 2023
Junior Exploration Assistance (JEA) Program and the Atlantic Canada
Opportunities Agency’s Critical Minerals Assistance for its
financial support for exploration of the Hopedale property.
About Labrador
Gold
Labrador Gold is a Canadian based mineral exploration company
focused on the acquisition and exploration of prospective gold
projects in Eastern Canada. The Company has approximately $19.6
million in cash and marketable securities.
The Hopedale property covers much of the
Archean-age Florence Lake greenstone belt that stretches over 60
km. The belt is typical of greenstone belts around the world but
has been underexplored by comparison. Work to date by Labrador Gold
show gold anomalies in rocks, soils and lake sediments over a 3
kilometre section of the northern portion of the Florence Lake
greenstone belt. Five gold occurrences lie along this trend, four
of which Thurber Boundary, Thurber North, TD500 and Thurber South
were discovered by LabGold. Anomalous gold in soil and lake
sediment samples also occur over approximately 40 km along the
southern section of the greenstone belt. LabGold’s recent
exploration has also demonstrated the potential for the critical
metals copper, nickel and cobalt in the belt.
The Borden Lake project near Chapleau, Ontario
lies immediately southeast of Newmont Corporation’s Borden gold
mine currently being acquired by Discovery Silver Corp. LabGold’s
past exploration on the property identified two anomalous zones
based on geochemistry, including up to 48 gold grains in till
samples, and geophysics, one in the north extending over 1.3km
northwest-southeast and another in the south extending over 1km
north-south.
The Company has 170,009,979 common shares issued and outstanding
and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol LAB.
For more information please contact:Roger Moss, President and
CEO Tel:
416-704-8291
Or visit our website at: www.labradorgold.com
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results of current exploration programs, the general risks
associated with the mining industry, the price of gold and other
metals, currency and interest rate fluctuations, increased
competition and general economic and market factors, occur or
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