Doré Copper Mining Corp. (the "
Company" or
"
Doré Copper") (TSXV: DCMC; OTCQX: DRCMF; FRA:
DCM) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement
(the "
Amending Agreement") on October 28, 2022 to
amend the earn-in option agreement (the "
Option
Agreement") dated January 2, 2020 between the Company and
Ressources Jessie Inc. ("
Ressources Jessie")
pursuant to which the Company has an option to acquire the Joe Mann
Property (the "
Property") from Ressources Jessie,
as previously announced on January 2, 2020. The Joe Mann mine,
located 60 kilometers south of Chibougamau, Quebec, produced 1.12
million ounces of gold at an average grade of 8.26 g/t from the
1950s to 20071. The deposit has an inferred resource of 680,000
tonnes grading 6.78 g/t Au and 0.24% Cu, which was included in the
Company's Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) of its
hub-and-spoke operation announced on May 10, 20222.
Pursuant to the terms of the Amending Agreement,
the Company has agreed to accelerate the final scheduled cash and
share payments under the Option Agreement. The Company has made the
final scheduled cash payment of $1,500,000 to Ressources Jessie
(thus fulfilling the scheduled cash payment obligations), and will
issue 3,333,333 common shares in the capital of the Company
("Common Shares") to Legault Metals Inc.
("Legault") at a deemed price of $0.30 per Common
Share for an aggregate value of $1,000,000 upon acceptance of the
TSX Venture Exchange (thus fulfilling all scheduled share payment
obligations). The deadline for the Company to incur the remaining
exploration expenditures on the Property, totaling approximately
$830,000, has also been extended to February 28, 2023.
Following the fulfillment of the scheduled cash
and share payment obligations, Ressources Jessie will commence the
transfer of the Property to the Company. Upon exercise of the
option, the Company is required to grant to Ressources Jessie a 2%
net smelter return ("NSR") royalty on the mine
production from the Property. The Company will be entitled to buy
back 1% NSR in consideration for a payment to Ressources Jessie of
$2,000,000 and to buy back an additional 0.5% NSR in consideration
for a payment to Ressources Jessie of $4,000,000.
Pursuant to the original terms of the Option
Agreement, upon the commencement of commercial production at the
Property, Doré Copper will make an additional $1,000,000 cash
payment to Ressources Jessie and issue $1,500,000 in Common Shares
to Legault.
The Company is currently drilling a hole on the
eastern side of the Joe Mann mine, below the deepest mined level,
to test the down plunge extension of a historical underground hole
that returned 9.33 g/t Au over 2.4 meters (U-9161_D). In early
2023, the Company plans to test a geophysical anomaly located
approximately 500 metres south of the mine.
Sylvain Lépine, M.Sc., P.Geo., Vice President
Exploration of the Company and a "Qualified Person" within the
meaning of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for
Mineral Projects, has reviewed and approved the scientific and
technical information contained in this news release.
The map below shows the land tenure of the Joe
Mann Property.
About Doré Copper Mining
Corp.
Doré Copper Mining Corp. aims to be the next
copper producer in Québec with an initial production target of +50
Mlbs of copper equivalent annually by implementing a hub-and-spoke
operation model with multiple high-grade copper-gold assets feeding
its centralized Copper Rand mill2. The Company has delivered its
PEA in May 2022 and is proceeding with a feasibility study.
The Company has consolidated a large land
package in the prolific Lac Doré/Chibougamau and Joe Mann mining
camps that has historically produced 1.6 billion pounds of
copper and 4.4 million ounces of gold1. The land package
includes 13 former producing mines, deposits and resource target
areas within a 60-kilometre radius of the Company's Copper Rand
Mill.
For further information, please contact:
Ernest Mast |
Laurie Gaborit |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Vice President, Investor Relations |
Phone: (416) 792-2229 |
Phone: (416) 219-2049 |
Email: ernest.mast@dorecopper.com |
Email: laurie.gaborit@dorecopper.com |
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- Sources for historic production
figures: Economic Geology, v. 107, pp. 963–989 - Structural and
Stratigraphic Controls on Magmatic, Volcanogenic, and Shear
Zone-Hosted Mineralization in the Chapais-Chibougamau Mining Camp,
Northeastern Abitibi, Canada by François Leclerc et al. (Lac
Dore/Chibougamau mining camp) and NI 43-101 Technical Report on the
Joe Mann Property dated January 11, 2016 by Geologica
Groupe-Conseil Inc. for Jessie Ressources Inc. (Joe Mann mine).
Doré Ramp November 1992 Summary, internal Westminer Report.
- Technical report titled
"Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Chibougamau Hub-and-Spoke
Complex, Québec, Canada" dated June 15, 2022, in accordance with
National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for
Mineral Projects. The Technical Report was prepared by BBA Inc.
with several consulting firms contributing to sections of the
study, including SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd., SRK Consulting
(Canada) Inc. and WSP Inc.
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking StatementsThis news release includes
certain "forward-looking statements" under applicable Canadian
securities legislation. Forward-looking statements include
predictions, projections and forecasts and are often, but not
always, identified by the use of words such as "seek",
"anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "forecast", "expect",
"potential", "project", "target", "schedule", "budget" and "intend"
and statements that an event or result "may", "will", "should",
"could" or "might" occur or be achieved and other similar
expressions and includes the negatives thereof. All statements
other than statements of historical fact included in this news
release, including, without limitation, statements with respect to
the timing and ability of the Company to receive necessary
regulatory approvals, the Company's ability to meet its production
target, the commencement, timing and completion of a feasibility
study, and the plans, operations and prospects of the Company and
its properties are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and
assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause
actual results and future events to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such
factors include, but are not limited to, actual exploration
results, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be
refined, future metal prices, availability of capital and financing
on acceptable terms, general economic, market or business
conditions, uninsured risks, regulatory changes, delays or
inability to receive required regulatory approvals, health
emergencies, pandemics and other exploration or other risks
detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the
Company with securities regulators. Although the Company has
attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual
actions, events or results to differ from those described in
forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause
such actions, events or results to differ materially from those
anticipated. There can be no assurance that such statements will
prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could
differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
except as required by law.
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 news release.
A map accompanying this announcement is
available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/0560320c-a5b0-4183-a686-4e69f134279a
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