White Metal Receives Exploration Licence Renewal on its Okohongo Copper-Silver Project, Namibia
16 September 2021 - 10:00PM
White Metal Resources Corp. (TSXV: WHM)
(
FRA: CGK1) (
OTCMKTS: TNMLF)
(“White Metal” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has
received a two (2) year renewal for its Exclusive Prospecting
Licence (“EPL”) 7071 (“EPL7071”), setting the new expiry date to 12
June 2023. The 95%-owned EPL7071, referred to as the Taranis
(Okohongo) Copper-Silver Project (the “Project” or “Property”),
covers about 13,825 hectares and is located in the Kaoko
Copperbelt, northwestern Namibia. The Property size was reduced
from its original size of 19,805 hectares as part of the
requirements for EPL renewal.
Michael Stares, President & CEO of White
Metal, stated; “We are very pleased to have received the renewal
for our Okohongo EPL7071. Namibia has proven to be a very good
country to work in and we will continue to advance the Okohongo
Copper-Silver Project and at the same time pursue a partner to work
with us in moving the Project forward. We have been very successful
in our exploration of the Property including developing new copper
targets north and south along strike from the Okohongo deposit and
completing a new Mineral Resource Estimate. We will continue to
work the Project in tandem with White Metal’s flagship gold
project, the Tower Stock Gold Project, located in Ontario,
Canada.”
Mineral Resource EstimateWhite
Metal’s new Mineral Resource Estimate (“MRE”) for the Taranis
(Okohongo) Cu-Ag Project is based on a total of 28 (3,226 metres)
Reverse Circulation (“RC”) drill holes (518 chip samples in
resource) and 781.70 metres of historical diamond drill core in 4
holes (63 core samples in resource). The mineral resources are all
in the Inferred category (Table 1). The area covered by the
resource is about 740 m wide (east-west) and 720 m long
(north-south). Using a cut-off grade of 0.30% Cu and assuming 10%
geological loss, the study reported approximately 7.7 million
tonnes grading 1.55% Cu and 26.77 g/t Ag with a calculated copper
equivalent (CuEq) of 1.82% Cu. A grade-tonnage sensitivity analysis
is provided in Table 2.
The MRE was prepared by Caracle Creek
International Consulting MINRES (Pty) Ltd. (“CCIC MINRES”), South
Africa, in accordance with current CIM Definition Standards on
Mineral Resources and Reserves. A Technical Report in support of
the MRE will be filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) within 45 days from
August 18, 2021. The MRE is effective as at August 11, 2021.
Table 1. Mineral Resource Estimate
Statement for the Okohongo Cu-Ag Deposit, Namibia (0.30% Cu
cut-off).
Classification |
Tonnes5 |
Cu (%) |
Ag (g/t) |
CuEq3 |
Cu (t) |
Ag (oz) |
CuEq (t) |
Inferred |
7,706,732 |
1.55 |
26.77 |
1.82 |
119,256 |
6,634,133 |
139,891 |
- The independent Qualified Person
for the Mineral Resource Estimate, as defined by NI 43-101, is Mr.
Sivanesan (Desmond) Subramani (Pri. Sci. Nat - 400184/06), Caracle
Creek International Consulting MINRES (Pty) Ltd. (CCIC MINRES),
South Africa. The effective date of the Mineral Resource Estimate
is August 11, 2021.
- These Mineral Resources are not
Mineral Reserves as they do not have demonstrated economic
viability. The quantity and grade of reported Inferred Resources in
this Mineral Resource Estimate are uncertain in nature and there
has been insufficient exploration to define these Inferred
Resources as Indicated or Measured, however it is reasonably
expected that the majority of Inferred Mineral Resources could be
upgraded to Indicated Mineral Resources with continued
exploration.
- Copper equivalent (CuEq) was
calculated using a copper price of US$3.75/lb and a silver price of
US$25.00/oz and applying the formula: CuEq = Cu% + (Ag g/t *
0.01).
- A cut-off grade of 0.30% Cu was
used for the low- and high-grade domains. The cut-off grade was
determined on the basis of core assay geostatistics and drill core
lithologies for the deposit, and by comparison to analogous deposit
types.
- Tonnages are reported applying a
geological loss of 10%, to account for unknown geological
discontinuities; 10% is based on experience of other deposits in
similar geological settings.
- Geological and block models for the
Mineral Resource Estimate used data from a total of 24 surface
Reverse Circulation drill holes, completed by White Metal in
January-February 2021, and four re-sampled historical diamond drill
holes (completed by Teck in 2008 and INV Metals in 2011). The drill
hole database was validated prior to resource estimation and QA/QC
checks were made using industry-standard control charts for blanks,
RC chip sample duplicates, and commercial certified reference
material (standards and blanks) inserted into assay batches by
White Metal and by comparison of umpire RC chip sample assays
performed at a second laboratory.
- Estimates in Table 1 have been
rounded to two significant figures.
- The Inferred Mineral Resources were
constrained by a Lerchs-Grossmann conceptual open-pit envelope that
was developed using the following optimization parameters: i) metal
prices of US$3.75/lb copper and US$25/oz silver; ii) an overall pit
slope of 55 degrees; iii) bulk mining costs of US$2/t (ore) and
US$1/t (waste), derived from other comparative copper projects in
African copper belts; iv) processing costs and G&A estimated at
US$7.80/t; and v) plant recoveries assumed to be 80% copper and 80%
silver.
- The Mineral Resource Estimate was
prepared following the CIM Estimation of Mineral Resources &
Mineral Reserves Best Practice Guidelines (November 29, 2019).
- The geological model as applied to
the Mineral Resource Estimate comprises eight Individual wireframes
that were created for each grade domain.
- The block model was prepared using
Datamine Studio RM software. A 50 m x 50 m x 5 m block model was
created and samples were composited at 1.0 m intervals. Grade
estimation from drill hole data was carried out for Cu and Ag using
the Ordinary Kriging interpolation method.
- Grade estimation was validated by
comparison of input and output statistics, swath plot analysis, and
by visual inspection of the assay data, block model, and grade
shells in cross-sections.
- The applied average specific
gravity (2.45 t/m3) was determined on the basis of CCIC MINRES’s
in-house library of SG and bulk density measurements from similar
deposits in the African copper belts.
Table 2. Grade-Tonnage sensitivity
analysis for the Okohongo Cu-Ag Deposit, Namibia.
Cut-off (%Cu) |
OriginalTonnes |
Adjusted
Tonnes5 |
SG |
Cu (%) |
Ag (g/t) |
CuEq3 |
Cu Metal (t) |
Ag Metal (oz) |
CuEq Metal (t) |
0.0 |
8,647,675 |
7,782,908 |
2.45 |
1.53 |
26.54 |
1.80 |
119,459 |
6,641,266 |
140,115 |
0.1 |
8,647,675 |
7,782,908 |
2.45 |
1.53 |
26.54 |
1.80 |
119,459 |
6,641,266 |
140,115 |
0.2 |
8,647,675 |
7,782,908 |
2.45 |
1.53 |
26.54 |
1.80 |
119,459 |
6,641,266 |
140,115 |
0.3 |
8,563,035 |
7,706,732 |
2.45 |
1.55 |
26.77 |
1.82 |
119,256 |
6,634,133 |
139,891 |
0.4 |
7,729,289 |
6,956,360 |
2.45 |
1.68 |
29.09 |
1.97 |
116,681 |
6,506,902 |
136,920 |
0.5 |
7,631,602 |
6,868,442 |
2.45 |
1.69 |
29.40 |
1.99 |
116,320 |
6,491,169 |
136,510 |
0.6 |
7,602,738 |
6,842,464 |
2.45 |
1.70 |
29.44 |
1.99 |
116,182 |
6,476,379 |
136,326 |
0.7 |
7,435,124 |
6,691,612 |
2.45 |
1.72 |
29.71 |
2.02 |
115,197 |
6,392,448 |
135,080 |
0.8 |
7,083,401 |
6,375,061 |
2.45 |
1.77 |
30.31 |
2.07 |
112,772 |
6,212,486 |
132,095 |
Qualified PersonTechnical
information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by
Dr. Scott Jobin-Bevans (P.Geo.), Vice President Exploration and a
Director of White Metal, who is a Qualified Person under the
definitions established by NI 43-101.
About White Metal Resources
Corp.White Metal Resources Corp. is a junior exploration
company exploring in Canada and southern Africa. The Company’s two
key properties are the Flagship Tower Stock Gold Project in Thunder
Bay, Ontario, Canada and the Okohongo Copper-Silver Project in
Namibia, Africa. For more information about the Company please
visit www.whitemetalres.com.
On behalf of the Board of
Directors
"Michael Stares"President & CEO
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StreetThunder Bay, ON P7B 4A8Phone: +1 (807) 358-2420
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