Nuvau's Gold-Focused Exploration Program Underway at Matagami Visible gold found in first hole — assays are pending
Nuvau's Gold-Focused Exploration Program
Underway at Matagami
Visible gold found in first hole
—
assays are pending
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 22, 2025) - Nuvau Minerals Inc. (TSXV: NMC) has launched its
gold-focused exploration program at its Matagami Property where the first hole drilled intersected what
appears to be an orogenic lode gold system close to the Bracemac McLeod Mine in Matagami. Assays
are pending after Nuvau intersected visible gold in a structure intersected in the first hole.
"We are extremely encouraged by the success of the initial hole of our maiden gold focused diamond
drill program on this 1,300 square kilometre land package," said Peter Van Alphen, Nuvau's CEO.
"The
footwall rock units where this new vein intercept occurs is in a largely untested part of the property, in an
area not deemed favourable for base metal mineralization. In addition, this mineralized zone is located
less than 25 metres from the mine access ramp at the permitted Bracemac McLeod Mine."
The steeply dipping, strong shear zone structure with quartz veining mineralized with pyrite and locally
visible gold was intersected at a depth of approximately 200 metres below surface. Although it is within
the footwall stratigraphy of the past-producing Bracemac McLeod mine, the area has seen very little
drilling in the past as it was not of interest for VMS type exploration. Planning is underway for the follow
up drilling which is expected to begin within the next two weeks.
Figure 1: Past producing Bracemac McLeod Mine and relative position of gold target drilled
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Figure 2: Visible gold found in more than 30 gold chips identified in logging the core
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The Matagami Property has hosted numerous base metal mines over the last 60 years. However
previous owners never applied a gold-focused exploration program to this large-scale property even
though it is strategically located in the Abitibi geological sub-province.
The Property is located in the Abitibi Region of Quebec, one of the world's most productive gold
districts. It includes Canada's largest gold producing mine with the country's largest gold mineral
reserves: the Detour Lake Mine. Detour Lake is owned by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, located west of
the Matagami Property. The Casa Berardi Mine, which has produced over 3 million ounces of gold, is
also located to the just southwest of the Matagami Property. (See Figure 3, below.)
Figure 3: Property Location
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Gold Exploration work: background
Since satisfying the spending requirement associated with the earn-in agreement with Glencore, Nuvau
has begun working on unlocking the overlooked gold potential of this vast, 1,300 square kilometre
Matagami property.
This work includes compilation of historic data, overburden till sampling, a detailed high-resolution drone
airborne magnetic (MAG) survey, and now diamond drilling. The sonic (till) drill program discovered a
significant gold grain anomaly in the central portion of the Property (see
Nuvau Press Release, March 4,
2025
) that will be subject to follow up drilling in the upcoming winter drill program.
Compilation of historic
data in the vicinity of the base metal mines on the main "mine trend" identified numerous areas where
gold mineralization had been intersected, however no follow-up work was ever completed.
About Nuvau Minerals Inc.
Nuvau is a Canadian mining company focused on the Abitibi Region of mine-friendly Québec. Nuvau's
principal asset is the Matagami Property that is host to significant existing processing infrastructure and
multiple mineral deposits and is being acquired from Glencore.
Qualified Person and Quality Assurance
Bastien Fresia P. Geo. (Qc), Technical Services Director of Nuvau and a "qualified person" as is
defined by National Instrument 43-101, has verified the scientific and technical data disclosed in this
news release, and has otherwise reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this
news release.
Drill core samples are sawn by staff technicians to create half core splits. One split is retained in the drill
core box for archival purposes with a sample tag affixed at each sample interval and the other split is
placed in a labelled plastic bag along with a corresponding sample number tag and placed in the
shipment queue.
Quality control samples including blind certified reference material ("CRM"), blank material, and core
duplicates are inserted at a frequency of 1 in every 20 samples and sample batches of up to 60 samples
were then shipped directly by Nuvau personnel to the ALS Canada Ltd. preparation laboratory in Rouyn-
Noranda, Québec.
All submitted core samples are crushed in full to 95 % passing less than 2 mm (ALS code CRU-32). A
1000-gram sample was then riffled split from the crushed material and pulverized to 90 % passing 75
μm (SPL-22 and PUL-32a). Pulps are shipped from the preparation laboratory to ALS Canada Ltd.'s
analytical lab in North Vancouver, British Columbia, for assay.
Lead, silver, copper and zinc analyses were determined by ore grade four acid digestion with an
inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy ("ICP-AES") or atomic absorption
spectroscopy ("AAS") finish (ALS codes Pb-OG62, Ag-OG62, Cu-OG62 and ZnOG62), whereas gold
was determined by 50 g fire assay analysis with an AAS finish (code Au-AA23).
ALS Canada Ltd. is an accredited, independent commercial analytical firm registered to ISO/IEC
17025:2017 and ISO 9001:2015.
For further information please contact:
Nuvau Minerals Inc.
Peter van Alphen
President and CEO
Telephone: 416-525-6023
Email:
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news release contains forward-looking statements concerning drill results relating to the Matagami
Property, the results of the PEA, the potential of the Matagami Property, the timing and
commencement of any production, the restart of the Bracemac-McLeod Mine,
the completion of the
earn-in of the Matagami Property and the timing and completion of any technical studies, feasibility
studies or economic analyses. Forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and the actual
performance may be affected by a number of material factors, assumptions and expectations, many
of which are beyond the control of the Company, including expectations and assumptions concerning
the Company and the Matagami Property. Readers are cautioned that assumptions used in the
preparation of any forward-looking statements may prove to be incorrect. Events or circumstances
may cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted as a result of numerous known and
unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company.
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