Prospect Ridge Resources Announces Start of Drilling ON the Knauss Creek Property
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PROSPECT RIDGE RESOURCES ANNOUNCES START OF DRILLING ON THE KNAUSS CREEK
PROPERTY
Vancouver – August 18th, 2022 – Prospect Ridge Resources Corp. (the “Company” or “Prospect
Ridge”) (CSE: PRR) (OTC: PRRSF) (FRA: OED) is pleased to announce that the drilling has begun on
the flagship Knauss Creek property located 10 km North of Terrace, BC.
The construction of the drill pads and drilling began last week and t he first drill hole on the
property has been completed. The initial focus is in the area of the Jay veins, which will be
followed by the historic Dorreen zone that w as a past producing high-grade gold mine. The
drilling will be conducted on a 24 hours per day/7 days per week schedule, until the campaign is
complete. Under the direct supervision of CEO, Michael Iverson, and President, Yan Ducharme,
the drilling and prospecting teams will be collecting a steady stream of samples that will be sent
to the laboratory for analysis on a regular basis.
Michael Iverson, CEO states, “After great anticipation, we are pleased to announce we have
commenced drilling. The drill is spinning 24/7 providing us with core samples to send to the labs
as soon as possible. Yan and I will be on location guiding the team from target to target to
optimize our efforts. We look forward to the potential great success this property holds.”
Qualified Person
All scientific or technical information included in this news release has been reviewed, verified and
approved by Yan Ducharme, P.Geo., President of the Company and a qualified person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101.
About Holy Grail & Knauss Creek
The Holy Grail and Knauss properties start about 10 kilometers north of the town of Terrace in the
Province of British Columbia, Canada. T hey are easily accessible by two highways and a network of
logging roads. They are contiguous and form a horseshoe covering about 730 square kilometers.
The southern tip of the Golden Triangle arrives just northwest of the properties. The Bower Lake and
the Hazelton Groups hosting most of the deposits and mines of this area are also underlying the Holy
Grail and Knauss Creek properties.
A fe
w gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc occurrences where found in the past. The most notable is the
Dorreen mine where three levels were developed and, according to historical documents, around
700 tons of ore were mined out at an average grade of more than 10 g/t Au.
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The properties hold more than 10 very interesting gold showings, sometimes with silver, copper, lead
and zinc.
About Prospect Ridge Resources Corp.
Prospect Ridge Resources Corp. is a British Columbia based exploration and development company
focused on gold exploration. Prospect Ridge’s management and technical team cumulate over 100
years of mineral exploration experience and believes the Holy Grail and Knauss Creek properties to
have the potential to extend the boundaries of the Golden Triangle to cover this vast under-explored
region.
Contact Information
Prospect Ridge Resources Corp.
Nick Luksha, Executive Vice President
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 604-838-0184
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in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
This release includes certain statements and information that may constitute forward-looking
information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements
relate to future events or future performance and reflect the expectations or beliefs of management
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"forward-looking statements", are not historical facts, are made as of the date of this news release
and include without limitation, statements regarding discussions of future plans, estimates and
forecasts and statements as to management's expectations and intentions with respect to, among
other things, positive exploration results at the Knauss Creek and Holy Grail projects and the
Company’s use of proceeds from the Private Placement. These forward-looking statements involve
numerous risks and uncertainties and actual results might differ materially from results suggested in
any forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, that
future exploration results at the Knauss Creek and Holy Grail projects will not be as anticipated and
that the Company will use the proceeds from the Private Placement as anticipated.
In making the forward-looking statements in this news release, the Company has applied several
material assumptions, including without limitation, that future exploration results at the Knauss Creek
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and Holy Grail projects will be as anticipated and that the Company will use the proceeds from the
Private Placement as anticipated.
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actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or forward-
looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated
or intended. 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.
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forward-looking information or financial out-look that are incorporated by reference herein, except in
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