Sokoman Minerals Triples Claim Holdings Along 65 km of the Valentine Lake Fault, Building Its District-Scale Treasure Island Project
Sokoman Minerals Triples Claim Holdings
Along 65 km of the Valentine Lake Fault,
Building Its District-Scale Treasure Island
Project
St. John's, Newfoundland--(Newsfile Corp. - October 8, 2025) - Sokoman Minerals Corp. (TSXV: SIC)
(OTCQB: SICNF) ("
Sokoman
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce it has secured the right to
acquire mineral licenses covering 41,150 hectares along the Valentine Lake Fault, which also hosts
Canada's newest producing gold mine operated by Equinox Gold Corp. The acquisition will position
Sokoman as the largest landholder by strike length and area along the highly prospective regional fault
system.
Highlights
The Company's mineral license holdings along the Valentine Lake Fault will expand to over 65 km
of strike length and an area totalling 58,775 hectares.
This increase more than doubles the prospective strike length while tripling the area of its mineral
licenses.
The Valentine Gold Mine, operated by Equinox Gold Corp., started processing ore in August 2025,
and with the first Gold pour in Q3 2025, will be Canada's newest large-scale gold mine with an
initial mineral resource of 4 million ounces. The 2022 Feasibility Study on the Valentine Gold Mine
outlined production of 195,000 ounces of gold per year.
The Valentine Gold Mine is geologically situated along the Valentine Lake Fault zone, a large-
scale regional fault structure believed to play an integral role in the formation of the deposit.
Through two separate claim acquisition agreements and staking, the Company will transform its
Moosehead and Crippleback claim groups to form the
Treasure Island Project
.
The
Treasure Island Project
contains the largest mineral license package and longest strike
length along the Valentine Lake Fault and positions Sokoman as the dominant explorer along
strike of the Valentine Gold Mine.
The 100% owned
Treasure Island Project
will be host to the most advanced gold zone outside of
the Valentine Gold Mine at the Moosehead Zone, which has over 135,000 m of drilling completed
to date, including high-grade highlights of:
70.3 g/t Au over 9.05 m (MH-18-39)
45.0 g/t Au over 11.9 m (MH-18-01)
12.5 g/t Au over 39.6 m (MH-22-463)
69.5 g/t Au over 4.85 m (MH-24-649)
56.6 g/t Au over 5.55 m (MH-21-342)
The district-scale
Treasure Island Project
covers a similar geological environment as the
Moosehead Zone and includes several other known gold showings and occurrences with similar
mineralogical characteristics.
Outside of the 2 km strike length of the Moosehead Zone, very limited exploration and drilling
has occurred along the remaining 63 km of the
Treasure Island Project
, which remains open
for discovery.
Fig. 1 - Map Showing the Consolidated Mineral Licenses of the Treasure Island Project
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"We believe the recent claim acquisitions are fundamentally transforming the Company's exploration
strategy to take a district-scale approach while remaining focused on our core mineralized zones at
Moosehead. With a dominant position along the Valentine Lake Fault, we believe the Company can
apply its Newfoundland expertise to make other high-grade gold discoveries," said Denis Laviolette,
Executive Chairman, CEO & Director.
The Company also reports that James Adams, Ph.D., CFA, has stepped down from the Board of
Directors of Sokoman but will remain with the Company as a member of the newly formed Advisory
Board. The Company wishes to thank James and Colin Bowdidge, Ph.D., for their years of service on
the board and welcomes their continued involvement as Advisory Board members.
The Company is also pleased to welcome Kevin Keats as a member of the Advisory Board. Mr. Keats is
a successful businessman and entrepreneur, and a member of the renowned Keats prospecting family,
which was instrumental in the recognition, through multiple discoveries, of Central Newfoundland as a
world-class destination for gold and base metal deposits. The Keats family were awarded the Bill
Dennis Prospector of the Year Award in 2007 for their collective contributions to the mineral industry in
Newfoundland & Labrador and abroad.
"On behalf of the Company, I thank James and Colin for their service as directors and look forward to
working with them and Kevin through our new advisory board," said Tim Froude, P.Geo., President.
In connection with the mineral claim acquisition agreements, and subject to receipt of all required
regulatory approval, the Company will issue 4,500,000 common shares and make cash payments
totalling $50,000.
Qualified Person
Greg Matheson, P.Geo., VP Exploration for Sokoman, a "Qualified Person" under National Instrument
43-101, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this press release.
The information provided herein regarding the Valentine Gold Mine is not necessarily indicative of the
mineralization on the
Treasure Island Project
. The Qualified Person has not verified the information
concerning the adjacent property, and there is no certainty that the same results or mineralization will be
obtained on the
Treasure Island Project
. This disclaimer is made in compliance with the requirements
of National Instrument 43-101.
About Sokoman Minerals Corp.
Sokoman Minerals Corp. is led by an experienced management team and is the dominant explorer
along the Valentine Lake Fault zone in Newfoundland, Canada's newest gold district. The Company's
primary focus is its 100% owned district-scale Treasure Island Gold Project, along with a portfolio of gold
projects, including the district-scale Fleur de Lys Project.
For more information, please contact:
Denis Laviolette, Executive Chairman, CEO & Director
E
:
Cathy Hume, VP Corporate Development & Director
T:
416-868-1079 x 251
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Website:
www.sokomanmineralscorp.com
:
@SokomanMinerals
:
@SokomanMinerals
LinkedIn:
@SokomanMineralsCorp
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release.
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highly speculative. Except for historical information contained herein, this news release
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may
differ materially. Sokoman Minerals Corp. will not update these forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential
factors that could affect financial results is included in the documents filed from time to time with
the Canadian securities regulatory authorities by Sokoman Minerals Corp.
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