Arizona Metals Corp Announces Initiation of Central Target Drilling and Warrant Exercises Increase Working Capital to $65 Million
Arizona Metals Corp Announces Initiation of Central Target Drilling and
Warrant Exercises Increase Working Capital to $65 Million
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2022--Arizona Metals Corp. (TSX.V:AMC,
OTCQX:AZMCF) (the “Company” or “Arizona Metals”) is pleased to announce that it has
received permit approval from the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) for a drill pad, located
approximately 200 m west of the Kay Mine deposit (pad 7 in Figure 1 below). This new pad will
allow for testing of the Central Target (Figure 2), which was previously defined based on
coincident structural, geochemical, and geophysical anomalies (Figure 3). The Company has
planned an initial program at the Central Target of up to 20 holes totaling 11,000 m. Drilling on
the first hole is currently underway. The Company has also submitted applications to the BLM
for additional drill pads located west of the Central Target (pads C1 and C2 in Figure 1), which
will allow for drill testing of the Central Target from the west side, while also allowing for
drilling of additional coincident anomalies located between the Central and Western Targets.
Arizona Metals is also pleased to report that 4,909,999 common share purchase warrants, issued
on April 22nd, 2021 with an exercise price of $3.00, were exercised prior to their April 22nd, 2022
expiry, with the result that the Company now has 111,372,104 common shares issued and
outstanding. The exercise generated gross proceeds of $14,729,997, resulting in an increase of
AMC’s working capital position to $65 million.
Marc Pais, CEO, commented “We are very pleased to announce that pad 7 was successfully
permitted and the first hole of the initial 11,000 m Central Target program is already underway.
These first 20 holes planned will all target areas previously untested by drilling, but that have
many of the same characteristics we see at the Kay Mine deposit. This also marks the initiation
of the larger, fully-funded Phase 3 program, which will total at least 76,000 m and cover the
western extent of the Kay Mine Project. Two drill rigs continue to turn at the Kay Deposit, with
concurrent goals of discovery and resource definition. We would also like to thank our
shareholders for their continued support; the warrant exercises completed last week have
increased the treasury to $65 million, and placed the Company on very strong footing to
undertake the first detailed exploration of the Central and Western Targets in the known history
of the property.”
The Company has completed a total of 54,000 meters at the Kay Mine since inception of drilling.
The Company is fully-funded to complete the remaining 21,000 meters planned for the Phase 2
program with the priority focus areas for upcoming drilling, as well as an additional 76,000
meters in the upcoming Phase 3 program (including the 11,000 m announced for the Central
Target today) which will be used to test the numerous parallel targets heading West of Kay and
the Northern and Southern Extensions of the Kay Deposit. There are currently 21 holes pending
results from drilling at the Kay Mine deposit.
About Arizona Metals Corp
Arizona Metals Corp owns 100% of the Kay Mine Property in Yavapai County, which is located
on a combination of patented and BLM claims totaling 1,300 acres that are not subject to any
royalties. An historic estimate by Exxon Minerals in 1982 reported a “proven and probable
reserve of 6.4 million short tons at a grade of 2.2% copper, 2.8 g/t gold, 3.03% zinc, and 55 g/t
silver.” The historic estimate at the Kay Mine was reported by Exxon Minerals in 1982. The
historic estimate has not been verified as a current mineral resource. None of the key
assumptions, parameters, and methods used to prepare the historic estimate were reported, and
no resource categories were used. Significant data compilation, re-drilling and data verification
may be required by a “qualified person” (as defined in National Instrument 43-101 – Standards
of Disclosure for Mineral Projects) before the historic estimate can be verified and upgraded to
be a current mineral resource. A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify it as a
current mineral resource, and Arizona Metals is not treating the historic estimate as a current
mineral resource.
The Kay Mine is a steeply dipping VMS deposit that has been defined from a depth of 60 m to at
least 900 m. It is open for expansion on strike and at depth.
The Company also owns 100% of the Sugarloaf Peak Property, in La Paz County, which is
located on 4,400 acres of BLM claims. Sugarloaf is a heap-leach, open-pit target and has a
historic estimate of “100 million tons containing 1.5 million ounces gold” at a grade of 0.5 g/t
(Dausinger, 1983, Westworld Resources).
The historic estimate at the Sugarloaf Peak Property was reported by Westworld Resources in
1983. The historic estimate has not been verified as a current mineral resource. None of the key
assumptions, parameters, and methods used to prepare the historic estimate were reported, and
no resource categories were used. Significant data compilation, re-drilling and data verification
may be required by a qualified person before the historic estimate can be verified and upgraded
to a current mineral resource. A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify it as a
current mineral resource, and Arizona Metals is not treating the historic estimate as a current
mineral resource.
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drilling and assays, the resumption of drilling and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
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this press release, the Company has made certain assumptions. Although the Company believes
that the expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no
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Contacts
For further information:
Marc Pais
President and CEO Arizona Metals Corp.
(416) 565-7689
www.arizonametalscorp.com
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