Apogee Minerals Completes Airborne Geophysics Survey and Awaits Analytical Results at the Pine Channel Gold Project
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August 24th, 2022
News Release
Apogee Minerals Completes Airborne Geophysics Survey and Awaits Analytical Results
at the Pine Channel Gold Project
August 24, 2022, Vancouver , British Columbia – Apogee Minerals Ltd. (“Apogee” or the
“Company”) (TSXV: APMI) is pleased to announce that it has completed the airborne geophysics
survey at the Pine Channel project located 43 km west of Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan (the
“Property”). The program was comprised of helicopter-borne high-resolution aeromagnetic and
radiometric surveying covering 380 line-km. The survey commenced in early June and has been
completed by Precision Geosurveys Inc. of Langley, British Columbia.
The Company also announces the completion of Lidar and Orthophoto surveys conducted by
Eagle Mapping Ltd. of Langley British Columbia, covering a total of 70 km2 of prospective ground.
Data compilation, interpretation, and reporting of the surveys conducted are currently pending
and are planned to be received in the fall of 2022.
Pine Channel Gold Property Summary:
The Pine Channel Property consists of 28 mineral dispositions covering 6,50 3 hectares located
approximately 40 km west of Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan which is the logistics/business hub for
northern Saskatchewan. The property can be accessed year -round by float - or ski -equipped
aircraft from Stony Rapids or Fort McMurray, AB. The eastern and northern part of the property
is transected by a high voltage powerline. Most geo logical fieldwork is limited to late May to
October but other operations such as geophysical surveys and diamond drilling can be completed
year-round.
Highlights from documented historical work and previously reported results include:
• North Norite Bay (SMDI 2183): 407.96 g/t Au over 0.5 m (drill hole)
• ELA (SMDI 1574): 39.96 g/t Au over 0.55 m (drill hole)
• Holes G-1 and G-3 (SMDI 2329): 3.20 g/t Au over 1 m (drill hole)
• Occurrence No. 6/Occurrence No. 8 (SMDI 1581): 90.6 g/t Au over 0.2 m (trench sample)
• Cole Lake Ni-Cu (SMDI 1583): 0.45% Ni over 7.0 m (drill hole), 6.2 g/t Au, 0.01% Ni and
0.06% Cu over 3.0 m (trench sample)
The main deposit type that is being explored for at Pine Channel is structurally controlled vein -
quartz (lode) gold deposi ts. Mineral occurrences on the Pine Channel Property contain
predominantly gold, with rare base metal occurrences. Within the Pine Channel tenures there are
eighteen historical showings reported by the Saskatchewan Mineral Deposit Index (SMDI).
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Government mapping in the Pine Channel area dates from 1913, with the first industry work
reported in 1950. A total of 51 assessment reports have been filed within the current Pine Channel
tenure area. Past operators include Golden Rule Resources Ltd. and Colchis Resources Ltd. who
were both active on the project during the 1980’s, the last sustained period of exploration in the
area. The most recent work prior to Eagle Plains acquiring the claims in 2018 was in 2013 when
the area was flown with an airborne Variable Time Domain Electromagnetic (“VTEM”) survey
focused on locating targets for diamond exploration. There has been a total of 6,066 meters of
diamond drilling in 115 historic holes completed within the current Pine Channel property claim
boundaries with the majority of the holes completed less than 100 meters in length. Although the
wide-spaced drilling did intersect significant gold mineralization in places, much of the drilling was
completed using thin diameter core which is considered ineffective for assess ing the high-grade
“nuggety” gold shears and veins found at Pine Channel.
The first recorded systematic exploration work on the Pine Channel property was in 1950 by
Goldfields Uranium Mines. The first significant program on the property was in 1980 by Go lden
Rule Resources who completed 246 line -km of airborne EM (INPUT) and magnetic surveying.
Follow-up ground work located 11 significant occurrences. From 1985 -1988 Colchis Resources
completed VLF -EM geophysics, biogeochemical surveys, prospecting, soil s ampling and
trenching followed by shallow diamond drill testing of selected targets.
The Pine Channel project lies within the Tantato Domain which is composed of highly deformed
gneisses which form the eastern margin of the Archean Rae Craton. Metamorph ic rocks which
have been subject to varying degrees of strain form the majority of the property area.
The above results were summarized from SMDI descriptions and assessment reports filed with
the Saskatchewan government. Management cautions that historical results were collected and
reported by past operators and have not been verified nor confirmed by a Qualified Person, but
form a basis for ongoing work in the Pine Channel property area.
In 2019-2020, Eagle Plains completed field programs focused on prospecting and mapping in
areas of known mineral occurrences. The work confirmed the widespread occurrences of
auriferous quartz veins and associated shear systems in the Pine Channel property. Analytical
results from the seventy-two rock samples collected in 2020 range from 6 ppb Au to 68,400 ppb
Au. Twenty-three of the samples returned greater than 1 g/t Au, and eight returned greater than
10 g/t Au. The most encouraging of the known showings are the ELA Shaft showing (SMDI 1574)
and Occurrence No. 6 an d No. 8 (SMDI 1581), which both demonstrate anomalous gold
geochemical results and potential for extension of known mineralization along strike.
Termination of Transaction with Alto Verde:
Apogee announces that, further to its press releases dated January 25, 2022, March 17, 2022,
and August 2, 2022, the Company and Alto Verde Copper Inc. (“Alto Verde”) have agreed to
terminate the proposed transaction in which the Company would acquire all of the issued and
outstanding shares in the capital of Alto Verde.
Qualified Person:
Charles C. Downie, P.Geo., a “qualified person” for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 -
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and a Director of Eagle Plains Resources Ltd., has
prepared, reviewed, and approved the scientific and technical disclosure in this news release.
About Apogee Minerals Ltd.:
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Apogee Minerals Ltd. is a mineral exploration company. Our goal is to build shareholder value
through mineral project acquisitions and advancement, as well as new mineral discoveries.
To find out more about Apogee Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: APMI) visit the Company’s website:
www.apogeemineralsltd.com
Apogee Minerals Ltd.
“Jim Pettit”
James Pettit
CEO and Director
For further information, please contact:
Apogee Minerals Ltd.
Riley Trimble, Director
Email: [email protected]
Tel: (604) 416-2978
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