Huntington Announces Closing of the Acquisition of Lago de Oro and its 550km2 El Grande Gold Exploration Project in Nayarit Mexico
Huntington Announces Closing of the
Acquisition of Lago de Oro and its 550km2 El
Grande Gold Exploration Project in Nayarit
Mexico
CALGARY, AB
,
March 30, 2022
/CNW/ -
Huntington Exploration Inc.
(TSXV: HEI) ("
Huntington
"
or the "
Company
") announces that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Lago de
Oro SA de CV ("
LOM
") and its El Grande Gold Project ("
El
Grande
" or the "
Project
") covering a
550 square kilometer area in the southern extension of the Sierra Madre Occidental ("
SMO
") gold-
silver belt in the state of
Nayarit, Mexico
.
Huntington has completed its acquisition by way of a definitive purchase agreement with an arm's
length third party for 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of LOM in exchange for: i) a cash
payment of
US$500,000
; ii) issuance of 4,000,000 common shares of the Company at a deemed
price of
$0.20
per share; iii) a capped 2% NSR to the vendor; and iv) future share-based "milestone
payments" based on the incremental addition of gold-equivalent (gold-silver) NI 43-101 resource
ounces above a base 500,000 ounces on any given deposit currently held by LOM, capped at
20,000,000 shares subject to TSXV approval at the time of issuance. The common shares issued in
connection with the acquisition will be subject to a hold period of four months and a day from the
date of closing.
The acquisition represents a unique opportunity for Huntington to be the first mover in a potential
district-scale gold-silver system as the project already contains widespread evidence of gold
mineralization with no history of modern exploration or drilling to date.
Bryan Wilson
, President and CEO of Huntington, states:
"We are delighted to officially grow our
portfolio of precious metals exploration properties to now include the El Grande Project. Through
this acquisition and Huntington's planned 2022 exploration programs, we feel we have a project
pipeline offering strong exploration upside potential in
Mexico
and
Canada
, two premium mining
jurisdictions. We look forward to start exploration work at El Grande imminently."
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EL
GRANDE
PROJECT
The bedrock geology of
Nayarit State
is underlain by the Upper and Lower Volcanic stratigraphy of
the 1,200 km-long SMO gold-silver belt, which extends from south of the property trending northerly
to the U.S. border. The geology of the El Grande property is dominated by the mineral rich Lower
Volcanic Sequence typical of the SMO and located near the eastern edge of the Gulf of
California
coastal plain.
The property hosts a number of historical and recently exploited artisanal gold and silver mineral
occurrences, associated with district scale geological structures and large undrilled alteration zones,
with the presence of widespread geochemical levels of gold and silver. The evidence of gold and
silver mineralization is identified within small windows of outcrop exposures in a dominantly low
elevation, shallow overburden covered, farming area. The Property has no history of diamond drilling
or modern exploration. Five (5) high priority mineral occurrences have been identified to date for
immediate exploration follow-up and drilling.
ABOUT HUNTINGTON
Huntington Exploration is focused on the exploration and development of its portfolio of precious
metals properties in
Mexico
and
Canada
. The Company's flagship El Grande gold project covers
550 square kilometers in the southern extension of the prolific Sierra Madre Occidental gold-silver
belt in the state of
Nayarit, Mexico
and demonstrating significant gold and silver mineralization.
The Company also owns two early-stage gold exploration projects in
Northwestern Ontario
, in which
the Company is engaged in ongoing exploration. The Winora Project is located near Lingman lake,
325 km north of
Red Lake
and consists of 17 patented mining claims in that are estimated to be
within
500 m
and on strike with the historic Lingman Lake gold deposit. The Quartz Lake Project is
located 50km east of the prolific
Red Lake
district and demonstrates many similar geological
features of other successful exploration plays in the region.
Huntington Exploration is committed to sustainable and responsible exploration and business
activities in line with industry best practices, supportive of all stakeholders, including the local
communities in which the Company operates.
For more information, please visit the Company's website at
www.huntingtonexploration.ca
.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF HUNTINGTON EXPLORATION INC.
"Bryan Wilson"
President & CEO
Tel: 416-543-9945
Email:
Katherine Pryde
Investor Relations
Tel: 646-354-9375
Email:
Note: Huntington's website is expected to relaunch in Q2 2022.
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policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
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be no assurance that such forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, and actual results
and future
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information currently available to Huntington and on assumptions Huntington believes are
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factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from forward- looking information can be
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www.sedar.com
. Although
Huntington has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that
cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers are cautioned that the
foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Readers are further cautioned not to place undue
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expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Forward-looking information contained in this
news release is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking information
contained in this news release represents the expectations of Huntington as of the date of this
news release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. However, Huntington
expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by
applicable securities law.
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