Bold Ventures Announces OJEP Grant Approval for Its Burchell Base and Precious Metals Project
Bold Ventures Announces OJEP Grant
Approval for Its Burchell Base and Precious
Metals Project
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 30, 2026) - Bold Ventures Inc. (TSXV: BOL) (the "
Company
"
or "
Bold
") is pleased to announce that it has been approved for a grant of CAD $212,500 from the
Ontario Junior Exploration Program (OJEP) for its Burchell Base and Precious Metals Project (the
"Project" or the "Property"), located 100 km west of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Ontario Minister of Energy and Mines Stephen Lecce announced recipients of OJEP funding at a press
conference in Sudbury, Ontario on March 19, 2026. The province is investing CAD $10 million in 68
mining exploration companies.
See link below.
Province announces $10M for junior exploration program - Northern Ontario Business
.
A second phase of drilling has recently been completed at the Burchell Project, targeting the northwest
corner of the Property where the Moss Trend is interpreted to pass through and where the Company
obtained numerous gold, copper and molybdenum soil anomalies last year (see Bold news release
dated
July 21, 2025
). 6 holes totaling more than 800 meters were drilled in the Phase II program and are
now being logged and marked up for sampling.
Bruce MacLachlan, President and COO of Bold, stated: "Bold Ventures is grateful to receive this non-
dilutive OJEP funding for its Burchell Project, which will allow for more extensive testing of our
prospective targets which we have recently been drilling. We welcome the Ontario Government's
initiatives to support early-stage exploration, without which the mines of tomorrow will not be found."
The technical information in this news release was reviewed and approved by Coleman Robertson,
B.Sc., P. Geo., the Company's V.P. Exploration and a qualified person (QP) for the purposes of NI 43-
101.
Bold Ventures management believes our suite of Battery, Critical and Precious Metals
exploration projects are an ideal combination of exploration potential meeting future demand
.
Our target commodities are comprised of: Copper (
Cu
), Nickel (
Ni
), Lead (
Pb
), Zinc (
Zn
), Gold (
Au
),
Silver (
Ag
), Platinum (
Pt
), Palladium (
Pd
) and Chromium (
Cr
). The Critical Metals list and a description
of the Provincial and Federal electrification plans are posted on the Bold website
here
.
About Bold Ventures Inc.
The Company explores for Precious, Battery and Critical Metals in Canada. Bold is exploring properties
located in active gold and battery metals camps in the Thunder Bay and Wawa regions of Ontario. Bold
also holds significant assets located within and around the emerging multi-metals district dubbed the
Ring of Fire region, located in the James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario.
For additional information about Bold Ventures and our projects, please visit
boldventuresinc.com
or
contact us at 416-864-1456 or email us at
.
"Bruce A MacLachlan"
Bruce MacLachlan
President and COO
Direct line: (705) 266-0847
Email:
"David B Graham"
David Graham
CEO
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release.
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looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ
materially from the statements made. When used in this document, the words "may", "would", "could",
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results to differ materially from the statements made, including those factors discussed in filings made
by us with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Should one or more of these risks and
uncertainties, such actual results of current exploration programs, the general risks associated with
the mining industry, the price of gold and other metals, currency and interest rate fluctuations,
increased competition and general economic and market factors, occur or should assumptions
underlying the forward looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from
those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, or expected. We do not intend and do not
assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
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