Big Ridge Gold Corp Closes $1.5 Million Private Placement, Announces Michael Gentile Increases Holdings to 9.9%
Big Ridge Gold Corp Closes $1.5 Million
Private Placement, Announces Michael Gentile
Increases Holdings to 9.9%
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 18, 2024) - Big Ridge Gold Corp. (TSXV: BRAU)
(OTCQB: ALVLF) ("Big Ridge" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed a non-
brokered private placement of 30,000,000 common shares of the Company at $0.05 per share for
aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $1,500,000 (the "Offering").
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to fund continued exploration and
development of Big Ridge's Hope Brook Gold Project and for general working capital purposes. No
brokers or finders fees were paid in connection with the Offering.
Michael Bandrowski, President & CEO of the Company, commented: "Big Ridge is pleased to receive
continued support from existing shareholders, including strong participation from Mr. Michael Gentile,
PowerOne Capital Group, and other supportive shareholders. We look forward to upcoming results from
our 2024 summer field program, environmental baseline work and ongoing ore sorting studies at the
Hope Brook Gold Project."
Michael Gentile commented: "Over the last six months I have acquired 12.6 million shares of Big Ridge
Gold Corp., increasing my holdings to 9.9 percent of the company. With a market capitalization of only
$11 million, Big Ridge is a compelling opportunity at current valuation levels. The company is well
positioned to capitalize on the strong gold price environment with a project that can advance quickly.
Hope Brook is an advantaged project due to regional infrastructure synergies, significant exploration
potential and environmental work already completed and the ability to generate a Preliminary Economic
Assessment in the near future. Big Ridge has chosen to preserve its capital in this difficult market for
juniors and is now judiciously raising money from a core group of shareholders to unlock significant value
via the advancement of key milestones."
The securities issued pursuant to the Offering are subject to a four month hold period expiring January
19, 2025.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities
described herein in the United States. The securities described herein have not been and will not be
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or
sold in the United States or to the account or benefit of a U.S. person absent an exemption from the
registration requirements of such Act.
The Company also announced the resignation of James Maxwell as a director of the Company. Mr.
Maxwell was the nominee of First Mining Gold Corp. on the Big Ridge board, which nomination right
ended upon the sale by First Mining of its entire equity position in the Company, as previously
announced on March 28, 2024. We thank James for his contributions to the Big Ridge board over the
last several years.
About Hope Brook
The Hope Brook Gold Project is an advanced stage, high-grade gold project that produced 752,162
ounces of gold from 1987 - 1997. Initial production consisted of an open pit before moving to
underground mining. Hope Brook operated using both heap leach (1987 -1990) and conventional
cyanidation milling methods (1989-1997) with a later inclusion of flotation concentration to recover
copper (1991). Government records indicate that gold recoveries from milling ranged between a low of
78.8% in 1987 and a high of 85.9% in 1989. Government and company annual reports indicate that gold
recoveries ranged between a low of 82.1% in 1994 and a high of 89.83% in 1996 following a change of
ownership. Copper flotation produced a concentrate at approximately 22% Cu and 34.3 g/t Au for
shipment in 1992.
Hope Brook hosts an Indicated gold resource totalling 16,190,000 tonnes grading 2.32 grams per tonne
gold for 1.2 million ounces and Inferred resources totalling 2,215,000 tonnes grading 3.25 grams per
tonne gold for 231,000 ounces based on a 0.4 and 2.0 gram per tonne cut-off grades for open pit and
underground resources respectively using a long-term gold price of US$1,750.
The Hope Brook gold deposit is a high-sulfidation epithermal gold deposit hosted in the Proterozoic
aged Whittle Hill Sandstone and is intruded by a Late Proterozoic quartz-feldspar porphyry sill-dike
complex of the Roti Intrusive Suite. The deposit is located adjacent to and within an extensive advanced
argillic alteration envelope which includes pyrophyllite, kaolinite, andalusite, and alunite. The principal
gold mineralization occurs in a buff-colored massive, vuggy silicic alteration with an associated, less
developed grey silicic alteration with pyrite, chalcopyrite and lesser bornite accessory minerals. Gold
mineralization is also found with pyrite in units of advanced argillic alteration adjacent to or near silicic
alteration horizons. The altered and mineralized zone is cut by mafic dykes whose contacts are often
mineralized. All the altered and mineralized sequences and the intruded dykes have been folded.
Hope Brook is located 85 kilometers east of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. The project has well
maintained infrastructure on site, including an operational 28-person camp, an 1,100-meter airstrip, ice-
free docking facility and importantly, connection to the provincial electrical power grid via an on-site
substation.
About Big Ridge Gold Corp.
Big Ridge Gold Corp. is an exploration and development company managed by a disciplined and
experienced team of officers and directors. The Company is committed to the development of advanced
stage mining projects using industry best practices combined with strong social license from our local
communities. Big Ridge owns an 80% interest in the Hope Brook Gold Project, located in Newfoundland
and Labrador. Big Ridge also owns a 100% interest in the highly prospective Oxford Gold Project
located in Manitoba and the Destiny Gold Project in Quebec.
Acknowledgement
Big Ridge acknowledges and appreciates the Newfoundland and Labrador Ministry of Natural
Resources' financial support of the Company's 2023 exploration programs through the Junior
Exploration Assistance (JEA) Program.
For more details regarding the Company's projects, please visit our website at
www.bigridgegold.com
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
Mike Bandrowski,
President & CEO
Mike Bandrowski,
President & CEO
BIG RIDGE GOLD CORP.
18 King St. East, Suite 1400
Toronto, ON, M5C 1C4
Tel: 416-540-5480
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