Bravada Receives Approval to Extend Private Placement Closing and Updates Status of Recently Acquired East Walker Gold Project in Nevada
Bravada Receives Approval to Extend Private
Placement Closing and Updates Status of
Recently Acquired East Walker Gold Project in
Nevada
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 1, 2024) -
Bravada Gold Corporation
(TSXV:
BVA) ("Bravada" or the "Company") announces that the Company has received approval from the
Exchange for a 30-day extension until Nov. 6, 2024, to close the previously announced non-brokered
private placement consisting of up to 10,000,000 units ("Units") at a price of $0.035 per Unit for gross
proceeds of $350,000 (the "Offering"). Each Unit consists of one common share and one share
purchase warrant, with each warrant exercisable to purchase one additional common share for a period
of three years at an exercise price of $0.05 per share. The Company will make provision for an over-
allotment option (Greenshoe) to allow a purchase of up to 10% additional Units beyond the number of
Units in this private placement.
East Walker Project update
The Company's newest project has features of large, high-grade low-sulfidation -type gold deposits.
Bravada has assembled a large amount of historic data for the project and surrounding region, which
was acquired by staking lode mining claims on open Federal ground.
Historic data includes surface rock-chip samples, with many grab samples assaying over 100ppb gold
widely spaced over a large area. More importantly, several 1980's-vintage conventional-rotary drill holes
were drilled in a small part of the claim group where they intersected gold assays of 0.4g/t to over 1g/t
gold over significant intervals. Investors are cautioned that conventional-rotary holes may include
significant contamination from barren material from above mineralized intervals and, conversely, cave
from mineralized intervals may contaminate unmineralized areas below. The Company considers this
surface and drill data to be historic and cannot be relied upon. However, with this caution in mind and the
understanding that the Company cannot fully verify historic sampling methods, it is encouraging that
companies that were highly credible during the mid-1980's
reported significant concentrations of gold in
deeply eroded portions of the stratigraphy.
Importantly, most of the property is not as deeply eroded as where the historic holes were drilled, and
reconnaissance-stage geologic mapping has identified widespread regions of the upper stratigraphy
with preserved paleosurface "hot springs" features, including geyserite (see photo below), hydrothermal
breccia with blocks of sinter, steam-heated alteration, and distal ground-water silica-replacement
horizons. Below these paleosurface features is intense clay alteration with abundant gypsum, indicative
of alteration by a highly acidic hydrothermal fluid generated by boiling at depth where gold may have
been deposited.
President Joe Kizis commented,
"East Walker is in one of the most active exploration areas of the
Walker Lane Gold trend in western Nevada. Historic data will be integrated with our own detailed
mapping and sampling, focusing on identifying 'leakage' anomalies along major faults that could host
high-grade gold/silver mineralization in the 'boiling' zone. Such 'boiling' environments specifically in
the Walker Lane gold trend, and more generally elsewhere in the world, can host large and high-grade
precious metal deposits, often beneath stratigraphy barren of gold. Geophysics will be necessary to
fully delineate drill targets, as large areas of thin gravel and talus cover much the property. East
Walker is a great example of the properties Bravada targets for acquisition, being a large system with
potentially high grades of gold and silver where major new discoveries may exist."
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Review of Other Nevada Projects
In addition to sole funding select projects, Bravada employs the Joint Venture model to advance its
projects, and in 2023, the Company signed an earn-in agreement with
Endeavour Silver
to option
Bravada's
Baxter gold/silver project
. The Company also holds a royalty on a high-grade gold property
in Ontario and a near-surface barite deposit in central Nevada.
Wind Mountain Au/Ag Flagship –
A substantial gold and silver resource has been delineated,
and a positive PEA, utilizing US$1,750/oz Gold and $21.00/oz Silver, was received for a Phase I
operation in December 2022. In addition to a dramatic increase in metal prices since the PEA
study, the following features were identified to further enhance the project:
A Phase II pad site was identified to extend mining life of the in-pit resource,
Additional exploration targets have been identified to further extend mining life, particularly
the North Hill target, which is located directly uphill from the Pad II site.
The Company is seeking a mining partner to advance Wind Mountain to production.
Highland –
Many drill-ready, low-sulfidation vein targets remain on this large and largely alluvial-
covered property with demonstrated high-grade gold and silver intercepts. Permitting has been
completed for a 15-hole (2,600m) drilling program. Several companies are evaluating the
Company's proposed program for possible joint venture.
SF/HC –
Two "Proof-of-Concept" drill holes in 2019 confirmed the presence of a gold system in
favorable host rocks and structures, analogous to those at the large, high-grade Goldrush/Fourmile
deposits nearby. Bravada plans to conduct soil sampling and an IP geophysical survey pending
funding.
Gabel –
Soil sampling was completed on a portion of Gabel in 2023 with results suggesting two
mineralized faults on two competitor properties intersect beneath gravel on Gabel; rock-chip
sampling and historic drill holes nearby support that interpretation. Attractive drill targets have been
identified on Bravada's limited claim position, and the Company holds the property for potential
join-venture advancement.
East Manhattan –
Drill targets have been identified to further test low-sulfidation veins with multi-
gram gold intersected by the Company's proof-of-concept drilling program where they intersect
beneath gravel cover. The Company holds the property for potential join-venture advancement.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Units, nor
was there any sale of the Units in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The
Units offered will not be, and have not been, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit
of, a U.S. person.
About Bravada
Bravada is a long-established exploration company with a portfolio of high-quality properties in Nevada,
one of the best mining jurisdictions in the world. Utilizing a modified joint-venture business model,
Bravada has successfully identified and advanced properties with the potential to host high-margin
deposits while successfully attracting partners to fund later stages of project development. Bravada's
value is underpinned by a substantial gold and silver resource with a positive PEA at Wind Mountain,
and the Company has significant upside potential from possible new discoveries at its exploration
properties.
Since 2005, the Company has signed 33 earn-in joint-venture agreements for its properties with 20
publicly traded companies, as well as a similar number of property-acquisition agreements with private
individuals. Bravada currently has eight projects in its portfolio, consisting of 756 claims for
approximately 5,600 ha in two of Nevada's most prolific gold trends. Most of the projects host
encouraging drill intercepts of gold and already have drill targets developed.
Several videos are available on the Company's website that describe Bravada's major properties,
answering commonly asked investor questions. Simply click on this link
https://bravadagold.com/projects/project-videos/
.
Joseph Anthony Kizis, Jr. (AIPG CPG-11513) is the qualified person responsible for reviewing and
preparing the technical data presented in this release and has approved its disclosure.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Joseph A. Kizis, Jr., Director, President, Bravada Gold Corporation
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; or contact
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