CAT Strategic Metals Completes Diamond Drill Program ON Burntland Project; Provides Corporate Update ON Rimrock GOLD Property and a Focus ON the South Preston Uranium Project in Canada’S Prolific Athabasca Basin.
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NEWS RELEASE
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CAT STRATEGIC METALS COMPLETES DIAMOND DRILL PROGRAM ON
BURNTLAND PROJECT; PROVIDES CORPORATE UPDATE ON RIMROCK GOLD
PROPERTY AND A FOCUS ON THE SOUTH PRESTON URANIUM PROJECT IN
CANADA’S PROLIFIC ATHABASCA BASIN.
VANCOUVER, BC April 4, 2022 - CAT Strategic Metals Corporation (CSE: CAT) (“CAT” or the
"Company") announces that it has completed the 7-hole diamond drilling campaign on its
Burntland property in New Brunswick, and the core processing is completed. 904m of the total
1416m drilled were sampled and are currently being processed to be assayed at the ALS
laboratory in Vancouver. Patrick Laforest, P.Geo, the Company’s field project manager and
designated QC/QA geologist stated, “The core logs and visual analysis of the core itself are
quite promising, with locally moderate to medium visual content of Chalcopyrite (copper sulfide),
particularly in drill hole #6. In addition, the Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and Sphalerite content in the 7 holes
is a beacon of optimism for the Assay results.” Assay results are expected to be provided by
ALS this quarter.
Rimrock Gold Property
CAT also announces that it has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”)
with EXLA Resources Inc. (“EXLA”), a Colorado corporation, whereby EXLA will purchase all of
the shares of 124006 BC Ltd. (“124006”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CAT. The sole asset of
124006 is a Property Earn-In and Joint Venture Agreement concerning the Rimrock Gold
property located in Nevada, USA. Terms of the Agreement are as follows:
I. EXLA will Pay CAT One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand United States Dollars
(USD$125,000);
II. Issue to CAT One Hundred-Ten Million Shares (110,000,000) in the capital of the
company and;
III. Grant CAT a One Percent (1%) Net Smelter Royalty (“NSR”)
Following a review of CAT’s property portfolio by the Company’s Board of Directors, it was
determined that the Company would be in a position to better serve its shareholders by focusing
its efforts on its Canadian projects, in particular the South Preston Uranium Project located in
the Prolific Athabasca Basin, which is slated to become CAT’s flagship project.
According to CAT CEO Robert Rosner, “The work conducted thus far on the Rimrock Gold
Property has provided some interesting preliminary results and the property certainly warrants
further exploration. However, our management team and consulting geological staff believe that
any ongoing exploration work on Rimrock will require more significant financial resources than
the Company first envisioned. Additionally, it appears that there is a longer time frame than
expected wherein work programs and drill plans would ultimately correspond to any appreciable
results. We now know that any potential deposits on Rimrock are at a much deeper stratigraphy
than we expected and pursuing this project no longer fits with the Company’s exploration
philosophy.”
Acceptance of the transaction may be subject to review and approval of any regulatory body that
may have jurisdiction attendant to the Agreement.
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South Preston Uranium Project
The South Preston Uranium Property is located in the southwest area of Canada’s Athabasca
Basin, which is known to host some of the world’s highest-grade uranium deposits. Recent
discoveries in the region include the Arrow uranium deposit discovered by NexGen Energy Ltd.
and the Triple R (PLS) uranium deposit being advanced by Fission Uranium Corp. The CAT
property is comprised of 29,395 hectares and shares more than 10km of the adjacent property
border with NexGen Energy, as well as more than 18.5 km of continuous project boundary with
Orano (a leading global uranium producer), and 50 km of contiguous claim border with Azincourt
Energy Corp.
In October, CAT announced that it had engaged Watt, Griffis and McOuat Limited, Geological
and Mining Consultants (“WGM”), for the purpose of discovering economically viable uranium
mineralization on CAT’s South Preston uranium property.
Discussions with WGM began in earnest in September in order to determine the best and most
productive methods to advance the South Preston Uranium Project in the most desirable and
expeditious manner possible. After an initial review of historical exploration information dating
back as far as the 1960s, WGM expressed significant interest in pursuing the project with CAT
and provided a proposal to the Company outlining the scope of work required to ascertain
uranium mineralization that is consistent with unconformity-type deposits that have been
confirmed to exist in the Athabasca Basin. These types of deposits are the highest-grade
uranium deposits known.
Most of the South Preston property is situated south and therefore outside of the area currently
covered by the Athabasca Formation sandstone although the unconformity crosses the eastern
portions of the property. This setting offers obvious advantages with respect to the ‘visibility’ of
uranium mineralization versus other areas where many hundreds of metres of sandstone cover
the potential uranium host rocks. Radiometric anomalies are known in the western part of the
property and a small historical uranium occurrence is reported in the eastern part.
Particular interest in the South Preston property occurred as a result of CAT’s neighbour,
Azincourt Energy, discovering a conductive zone on its East Preston property a short distance
to the north of CAT’s dispositions; Azincourt’s SSW-trending zones project directly onto CAT’s
exploration property.
About WGM
Established in 1962, WGM is Canada’s longest running independent firm of geological and
mining consultants providing professional services of the highest standards to the global mineral
resource industry. The professional staff and associates have amassed decades of experience
in areas ranging from grassroots exploration – design, management and implementation – to
mine planning, including processing and recovery options. Significant mineral discoveries and
new mines have been developed as a result of WGM’s expertise and exploration efforts, notably
the Mary River iron deposits on Baffin Island and Asbestos Hill in Quebec as well as the Greens
Greek silver-gold-zinc mine and the Pogo gold mine, both in Alaska. According to Cominco,
owner of the massive Red Dog zinc mine, WGM played a major role in its recognition as high-
priority exploration target.
The project will be directed by Senior Geologist and WGM Vice President Al Workman, P.Geo,
SEG., F.AusIMM. Mr. Workman’s experience as an exploration geologist included 6 years
working for Gulf Minerals Canada Ltd., the company whose landmark Rabbit Lake discovery
opened the Athabasca Basin to the existence of unconformity-type uranium deposits. In addition
to having worked in the eastern Athabasca Basin, he has significant additional uranium
exploration experience.
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About CAT Strategic Metals Corporation:
CAT Strategic Metals’ overall Mission Statement and corporate strategy is to source, identify,
acquire and advance property interests located in mineral districts proven to have world class
potential, primarily for gold and copper. In addition to the South Preston Uranium Project, CAT’s
Burntland Project is focused on the exploration and development of several targets located
Northeast of Saint Quentin in the county of Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada, and The Gold
Jackpot strategic metals property with multiple targets for gold-silver, copper, and tellurium
property located NE of Elko, Nevada, in the Pequop gold-copper Trend. CAT’s shares trade on
the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) under the trading symbol “CAT”, and on the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange under the symbol “8CH”.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Robert Rosner
Chairman, President & CEO
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