Diamond Drilling Initiated at the Løkken Copper-Cobalt-Zinc VMS Project
Diamond Drilling Initiated at the Løkken
Copper-Cobalt-Zinc VMS Project
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VANCOUVER, BC
,
March 20, 2025
/CNW/ -
Capella Minerals Ltd
(TSXV: CMIL) (OTCQB:
CMILF) (FRA: N7D2) ("Capella" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Teako Minerals
Corp. (CSE: TMIN)("Teako"), the Company's strategic partner at the expanded Løkken copper-
cobalt-zinc ("Cu-Co-Zn") massive sulfide ("VMS") project in Trøndelag Province, central
Norway
, has
initiated a scout diamond drill program at the Åmot Cu-Co-Zn target. The Åmot target is a 2km-long
"buried" VMS target hosted within favourable stratigraphy for VMS-type deposits and located just
5km E of the former Løkken copper mining operations. The Åmot target was discovered through
recent systematic exploration and has never been drill tested.
Capella announced a strategic partnership with Teako at the Løkken project in Q3, 2024 through the
combination of Capella's exploration concessions around the former Løkken mine with Teako's
regional-scale exploration concessions along the Løkken trend (see Company News Release dated
August 19, 2024
). Through this partnership, Capella retains direct project-level participation (a non-
dilutable 10% carried interest to production) on any discoveries made within the former Capella
concessions, plus indirect exposure to discovery upside through its shareholding in Teako.
Highlights
Strategic partner Teako has initiated a maiden diamond drill program at the Åmot VMS Cu-Co-
Zn target, Løkken project, central
Norway
.
The Åmot target is a 2km-long coincident geophysical (electromagnetic and ground magnetic
anomalies) and geochemical target – all considered to be key indicators for "buried" VMS
targets – and which has been defined by modern exploration undertaken since the closing of the
former Løkken mining operations in the mid-1980's (Figure 1). No drilling has yet been
undertaken on the Åmot target.
Teako received all approvals for this current round of drilling on the Åmot target in December,
2024, with the main limitation being that it be completed by
March 31, 2025
(the expected end
of winter conditions).
Additionally, Teako has been granted an eleven (11) day extension (until
April 11, 2025
) to its drill permit at the adjacent Høydal target.
The Åmot program currently contemplates the drilling of a minimum of 580 meters to test a "buried"
Cu-Co-Zn target located 5km E of the former Løkken mining operations (and the first of a number of
targets to be tested within the district-scale Løkken project).
Åmot is hosted within stratigraphy
considered favourable for the discovery of new Løkken-type VMS deposits, and the main target is a
large (up to 2km in length) coincident geophysical (electromagnetic and ground magnetic) and
geochemical anomaly which together represent a highly favourable combination for "buried" VMS
deposits. The Åmot target is interpreted by both Teako and Capella from Maxwell plate modelling of
geophysical data to lie approximately
44m
to
140m
below the surface.
Figure 1. Åmot VMS target as defined from coincident geophysical and geochemical data. (CNW
Group/Capella Minerals Limited)
Private Placement Update
The Company's previously announced (
December 3
, 2024) non-brokered private placement of up to
15,000,000 units ("Units") at
$0.05
per share is still ongoing. Each Unit consisting of one common
share and one-half of a share purchase warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder to acquire
an additional common share at a price of
$0.10
per share for a period of two years from the date of
issuance. The Company remains in discussions with potential investors and is working diligently
towards closing this financing as soon as practically possible.
Overview of the Løkken Project
The Løkken VMS district in central
Norway
lies within the so-called Caledonian orogeny, which is
interpreted to have extended from the productive VMS districts in
NE Canada
(Bathurst Mining
Camp,
New Brunswick
;
Buchans
District,
Newfoundland
) and the Appalachian US to northern
Norway
. Mineralization at Løkken is hosted by a sequence of Ordovician-age meta-basalts (mixed
pillow and massive basalts) within an overturned ophiolite sequence.
The former Løkken Mine closed in the mid-1980's in response to low copper prices and produced a
reported 24MT @ 2.3% Cu plus 1.9% Zn (with minor Co, Ag, and Au credits)
1
. The Løkken mine
was a stratiform massive sulfide deposit which measured approximately 4km in length, reached a
maximum depth of 1km, and had an average thickness of
60m
. Mineralization consisted of massive
chalcopyrite, sphalerite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite.
The combined land holding of the Capella-Teako partnership covers a total area of 1,039 sq. km,
and is comprised of the 114 sq. km of concessions originally held by Capella around the former
Lokken mine (and now owned 90% by Teako) together with the 925 sq. km of concessions held
100% by Teako along strike within favourable stratigraphy. Given that VMS deposits typically occur
in clusters – and combined with the lack of systematic regional exploration throughout much of the
land package – considerable potential exists for the discovery of new Løkken-type deposits within
the broader district. Capella retains direct project-level participation (a non-dilutable 10% carried
interest to production) on any discoveries made within the former Capella concessions, plus indirect
exposure to discovery on the combined land holding upside through its significant shareholding in
Teako.
1
Historic production values quoted for Løkken are from Grenne T, Ihlen PM, Vokes FM (1999) Scandinavian Caledonide metallogeny in a plate-tectonic perspective. Mineral Deposita
34:422–471. Capella has not performed sufficient work to verify the published data reported above, but the Company believes this information to be considered reliable and relevant.
Figure 2. Former Capella concessions (in yellow; now 90% owned by Teako) and Teako
concessions (in grey-blue; 100% Teako) which comprise the expanded Løkken Cu-Co-Zn project.
(CNW Group/Capella Minerals Limited)
Qualified Persons and Disclosure Statement
The technical information presented in this news release relating to the Løkken project has been
prepared in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements as set out in National Instrument 43-
101 ("NI 43-101") and approved by
Eric Roth
, the Company's President & CEO, a Director, and a
Qualified Person under NI 43-101. Mr. Roth holds a Ph.D. in Economic Geology from the University
of
Western Australia
, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and is
a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG). Mr. Roth has over 35 years of experience in
international minerals exploration and mining project evaluation.
On Behalf of the Board of Capella Minerals Ltd.
"Eric Roth"
___________________________
Eric Roth
, Ph.D., FAusIMM
President & CEO
About Capella Minerals Ltd
Capella is a Canadian exploration and development company with a focus on gold-copper projects in
the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt of northern
Finland
& copper-cobalt projects in
Norway
.
In northern
Finland
, the Company's portfolio consists of 5 copper-gold projects including the priority
Killerö E target (a former
Anglo American
copper-gold project that was never drill tested) and the
Saattopora W target (the western extension to Outokumpu Oy's Saattopora former copper-gold
mine
2
) - all of which are located about 40km SW of Agnico Eagle's Kittilä Gold Mine
2
, currently the
largest gold producer in
Europe
.
In the Trøndelag Province of central
Norway
, the Company's focus is on the discovery of high-grade
copper-cobalt massive sulfide (VMS) deposits in the former mining districts of Løkken
2
and Røros
2
.
The Company's portfolio includes: i) a 100% interest in the advanced exploration-stage Hessjøgruva
copper-cobalt project and adjacent Kongensgruve project in the northern Røros mining district, and
ii) exposure to the discovery of new satellite copper-cobalt-zinc VMS targets around the past-
producing Løkken copper mine through a strategic partnership with Teako Minerals Corp. (CSE:
TMIN).
Capella also holds significant equity positions in Teako Minerals Corp. (CSE: TMIN) and Grit Metals
Corp. (formerly European Energy Metals Corp; TSXV: FIN) as a direct result of the recent
divestiture of non-core assets.
For additional information you are cordially invited to visit the Capella Minerals Ltd website at
www.capellaminerals.com
, or contact
Karen Davies
, VP Shareholder Relations and Corporate
Development, at Tel: +1.604.314.2662
2
References made to adjacent mines/projects provide context for Capella's projects but are not indicative that the projects host similar tonnages or grades of gold or copper
Cautionary Notes and Forward-looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities
legislation. Forward-looking information is typically identified by words such as: believe, expect,
anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature,
refer to future events. Such statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the future
results of operations, performance and achievements of Capella, including the timing, completion
of and results from the exploration and drill programs described in this release. Although the
Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurances that such
expectations will prove to be correct. All such forward-looking information is based on certain
assumptions and analyses made by Capella in light of their experience and perception of historical
trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors management
believes are appropriate in the circumstances. This information, however, is subject to a variety of
risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. Important factors that could
cause actual results to differ from this forward-looking information include those described under
the heading "Risks and Uncertainties" in Capella's most recently filed MD&A. Capella does not
intend, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or revise the forward-looking information
contained in this news release, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on forward-looking information.
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Capella Contacts: Eric Roth, Email: [email protected], Karen
Davies, +1.604.314.2662
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