Canadian North Resources Announces the Completion of its Spring 2023 Diamond Drilling Program on its 100% Owned Ferguson Lake Project in Canada
Canadian North Resources Announces the Completion of its Spring 2023 Diamond Drilling Program on
its 100% Owned Ferguson Lake Project in Canada
Toronto, May 29th, 2023 – Canadian North Resources Inc. (“Canadian North” or the “Company”) (TSXV:
CNRI) is pleased to announce it has completed its spring diamond drilling program on ice consisting of
6,151 metres in 21 holes for its 100% owned Ferguson Lake base metal (nickel, copper, cobalt) and
platinum group metal (“PGM”, mainly palladium and platinum, project in Nunavut, Canada.
The purpose of the spring on -ice program was to test the main mineralized horizon trending across
Ferguson Lake with the focus of completing definition drilling of th e East Zone 1 and extending it to the
west plus, as well, extending the West Zone further to the East to join it to the Central Zone in the lake.
“The drill program intersected massive sulphides (Figure 1) of the main horizon in 17 out of the 21 holes
and successfully intersected a second parallel trending disseminated sulphide zon e approximately 200
metres south of the Central Zone. ” Said Dr. Trevor Boyd, the Vice President of Exploration, “ This
encouraging second zone has been identified as a separate target from the compilation and re-plotting of
an interpreted historic airborne VTEM conductor. It will be followed up with additional drill testing during
the summer using a nearby island as a platform. “
Figure 1 Massive sulfides intersected in Hole FL23-504 at Ferguson Lake Project.
Core samples have been submitted for analyses with results pending. Once all the program results are
received and compiled, they will be added to the project dataset to improve the block model and to
update the Mineral Resource estimate that was filed in 2022 at the end of 2023. (refer to the NI43-101
Technical Report filed on Sedar.com on July 13, 2023).
The Company has now temporarily paused drilling for the spring break-up of the ice on Ferguson Lake
and for the caribou migration to pass through the property. The Company plans to resume diamond
drilling in June, utilizing up to four drills with the goal of completing a total of at least 20,000 metres and
75 holes during the 2023 exploration season.
Qualified Person:
The technical contents of this news release have been reviewed by Dr. Trevor Boyd, P.Geo., a qualified
person as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101 standards.
About Canadian North Resources Inc.:
Canadian North Resources Inc. is an exploration and development company focusing on the critical metals
for the clean-energy, electric vehicles, battery and high-tech industries. The company is advancing its 100%
owned Ferguson Lake nickel, copper, cobalt, palladium, and platinum project that covers an area of 253.8
km2 of mining leases (96.9 km 2) and surrounding exploration claims (156.9 km 2) in the Kivalliq Region of
Nunavut, Canada.
The Ferguson Lake mining property contains substantial resources in compliance with NI43-101 standards,
which include Indicated Mineral Resources of 24.3 million tonnes containing 455 million pounds (Mlb)
copper at 0.85%, 321Mlb nickel at 0.60%, 37.5Mlb cobalt at 0.07%, 1.08 million ounces (Moz) palladium
at 1.38gpt and 0.18Moz platinum at 0.23gpt; Inferred Mine ral Resources of 47.2 million tonnes
containing 947Mlb copper at 0.91%, 551.5Mlb nickel at 0.53%, 62.4Mlb cobalt at 0.06%, 2.12Moz
palladium at 1.4gpt and 0.38Moz platinum at 0.25gpt. The resource model indicates significant potential
for resource expansio n along strike and at depth over the 15 km long mineralized belt. (Refer to
“Independent Technical Report, Updated Mineral Resource Estimate, Ferguson Lake Project, Nunavut,
Canada, Prepared by Ronacher McKenzie Geoscience Inc. and Francis Minerals Ltd ” filed by the Company
to Sedar.com on July 13, 2022). In addition, the Company has identified the pegmatites with lithium
potential at the Ferguson Lake project.
Further information please visit the website at www.cnresources.com or contact:
Dr. Kaihui Yang, President and CEO
Phone: 905-696-8288 (Canada) 1-888-688-8809 (Toll-Free)
Email: [email protected]
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Company’s forward -looking statements. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the
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herein are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. In
addition, although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual
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