Copper Lake Announces Approval of $200,000 Ojep Grant and Receipt of Exploration Permit
News Release No: 23-12
COPPER LAKE ANNOUNCES APPROVAL OF $200,000 OJEP GRANT
AND RECEIPT OF EXPLORATION PERMIT
December 8, 2023 – Toronto, ON – Copper Lake Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: CPL, Frankfurt: WOI,
OTC: WTC ZF) (“Copper Lake” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has been
selected to receive grant funding of up to $200,000 under the Ontario Junior Exploration Program
(“OJEP”) from the Ontario Government. This amount will cover up to 50% of eligible exploration
costs, to a maximum of $200,000 in respect of expenditures incurred by the Company during the
period from April 1, 2023 to February 15, 2024, on the Marshall Lake MT Conductor Project.
The Company was also notified on November 20, 2023 that its Exploration Permit Application on
the Marshall Creek Project had been issued, for a period of three years. The Marshall Creek Project
area includes the E -W Build-Up Conductor (see July 19, 2023 N ews Release). The permit will
allow us to perform the planned LLEM survey to determine the extent of the conductor and identify
drill targets, with drilling to immediately follow.
Financing Update
The previously announced private placement (see November 17, 2023 News Release) is expected
to close between December 12, 2023 and late December 2023. The net proceeds of the financing
will be used for exploration at the Company’s Marshall Lake project and for general working
capital purposes. Additionally, the use of proceeds does not include any proposed payments to
non-arms length parties nor any payments to persons conducting Investor Relations activities.
QUALIFIED PERSON
Donald Hoy, M. Sc., P. Geo. Copper Lake’s Vice President of Exploration, is the Qualified Person
responsible for the technical content contained in this news release.
ABOUT COPPER LAKE RESOURCES
Copper Lake Resources Ltd. is a publicly traded Canadian mineral exploration and development
company with interests in two projects both located in Ontario. www.copperlakeresources.com
The Marshall Lake high-grade VMS copper, zinc, silver and gold project, comprises an area of
approximately 220 square km located 120 km north of Geraldton, Ontario and is accessible by
all-season road from the Trans-Canada Highway and just 22 km north of the main CNR rail line.
Copper Lake has a 81.54% interest in the joint ventured property, which consists of 233 claims
and 52 mining leases. The project also includes 148 claim cells staked in 2018 and 2020 that are
100% owned and not subject to any royalties, which add approximately 30 square km to the
original property.
In addition to the original Marshall Lake property above, Marshall Lake also includes the Sollas
Lake and Summit Lake properties, which are 100% owned by the Company and are not subject
to any royalties. The Sollas Lake property consists of 20 claim cells comprising an area of 4
square km on the east side of the Marshall Lake property where historical EM airborne
geophysical surveys have outlined strong conductors on the property hosted within the same
favorable felsic volcanic units. The Summit Lake property currently consists of 100 claim cells
comprising an area of 20.5 square km, is accessible year-round, and is located immediately west
of the original Marshall Lake property. The Marshall Lake project is located in the traditional
territories of the Aroland and Animbiigoo Zaagi igan Anishinaabek (“AZA”) First Nations.
Copper Lake has a 69.79% joint venture interest in the Norton Lake nickel, copper, cobalt, and
palladium PGM property, located in the southern Ring of Fire area, is approximately 100 km
north of the Marshall Lake Property. The Norton Lake property is located in the traditional
territories of the Eabametoong (“Fort Hope”) and Neskantaga First Nations.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Copper Lake Resources Ltd.
Terry MacDonald, CEO
(416) 561-3626
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the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
Cautionary and Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes certain forward -looking statements and forward- looking information (collectively,
"forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other
than statements of historical fact, included herein including, without limitation, statements regarding the Private
Placement and proposed uses of the proceeds of the Private Placement, are forward-looking statements. Although the
Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to
be correct. Often, but not always, forward looking information can be identified by words such as "pro forma",
"plans", "expects", "will", "may", "should", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates",
"believes", "potential" or variations of such words including negative variations thereof, and phrases that refer to
certain actions, events or results that may, could, would, might or will occur or be taken or achieved. Forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the Company to differ materially from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. This forward-looking information reflects the
Company’s current beliefs and is based on information currently available to the Company and on assumptions the
Company believes are reasonable. These assumptions include, but are not limited to: TSX Venture Exchange
acceptance of the Private Placement; market acceptance and approvals; and the anticipated closing date for the
Private Placement. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks and other factors
may include, but are not limited to: general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties;
general capital market conditions and market prices for securities; delay or failure to receive board or regulatory
approvals; the actual results of future operations; competition; changes in legislation, including environmental
legislation, affecting the Company; the timing and availability of external financing on acceptable terms; and lack of
qualified, skilled labour or loss of key individuals. A d escription of additional assumptions used to develop such
forward-looking information and a description of additional risk factors that may cause actual results to differ
materially from forward - looking information can be found in the Company’s disclosure documents SEDAR+ at
www.sedarplus.ca. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results
not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not
exhaustive. Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward- looking information as there can
be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur. Forward -looking
information contained in this news release is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. The forward -looking
information contained in this news release represents t he expectations of the Company as of the date of this news
release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. However, the Company expressly disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable securities law.