Copper Lake Announces Plans FOR Summer Exploration Program and Private Placement
News Release No: 24-04
COPPER LAKE ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR SUMMER
EXPLORATION PROGRAM AND PRIVATE PLACEMENT
June 13, 2024 – Toronto, ON - Copper Lake Resources Ltd. (TSX -V: CPL, Frankfurt: WOI,
OTC: WTCZF) (“Copper Lake” or the “Company”) is pleased to report preliminary plans for a
summer exploration program to be completed on its Marshall Lake copper-zinc-silver VMS
property (the “Property”), located in Northwestern Ontario.
Summer Exploration Program at the Marshall Lake Property
The Property includes several zones yielding significant copper-zinc-silver intercepts in historical
diamond drilling. These areas include the Teck Hill -Gazooma and Gazooma North -RM-Lease
target areas (see Figure 1). Such target areas have returned shallow drill intercepts of 2.05%
copper, 33 g/t silver & 0.31 g/t gold over 26.9 metres as well as 1.38% copper, 54.0 g/t silver
& 0.10 g/t gold over 43.0 metres , respectively (see Table 1). Drilling at all of these occurrences
has been very shallow, largely within 150 metres from surface.
Terry MacDonald, CEO commented: “The Marshall Lake property is a large property in a prolific
mining area. The property has several zones where there have been some very good drill results
over significant widths – some of these dating back decades and which have not been followed up.
For the last five years we have been focused on the Billiton Z one where the highest grades were
encountered and where there is a historical resource. However the Billiton zone is challenging to
explore at any time other than when the ground is frozen due to the wet ground. These other zones
that we are planning to explore this summer are accessible year-round and give us the opportunity
to apply the most current geophysics to these areas, and to follow up on the premise that Marshall
Lake could be a Noranda style VMS camp with several deposits. We are eagerly looking forward
to this summer’s work program. And we will continue the exploration of the Conductive Centre at
the Billiton zone when weather permits.”
Large-Loop Electromagnetic ( LLEM) geophysical surveys are a cost-effective approach to
exploring deeper in these areas, enabling a better understanding of the geology and to identify
conductors at depth. Such conductors would comprise prospective drill targets that may indicate
extensions of the historical high grade drilling intercepts, thereby enlarging mineralized zones.
These surveys will be conducted this summer, with drilling of select targets to subsequently follow.
As these areas are on higher ground, year-round access is straight forward and allows us to pursue
several prime targets on the property.
Table 1 Drill Results: Teck Hill-Gazooma and Gazooma North-RM-Lease Zones
Hole No.
From
(M)
To
(M)
Width
(M)
Copper
(%)
Silver
(g/t)
Gold
(g/t) Target
GAZ-06-02
(2006) 3.00 30.10 27.10 2.03 37.90 0.31
Teck Hill –
Gazooma
inc. 8.00 25.90 17.90 2.79 51.80 0.38
GAZ-06-04
(2006) 2.00 30.70 28.70 1.30 24.70 0.29
Teck Hill -
Gazooma
inc. 3.00 14.00 11.00 2.19 40.60 0.29
GAZ-07-05
(2007) 23.90 38.70 14.80 2.46 47.60 0.34
Teck Hill -
Gazooma
inc. 32.00 38.70 6.70 4.47 86.50 0.62
TK-09-09
(2009) 92.00 142.50 50.50 0.84 9.10 0.04
Teck Hill -
Gazooma
inc. 93.25 97.50 4.25 3.79 38.30 0.27
and 106.50 111.20 4.70 2.34 24.90 0.11
GAZN-08-06
(2008) 70.00 94.00 24.00 1.74 8.90 0.32
Gazooma North
– RM - Lease
inc. 85.00 90.00 5.00 3.36 17.10 0.68
GAZN-10-15
(2010) 149.00 172.00 23.00 1.34 6.70 0.29
Gazooma North
– RM - Lease
inc. 155.00 160.00 5.00 4.08 20.60 1.12
RMZ-11-21
(2011) 132.00 190.00 58.00 1.00 4.40 0.08
Gazooma North
– RM - Lease
inc. 155.00 160.00 5.00 3.73 16.40 0.31
RMZ-13-40
(2013) 144.00 187.00 43.00 1.38 5.40 0.04
Gazooma North
– RM - Lease
inc. 145.00 155.00 10.00 2.52 9.40 0.07
Figure 1 Priority Targets for 2024 Exploration
Non-Brokered Private Placement
The Company announces that it intends to complete a non -brokered private placement financing
for total gross proceeds of up to $2,500,000. The financing will consist of up to 70,000,000 Non
Flow-Through Units (“NFT Units”) at a price of $0.025 per NFT Unit and up to 25,000,000 Flow-
Through Units (“FT Units”) at a price of $0.03 per FT Unit. Each NFT Unit is comprised of one
common share in the capital of Copper Lake (a “Common Share”) and one Common Share
purchase warrant (a “Warrant”). Each FT Unit is comprised of one Flow-Through common share
and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant (each whole warrant a “Warrant”). Each
Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one additional share at an exercise price of $0. 06 per
Common Share. Warrants issued as part of the NFT Units will be exercisable for a period of 24
months from the closing date. Warrants issued as part of the FT Units will be exercisable for a
period of 24 months from the closing date.
The Warrants shall be subject to an accelerated expiry date clause whereby, at any time following
the expiry of the four-months and one day hold period, should the weighted average closing price
of the Common Shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSX -V”) be more than $0.20 for a
period of 15 consecutive trading days, the Company shall be entitled to accelerate the expiry date
of the warrants to a date which is 30 days following the date on which the Company announces
the accelerated expiry of the Warrants by press release.
Closing of the proposed private placement is subject to obtaining all required approvals, including
the approval of the TSX -V and any other regulatory approval. All securities issued pursuant to
the private placement will be subject to a hold period of four months and one day from the date of
issuance under applicable securities laws. The securities have not been, and will not be, registered
under the United States Securities Act, or any state securities laws, and accordingly may not be
offered or sold within the United States except in compliance with the registration requirements of
the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities requirements or pursuant to exemptions
therefrom. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicit ation to buy any
securities in any jurisdiction.
The Company may pay a finder’s fee consisting of cash and finders’ warrants to certain qualified
individuals. Each finders’ warrant would be issued upon the same terms as the NFT Unit Warrants
issued as part of the offering.
The financing is expected to close on or about July 4, 2024. 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. In accordance
with applicable Canadian securities laws, all securities issued pursuant to the private placement
will have a hold period of four months and one day from the date of issuance.
Extension of Warrants
The Company intends to extend the exercise period for a total of 20,951,500 share purchase
warrants, all of which are exercisable at $0.10 per common share (collectively, the “Warrants”).
The warrants were issued pursuant to a private placement that closed in two tranches on April 15,
2021 and May 17, 2021 (see May 26, 2021 news release). The Company initially extended the
expiry date to November 15, 2023 (see March 27, 2023 news release) and subsequently to July 15,
2024 (see October 23, 2023 news release). The Company proposes to extend the expiry dates for
both tranches of these Warrants such that the new expiry date for the Warrants will be July 15,
2025.
All other terms and conditions of the Warrants remain unchanged. The Warrant extension is
subject to acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.
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 just 22 km north
of the main CNR rail line. Copper Lake has an 82.55% 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 Company filed an updated NI 43- 101 in October 2023 with a
mineral resource of Open pit and underground Measured + Indicated Resources of 1,795,000
tonnes at an average grade of 0.72% NI, 0.69% Cu, 339 ppm Co, 0.52 g/t Pd, 0.17 g/t Pt and
containing 28.3Mlbs of nickel and 27.3Mlbs of c opper. 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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