Domestic Metals Announces Appointment of Gordon Neal as President
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DOMESTIC METALS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF
GORDON NEAL AS PRESIDENT
Vancouver, B.C., May 14, 2025
Domestic Metals Corp. ( “Domestic” or the “Company”) (TSXV:DMCU; OTC:DMCUF; Frankfurt:
03E) announces the appointment of Gordon Neal as President of the Company.
Mr. Neal has had a notable and successful career in the mining and resource sector s. He started
as one of the founding members of MAG Silver Corp. before moving on to serve as the VP
Corporate Development for Silvercorp Metals. Mr. Neal subsequently took the role of President
of New Pacific Metals and is currently CEO of World Copper Ltd. Mr. Neal has raised more than
$750M in the resource sector and serves on multiple metals and mining company boards. He
served as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada and is a past member of
the Board of Directors and the Senate of Dalhousie University.
“I am very excited to join the team at Domestic ,” says Gordon Neal. “The increasing global
demand for copper has been reflected in the rising price of the commodity. Add to this the current
US administration’s goal of domestic metal production and we can see that Domestic’s Montana-
based copper project is well positioned to benefit significantly.”
Domestic’s Chairman and CEO, Patricio Varas , stated: “Gord’s appointment represents a
momentous addition to the Domestic team driving the Company’s corporate transformation to
advance the exceptional Smart Creek copper project located in Montana, USA. Mr. Neal’s
expertise and leadership will facilitate the advancement of the Company’s Montana assets and
the growth of the Company.”
Smart Creek Project
Smart Creek is a 4,187 Ha road-accessible copper-gold exploration project located in western
Montana, a prolific metallogenic province with superb copper pedigree in addition to a mining-
savvy workforce. Montana State is a pro-mining jurisdiction with active copper mines and
exploration projects including the giant Butte Mine owned by Montana Resources LLP that has
included 5.4 Billion Tonnes averaging 0.46 % Cu, 0.033 % Mo, and 4.30 g/t Ag1. The Smart Creek
project is characterized by:
1- Multiple UNTESTED Porphyry-skarn-CRD style alteration footprints with coincident
geophysical and geochemical signatures.
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2- Extensive property-wide copper mineralization in rock and soil datasets. Historic drill
results with long copper intercepts and limited follow-up. 4+ target areas and the
opportunity to develop further exploration upside.
3- Reactive carbonate and diabase host rocks with the potential of yielding high-grade
mineralization.
The Company has the opportunity to unlock shareholder value by exploring this world -class
exploration asset and earning up to 60% in the project from partner Rio Tinto (see Domestic
(formerly Norden Crown Metals Corporation) news release from August 20, 2024).
Smart Creek Exploration Targeting
Exploration targeting has identified four key target areas including the Smart Creek porphyry
target (copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry mineralization), the Sunrise CRD target (copper-gold-
silver carbonate replacement mineralization), the Radio Tower Porphyry target (copper-gold-
molybdenum porphyry and carbonate replacement and skarn mineralization), and the Smart
Creek South target (exotic copper mineralization). Remarkable historic work includes:
1- Recent drilling in 2022 resulted in excellent copper assay results including a 109.73 meters
0.75% Cu; 18.74 g/t Ag intercept (SMCR0022; see NR dated August 20, 2024) 2.
2- Structurally controlled/replacement style gold targets at the Sunrise mine area with
historic grades of 6.22 g/t Au, 31.1 g/t Ag and 1.5% Cu3.
Ongoing and upcoming technical work plans include geological mapping, geochemistry, IP
geophysics and/or magnetotelluric geophysics. Drill targets are expected to be finalized in Q2
2025, with drilling expected to commence in the second half of 2025.
References:
1https://mbmg.mtech.edu/pdf/geologyvolume/ReedDillesButteChapter_Final.pdf
2Norden Crown Announces Acquisition of Option Over the Smart Creek Copper -Gold Porphyry
Project (Montana, USA), Public announcement, August 2024.
3Emmons, W.H., and Calkins, F.C., 1913. Geology and Ore Deposits of the Philipsburg Quadrangle,
Montana. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper #78.
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About Domestic Metals Corp.
Domestic Metals Corp. is a mineral exploration company focused on the discovery of large-scale,
copper and gold deposits in exceptional, historical mining project areas in the Americas.
The Company aims to discover new economic mineral deposits in historical mining districts that
have seen exploration in geologically attractive mining jurisdictions, where economically
favorable grades have been indicated by historic drilling and outcrop sampling.
The Smart Creek Project is strategically located in the mining friendly state of Montana,
containing widespread copper mineralization at surface and hosts 4 attractive porphyry copper,
epithermal gold, replacement and exotic copper exploration targets with excellent host rocks for
mineral deposition.
Domestic Metals Corp. is led by an experienced management team and an accomplished
technical team, with successful track records in mine discovery, mining development and
financing.
Qualified Person
Daniel MacNeil, P.Geo, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 Standards
of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, has read and approved all technical and scientific information
contained in this news release. Mr. MacNeil is a technical advisor for the Company.
On behalf of Domestic Metals Corp.
Patricio Varas,
Chairman and CEO
(604) 831-9306
For more information on Domestic Metals, please contact: Patricio Varas, Phone: 604-831-9306
or Michael Pound, Phone: 604-363-2885.
Please visit the Company website or contact us at [email protected].
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Communications Inc., Phone: 415-389-4670.
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