Element 29 Resources Renews 5-Year Surface Access Agreement at its Elida Project
Element 29 Resources Renews 5-Year Surface
Access Agreement at its Elida Project
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 4, 2025) - Element 29 Resources Inc.
(TSXV:
ECU) (OTCQB: EMTRF) (BVL: ECU)
("
Element 29
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce that
it has signed a renewed five-year surface access agreement with the host community at its flagship
Elida Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum-Silver ("
Cu-Mo-Ag
") project ("
Elida
") in central Perú.
This agreement, which will expire April 30, 2025, secures long-term access to support both current and
future exploration activities and is a key requirement for the Company's recent application for a new drill
permit under an expanded and more comprehensive Declaración de Impacto Ambiental ("
DIA
")
environmental approval. The proposed permit would significantly increase the number of authorized
drilling platforms from 20 to 40 and enable drilling activity to continue for an additional five-year term as
part of a broader exploration strategy at Elida.
Richard Osmond, President and CEO, commented:
"The successful renewal of our community access
agreement underscores the strength of our local relationships and our commitment to advancing
Elida in close collaboration with our rights-holders. We remain focused on progressing the project in a
responsible and mutually beneficial manner as we work to unlock its potential as a Tier-1 copper
project. We are grateful to the community for their ongoing support and partnership."
As part of its commitment to local engagement and economic development, the Company has employed
community members to assist with the ongoing magnetotellurics ("
MT
") geophysical survey. The survey
includes more than 100 MT stations distributed across a 5-kilometre ("
km
") by 6 km area and is
designed to generate a high-resolution, three-dimensional ("
3D
") resistivity model of the subsurface to
depths exceeding 2,000 metres ("
m
"). The Company intends to use the MT data to help delineate
deeper, higher-grade Cu-Mo-Ag mineralization and to guide exploration of the broader hydrothermal
alteration footprint of the Elida deposit below 500 m. The survey results will provide valuable insights into
the geometry and scale of the mineralized system and aid in the planning of future drill campaigns.
The Company also intends to employ community members to assist with the continuation of the Elida
Phase-III drilling program under the existing Ficha Técnica Ambiental ("
FTA
") environmental approval
and drill permit. The Phase-III drilling program aims to potentially expand the current pit-constrained
Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate and improve overall Cu-Mo-Ag grades. The first two drill holes,
completed in late 2024, intersected broad intervals of Cu-Mo-Ag mineralization starting at bedrock
surface and extending to depths exceeding 1,000 m (refer to news release -
January 22, 2025
).
In parallel, the Company is preparing a Collective Impacts Report to support its request for exemption
from the Consulta Previa ("
Prior Consultation
") process, which is required as part of the new drill
permit application under the DIA environmental approval.
About Elida Porphyry Cu-Mo-Ag Deposit
The Elida porphyry Cu-Mo-Ag deposit occurs along the east side of a large block of 29 contiguous
concessions totaling 19,749 hectares ("
ha
") that are 100% owned by Element 29 Resources Inc. The
project is in west-central Perú and is road accessible from the capital city, Lima, along the Pan
American Highway, 170 km northwest to the coastal city of Barranca, then inland 75 km along a
secondary road with paved and unpaved surfaces.
Elida is well located for future mine development and will benefit from nearby infrastructure and a skilled
workforce. The project is situated at a moderate elevation between 1,500 m and 2,000 m with access to
transportation routes to coastal shipping ports and power infrastructure, including a 45 mega-watt
hydroelectric generation facility situated just 15 km from the Property.
The Elida porphyry complex is a Cu-Mo-Ag mineralized multiphase porphyry system with a 2.5 x 2.5 km
hydrothermal alteration footprint at surface, associated with Eocene-aged quartz monzonite stocks,
emplaced into the Cretaceous volcano-sedimentary sequence and a granodiorite member of the
Peruvian Coastal Batholith. Elida is one of the first Eocene-age mineralized porphyry systems
discovered in Peru.
Previous drilling by Element 29 intersected multiple, long intervals of porphyry Cu-Mo-Ag mineralization
which has been traced to a depth of greater than 900 m where it remains open. Most of the Cu-Mo
mineralization is carried in A-veins, B-veins and C-veins that were formed during the waning stages of
potassic alteration, with a significant secondary amount of Cu mineralization carried in later E-veins from
a late chlorite-epidote overprint.
Based on 14,361.4 m of diamond drilling, Element 29 completed an independent pit-constrained
Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate which outlined 321.7 million tonnes of 0.32% Cu, 0.029% Mo and
2.61 g/t Ag at a 0.2% Cu cut-off grade and a 0.74:1 strip ratio.
Information on the Mineral Resource is in the technical report, available on the Company's
website
and
on
SEDAR+
, titled "NI 43-101 Technical Report, Mineral Resource Estimation of the Elida Porphyry
Copper Project in Perú" with an effective date of September 20, 2022 and prepared in accordance with
Form 43-101F1 by Marc Jutras, PEng MASc, Principal, Mineral Resources, Ginto Consulting Inc., a
Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects,
who is independent of Element 29 Resources Inc.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Richard
Osmond (P.Geo.), Element 29's President and CEO, who is the "
Qualified Person
" as defined by
National Instrument 43-101 Standards for Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Element 29 Resources Inc.
Element 29 is an emerging junior resource company with a highly experienced management team and
board focused on exploring and potentially developing Tier-1 copper deposits in Perú, one of the lowest-
cost, lowest-risk mining jurisdictions globally.
The Company's principal objective is to explore and potentially develop its Elida Porphyry Cu-Mo-Ag
Deposit in west-central Perú. Alongside Elida, the Company has three early stage, highly prospective
porphyry Cu projects in Perú for more than 25,000 ha of titled concession. These include the Flor de
Cobre porphyry Cu-Mo prospect situated in the Southern Perú Copper Belt, just 26 km from the Cerro
Verde copper mine (Freeport-Buenaventura)
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as well as the Paka and Pahuay porphyry Cu skarn
prospects related to potential tertiary-aged, mineralized porphyry complexes intruding along the eastern
margin of the Peruvian Coastal Batholith.
All projects are well located for future mine development and will benefit from nearby infrastructure
including roads, powerlines, ports, water, and a skilled workforce.
More information is available at
www.e29copper.com
.
For more information:
Richard Osmond, P.Geo.
CEO and Director
1-888-246-7881
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TSX-V
") nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is
defined in the policies of the TSX-V)
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press
release.
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This news release contains information about adjacent properties on which Element 29 has no right to explore or mine. Readers are cautioned
that mineral deposits on adjacent properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on the Company's properties.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements within
the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation (collectively, "
Forward-Looking
Statements
"). Any statements that are contained in this press release that are not statements of
historical fact may be deemed to be Forward-Looking Statements. Forward-Looking Statements are
frequently, but not always, identified by words such as "may", "will", "intends", "proposed", "believes",
"continues", "plans", "expects" or similar expressions (or the negative and grammatical variations of
any of these terms). Forward-Looking Statements in this press release include, but are not limited to,
statements with respect to the Company's resource properties and future capital requirements; and
the Company's plans, focus and objectives.
Forward-Looking Statements involve various risks and uncertainties and are based on certain factors
and assumptions. Although Element 29's management considers these beliefs and assumptions
reasonable based on currently available information, there can be no assurance that such statements
will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Forward-Looking Statements necessarily involve known and unknown
risks, and important factors, among others, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
Company's expectations include: uncertainties related to the Company's ability to access investors
for the Financing; the timeliness and success of regulatory approvals; fluctuations in copper and other
commodity prices; uncertainties inherent in the exploration of mineral properties; risks associated with
general economic conditions; changes in legislation, income tax and regulatory matters; currency and
interest rate fluctuations; inability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources; and
other risk factors set forth in the Company's prospectus under the heading "Risk Factors".
Readers are further cautioned not to place undue reliance on Forward-Looking Statements as there
can be no assurances that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any Forward-Looking Statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. New
factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for Element 29 to predict all of them or assess
the impact of each such factor or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause
results to differ materially from those contained in any Forward-Looking Statement. Any Forward-
Looking Statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this
cautionary statement.
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