Drilling Underway on Eagle Plains’ Iron Range Gold/Sedex Project, Southeastern B.C.
Drilling Underway on Eagle Plains’
Iron Range Gold/Sedex Project, Southeastern B.C.
Cranbrook, B.C., June 28th, 2022: Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:EPL) (“Eagle Plains”) has
received notice from its option partner (an arm’s length private Alberta company), (the “Company”) that
drilling activity is currently underway on Eagle Plains’ 100% -owned Iron Range Project located near
Creston, in Southern British Columbia. A 5-6 hole, 3500m (11500’) diamond drilling program is planned
with targets in various areas of the property and is expected to take 8-9 weeks to complete. Drilling is
underway on Hole IR22049, which is currently at 725m with a target depth of 920m.
Under terms of the option agreement as announced May 5th, 2020, the Company holds the exclusive right
to earn up to a 60% interest in the Iron Range Project (the “Project”) from Eagle Plains over a five-year
period by incurring $ 3,500,000 in exploration expenditures and making $250,000 in cash payments to
Eagle Plains. The Company retains the right to increase its interest to 80% by making a one -time cash
payment of $1,000,000 to Eagle Plains.
See Iron Range Project Map here
Iron Range Project Summary
The Iron Range project is located near Creston, BC, and is owned 100% by Eagle Plains, subject to a 1%
NSR on a portion of the claim group. A well -developed transportation and power corridor transects the
southern part of the property, including a high-pressure gas pipeline and a high-voltage hydro-electric line,
both of which follow the CPR mainline and Highway 3. The rail line provides efficient access to the Teck
smelter in Trail, B.C.
The Iron Range property covers an extensive area approximately 10km x 60km which overlies the regional
Iron Range Fault System (“IRFS”). Prior to the acquisition and initial involvement of Eagle Plains in 2001,
the property had seen little systematic exploration for other than iron resources known to exist on the
property since the lat e 1800s. Since 2001, Eagle Plains and its partners have completed 17,226m in
diamond-drilling in 70 holes, collected 2482 line-km of airborne and surface geophysical data and analysed
10,053 soil geochemical samples, 495 rock samples and 5749 drill core samples.
Management of both Eagle Plains and the Company consider the Iron Range p roject to hold excellent
potential for the presence of both iron-oxide copper-gold (“IOCG”) and Sullivan -style lead -zinc-silver
sedimentary-exhalative (“sedex”) mineralization. The Sullivan Mine was discovered in 1892 and is one of
the largest sedex deposits in the world. Over its 100+ year lifetime, Sullivan produced almost 300 million
ounces of silver, 36 billion pounds of lead, zinc and other associated metals, collectively worth over $40B
at current metal prices. Management cautions that past results or discoveries on proximate land are not
necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved on the Iron Range property.
Drilling at Iron Range in 2010 resulted in the discovery of the Talon Zone, where drill -hole IR10-010
intersected 2 intervals of strong and continuous mineralization including 14.0m grading 5.1g/t gold,
1.86% lead, 2.1% Zinc, 75.3g/t silver and 7.1m grading 8.13g/t gold, 2.84% lead, 3.07% zinc, 86.6g/t
silver (Eagle Plains news release December 21st, 2010). Previous drilling 10km north of the Talon Zone
in 2008 by Eagle Plains intersected gold mineralization in drill-hole IR08006 which assayed 7.0m grading
51.52g/t (1.50 oz/ton) gold (Eagle Plains news release dated April 20th, 2009).
The most recent drilling activity on the property was carried out by the Company in 202 0 when 10 holes
totalling 738.7m were been completed, with no significant results reported.
Diamond drilling activity will be carried out by TerraLogic Exploration Inc. under the supervision of Kerry
Bates, P.Geo.. Charles C. Downie, P.Geo., a “qualified per son” for the purposes of National Instrument
43-101-Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and a Director of Eagle Plains Resources Ltd., has
prepared, reviewed, and approved the scientific and technical disclosure in this news release.
About Eagle Plains Resources
Based in Cranbrook, B.C., Eagle Plains is a well -funded, prolific project generator that continues to
conduct research, acquire and explore mineral projects throughout western Canada. The Company was
formed in 1992 and is the ninth-oldest listed issuer on the TSX-V (and one of only three that has not seen
a roll-back or restructuring of its shares). Eagle Plains has continued to deliver shareholder value over the
years and through numerous spin -outs has transferred over $100,000,000 in value directly to its
shareholders, with Copper Canyon Resources and recently Taiga Gold being notable examples.
The Company is committed to steadily enhancing shareholder value by advancing our diverse portfolio of
projects toward discovery through co llaborative partnerships and development of a highly experienced
technical team. Eagle Plains also holds significant royalty interests in western Canadian projects, covering
a broad spectrum of commodities on projects controlled by Cameco Corp., Iso Energy Corp., Denison
Mines Corp., Skeena Resources Ltd. and Alexco Resource Corp./Banyan Gold Corp., among others.
Management’s focus is to advance its most promising exploration projects. Throughout the exploration
process, our mission is to help maintain prosperous communities by exploring for and discovering resource
opportunities while building lasting relationships through honest and respectful business practices.
Expenditures from 2011-2021 on Eagle Plains-related projects exceed $27M, the majority of whi ch was
funded by third -party partners. This exploration work resulted in approximately 42,000m of diamond -
drilling and extensive ground-based exploration work facilitating the advancement of numerous projects
at various stages of development.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
“Tim J. Termuende”
President and CEO
For further information on EPL, please contact Mike Labach at
1 866 HUNT ORE (486 8673)
Email: [email protected] or visit our website at http://www.eagleplains.com
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release. This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to
comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations,
receipt of Property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address
future events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may
differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.