Happy Creek Begins Drilling at the Fox Tungsten Property
Happy Creek Begins Drilling at the Fox Tungsten Property
September 9, 2020 – Vancouver, British Columbia- Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: HPY)
(“Happy Creek” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that a drill program has commenced
on the Company’s 100% owned, 198 square kilometre Fox Tungsten Property (the “Fox
Property”) in south central British Columbia. Following the completion of the Fox Property drill
program, the Company will conduct a drilling program on the West Valley – Rateria copper project
in southern British Columbia.
The 2020 Fox Property drill program will consist of eight holes totaling approximately 1,300 metres
and include the following:
1) At the Nightcrawler zone, seven holes will test an 800- metre-wide portion of a mineralized
layer up-dip and laterally from previous drill holes that include 5m of 1.0% W03 and 6.3m of
0.43% W03. Drill hole spacing is designed to potentially outline an inferred resource at this
low elevation, road accessible portion of the property.
2) On the western side of Deception Mountain, one drill hole will be located on a new logging
road for the first-ever test on this side of the Fox Property. On August 24, 2020, the
Company announced that a marble-calc silicate host rock was discovered over five hundred
metres and Ultraviolet lamping indicates the presence of scheelite (tungsten mineral). This
zone is thought to potentially be geological extensions of the current resource-bearing
marble-calc silicate unit located five km up-dip to the east. The drill hole will attempt to verify
this interpretation and if successful provide a new, large scale target area on the Fox
Property.
David Blann, President and Chief Executive Officer of Happy Creek states: “This drilling will be a
road-based program with the potential to outline additional resources for the project at the
Nightcrawler zone. The drill test on the western side of the Fox Property will provide the first look
at the rock types and mineralization that could potentially connect with the current resources 5
km up-dip to the east. It is exciting to continue exploring a property with top-tier grades and the
opportunity to be world class in scale.”
About the Fox Property
The Fox Property represents a rare, high-grade strategic and critical metal discovery, 75 km
northeast of 100 Mile House in south central British Columbia. The Company has advanced the
Fox Property from discovery to a resource estimate of 582,400 tonnes of 0.826% WO3 (Indicated)
and 565,400 tonnes of 1.231% WO3 (Inferred) that is open for expansion and among the highest-
grade deposits in the western world. The Fox Property has outcrop and drill holes containing
tungsten in a 12 km by 5 km area. Numerous surface showings, trenches and exploratory drill
holes contain grades that are above the resource cut-off. The Fox Property has the potential to
expand the resources and become a leading contender for development.
About Tungsten
Tungsten is a rare, heavy and hard element with the highest melting and boiling point. It is mostly
used in cemented tungsten carbide and high-speed alloy cutting tools that are used in the
manufacturing and construction industry, with numerous other applications including electrical,
medical and defense. Tungsten has recently been declared a “critical” element by Canada, USA
and the EU. According to the US Geol ogical Survey tungsten is one of 35 critical and strategic
minerals that are “essential to the econom ic and national security of the United States.” Currently
over 80% of world supply is from China, and onl y a small amount of primary supply comes from
North America to meet demand. A recent suppl y/demand analysis by Roskill suggests five new
tungsten mines of >1000 tonnes (WO3) per year capacity will be required by 2024, rising to nine
by 2029.*
More information on the Fox Property can be found on the Company’s website at
www.happycreekminerals.com . The Company operates with the principles and guidelines set out
for Covid-19 that are established by provincial health and safety authorities to protect workers
and the communities in which the Company operates.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“David E Blann”
David E. Blann, P.Eng.
President and Chief Executive Officer
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
David Blann, President and Chief Executive Officer
Office: Phone: (604) 662-8310
Email: [email protected]
Walter Segsworth, Executive Chair
Email: [email protected]
Renmark Financial Communications Inc.
Melanie Barbeau: [email protected]
Tel: (416) 644-2020 or (212) 812-7680
www.renmarkfinancial.com
*roskill.com/news/May 28, 2020.
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David Blann, P.Eng., Director, is a Q ualified Person as defined by National In strument 43-101 and is responsible for
the preparation and approval of the technical information disclosed in the news release.
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including
statements that address capital costs, recovery, grade, and timing of work or plans at the Company’s mineral projects.
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"could", "would", "might" or "will" be undertaken, occur or achieved. Statements also include those that address future
mineral production, reserve potential, potential size or scale of a miner alized zone, potential expansion of
mineralization, potential type(s) of mini ng, potential grades as well as to Happy Creek’s ability to fund ongoing
expenditure, or assumptions about future metal or mineral prices, currency exchange rates, metallurgical recoveries
and grades, favourable operating conditi ons, access, political stab ility, obtaining or renewal of existing or required
mineral titles, licenses and permits, labour stability, market conditions, availability of equipment, accuracy of any mineral
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events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there can be no assurance
that such information will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. H appy Creek withholds any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by law.