First Nordic Confirms Robust Gold-in-Till Anomaly and Reports Encouraging Top-of- Bedrock Drill Results at Harpsund
First Nordic Confirms Robust Gold-in-Till
Anomaly and Reports Encouraging Top-of-
Bedrock Drill Results at Harpsund
TORONTO
,
May 29, 2025
/CNW/ -
First Nordic Metals Corp.
("
FNM
" or the "
Company
") (TSX.V:
FNM,
Stockholm
: FNMC SDB, OTCQB: FNMCF, Germany: HEG0) is pleased to announce results
from its glacial till geochemical survey and initial base-of-till / top-of-bedrock ("BoT/ToB") drill
program at the high-priority Harpsund target ("Harpsund"), located on the Company's 100%-owned
Paubäcken Project in Västerbotten County, northern Sweden, within the Gold Line greenstone belt.
Harpsund is located approximately 30 km south of the Company's resource-stage Barsele project.
The current results advance Harpsund to a high-priority diamond drill target, strengthening FNM's
target-rich belt-scale portfolio, while also continuing to demonstrate the effectiveness of FNM's
exploration process.
Highlights:
Highly anomalous kilometric-scale gold-in-till anomaly confirmed over a +5 km structural
corridor.
Strong pathfinder element associations indicate a robust orogenic gold system.
Large-scale gold-in-bedrock anomalism encountered in Harpsund BoT/ToB drilling.
Follow-up programs, including additional BoT/ToB and diamond drilling, are fully permitted and
planned for H2 2025.
FNM CEO
Taj Singh
comments:
"
Harpsund is emerging as one of the more exciting new targets
on the Gold Line belt. We've confirmed a cohesive, multi-kilomeric gold-in-till anomaly – one of
the most robust we've seen in the region. Additionally
, the initial BoT/ToB drilling confirms a large-
scale, cohesive gold-in-bedrock anomaly. Our knowledge of the +5 km Harpsund/Brokojan
corridor has increased substantially, and our plan is to complete a brief follow-up BoT/ToB
program here shortly and then proceed to diamond drilling in 2H 2025. Across the Gold Line belt,
FNM continues its exploration and drill programs on multiple high-priority targets, and this will no
doubt be one of the most active years in the region."
Surface Till Gold Results
In previous field seasons, FNM conducted a property-wide till geochemical survey with the collection
of approximately
23,000 B
-horizon glacial till samples over the Paubäcken project area. A high-
density sample spacing is used (
15 m
x
75 m
average) to identify anomalous areas, and sampling
direction is designed to be perpendicular to structural corridors as well as oblique to the ice flow
direction. All samples were screened using XRF analysis for typical orogenic gold pathfinder
elements.
A subset of samples from the adjacent Harpsund and Brokojan target areas, within the Paubäcken
concession area, with anomalous pathfinder element signatures were selected for gold assays at
MEFFA Lab Oy in
Finland
("MEFFA"). Samples are prepared at MEFFA where the fine fraction is
separated in a wet sieving process and subsequently analysed by laser ablation ICP-MS (inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrometry) for gold.
In total, 51 samples from the Harpsund/Brokojan target corridor were selected for gold analysis.
Detailed glacial till sampling surveys have confirmed widespread gold mineralization along the
Harpsund target area returning strongly anomalous gold results associated with a complex second
order shear corridor. For regional context, values of 50 ppb gold and higher in glacial till are
considered highly anomalous and thus important for the discovery of gold mineralization. In the
current program, 97% of the samples from Harpsund returned values greater than 50 ppb gold, with
samples up to 256 ppb gold. Results from the gold analysis show a strong correlation to orogenic
gold pathfinder element anomalies and are interpreted to be derived from various bedrock lithologies
and shear zones identified from geophysics data.
The Harpsund/Brokojan target area forms two broad gold-in-till anomalies over a 5 km strike of a
second order splay structure off the main Gold Line regional structure parallel with the down ice
direction. The underlying geology is dominated by folded and sheared metasedimentary and
metavolcanic units that are bounded by two prominent second order structural corridors. The
orientation of the cohesive Harpsund anomaly is parallel to the axis of a plunging fold, with the
highest and widest portion of the anomaly at the intersection of the fold axis and regional flexure
within the second order splay structure. The Brokojan anomaly is more diffuse and occurs near the
intersection between the first order regional Gold Line structure and the second order
Harpsund/Brokojan splay structure.
The Harpsund gold-in-till dispersion plume anomaly is one of the most cohesive surface till anomalies
on the Gold Line belt and measures 2 km along the fold axis and in the down ice direction, by up to
800 m
wide. Within the metasedimentary and metavolcanic units of the Harpsund target area, metal
associations are generally Au-As-Cu-W-Ag-Te-Sb.
Top-of-Bedrock/Base-of-Till Drilling Results
In Q1 2025, 116 BoT/ToB holes were completed at Harpsund and Brokojan. At Harpsund, drilling
targeted the strongest part of the gold anomaly located within the axis of the fold hinge and the
intersection of the fold axis and second order splay structure. Gold results were generally
anomalous with bedrock results up to 0.18 ppm gold and sample results > 0.1 ppm in 13 locations,
forming a cohesive gold-in-bedrock anomaly. For regional context, values of 0.1 ppm or higher in
bedrock are considered highly anomalous and thus important for the discovery of gold mineralization.
Large areas of the gold-in-till anomaly along the axis of the fold to the NE in the up-ice direction
were not drilled due access limitations in steep and challenging ground conditions; due to this, a
large portion of the target area along the axis of the fold was not adequately tested in the drilling
program and results encountered are potentially outside the main source of the anomaly. In addition,
due to ground conditions sloping steeply to the northeast, it is possible that the till anomaly has been
transposed slightly from the original location. The results are considered highly encouraging, and
follow-up diamond drilling over the 2 km target area is planned for the second half of 2025, following
programs at other priority targets along the Gold Line belt. Access was significantly limited at the
Brokojan target due to several factors including unusually mild winter conditions resulting in partially
frozen swamp areas, and steep ground conditions. The main target area at Brokojan was not tested
as a result and will be targeted with a follow up campaign of BoT/ToB in H2 2025 when conditions
allow.
Figure 1: Harpsund/Brokojan target area showing results from the 2025 gold-in-till analysis and
ToB/BoT drilling. (CNW Group/First Nordic Metals Corp.)
About the Harpsund and Brokojan Targets
The Harpsund and Brokojan targets are located within the Paubäcken Project area of the Gold Line
belt in northern
Sweden
. Both target areas are located on a northwest trending second order splay
structure off the main regional Gold Line belt structure. The Brokojan target is located at the
intersection of first and second order structures, and the Harpsund target within a large flexure
and/or fold hinge along the structure. The geology consists of a sequence of inverted basin
sediments and mafic volcanic rocks intruded by small syn-kinematic granitic intrusions within a broad,
anastomosing high strain structural corridor. These lithological sequences are highly prospective for
orogenic gold deposits.
About the Paubäcken Project
The Paubäcken project covers 17,097 hectares across three licenses in the heart of northern
Sweden's
emerging "Gold Line belt". The belt hosts several significant gold deposits, including the
Company's nearby Barsele project as well as the Svartliden mine and Fäboliden development
project, operated by Dragon Mining Ltd.
ABOUT FIRST NORDIC METALS
First Nordic Metals Corp. (FNM) is a Canadian-based gold exploration company, consolidating
assets in
Sweden
and
Finland
, with a vision to create
Europe's
next gold camp. The Company's
flagship asset is the Barsele gold project in northern
Sweden
, a joint venture project with senior gold
producer Agnico Eagle Mines Limited. Immediately surrounding the Barsele project, FNM is 100%-
owner of a district-scale license position comprised of two additional project areas (Paubäcken,
Storjuktan), which combined with the Barsele project, total ~100 km of strike coverage of the Gold
Line greenstone belt. Additionally, in northern
Finland
, FNM is the 100%-owner of a district-scale
position covering the entire underexplored Oijärvi greenstone belt, including the Kylmäkangas
deposit, the largest known gold occurrence on this belt.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Taj Singh
, M.Eng, P.Eng, CPA
CEO & Director
For further information contact:
Marie Macdonald
, Investor Relations, Phone: 604-687-8566, Email:
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Qualified Person & QA/QC
Benjamin Gelber
, P. Geo., Exploration Head of FNM, is the Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-
101, and takes responsibility for the technical disclosure contained within this news release.
ToB/BoT samples
All 2025 BoT/ToB samples were collected under the supervision of EMX Royalty Corporation
employees. Till and bedrock samples were transported from the drilling locations where it was
bagged to the EMX office facility located in Malå, northern
Sweden
where it was logged. Sample
reference materials were inserted at regular sample intervals. Groups of samples were placed in
large bags and sealed with numbered tags to maintain a chain-of-custody and transported to the
ALS Laboratory prep lab in Piteå. Samples were transported by ALS Laboratories to ALS in
Loughrea,
Ireland
.
Samples from the till part of the program where prepared with PREP-41 in Pitea. Samples where
dried (<60°C) and sieved (-180µm (80mesh)) and subsequently 25 g of the fine fraction were
analysed for Gold using the ALS AuME-ST43 package with a cyanide and aqua regia digestion and
ICP-MS finish.
Samples from the bedrock were separated in the lower
1.5 m
sample interval, where individual
samples were crushed to 2 mm (10 mesh) and a 250 g split was pulverized to 75 μm (200 mesh) for
analysis (PREP-31Y) and analysed with a complete characterization package CCP-PKG01
combined with PGM-ICP23 for precious metals analysis.
The assay package for the complete characterization combines a total carbon analysis (C-IR07), a
multi element with ME-4ACD81 four acid digestion and ICP-AES finish for base metals, a major
element analysis using ME-ICP06 with a fusion digestion and an ICP-AES finish, ME-MS42 with an
Aqua Regia digestion and an ICP-MS finish for more volatile elements, ME-MS81 for refractory
elements using a Li-Borate fusion digestion and ICP-MS finish, and sulfur content by induction
furnace (S-IR08). If a second bedrock sample could be taken, the upper
1.5 m
were analysed for
gold only using ALS method PGM-ICP23 where a 30 g split is analyzed with fire assay by Pb
collection and AAS finish.
Surface till samples
Sample reference materials were inserted at regular sample intervals. Samples were measured for
gold pathfinder elements at the EMX facility via x-ray fluorescence (XRF). Based on the XRF results
a subset of samples is then sent to MEFFA Labs Oy in
Finland
, where samples are prepared by fine
fraction separation in a wet sieving process and subsequently analyzed by laser ablation ICP-MS for
gold.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
This News Release contains 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 and FNM undertakes no
obligation to update such statements, except as required by law.
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