Kingfisher Continues to Expand its Consolidated HWY 37 Project in the Golden Triangle with the Closing of the Hickman Project Acquisition
Kingfisher Continues to Expand its Consolidated HWY 37 Project in the
Golden Triangle with the Closing of the Hickman Project Acquisition
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, February 20, 2025 – Kingfisher Metals Corp. (TSX -V: KFR) (FSE: 970)
(OTCQB: KGFMF) (“ Kingfisher” or the “ Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed the
acquisition of the Hickman project (the “ Hickman Project”) from Golden Ridge Resources Ltd. (“ Golden
Ridge”) (the “Transaction”), which was previously announced on February 6, 2025.
Under the terms of the definitive agreement, the Company issue d 256,410 common shares in the capital
of Kingfisher to Golden Ridge and granted a 2% net smelter return royalty (the “ NSR”) to Golden Ridge.
The Company will have the right to buy back 1% of the NSR for C$5,000,000 at any time. The NSR covers
the entirety of the Hickman Project except for the portion of the mineral claims that fall within a 1 km radius
of the HWY 37 Project. The excluded portion of the mineral claims are covered under the net smelter return
royalty agreement that pertains to the Company’s Ball Creek West (BAM) project.
The Hickman Project is comprised of two claims totalling 3,008 hectares and is located immediately west
and contiguous with Kingfisher’s HWY 37 Project in Northwest British Columbia within the Golden Triangle.
The Hickman Project is highly prospective for Cu-Au porphyry systems and hosts an undrilled copper-gold
geochemical anomaly at the Hickman Target that includes recent (2019) rock sampling results of up to
5.3% Cu and 0.28 g/t Au. This accretive acquisition secures the full extent of the open -ended Hickman
Target that spans 5 km and is located 6 km away from the Schaft Creek deposit. The Transaction will bring
the consolidated HWY 37 Project to 849 km2.
Qualified Person
Dustin Perry, P.Geo ., Kingfisher’s CEO, is the Company’s Qualified Person as defined by National
Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, and has prepared the technical information
presented in this release.
About Kingfisher Metals Corp.
Kingfisher Metals Corp. (https://kingfishermetals.com/) is a Canadian based exploration company focused
on copper -gold exploration in the Golden Triangle, British Columbia. The Company has quickly
consolidated one of the largest land positions in the region at the contiguous 8 49 km2 HWY 37 Project.
Kingfisher also owns (100%) two district-scale orogenic gold projects in British Columbia that total 641 km2.
The Company currently has 56,455,144 shares outstanding.
For further information, please contact:
Dustin Perry, P.Geo.
CEO and Director
Phone: +1 778 606 2507
E-Mail: [email protected]
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responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Company’s property. This news release contains statements that constitute “forward -looking statements.” Such
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