BlueBird Announces Summer Exploration Program at Batt Project in Yukon, Canada; Recent Grab Sample Grades 1.16% Cobalt and 0.66 g/t Gold
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BlueBird Announces Summer Exploration Program at Batt Project in Yukon,
Canada; Recent Grab Sample Grades 1.16% Cobalt and 0.66 g/t Gold
Vancouver, British Columbia, July 16, 2018 – BlueBird Battery Metals Inc. (TSXV: BATT;
US:BBBMF) (the “Company” or “BlueBird”) is pleased to announce that recently a cobalt bloom
rock specimen collected by the Yukon Government from the Batt C o-Cu Project in the Yukon,
Canada assayed 1.16% Cobalt and 0.66 g/t Gold. The Company also wishes to announce that it
will commence its summer 10-day exploration program at the Batt Project in early August 2018.
“We are excited to commence the first detailed exploration program at the Batt Co-Cu Project
since the 1960s. The recent high-grade rock sample averaging 1.16% cobalt, indicates the
potential of battery metals at the project, noting it also re-confirms historical grades sampled over
50 years ago,” commented Chairman and CEO, Peter A. Ball.
BlueBird’s summer exploration program at the Batt Project will be comprised of property-scale
mapping, soil and rock chip sampling, and a general reconnaissa nce exercise to evaluate the
mineralized trend that has been identified across the claims. M ultiple cobalt blooms occurences
have been identified, with the one sample tested yielding the high grade cobalt result. Information
gathered from the program will assist the Company in planning a potential larger exploration
program, which may include ground EM or aeromag geophysical surveys, in the fall of 2018.
Figure 1: Batt Co-Cu Project
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The program will be completed by the technical team from Strate gic Metals Ltd.
(“Strategic”)(TSXV: SMD). BlueBird entered into an option agree ment in March 2018 with
Strategic to acquire an 80% interest in the Batt Claims in the Yukon Territory, Canada.
“We have asked our exploration team to assess the possibility of a “Windy Craggy style” Copper-
Cobalt VMS style deposit on the property. The Yukon Government has mapped a mafic volcanics/
sediment contact across the Batt property that may be prospective for that style of deposit,” stated
Alf Stewart, President of BlueBird.
The sample was a specimen sample from a gabbro outcrop with cob alt bloom from: UTM Zone
8, NAD 83 – 370955 mE, 6669695 mN. The rock sample was sent to ALS Minerals in Whitehorse
where it was dried and screened to -180 microns. The sample was then shipped to ALS Minerals
in North Vancouver where it was analyzed for 48 elements by four acid digestion and inductively
coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ME-MS61). Overlim it value for cobalt was
determined by four acid digestion and inductively coupled plasm a-atomic emission spectroscopy
(Co-OG62). An additional 30 g charge was further analyzed for gold by fire assay with inductively
coupled plasma and atomic emission spectroscopy finish (AuICP21).
About the Batt Co-Cu Project
The Property is located 70 km south of Haines Junction, Yukon and 16 km from the Haines Road
at Dalton Post. The claims cover a prominent gossanous ridge wh ere cobalt bloom has been
reported in multiple locations. The project is located approxim ately 20 km north of the British
Columbia border, where in 1967, mi nor historical exploration wo rk completed identified a zone
that is steeply dipping, north trending and about 3km long and 250m wide. Two historical grab
samples collected assayed: 5.6% Cu, N/A Co, 0.4% Sb, 0.7 g/t Au, and 1.7% Cu, 0.65% Co, Sb
N/A, 2.7 g/t Au, where sample 2 was very similar metal ratios a s Windy Craggy. Batt claims re-
staked in 1993 based on geologi cal similarities to the Windy Cr aggy deposit with a historical
(1991) Proven and Probable Reserve of 297.0 Mt @ 1.4% Cu, 0.07% Co (source Government of
British Columbia MINFILE database).
Please visit the website www.bluebirdbatterymetals.com for additional information on the Batt
Co-Cu Project.
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed an d approved Wes Hanson, P.Geo.,
a director of the Company and a Qualified Person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101.
About BlueBird Battery Metals
BlueBird Battery Metals (TSXV: BATT; US: BBBMF) is a Canadian publicly listed company
focused on the global exploration and development of strategic battery metals projects, primarily
cobalt and nickel. BlueBird’s goal is to pursue a business mode l that offers direct and long-term
leverage to the price appreciation in nickel and cobalt, two principal materials in EV batteries. The
Company plans to become a leader in the battery metals sector, as cobalt is currently in a global
supply deficit, has a vulnerable supply chain, and is part of an emerging sector with extraordinary
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potential. BlueBird is advancing its portfolio of battery metals focused assets in Western Australia
and New South Wales, Australia, and in the Yukon, Canada, and i s currently reviewing new
acquisition opportunities to add to the Company’s project portfolio.
On Behalf of the Board of BlueBird Battery Metals Inc.
Peter A. Ball
Chairman and CEO
For more information, please contact 1-855-584-0160 or [email protected].
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not limited to the Company exploring its properties in Australia or the Yukon, and the impact on the Company of these
events, including the effect on the sh are prices. Forward-looki ng information is subject to significant risks and
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