Maple GOLD Adds a Second Drill Rig at Douay, Prepares FOR Phase I Drilling at Eagle, and Announces Board Changes
PRESS RELEASE
December 14, 2021
MAPLE GOLD ADDS A SECOND DRILL RIG AT DOUAY, PREPARES FOR
PHASE I DRILLING AT EAGLE, AND ANNOUNCES BOARD CHANGES
Vancouver, BC – (Newsfile Corp. – December 14, 2021) - Maple Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX -V:
MGM) (OTCQB: MGMLF) (FSE: M3G) ("Maple Gold " or the " Company") is please d to
announce that the 50/50 joint venture (the "JV") between the Company and Agnico Eagle
Mines Limited has added a second rig to the JV’s Fall 2021 drill program at the Douay Gold
Project ("Douay") (see news from November 15, 2021) in Qu ébec, Canada . In addition, a
planned Phase I drill program at the Company’s 100% -controlled Eagle Mine Property
("Eagle") (see news from October 7, 2021) is now expected to commence in January 2022
following a short holiday break. The Company is also pleased to appoint veteran entrepreneur
and current Maple Gold board director Michelle Roth as Independent Non-Executive Chair.
“We are pleased to have secured a second rig to accelerate completion of the Fall 2021 drill
program and in anticipation of ramping up our exploration activities in Q1 2022,” stated
Matthew Hornor, President and CEO of Maple Gold. “It is an exciting time for Maple Gold with
two rigs now available to complete up to 20,000 meters of planned drilling across our ~400 km²
property package, including testing high priority targets at Eagle in a matter of weeks. I would
also like to welcome Michelle Roth as the Com pany’s next Chairperson, while thanking Sean
Charland for having served so ably in that role since 2020. Michelle’s extensive experience
across both the private and public sectors strengthens our senior leadership and corporate
governance at a key inflection point in the Company’s growth trajectory.”
Fall 2021 Drilling Update
The Fall 2021 drill holes at Douay (see Figure 1 for hole locations) are primarily step-out targets
designed to test the strike continuity and expansion potential of some of the better intercepts
from recent drill programs in the Nika, Central and 531 Zones. The first rig, which commenced
drilling in early November, has already completed drill holes DO-21-313 (Nika Zone), DO-21-
315 (Central Zone), DO-21-316 and DO-21-317 (both in the 531 Zone), and is currently drilling
DO-21-319 (531 Zone). The second rig has completed DO-21-318 (Central Zone) and is
currently drilling DO-21-314 (Nika Zone).
A total of 2,661 metres ("m") have been drilled out of 2,750 m planned as part of the Fall 2021
drill program. The first 845 samples, including all of drill hole DO-21-313 in the Nika Zone, were
shipped to ALS Labs on November 26, 2021. Given the encouraging observations from initial
drill core, the second rig has been mobilized to continue testing additional step-out targets as
part of the Fall 2021 drill program at Douay. Of particular focus are: 1) mineralized horizons
extending to the southeast from this year’s 1.6 g/t gold ("Au") over 132 m intercept in the Nika
Zone (see news from May 26, 2021); 2) areas down- and up-plunge from this year’s 8.8 g/t Au
over 28.5 m intercept in the 531 Zone (see news from September 9, 2021); and 3) over 700 m
of undrilled strike extending to the east-southeast of the Central Zone as currently defined.
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Figure 1: Drill hole locations for Fall 2021 drill program at Douay
Phase I Drilling at Eagle
Phase I drill ing at Eagle is now expected to commence in January 2022 following a short
holiday break. Initial Eagle drill permits have been received with additional permit requests
pending. The Company expects to keep one drill rig in the Eagle area to complete the Phase
I drill program, after which it will be available to commence drilling in the Telbel mine area.
Additional details on the Phase I drill program at Eagle and the JV’s planned Winter 2022 drill
campaign will be released in the coming weeks.
New Independent Non-Executive Chair
Michelle Roth has served as an Independent Director of Maple Gold since November 2020
and currently serves as Chair of both the Audit and Nominating & Corporate Governance
Committees as well as a member of the Compensation Committee . She is the founder and
CEO of Roth Investor Relations , which provides shareholder engagement solutions to a
worldwide client base including mining industry clients with operations in North America,
Australia, Africa, Europe and South America. Ms. Roth also acts as a strategic advisor to Nova
Royalty and to a privately held cell tower infrastructure/IT managed services company, where
she has advised on growth opportunities during the pandemic.
In the public sector, Ms. Roth served as Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Planning Board Chairperson
of Manalapan Township, New Jersey , and has also held appointed positions on other
governmental boards. During her service, she gained experience with bu dgeting, succession
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planning, union negotiations, public/private partnerships and the setting and implementing of
land use policy. Ms. Roth earned her MBA in Finance from Fordham University.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical data contained in this press release was reviewed and prepared
under the supervision of Fred Speidel, M. Sc., P. Geo., Vice -President Exploration of Maple
Gold. Mr. Speidel is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43 -101 Standards of
Disclosure for Miner al Projects. Mr. Speidel has verified the data related to the exploration
information disclosed in this press release through his direct participation in the work.
About Maple Gold
Maple Gold Mines Ltd. is a Canadian advanced exploration company in a 50/50 joint venture
with Agnico Eagle Mines Limited to jointly advance the district -scale Douay and Joutel gold
projects located in Quebec’s prolific Abitibi Greenstone Gold Belt. The projects benefit from
exceptional infrastructure access and boast ~400 k m2 of highly prospective ground including
an established gold resource at Douay (RPA 2019) that holds significant expansion potential
as well as the past -producing Eagle, Telbel and Eagle West mines at Joutel. In addition, the
Company holds an exclusive option to acquire 100% of the Eagle Mine Property.
The district -scale property package also hosts a significant number of regional exploration
targets along a 55 km strike length of the Casa Berardi Deformation Zone that have yet to be
tested through drilling, making the project ripe for new gold and polym etallic discoveries. The
Company is well capitalized and is currently focused on carrying out exploration and drill
programs to grow resources and make new discoveries to establish an exciting new gold
district in the heart of the Abitibi. For more information, please visit www.maplegoldmines.com.
ON BEHALF OF MAPLE GOLD MINES LTD.
"Matthew Hornor"
B. Matthew Hornor, President & CEO
For Further Information Please Contact:
Mr. Joness Lang
Executive Vice-President
Cell: 778.686.6836
Email: [email protected]
Mr. Kiran Patankar
SVP, Growth Strategy
Cell: 604.935.9577
Email: [email protected]
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