Magna Terra Completes Earn-IN at the Great Northern Project, Newfoundland
MAGNA TERRA COMPLETES EARN-IN AT THE GREAT NORTHERN PROJECT,
NEWFOUNDLAND
Toronto, Ontario – February 23, 2023 – Magna Terra Minerals Inc. (the “Company” or “Magna Terra”) (TSX-V:
MTT) is pleased to announce that it has earned a 100% interest in its flagship Great Northern Project (“Great Northern”
or the “Project"), located in western Newfoundland , having recently renegotiated final payment terms with Spruce
Ridge Resources Ltd. (“Spruce Ridge”) on the Viking and Kramer Property option agreements (the “Agreements”).
In addition to renegotiating the Agreements to reduce certain cash payments in favour of equity, Magna Terra and
Spruce Ridge have agreed to retire the 2.0% and 0.5% Net Smelter Return Royalties (“NSR”) in fav our of Spruce
Ridge under the Agreements, as further detailed below.
Great Northern is a proven gold environment with existing Mineral Resources and numerous untested gold trends over
a cumulative 30+ kilometre strike with the potential to host multi -million-ounce gold deposits. Through the
Company’s exploration programs over the last two years, our team has successfully identified multiple new, high -
tenor, exploration targets for follow-up exploration work to ultimately define drill targets (Figure 1). Our exploration
team is actively interpreting project data, refining targets and preparing for the 2023 field season with a focus on
prioritizing work on the highest-potential areas.
“We are very pleased to have successfully negotiated final payment terms with Spruce Ridge on the Viking and Kramer
option agreements reducing the Company’s cash obligations in the near term in favour of equity , and in the process
making Spruce Ridge a meaningful shareholder. Now that we have earned a 100% interest in the Gre at Northern
Project, having satisfied terms of all underlying option agreement s, we are well-positioned to further advance the
project in a more cost -effective manner. The retirement of the 2.0% and 0.5% NSRs on the Kramer and Viking
Properties respectively, places the project in a more favourable position going forward under a future production
scenario. Our geological team is currently in the process of interpreting all project data and will be refining targets
for testing in 2023. Our work completed on the project to date continues to support the potential of the project to host
large gold deposits located primarily along east -northeast, northwest and north -south striking fault zones linked to
the nearby Doucers Valley Fault, a key crustal -scale fault zone that transects Great Northern and is the source for
gold-bearing fluids in the region. Finally, we would like to thank the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for
their direct support of the Great Northern Project and their ongoing and st eadfast support of the exploration and
mining industry through the Junior Exploration Assistance Program.”
~ Lew Lawrick, President and CEO, Magna Terra Minerals Inc.
Figure 1: Exploration Potential of the Great Northern Project.
Revised Option Agreement Terms and NSR Retirements
Under the Viking Property Agreement, the final payment of $50,000 in cash and/or consideration units (comprising 1
common share plus ½ share purchase warrant)(refer to press release dated September 15, 2020) was revised to a single
payment of 1,250,000 common shares in the Company. The existing 0.5% NSR on the Viking Property in favour of
Spruce Ridge was retired as part of the renegotiated terms.
Under the Kramer Property Agreement, the final payment of $50,000 in cash and/or consideration units (comprising
1 common share plus ½ share purchase warrant) (refer to pres s release dated September 15, 2020) was revised to a
single payment of 1 ,250,000 common shares in the Company. The existing 2.0% NSR on the Kramer Property in
favour of Spruce Ridge was retired as part of the renegotiated terms.
All common shares issued pursuant to the revised option agreement terms will be subject to a regulatory four month
and one day hold period and are subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.
Magna Terra has now earned a 100% interest in these Properties and a 100% inte rest in the entire Great Northern
Project.
Junior Exploration Assistance Grant
The Company wishes to acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador under
the Junior Exploration Assistance Program for partial funding of the 2022 field program at the Great Northern Project.
The Company appreciates the ongoing and steadfast support from the provincial government for the exploration and
mining industry.
About the Great Northern Project
The Great Northern Project is comprised of two separate claim blocks - Great Northern and Viking blocks totalling
13,775 hectares, which are located near the communities of Sops Arm, Pollard’s Point, and Jackson’s Arm,
Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Project is centered along a 30-kilometre section of the Doucers Valley Fault, a significant geological control on,
and host to, several gold deposits and untested prospects, including the Rattling Brook and Thor Deposits, Incinerator,
Furnace, Jacksons Arm, Viking, Kramer, Viking North, and Little Davis Pond trends; a proven gold environment with
existing Mineral Resources and nu merous untested gold trends over a cumulative 30+ kilometre strike. Gold
mineralization is hosted within a variety of rock types that include Precambrian or Ordovician granites, or younger
volcanic and sedimentary rocks, typically along splays off the Doucers Valley Fault, a similar geological environment
to Marathon Gold Corporation’s Valentine Gold Project. Alteration consists of mesothermal style quartz ± iron
carbonate ± sulfide veins and stockworks with 2 to 5% total sulfides consisting of pyrite, gale na, chalcopyrite or
sphalerite, and locally show trace amounts of visible gold.
The Great Northern Project host to significant Current and Historic Mineral Resources, including:
• An Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate^ of 5,460,000 tonnes at an average grade of 1.45 g/t gold containing
255,000 contained ounces at a cut-off grade of 1.0 g/t gold at the Rattling Brook Deposit; and
• An Historical Indicated Mineral Resource^^ of 937,000 tonnes at an average grade of 2.09 g/t gold containing
63,000 ounces of gold plus an Historical Inferred Mineral Resource of 350,000 tonnes at an average grade of
1.79 g/t gold containing 20,000 ounces of gold at a cut-off grade of 1.0 g/t gold at the Thor Deposit.
Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. All Mineral Resource Estimates were prepared in
accordance with NI 43-101 and the CIM Standards (2014). Please refer to the NI 43-101 Technical Report with effective date January 23, 2019 by
Harrington and Cullen (2019) as detailed below for the Great Northern Project and the NI 43-101 Technical Report with effective date August 29,
2016 by Copeland et al. (2016). An Independent Qualified Person has not carried out sufficient work to classify the Thor Hist orical Mineral
Resource Estimate as current and Magna Terra is not considering this Mineral Resource Estimate to be current. Magna Terra conside rs the Thor
Deposit to have potential for expansion that will be addressed by the Company in future exploration programs. See furth er details on Technical
Reports below.
Several drill targets and specific opportunities for mineral resource expansion and discovery have been identified by
the Company based on recent field programs and a comprehensive review of historic and current explo ration data.
This work, in conjunction with that of previous operators on the Property, has identified the importance of fault control
on gold mineralization. These major target areas for near-term drill testing are:
• The Apsy Zone – Existing Mineral Resource with potential for minimum 800 metre extension.
• Incinerator Trend – 1.8-kilometre-long gold-bearing east-west fault only tested by four historic drill holes
each intersecting gold mineralization: 2.32 g/t gold over 4.1 metres (drill hole RB -41); 1.06 g/ t gold over
15.6 metres (drill hole RB -39); 1.00 g/t gold over 9.7 metres (drill hole RB -37); and 1.78 g/t gold over 4.0
metres (drill hole RB-35).
• Furnace Trend – 1.7-kilometre long trend with rock grab samples** assaying up to 5.60 g/t gold along east-
west fault zone.
• Kramer Trend – 1.5-kilometre long northeast striking zone of gold mineralization centred on the contact
between granites and quartzites. Highlight assays from previous drill holes KR-10-07 and KR-10-08 include
1.12 g/t gold over 20.05 metres and 1.50 g/t gold over 14.4 metres, respectively.
• Viking Trend – 6.4 kilometre long by up to 40-metre wide deformation and alteration zone with gold grades
of 0.45 g/t gold over 20.0 metres in drill hole VK-16-151, 0.37 g/t gold over 16.5 metres in drill hole VK-
11-125, as well as local high grades as indicated by 7.43 g/t gold over 1.0 metre in drill hole VK-16-155.
• Viking North Trend – 8-kilometre long east-west striking fault zone, sub-parallel to the Viking Trend, that
is host to gold mineralized rocks and soils from reconnaissance sampling assaying up to 2.1 2 g/t gold and
380 ppb gold, respectively.
• Jacksons Arm Trend – 2.4-kilometre-long gold zone defined by numerous gold bearing rock and soil
samples and from drilling in late 2020.
**Grab samples are selected samples and are not necessarily indicative of mineralization that may be hosted on the property.
Qualified Person and Technical Reports
This news release has been reviewed and approved by David A. Copeland, P.Geo., Chief Geologist with Signal Gold
Inc., a "Qualified Person", under National Instrument 43-101 - Standard for Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
^The Mineral Resource Estimate quo ted in this press release regarding the Great Northern Project refers to the
technical report: “NI 43-101 Technical Report and Updated Mineral Resource Estimate on the Rattling Brook Gold
Deposit, Great Northern Project, White Bay Area, Newfoundland, Canada”, (the “Great Northern Report”) with an
effective date of January 23, 2019, and authored by Matthew Harrington, P.Geo. (Independent Qualified Person) and
Michael Cullen, P.Geo. (Independent Qualified Person).
^^The Historical Mineral Resource Estimate quoted in this press release regarding the Viking Project (Thor Deposit)
is taken from the technical report: “NI 43 -101 Technical Report And Mineral Resource Estimate For The Thor
Deposit, Viking Project, White Bay Area, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Latitude 49o 42′ N Longitude 57o 00′
W” prepared for Anaconda Mining Inc. by David A. Copeland, P.Geo., Dr. Shane Ebert, P. Geo. and Gary Giroux,
P. Eng. M.ASc., August 29, 2016. An Independent Qualified Person has not carried out sufficient work to classify the
Thor Historical Mineral Resource Estimate as current and Magna Terra is not considering this Mineral Resource
Estimate to be current. Magna Terra considers the Thor Deposit to have potential for expansion that will be addressed
by the Company in future exploration programs.
About Magna Terra
Magna Terra Minerals Inc. is a precious metals focused exploration company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Magna Terra owns two district -scale, resource stage gold exploration projects in the top -tier mining jurisdictions of
New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. Further, the Company maintains a significant exploration portfolio
in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina which includes its precious metals discovery on its Luna Roja Project, as
well as an extensive portfolio of district scale drill ready projects available for option or joint venture.
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and operation in the mineral exploration sector, as well as the risks and uncertainties which are more fully described
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are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward -looking statements due to the inherent uncertainty of such
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the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward -looking statements or to update the reasons why actual
results could differ from those projected in these forward-looking statements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Magna Terra Minerals Inc.
Lewis Lawrick
President and CEO, Director
647-478-5307
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.magnaterraminerals.com