Nevada Sunrise Stakes Badlands Lithium Project, Esmeralda County, Nevada
Nevada Sunrise Stakes Badlands Lithium
Project, Esmeralda County, Nevada
VANCOUVER, BC
,
Feb. 14, 2023
/CNW/ -
Nevada Sunrise Metals Corp.
("Nevada Sunrise", or
the "Company") (TSXV: NEV) (OTC: NVSGF) is pleased to announce the acquisition by staking of
the Badlands Lithium Project ("Badlands" or the "Project") located in the Lida Valley,
Esmeralda
County, Nevada
. Badlands consists of 54 unpatented claims on Bureau of Land Management land
totaling approximately 1,080 acres (437 hectares) and lies roughly halfway between the Company's
Gemini and Jackson Wash Lithium projects.
Badlands was staked by Nevada Sunrise in 2022 following the new lithium discovery made by the
Company at Gemini and was not announced at the time of its acquisition due to the onset of
competitive staking in the Lida Valley. The general topography of the Project is reminiscent of the
TLC lithium property in
Nye County
, which led to a surface investigation by Nevada Sunrise in
March
2022
. Samples were collected in a reconnaissance prospecting program, from which six outcrop
samples were randomly selected for analysis and subsequently returned anomalous values of lithium
ranging from
70.0 parts per million ("ppm")
to
165.8 ppm lithium.
Lida Valley Area Properties (CNW Group/Nevada Sunrise Metals Corporation)
Surface Sampling at Badlands March 2022 (CNW Group/Nevada Sunrise Metals Corporation)
The Badlands property is underlain by flat-lying tan-colored beds of weakly lithified bedded clay, silt
and gravel. The sediments are primarily composed of air-fall tuffs interbedded with thin-bedded
clastic alluvial deposits. Weathering and erosion have sculpted the area into a "badlands"-style
topography, featuring eroded ravines, gullies and hoodoos. The maximum exposed thickness of the
volcanic ash beds and alluvium is approximately 20 feet (6.1 metres). Drilling will be required to
determine the total thickness of the deposits. Judging by the flat dips and weak induration it has
been inferred by previous investigations that these deposits of volcanic ash beds and alluvium are
Pleistocene-aged or younger. They appear to be dissected playa deposits like those found in the
Clayton Valley and other playas in
Esmeralda County
and
Nye County
.
Badlands Lithium Project, looking northwest to the Montezuma Range (CNW Group/Nevada Sunrise
Metals Corporation)
Exploration Plans for 2023
Nevada Sunrise intends to carry out a more comprehensive sampling program at Badlands in 2023,
which may include the use of a "backpack" prospecting drill to collect small-core samples to a depth
of several metres from surface. The goal of further work at the Project is to determine if lithium
values increase with depth and if so, positive results from the proposed prospecting program could
provide the foundation for a systematic conventional drilling program.
Sampling and Analytical QA/QC and Statement of Qualified Person
Surface Sample Collection and Analysis
Outcrop samples described in this new release averaged approximately 0.24 kilograms each. The
samples were submitted to American Assay in
Reno, NV
, and were analyzed utilizing a multi-element
ICP-AES method. Specifically, the analytical method involves aqua regia digestion of the sample
followed by the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) technique to ionize the sample, and atomic
emission spectrometry (AES) to determine elemental concentrations. Duplicates, field blanks, and
certified reference standards were inserted at regular intervals in the sample stream to ensure
accuracy of the analytical method.
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and
approved by
Robert M. Allender, Jr.
, CPG, RG, SME and a Qualified Person for Nevada Sunrise as
defined in National Instrument 43-101 –
Standards of Disclosure
for Mineral Projects
.
Status of Warrants Exercised
Nevada Sunrise is pleased to announce that a total of 1,154,700 common share purchase warrants
with an expiry date of
February 12, 2023
and an exercise price of
CAD$0.16
were exercised in
2022-2023 by the warrant holders, with total proceeds to the Company of
$184,752
.
About Nevada Sunrise
Nevada Sunrise is a junior mineral exploration company with a strong technical team based in
Vancouver, BC
,
Canada
, that holds interests in lithium, gold, copper, and cobalt exploration projects
located in the
State of Nevada, USA
.
Nevada Sunrise owns 100% interests in the Gemini,
Jackson Wash
and Badlands lithium projects, all
of which are located in the Lida Valley in
Esmeralda County, NV.
The Company owns Nevada water
right Permit 86863, also located in the Lida Valley basin, near Lida, NV.
The Company's key gold asset is a 20.01% interest in a joint venture at the Kinsley Mountain Gold
Project near
Wendover, NV
with Copaur Minerals Inc. Kinsley Mountain is a Carlin-style gold project
hosting a National Instrument 43-101 compliant gold resource consisting of
418,000 indicated
ounces of gold grading 2.63 g/t Au (4.95 million tonnes), and 117,000 inferred ounces of gold
averaging 1.51 g/t Au (2.44 million tonnes), at cut-off grades ranging from 0.2 to 2.0 g/t Au
1
.
1
Technical Report on the Kinsley Project, Elko County, Nevada, U.S.A., dated June 21, 2021 with an effective date of May 5, 2021 and prepared by Michael M. Gustin, Ph.D., and
Gary L. Simmons, MMSA and filed under New Placer Dome Gold Corp.'s Issuer Profile on SEDAR (
www.sedar.com
).
Nevada Sunrise has the right to earn a 100% interest in the Coronado VMS Project, located
approximately 48 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of
Winnemucca, NV.
The Company owns a 15%
interest in the historic Lovelock Cobalt Mine and the Treasure Box copper properties, each located
approximately 150 kilometers (100 miles) east of
Reno, NV
, with Global Energy Metals Corp.
holding an 85% participating interest.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This release may contain forward
–
looking statements. Forward looking statements are statements
that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects",
"plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential" and similar
expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur and
include disclosure of anticipated exploration activities. Although the Company believes the
expectations expressed in such forward
–
looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may
differ materially from those in forward looking statements. Forward
–
looking statements are based
on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company's management on the date such statements
were made. The Company expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any
forward
–
looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Such factors include, among others, risks related to the results and outcomes of the Company's
2022-2023 exploration at the Badlands Lithium Project; reliance on technical information provided
by third parties on any of our exploration properties; changes in project parameters as plans
continue to be refined; current economic conditions; future prices of commodities; possible
variations in grade or recovery rates; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated;
the failure of contracted parties to perform; labor disputes and other risks of the mining industry;
delays due to pandemic; delays in obtaining governmental approvals, financing or in the
completion of exploration, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors"
in the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis for the Year Ended
September 30
, 2022,
which is available under Company's SEDAR profile at
www.sedar.com
.
Although Nevada Sunrise has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual
actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information,
there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated
or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Nevada
Sunrise disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Accordingly, readers should not
place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined
in the policies of TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
SOURCE
Nevada Sunrise Metals Corporation
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For further information:
Warren Stanyer, President and Chief Executive Officer, email:
[email protected], Telephone: (604) 428-8028 or Jason Powell, Corporate
Communications, email: [email protected], Telephone: (604) 779-6497
CO: Nevada Sunrise Metals Corporation
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