Noble Reports Updates Homeland Nickel
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Noble Reports Updates Homeland Nickel
TORONTO, April 07, 2025 – Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. ("Noble" or the "Company")
(TSXV: NOB) (OTCQB: NLPXF) is pleased to report that the News Release issued today giving
an Exploration and Corporate Update for Homeland Nickel in which Noble has a significant
shareholding was issued today the contents of which are below. This all relates to the White House
announcing immediate measures to be introduced to significantly increase the US production of
lithium, nickel, copper, and rare earths, with an eye to increased production, the creation of jobs
and, significantly, the reduction of US reliance on foreign nations.
“Homeland Nickel Provides Exploration and Corporate Update
Toronto, Ontario – April 07, 2025 – Homeland Nickel Inc. (“Homeland Nickel ” or the
“Company”) (TSX-V: SHL, OTC: SRCGF) is pleased to provide an exploration update on its
30% owned Great Burnt Copper and South Pond Gold Properties that are in joint venture with
Benton Resources Inc. (“Benton”) as well as its majority -owned nickel properties located in
Southern Oregon.
Great Burnt Copper, Newfoundland
Benton continues to intersect high- grade copper within the Great Burnt Main Zone and has
discovered a second parallel zone (the Footwall Zone) reporting higher grades of gold. For
example, hole GB -24-49 intersected 22.0 metres of 7.47% copper (Cu) at 220 m etres (m)
downhole within the Main Zone and 9.5 m of 0.35% Cu and 0.94 g/t gold (Au) starting at 425 m
downhole within the Footwall Zone. Significant intersections from the 2023- 2024 exploration
programs by Benton into the Great Burnt Main Zone are summarized in Table 1. Based on a long
section (Figure 1) the Main Zone has been extended along strike by 400 m and remains open down
plunge to the south. The newly discovered Footwall Zone is also open.
• GB-23-02: 13.00 m of 8.31% Cu, incl 3.00 m of 12.80% Cu
• GB-23-04: 26.87 m of 7.18% Cu, incl 11.16 m of 10.28% Cu
• GB-23-07: 12.30 m of 7.20% Cu, incl 7.00 m 10.60% Cu
• GB-23-12: 25.42 m of 5.51% Cu, incl 1.00 m of 8.77% Cu, 82.00g/t Ag, 4.43g/t Au
• GB-23-15: 22.59 m of 5.03% Cu, incl 0.50 m of 20.00% Cu
• GB-23-16: 13.67 m of 5.80% Cu, incl 1.00 m of 20.60% Cu
• GB-23-18: 8.17 m of 4.22% Cu, incl 7.05 m of 4.11% Cu
• GB-23-21: 24.00 m of 5.81% Cu, incl 7.00 m of 11.47% Cu
• GB-23-22: 21.68 m of 3.59% Cu, incl 2.00 m of 15.3% Cu
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• GB-24-23: 7.00 m of 2.02% Cu, incl 4.00 m of 3.01% Cu
• GB-24-32: 11.29 m of 3.10% Cu, incl 6.63 m of 5.57% Cu
• GB-24-33: 20.92 m of 2.26% Cu, incl 2.98 m of 4.17% Cu
• GB-24-37: 18.10 m of 1.99% Cu, incl 4.50 m of 7.24% Cu
• GB-24-40: 3.59 m of 3.47% Cu, incl 1.00 m of 4.52% Cu
• GB-24-43: 3.73 m of 3.22% Cu
• GB-24-45: 22.8 m of 1.23% Cu, incl 3.8 m of 2.21% Cu
• GB-24-49: 22.0 m of 7.47% Cu, incl 15.0 m of 10.02% Cu
Note: True widths are estimated to be 70% of the above reported core lengths
Table 1 - Significant 2024 drill intersections into the Great Burnt Main Zone.
Figure 1 - Long section of the Great Burnt (Main) Copper Zone.
South Pond Gold, Newfoundland
Benton conducted a drill program during 2024 encountering thick sections of gold mineralization
including 54.50 m of 1.88 g/t Au in hole SP -24-32. Drilling will continue in 2025 with a 15,000
m program planned to expand the shallow mineralization at depth and along strike. Significant
intersections are summarized in Table 2 with the assays from three drillholes still pending.
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Note: Actual widths of the mineralization are unknown currently
Table 2 - Core length intersections of gold in South Pond Gold Zone.
Red Flat Property, Oregon
Previous exploration at Red Flat in 2007-2008 identified a historical nickel resource of 10.4 Mt at
0.84% Ni of measured and indicated plus 8.3 Mt at 0.80% Ni of inferred for a total of 317 million
pounds of contained nickel using a 0.7% Ni -cutoff (AJR Consulting Inc., 2009). The resource is
not compliant with NI 43-101 standards as it was not published prior to the property being acquired
by Homeland Nickel.
During July 2024, Homeland Nickel visited the property with the Forest Service to review road
access and to locate up to 50 sonic drillhole locations for a future exploration program. The
property is road accessible across its entire length via a well -maintained gravel road with several
unmaintained trails extending across the property to provide excellent overall access. Of historical
significance was the presence of several large trenches (see Figure 2) that are thought to have been
excavated during the 1950s by the United States Government (possibly the United States
Geological Survey) where nickel laterite was exposed for vertical thicknesses up to 15 ft.
DDH # Fr om To Length Au
(m) (m) (m) (g/t)
SP-24-01 18.20 37.00 18.80 1.13
SP-24-02 51.00 62.70 11.70 0.50
SP-24-03 20.15 63.90 43.75 1.62
SP-24-05 7.00 21.00 14.00 0.27
SP-24-06 21.90 32.30 10.40 0.44
SP-24-07 24.80 99.00 74.20 1.43
SP-24-08 81.00 95.00 14.00 1.23
SP-24-09 32.00 56.00 24.00 1.48
SP-24-10 9.00 29.00 20.00 1.04
SP-24-12 27.00 54.07 27.07 1.08
SP-24-13 3.25 23.00 19.75 1.42
SP-24-14 74.83 83.00 8.17 0.57
SP-24-15 36.40 58.90 22.50 1.24
SP-24-16 23.47 32.17 8.70 0.38
SP-24-17 32.60 41.20 8.60 1.32
SP-24-18 35.00 49.00 14.00 0.24
SP-24-19 64.70 65.30 0.60 1.05
SP-24-22 10.10 11.10 1.00 1.88
SP-24-23 59.75 66.50 6.75 2.90
SP-24-26 12.60 29.60 17.00 0.74
SP-24-27 15.75 36.00 20.25 0.56
SP-24-28 9.40 36.80 27.40 1.00
SP-24-29 13.10 38.80 25.70 0.64
SP-24-30 2.30 10.30 8.00 2.07
SP-24-31 37.00 45.00 8.00 1.26
SP-24-32 34.10 88.60 54.50 1.88
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A total of forty-four (44) sonic drillhole locations were spotted and photographed and a subsequent
Plan of Operation has been submitted to the Forest Service for approval. The purpose of this drill
program is to determine the vertical extent of the nickel laterite along both a north-south and east-
west corridor in an area with good road access. A bulk sample program is also planned whereby
Homeland Nickel will excavate approximately 2,000 pounds of nickel laterite across the various
exposed trenches using pickaxes and shovels to minimize the amount of surface disturbance. This
material will be subject to mineralogy and metallurgy reviews as well as to determine if the nickel
can be removed in-situ.
Cleopatra Property, Oregon
Cleopatra has a historical resource (not NI 43- 101 compliant) of 19.803 Mt of 0.94% Ni in the
measured and indicated categories as well as 19.671 Mt of 0.92% Ni in the inferred category for a
total of 733 million pounds of contained nickel. The Company vis ited the property in 2024 and
discovered that while the property could be accessed directly by four -wheel drive truck, access
within the property was mostly limited to quad -runners. Homeland Nickel has proposed a sonic -
hole program consisting of up to 16 shallow holes each drilled to a maximum depth of 50 feet. A
Plan of Operation was submitted to the US Forest Service in August 2024 for approval.
Eight Dollar Mountain, Oregon
The Eight Dollar Mountain Property (“Eight Dollar”) is located west of the town of Selma, Oregon
and is directly accessible by road. Nickel laterite is evident at surface across much of the property.
A sampling program is scheduled for 2025 to obtain several undisturbed samples of nickel laterite
for assaying (approximately 500 g per sample). Historic exploration at Eight Dollar has confirmed
nickel laterite over a very wide area of variable grade. Homeland Nickel staked 115 mining claims
in 2024 totalling 2,376 ac and has a 100% interest in the property.
Shamrock Property, Oregon
The Shamrock Property (“Shamrock”) consists of 40 mining claims totalling 758 ac, and is located
20 miles northwest of Medford, Oregon. Access is via a local gravel road extending into the
property from a paved highway to within a few hundred meters of the historical workings and was
visited by Homeland Nickel in August 2024. An exploration program at Shamrock is planned for
2025 to relocate the historical workings and sample local outcrops. The property was explored in
1952-53 and a bulk sample of 200-lb was removed which assayed 1.3% Ni, 1.1% Cu and 0.03 oz/t
Pt. High-grade manganese was also removed and processed with assays returning 23.1-32.3% Mn.
Shamrock is considered a high-grade nickel sulphide prospect, 100% owned by Homeland Nickel.
Corporate Update
Homeland Nickel continues to own a significant amount of Canada Nickel Company Inc. (TSXV:
CNC) and Benton (TSXV: BEX) shares. With the recent announcement by Benton of a lithium
spin-out (Vinland Lithium Inc., see Benton’s news release dated January 16, 2025) and dividend
of shares to existing Benton shareholders, Homeland Nickel will benefit from its share holding of
12,682,000 BEX common shares, approximately 6.5% of Benton’s issued common shares. These
spin-out shares will be held by the Company for investment purposes.
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The Company has submitted a Plan of Operation for both Red Flat and Cleopatra to the US Forest
Service and is expecting for a mid -spring 2025 field program. As part of the Plan of Operation,
Homeland Nickel must show that its mining claims have been in good standing since 2014 and
that each mining claim to be explored has prior indication of economic minerals present prior to a
2015 withdraw order which now limits exploration to existing staked prospects.
Figure 2 - Excavated trench at Red Flat revealing nickel laterite at surface.
Qualified Person
Stephen J. Balch, P.Geo. (ON), the Company’s President and CEO and a “Qualified Person” under
National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical content of this press release.
About Homeland Nickel
Homeland Nickel is a Canadian -based mineral exploration company focused on critical metal
resources with nickel projects in Oregon, United States and copper and gold projects in
Newfoundland, Canada. The Company holds a significant portfolio of mining securities including
2.692 million shares of Canada Nickel Company Inc. (TSX -V: CNC), 9.960 million shares of
Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. (TSX -V: NOB), 12.682 million shares of Benton Resources Inc.
(TSX-V: BEX) and 2.761 million shares of Magna Terra Minerals Inc. (TSX-V: MTT). Homeland
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Nickel’s common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “SHL .” More
detailed information can be found on the Company’s website at:
http://www.homelandnickel.com
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About Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.
Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. is a Canadian- based junior exploration company, which has
holdings of securities in Canada Nickel Company Inc., Homeland Nickel Inc., East Timmins
Nickel Inc.(20%), and its interest in the Holdsworth gold exploration property in the area of Wawa,
Ontario.
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Noble holds mineral and/or exploration rights in ~70,000ha in Northern Ontario, ~14,000ha
elsewhere in Quebec and Newfoundland, upon which it plans to generate option/joint venture
exploration programs.
Noble holds mineral rights and/or exploration rights in ~18,000 hectares in the Timmins-Cochrane
areas of Northern Ontario known as Project 81, ~2,215 hectares in Thomas Twp/Timmins, as well
as an additional 20% interest in ~38,700 hectares in the Timmins area and ~175 hectares of mining
claims in Central Newfoundland . Project 81 hosts diversified drill -ready gold, nickel-cobalt and
base metal exploration targets at various stages of exploration. Noble also holds ~4,600 hectares
in the Nagagami Carbonatite Complex and its ~3,200 hectares in the Boulder Project both near
Hearst, Ontario, as well as ~3,700 hectares in the Buckingham Graphite Property, ~10,152 hectares
in the Havre St Pierre Nickel, Copper, PGM property, and ~1,573 hectares in the Cere -Villebon
Nickel, Copper, PGM property, ~569 hectare Uranium/Rare Earth property (Chateau) and a ~461
hectare Uranium/Molybdenum property (Taser North), all of which are in the province of Quebec.
Noble’s common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “NOB.”
More detailed information on Noble is available on the website at
www.noblemineralexploration.com.
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