Northwest Copper Drills Discovery Hole at East Niv - Returning 0.56% CuEq over 81.60 Metres Including 1.02% CuEq over 14.80 Metres
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News Release
NORTHWEST COPPER DRILLS DISCOVERY HOLE AT EAST NIV - RETURNING 0.56%
CUEQ OVER 81.60 METRES INCLUDING 1.02% CUEQ OVER 14.80 METRES
Vancouver, BC – November 8, 2021 – NorthWest Copper (“NorthWest” or “the Company”) (TSX-
V: NWST) (OTCQX: NWCCF) is pleased to announce that it has drilled a new Cu- Au porphyry
discovery at its 100% owned East Niv p roperty. This is the first drill campaign to ever be
conducted on the property, and results to date are highly encouraging. Highlights from the first
four holes include the following:
• EN
V-21-004: 81.60 metres1 of 0.56% copper equivalent (“CuEq”)2 including;
o 42.90 metres of 0.78% CuEq starting at 14.10 metres and including;
o 14.80 metres of 1.02% CuEq starting at 15.20 metres
• EN
V-21-001: 72.30 metres of 0.25% CuEq starting at 7.65 metres including;
o 16.05 metres of 0.32 % CuEq starting at 50.80 metres
Ten holes have been drilled on the property this year testing various geological, geochemical, and
geophysical targets. Assay results have been received for the first four holes, with the remaining
six holes pending.
“A new discovery is extremely ra re in any jurisdiction, but especially so in mature, well
explored mineral belts,” says Peter Bell, President & CEO. “This new copper-g old system in the
heart of B.C. porphyry country is incredibly exciting and significant. East Niv has been
worked up from prospecting, mapping, geophysics, and geochemistry to drilling and
discovery. Importantly this mineralization starts at surface. All four holes are mineralized
and have intersected different parts of the system. We have a very large property position and
are located close to infrastructure and only 40km from the Kemess project.”
“Dave Moore and his team at Serengeti acquired and worked this target up from first
principles and deserve clear recognition, ” says Mark O’Dea, Chair. “The exploration team at
NorthWest drill tested it for the first time and have successfully put a new porphyry system on
the map. With a new discovery on our hands, our project pipeline in BC is emerging as second
to none.”
1 True widths of the reported mineralized intervals have not been determined .
2 Assumptions used in USD for the copper equivalent calculation were metal prices of $3.25/lb. Copper, $1,600/oz Gold, $20/oz S ilver, and recovery is
assumed to be 100% given the level of metallurgical test data available. The following equation was used to calculate copper equivalence: CuEq = Copper
(%) + (Gold (g/t) x 0.7182) + (Silver (g/t) x 0.0090).
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Mineralization within the drill holes occurs in intermediate to felsic intrusions that are hosted by
highly reactive, mafic volcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic Takla Group. These rocks and the
alteration which affects them are typical of the styles found in major porphyry Cu -Au deposits
located in the Stikine and Quesnel Terranes of BC. Mineralization comprises chalcopyrite and
bornite associated with hydrothermal magnetite, biotite, and quartz. The mineralization
commonly contains a high concentration of carbonate mi nerals, a low concentration of pyrite,
and very low concentrations of potentially deleterious trace metals. The hydrothermal system is
associated with coincident geophysical and geochemical anomalies that have been identified
over a four square kilometer area. To date only a small portion of the over 43,000 hectare
property has seen any detailed exploration.
A table indicating a full breakdown of drill results to date is shown below:
Drill Hole From
(m) To (m) Interval
(m)¹ Cu (%) Au
(g/t)
Ag
(g/t) CuEq² (%)
ENV-21-001 7.65 79.95 72.30 0.10 0.21 0.3 0.25
incl. 50.8 66.85 16.05 0.12 0.28 0.3 0.32
ENV-21-002 126.00 149.00 23.00 0.11 0.14 0.2 0.21
and 160.00 198.00 38.00 0.08 0.11 0.2 0.16
and 230.00 234.10 4.10 0.19 0.54 0.6 0.58
ENV-21-003 13.00 42.00 29.00 0.10 0.13 0.2 0.20
and 119.20 127.00 7.80 0.14 0.34 0.8 0.39
and 229.25 249.00 19.75 0.10 0.14 0.1 0.20
ENV-21-004 3.00 84.60 81.60 0.41 0.20 0.9 0.56
incl. 14.10 57.00 42.90 0.57 0.28 1.4 0.78
or 15.20 30.00 14.80 0.75 0.35 2.5 1.02
Quality Assurance / Quality Control
Drilling completed at East Niv in 2021 was supervised by on- site NorthWest personnel who
collected and tracked samples and implemented a full QA/QC program using blanks, standards,
and duplicates to monitor analytical accuracy and precision. The samples were sealed on site and
shipped to Bureau Veritas (BV) in Vancouver BC for analysis. BV’s quality control system complies
with global certifications for Quality ISO9001:2008. Core samples were analyzed using a
combination of BV’s MA200 process for low level concentrations (ICP -MS/4 Acid digestion) and
the MA370 process for higher level concentrations (ICP -ES/4 acid digestion). Gold assaying was
completed with FA430, a 30-gram fire assay with AAS finish, with gold overlimits completed with
a gravimetric finish.
Technical aspects of this ne ws release have been reviewed, verified, and approved by Ian Neill
P.Geo., Vice President Exploration of NorthWest, who is a qualified person as defined by National
Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Minerals Projects.
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About NorthWest Copper:
NorthWest Copper is a new copper -gold explorer and developer with an exciting pipeline of
projects in British Columbia. With a robust portfolio in a tier one jurisdiction, Northwest Copper
is well positioned to participate fully in a strengthening global copper market. Additional
information can be found on the Company’s website at www.northwestcopper.ca.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of NorthWest Copper Corp.
“Peter Bell”
Director, President and CEO
For further information, please contact:
Adrian O’Brien, Director Marketing & Communications
Tel: 604-809-6890
Email: [email protected]
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