Osisko Metals Reports Additional Drill Results at Mount Copper Including 300.0 Metres Grading 0.55% Copper and 3.59 g/t Silver
Osisko Metals Reports Additional Drill Results at Mount Copper Including
300.0 Metres Grading 0.55% Copper and 3.59 g/t Silver
MONTREAL, April 03, 2023 -- Osisko Metals Incorporated (the “Company or "Osisko Metals") (TSX-V: OM; OTCQX: OMZNF;
FRANKFURT: 0B51) is pleased to announce the final drilling results from the 2022 program at the Gaspé Copper Project,
located in the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. Five of the six holes reported below were collared along the periphery of the
historical Mount Copper open pit, including one low-angle directional drill hole (30-1003) oriented to crosscut the higher-grade
mineralization located below the bottom of the existing open pit, and one hole (30-992) was collared on the eastern flank of
Mount Copper (see map).
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Highlights:
• Drill hole 30-1003, drilled shallowly towards the west under the existing pit, intersected 300.0 metres grading 0.55%
Cu, 3.59g/t Ag, and 0.02% Mo , followed by an additional 244.5 metres grading 0.32% Cu, 1.41g/t Ag, and 0.02%
Mo. This hole extended mineralization beyond the lower limit of the current block model by 107 metres.
• Drill hole 30-0998A, drilled shallowly towards the west under the existing pit, intersected 255.0 metres grading 0.34%
Cu, 2.73g/t Ag, and 0.02% Mo. This hole ended within the limit of the block model and met the expected grades.
• Drill hole 30-1010, drilled towards the south under the existing pit, intersected 304.5 metres grading 0.54% Cu,
3.43g/t Ag, and 0.04% Mo . This hole extended mineralization 122 metres above the block model and ended in weak
mineralization, extending 56 metres beyond the lower limit of the block model.
• Drill hole 30-1015, drilled towards the east between Mount Copper and the existing pit intersected 300.0 metres
grading 0.18% Cu, 1.10g/t Ag, and 0.01% Mo, followed by an additional 150.0 metres grading 0.33% Cu, 2.40g/t
Ag, and 0.02% Mo. This hole extended mineralization beyond the lower limit of the block model by 117 metres.
Robert Wares, Chairman & CEO, commented: “The 2022 infill drilling was successful in better defining and potentially
expanding the in-pit resource at Mount Copper. Drilling will resume in June and the upcoming summer program will allow
conversion of the 2022 Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate to the Measured and Indicated category, in preparation for an
eventual feasibility study. The Company also plans on drill testing the deep-seated Porphyry Mountain Deposit in 2023, as well
as residual high-grade massive sulfide mineralization previously reported in the E Zone.”
Table 1: Composites of Intersected Mineralization
Hole Name Area From To Intersection Cu Ag Mo
(m) (m) (m) % g/t %
30-1003 East Margin 352.50 444.00 91.50 0.38 3.96 <0.01
And 474.00 774.00 300.00 0.55 3.59 0.02
And 798.00 861.00 63.00 0.22 1.08 0.02
And 954.00 1198.50 244.50 0.32 1.41 0.02
And 1216.50 1246.50 30.00 0.23 1.48 <0.01
30-0986 South Margin 40.50 132.00 91.50 0.23 4.53 <0.01
And 181.50 261.00 79.50 0.19 1.75 0.01
30-0992 Mount Copper 87.00 126.00 39.00 0.53 2.32 <0.01
And 265.50 282.00 16.50 0.25 2.38 <0.01
30-0998A East Margin 87.00 112.50 25.50 0.42 4.16 <0.01
And 196.50 253.50 57.00 0.25 2.12 <0.01
And 294.00 312.00 18.00 0.23 1.44 0.03
And 337.50 592.50 255.00 0.34 2.73 0.02
30-1010 Northwest Margin 352.50 657.00 304.50 0.54 3.43 0.04
30-1015 South Margin 16.50 316.50 300.00 0.18 1.10 0.01
And 356.00 506.00 150.00 0.33 2.40 0.02
Intersections underlined in the above table extended mineralization beyond the 2022 MRE block model.
Intersections of less than 10 metres are not reported. The maximum internal dilution of reported intersections (below
calculated composites of 10.5 metres grading minimum of 0.16% Cu) is 5.0 metres.
Drill hole 30-0998 intersected minor mineralization and failed in a rubble zone at a depth of 214.5 metres. It was re-drilled as
hole 30-0998A.
Drill hole 30-1003 was drilled perpendicular to well-developed NNW-striking joint set to test potential higher-grade
mineralization associated with these joints under the historical pit. This hole intersected 300 metres of higher-grade
mineralization that was cross-cut by poorly mineralized, late-stage quartz-feldspar porphyry dykes.
Drill hole 30-998A was also drilled perpendicular to the NNE joint set and returned 255 metres of average-grade mineralization.
Drill hole 30-1010 was collared at the northern margin of the pit and was oriented sub-parallel to the NNE joint set, also
intersecting higher grades over 304 metres.
Five of the six drill holes extended mineralization beyond the current block model used for the 2022 Mineral Resource
Estimate. The porphyry-skarn style stockwork mineralization at Mount Copper is characterized by large, continuous copper
mineralization radiating from the central primary source of mineralizing fluids known as the Mount Copper Dyke Swarm.
Table 2: Drill holes Collar Locations - UTM (NAD83) Zone 20
Hole Name Area Easting Northing Elev. (m) Azm. Dip Length (m)
30-1003 East Margin 316266.1 5427048.2 702.0 245.0 -45.0 1317.0
30-0986 South Margin 315981.9 5426405.7 741.2 245.0 -75.0 534.0
30-0992 Mount Copper 316420.8 5426298.0 672.7 245.0 -80.0 282.0
30-0998A East Margin 316268.2 5426734.0 690.4 245.0 -45.0 594.0
30-1010 Northwest Margin 315456.6 5427242.9 599.6 165.0 -65.0 822.0
30-1015 South Margin 315643.5 5426474.8 585.6 62.0 -72.0 507.0
Qualified Person
Mr. Jeff Hussey is the Qualified Person, President, and COO for Osisko Metals Incorporated. He is responsible for the
technical data reported in this news release and he is a Professional Geologist registered in the Province of Quebec.
Quality Assurance / Quality Control
Osisko Metals adheres to a strict QA/QC program for core handling, sampling, sample transportation and analyses. Drill core
samples from the Mines Gaspe project area are securely transported to its core facility on site, where they were logged and
sampled. Samples selected for assay are shipped to ALS Canada Ltd.’s preparation facility in Sudbury. Pulps are analyzed at
the ALS Canada Ltd. facility in North Vancouver, BC. All samples are analyzed by four acid digestion followed by both ICP-
AES and ICP-MS for a multi-element suite with a 1% upper detection limit for base metals.
About Osisko Metals
Osisko Metals Incorporated is a Canadian exploration and development company creating value in the critical metals space.
The Company controls one of Canada’s premier past-producing zinc mining camps, the Pine Point Project, located in the
Northwest Territories for which the 2022 PEA has indicated an after-tax NPV of $602M and an IRR of 25% is based on the
current Mineral Resource Estimates that are amenable to open pit and shallow underground mining and consist of 15.7Mt
grading 5.55% ZnEq of Indicated Mineral Resources and 47.2Mt grading 5.94% ZnEq of Inferred Mineral Resources. Please
refer to the technical report entitled “Preliminary Economic Assessment, Pine Point Project, Hay River, Northwest Territories,
Canada” dated July 30, which has been filed on SEDAR. The Pine Point Project is located on the south shore of Great Slave
Lake in the Northwest Territories, near infrastructure, paved highway access, and has an electrical substation as well as 100
kilometres of viable haulage roads already in place.
The Company is also in the process of acquiring, from Glencore Canada Corporation, a 100% interest in the past-producing
Gaspé Copper Mine, located near Murdochville in the Gaspé peninsula of Quebec. The Company is currently focused on
resource evaluation of the Mount Copper Expansion Project that hosts a NI43-101 Inferred Resource of 456 Mt grading 0.31%
Cu (see April 28, 2022 press release). Gaspé Copper hosts the largest undeveloped copper resource in Eastern North
America, strategically located near existing infrastructure in the mining-friendly province of Quebec.
For further information on this press release, visit www.osiskometals.com or contact:
Robert Wares, CEO of Osisko Metals Incorporated
Email: [email protected] www.osiskometals.com
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