Omineca Announces Restart of Mining Operations at Wingdam Underground Placer Gold Project
Omineca Announces Restart of Mining
Operations at Wingdam Underground Placer
Gold Project
SASKATOON, SK
,
Jan. 15, 2024
/CNW/ - Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd. (TSXV: OMM)
("Omineca" or the "Company") is pleased to report the restart of underground mining operations at
Wingdam. All the necessary equipment, consumables, ground support materials and staffing are
onsite with mining activities underway as the Company's mining partner advances through bedrock
towards channel crosscut #3.
Omineca further reports that it's former option partner, Hamilton Gold Royalties ("HGR") has
completed its internal reorganization, resulting in its largest investor, D&L Mining ("D&L"), assuming
HGR's position in the Option/Joint Venture arrangement for the development of Omineca's
underground placer project subject to the same terms and conditions as with HGR. While the
reorganization was being completed, D&L assumed control and has been maintaining the
underground workings, keeping the project fully dewatered. During this time D&L also completed a
comprehensive underground survey and geotechnical drilling to further confirm the course of the gold
bearing paleochannel.
Omineca is very pleased to be working with the D&L mining team and its controlling shareholder Mr.
David Dutcyvich
. Staffed with a compliment of high-quality management, supervisory and mining
professionals, Omineca has the utmost faith in D&L and the current path of project advancement.
D&L Mining was founded and backed by Mr. Dutcyvich, a renowned Western Canadian industrialist
and the largest financial backer of the Omineca Option/Joint venture arrangement. A Vancouver
Island businessman, Mr. Dutcyvich founded Lemare Lake Logging based out of Port MacNeil in 1984
and developed it into the largest contract logging company on Vancouver Island and third largest in
British Columbia
. Mr. Dutcyvich also founded the 3L Cattle Company, which, until it's recent sale,
was one of the largest independent agricultural concerns in
Saskatchewan
with over 35,000 acres of
mixed-use farmland under management.
Omineca and D&L look forward to providing further updates as the project continues to advance.
About Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd.
Omineca
Mining and Metals Ltd.'
s
flagship
Wingdam
gold exploration and placer recovery projects
are located along the
Barkerville
Highway 45 km east of the City of
Quesnel
. The
Wingdam
Property
includes mineral tenures totaling over 61,392 hectares (613 square
kms
) and in excess of 15 linear
kilometers of placer claims, both encompassing the Lightning Creek valley where topographic
conditions created thick layers of overburden, which preserved a large portion of a buried
paleochannel
containing placer gold-bearing
gravels
.
Omineca
also has an exploration and diamond
drill program currently underway exploring for the potential multiple hard rock sources of the placer
gold at
Wingdam
.
Forward Looking Statements
This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Omineca and its business. Such
statements are based on the current expectations and views of future events of Omineca's
management. In some cases, the forward-looking statements can be identified by words or
phrases such as "may", "will", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "intend", "potential", "estimate",
"believe" or the negative of these terms, or other similar expressions intended to identify forward-
looking statements. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may
not occur and could differ materially as a result of the failure to secure TSX Venture Exchange of
the grant of options and many other factors beyond the control of Omineca. No forward-looking
statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements and information by their nature are
based on assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be
materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statement or information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue
reliance on any forward-looking statements or information. Forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date on which they are made and Omineca undertakes no obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined
in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
SOURCE
Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd
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Tom MacNeill, President and CEO, 306-653-2692
CO: Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd
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