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Newrange Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire
Coricancha Au-Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn Mine in Peru
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, September 13, 2022 (TSXV: NRG, US: NRGOF, Frankfurt:
X6C) – Newrange Gold Corp. ("Newrange" or the “ Company") announces that, on September 12,
2022, it signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with Great Pant her Mining Limited (“Great Panther”) to
acquire a 100% interest in the Coricancha Gold- Silver-Copper-Lead-Zinc (“Au-Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn”) Mine in
Central Peru (“Coricancha”). It is anticipated that a Definitive Agreement will be signe d in the coming
weeks.
Coricancha is a high -grade, narrow-vein, gold-silver-copper-lead-zinc underground mine in the Central
Polymetallic Belt of Peru. It is located 90 kilometres east of Lima on the Central Highway and
comprises a 600 tonne per day processing plant , dry-stack tailings storage facility and all necessary
surface and underground infrastructure. The mine was in production intermittently from 1906 – 2013
and has been on care-and-maintenance since then but is in excellent shape and is fully permitted. It is
located within a well-established mining district and local communities are fully suppor tive of the
operation. Two of three community agreements are already in place, with the third only pending a final
signature.
“I am very excited about the opportunity to acquire the Coricancha Mine,” s tated Robert Archer,
President and CEO of Newrange. “I believe the project presents an exceptional opportunity to build a
significant resource, develop the known veins towards production and further explore the property .
Despite the long production history, there have only been 105 holes drilled on the property since 2010
and there is tremendous opportunity to extend the mine life and make new discoveries. In making this
acquisition, N ewrange is effectively following a we ll-established business model of bri nging a past
producing mine back into production, with the intent to supplement the future growth of the Company
out of cash flow rather than straight equity.”
A Mineral Resource Estimate was filed for Great Panther with an effective date of December 20, 20171
that is considered by Newrange to be Historical in nature . T he Company is not relying on these
estimates as a qualified person on behalf of Newrange has not done sufficient work to classify them as
current mineral resources. Newrange intends to conduct its own drilling to bring the resource estimate
into compliance for the Company. The Historical Resource comprises total Measured and Indicated
Resources of 752,759 tonnes at 5. 8 grams per tonne (“ g/t”) Au, 200 g/t Ag, 0.53% Cu, 2.07% Pb and
3.26% Zn (999 g/t silver equivalent ounces2 (“Ag Eq Oz”)), for a contained 24.20 million Ag Eq O z, and
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total Inferred Resources of 943,160 tonnes at 5.0 g/t Au, 209 g/t Ag, 0.64% Cu, 1.45% Pb and 3.25%
Zn (934 g/t Ag Eq Oz) for a contained 28.36 million Ag Eq Oz . The Historical Resource Estimate and
associated Preliminary Economic Assessment are available as a reference on SEDAR at
www.sedar.ca.
There are more than twenty veins known in the Coricancha deposit with most past production having
come from the Constancia and Wellington Veins , approximately 600 metres apart and parallel to one
another. They have a known strike length of more than 1,500 metres and a vertical extent in excess of
1,000 metres. A third vein, Escondida, lies between, and appears to connect , the two and has seen
minimal exploration, development or production yet shows excellent potential, particularly where it is
exposed on the main haulage level at 3140 metres above sea level . A development drift on this level
exposed the Escondida vein over several hundred metres of strike length and ended at a face assaying
429 g/t Ag, 7.17% Cu, 0.42 g/t Au, 0.37% Pb and 0.68% Zn over 2.1 metres.
There is a general zonation from gold, silver and arsenic in the upper parts of the deposit towards
copper and silver in t he ‘lower’ levels (the system has not been adequately tested below the 3140m
level). Lead and zinc occur throughout the deposit in varying amounts.
In the Letter of Intent , the acquisition is contemplated to take place via a share purchase agreement
whereby Newrange will purchase all of the shares of Great Panther Pe ru Holdings Ltd. a nd Great
Panther Silver Peru, S .A.C., both wholly owned subsidiaries of Great Panther and the owners of the
Coricancha Mine. Terms of the acquisition call for Newrange to make a single cash payment of
US$750,000 to Great Panther upon closing and the transaction will be on an “ as-is” basis. Being a
cash-only transaction, shareholder approval will not be required. As the acqui sition will be subject to
financing, the Company is contemplating a ‘one new for six old’ share consolidation and subsequent
name change to be effective upon closing. The transaction will constitute a Fundamental Acquisition
for Newrange and will be an arm’s length transaction, further details of which will be announced upon
signing of the Definitive Agreement. Similarly , details of the financing, share consolidation and name
change, should they occur, will be announced in due course , all of which will be subject to TSXV
approval.
Note (1): NI 43-101 Resource Update Technical Report on the Coricancha Mine C omplex, Huarochiri Province, Lima Region,
Peru for Great Panther Silver Limited. Submitted by Golder Associates Inc. as Report A ssembler of the work prepared by or
under the supervision of the Qualified Persons Named as Authors.
(2): Ag Eq g/t = Ag g/t + (Pb grade x ((Pb price per lb/Ag price per oz) x 0.0685714 lbs per Troy Ounce x 10000 g per %))
+(Zn grade x ((Zn price per lb/Ag price per oz) x 0.0685714 lbs per Troy Ounce x 10000 g per %)) + (Cu grade x ((Cu price per
lb/Ag price per oz) x 0.0685714 lbs per Troy Ounce x 10000 g per %)) + (Au grade x (Au price per oz/Ag price per oz)).
About Newrange Gold Corp.
Newrange is currently focused on district-scale exploration for precious metals in the prolific Red Lake
District of northwestern Ontario. T he past-producing high-grade Argosy Gold Mine is open to depth,
while the adjacent North Birch Project offers additional blue-sky potential. The proposed acquisition of
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the Coricancha Mine in Peru will give the Company a renewed focus on mine site exploration,
development and production but the Company still intends to advance the Red Lake projects . Further
information can be found on our website at www.newrangegold.com.
Signed: “Robert Archer”
President & CEO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Phone: 760-898-9129
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.newrangegold.com
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responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statement:
Some of the s tatements in this news release contain forward- looking information that involves inherent risk and uncertainty affecting the
business of Newrange Gold Corp. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.