Ramp Metals Completes Spring Drill Program and Announces Additional Mineralization at Rush Target
Ramp Metals Completes Spring Drill Program
and Announces Additional Mineralization at
Rush Target
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 6, 2025) - Ramp Metals Inc. (TSXV: RAMP)
("
Ramp Metals
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce that the Company has completed its spring
drill program on the Rottenstone SW property. The
Company completed 20 drill holes for a total of 4,942
metres.
Airborne geophysics using the Xcite HTDEM system, with 100-metre line spacing to provide
high-resolution data for target refinement, was also completed over the entire Rottenstone SW property
package.
Highlights
20 drill holes totalling 4,942 metres were completed, with every metre being sent for assays
8 holes totalling 2,116 metres were drilled at the Ranger target where
73.55 g/t Au over 7.5m was
previously discovered in Ranger-001
drill hole
10 holes were drilled at the Rush target with
additional VMS style mineralization intersected in
150m step-out
3 holes for a total of 968 metres were drilled at the Rogue target
Airborne magnetic and TDEM geophysical survey was completed over the remainder of the
Rottenstone SW property using the Xcite HTDEM system
"It's exciting to announce that we have completed our spring drill program at the Rottenstone SW
property," said Jordan Black, CEO of Ramp Metals. "The program was a huge success completing
more holes than originally planned, encountering the quartz diorite package at Ranger and potentially
making a new discovery at the Rush target."
Figure 1: Rottenstone SW - 2025 Drill Collar Locations
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Ranger
A total of 8 drill holes were completed at the Ranger target (
Figure 2
). Seven drill holes were completed
around the Ranger-001 discovery hole. All
7 holes intersected significant widths of the quartz-diorite
package which hosted the previously announced high grade gold intercept of
73.55 g/t Au over 7.5m
as
reported in the
June 17, 2024 News Release
.
The remaining hole was designed to test a conductor located approximately 1.5km to the north-east,
which was identified in the recently completed airborne geophysics (
Figure 3
). Altered tonalite and
metasediments with Pyrrhotite mineralization were encountered. The hole was ended early at 200m due
to time constraints. Management believes that further testing is warranted on the eastern Ranger
anomalies.
Figure 2: Ranger - 2025 Drill Hole Collars and Drill Traces
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Figure 3: Ranger Drill Collars and Drill Hole Traces with EM
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Rush
A total of 10 holes were drilled at the newly identified Rush VMS target (
Figure 4
). Semi-massive to
massive sulphide mineralization was noted in
5 drill holes, with the presence chalcopyrite and sphalerite
being confirmed with a Thermo Scientific™ Niton™ XL5 Plus handheld XRF analyzer. Minor amounts of
galena were also noted.
Rush-010 intersected net textured to semi-massive sulphide over approximately 4.16m from 21.4m-
25.56m (
Photo 1
). Disseminated to blebby sulphides were also intersected to a depth of approximately
47m (
Photo 2
). This intersection represents a 150m step-out to the north-east from the initial discovery
area where Rush 001, 002, 003, and 009 were drilled. Rush-010 was designed to intercept the outcrop
found during the October 2024 field program at depth. Surface rock samples at this outcrop returned
values of up to
1.61% copper, 0.79 g/t gold,
and
113 g/t silver,
as was previously reported in the
January
20,
2025 News Release
.
Figure 4: Rush - 2025 Drill Collars and Drill Hole Traces
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Photo 1: Rush-010 Boxes 5 & 6 - Net textured to semi-massive mineralization from 21.4-25.56m
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Photo 2: Rush-010 Boxes 9 & 10 - Disseminated to blebby chalcopyrite mineralization throughout
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Rogue
A total of 3 holes were drilled at the Rogue target (
Figure 5
). These holes were designed to test
structural and conductive targets in an area where soil samples of up to
530.7ppb Au
were previously
reported in the
January 20, 2025 News Release
. Pyrrhotite and pyrite mineralization was encountered in
two of the three holes (Rogue 005 & 006). Rogue 005 & 006 also encountered sections of potassic and
hematite altered diorite and fractures (
Photos 3 & 4
). During the program, drilling at Rogue was limited
due to the overall total number of holes
covered by the most recent permit package. The Company
believes that the Rogue target warrants further exploration to explain the source of the highly anomalous
gold in soils.
Figure 5: Rogue - 2025 Drill Collar Locations and Drill Hole Traces
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Photo 3: Rogue-005 Boxes 25 & 26 - Potassic alteration of diorite and hematite altered fractures
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Photo 4: Rogue-006 Boxes 61 & 62 - Coarse-grained diorite with potassic alteration
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Geophysics
The
Company has completed
a magnetic and TDEM survey over the remainder of the Rottenstone SW
property using the Xcite HTDEM system. A total of 3,342 line-km was flown at 100m spacing to provide
a high-resolution Mag and EM dataset over the entire
property. Data is currently being processed, and
the
Company will provide a further update once the data processing is completed.
Next Steps
With the present forest fire situation in northern Saskatchewan, the
Company felt it prudent to relocate all
drill core to a facility in the Prince Albert area to safely complete processing and preparation for assays.
The first shipment of samples has been delivered and is being analyzed at Bureau Veritas Commodities
Canada Ltd. ("BV") in Vancouver, BC. All remaining core has been fully logged and is currently being cut
and sorted for shipping.
The Company plans to return to the Rottenstone SW property for further mapping and sampling once the
data from the airborne geophysics and drill programs have been analyzed, and the fire risk has
subsided. A ground geophysics program is also planned for the summer to help better define the
conductive targets on the property.
An amendment to the current permits requesting up to 30,000m of additional drilling and a 30-person
camp is being prepared and
is expected to be submitted shortly.
Acknowledgements
Ramp Metals would like to thank the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and all land users for their continued
support and working closely with
the Company through the permitting process.
The Company would also
like to thank all the contractors who made the 2025 winter/spring drill program a success.
Drilling:
Flamingo Drilling through Athabasca Catering Limited Partnerships
Geology and Geophysics:
Axiom Exploration Group Ltd. (Mikaela Miller, Craig Cubbon, Logan
Anaka)
Accommodations:
Thompson's Resort - Adventure Destinations
Flight Services:
Heli-Recon Aerial Support Services Inc. and Osprey Wings Ltd.
Fuel Services:
Millsap Fuel Distributors Ltd.
Local Contractors:
Cecil Mcleod, Alex Mcleod, Bradley McKenzie, Ethan Ballantyne, Joey McKenzie,
Chris Roberts, Joe Stanley, Jimmy McKenzie, Riley Provencher
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Uncut whole NQ drill core was analyzed by a Thermo Scientific™ Niton™ XL5 Plus handheld XRF,
operated by Ramp Metals staff on site. The Portable X-Ray Fluorescence ("pXRF") data is exploratory
in nature and is used predominantly as an internal workflow to assist in target prioritization and mineral
identification through an early phase of exploration investigation. pXRF data is not provided as it is not
an indicator of representative geochemistry of the entire rock mass and therefore should only be viewed
as an initial screening prior to laboratory assays.
Drill core is currently being sampled and cut by diamond saw. Samples will be shipped as they are
processed for laboratory analysis at
BV, an internationally recognized and ISO 17025:2017 accredited
analytical services provider, at its Vancouver,
BC laboratory.
Drill core samples are marked in maximum intervals of up to 1.5m and cut in half using a diamond saw
with half sent for assay and the other half saved for reference. Samples are then bagged and zip-tied,
with 15 bagged samples placed into sealed rice bags and then 20 rice bags placed in mega bags for
transport to BV. Sample QA/QC procedures were applied by inserting a regular and systematic
schedule of standards, blanks and duplicates into the sample stream. Control samples consisting of
certified reference samples and blank samples were systematically inserted into the sample stream and
analyzed as part of the Company's QA/QC protocol at a rate of 1:15 or better in addition to BV's internal
quality assurance programs.
Rock samples are prepared using the PRP70-250 package, where samples are weighed, dried, and
crushed to greater than 70% passing a 2mm sieve, then pulverized to greater than 85% passing 75
microns. Samples are analyzed in accordance with BV's MA300 and FA330 packages, for both multi-
element ICP analysis (0.25 g, multi-acid and ICP-ES analysis) and gold analysis by fire assay (30g fire
assay with AAS finish). Gold returning >10ppm is automatically analyzed by gravimetric method in
accordance with BV's standard of practice.
Qualified Person
Brett Williams, P.Geo., VP Operations and Senior Geologist for Ramp Metals, and a "qualified person"
under National Instrument 43-101
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects
, has reviewed and
approved the technical content in this news release.
About Ramp Metals Inc.
Ramp Metals is a grassroots exploration company with a focus on a potential new Saskatchewan gold
district. The Company currently has a new high-grade gold discovery of 73.55 g/t Au over 7.5m at its
flagship Rottenstone SW property. The Rottenstone SW property comprises 32,715 hectares and is
situated in the Rottenstone Domain.
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Ramp Metals Inc.
Jordan Black
Chief Executive Officer
Prit Singh
Director
905 510 7636
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