Canstar Executes LOI for $11.5M Strategic Investment to Advance Critical Metals Projects
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Canstar Executes LOI for $11.5M Strategic Investment to
Advance Critical Metals Projects
Toronto, Ontario – NEWSFILE - April 22, 2025 – CANSTAR RESOURCES INC. (TSXV: ROX) (OTCPK:
CSRNF) executed a letter of intent (“LOI”) with VMS Mining Corporation (“VMSC”) establishing terms
for an $11.5M exploration Joint Venture (“JV”), aiming to fast- track new, high -grade discoveries at
the Company’s polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulphide (“VMS”) assets in Newfoundland.
Canstar expects to receive $500,000 as an initial investment in the JV in April 2025 and will work with
VMSC to finalize the definitive agreement in May. The arm’s length LOI was executed April 15th.
• Dr. Harold Gibson, P.Geo ., VP Exploration for VMSC, will lead the exploration and technical
strategy
• Phase 1 investment of $1.5M (non- dilutive) allows VMSC to acquire a 10% interest in the JV
projects for an implied post-money valuation of $15M
• Phase 2 and Phase 3 offer options for VMSC to increase ownership of the JV to 40% and 60%
with subsequent investments of $4M and $6M, respectively
• Canstar will have pro -rata investment rights after the VMSC Phase 3 option, retaining the
rights to a substantial interest in the JV projects
• Exploration at the Buchans project is underway with a previously announced Deep IP
geophysics program
• The Mary March exploration program is expected to start in Spring 2025
• Canstar will continue to advance exploration at its 100%- owned Golden Baie gold/antimony
project, which is not subject to the JV
This investment will accelerate exploration at the Buchans and Mary March projects, adjacent to five
high grade VMS deposits. They are well- supported by infrastructure, feature multi -kilometre
geophysical anomalies, and have high-grade discoveries—including the Mary March discovery hole
grading 10.1% zinc, 0.64% copper, 1.8% lead, 4.2 g/t gold and 122 g/t silver over 9.63 meters.1
Commenting on the announcement, Canstar’s President & CEO, Juan Carlos Giron Jr., said, “ This
agreement with VMS C validates the geological potential of our assets and will deliver world- class
expertise, an industry -leading track record and a fully -funded, non -dilutive exploration program
while allowing Canstar to maintain a substantial commercial interest in the projects. We are thrilled
to begin work with VMSC, and we believe there is no better partner for these projects.”
About VMS Mining Corporation
Established to develop Tier 1 VMS deposits globally, VMS Mining Corporation is a technically driven
private corporation . VMSC founders and directors have extensive financing, exploration, and
development experience . Their management and board are comprised of founder and CEO Mr.
Bernardo Álvarez Calderón (Director, Osisko Mining Inc. & O3 Mining Inc. ), Mr. Patrick Anderson
(Founder/CEO, Aurelian Resources Inc. & Dalradian Resources Inc. ; Director, Osisko Mining Inc. &
O3 Mining Inc.), Mr. John Burzynski (Chairman, O3 Mining Inc.; CEO/Director, Osisko Mining Inc.;
Director, Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. ) and Mr. José Alberto Vizquerra Benavides (Founding Director,
Osisko Mining Inc.; CEO/Director of O3 Mining Inc.). Collectively, Osisko Mining Inc., O3 Mining Inc.,
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Aurelian Resources Inc., and Dalradian Resources Inc. were acquired in transactions totalling over
$4.1 billion.
Dr. Harold Gibson, VMSC’s VP-Exploration, is widely recognized as a leading global authority on VMS
deposits, bringing 40+ years of VMS expertise. He has published more than 100 peer -reviewed
publications. He is the recipient of the William Harvey Gross Award, the Duncan R. Derry Medal from
the Mineral Deposits Division of the Geological Association of Canada, the Barlow Memorial Medal,
the Julian Boldy Memorial Award from the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and the
Research Excellence Award from Laurentian University. Dr. Gibson was the Director of the Mineral
Exploration Research Centre (MERC) and the Scientific Lead and Founding Director of the Metal
Earth Research Project— Canada’s unprecedented $104 million public -private mineral exploration
research initiative.
Additional Information on Canstar’s Buchans and Mary March Projects
Canstar’s Buchans and Mary March Projects are located in the Buchans-Roberts Arms Belt of west-
central Newfoundland, Canada. Recognized as one of the highest -grade VMS systems in history,
Buchans was mined by ASARCO from the 1920s to the 1980s. Five deposits yielded 16.2 million
tonnes with average mill head grades of 14.51% zinc, 7.56% lead, 1.33% copper, 122 g/t silver, and
1.37 g/t gold.2
Canstar’s Buchans Project sits immediately adjacent to the historic Buchans mines. New 3 D
geological modelling (2024) by Canstar indicates that the Buchans River Formation, the geological
host unit for all five historic Buchans Mine deposits, underlies Canstar’s entire Buchans property at
depth. The formation plunges from the historically mined deposits towards Ca nstar’s adjacent
Buchans-area claims.
A SkyTEM time-domain electromagnetic survey in 2017 identified several multi -kilometre
geophysical anomalies within Canstar’s Buchans claims. T he anomalism coincides with an area of
low magnetism, indicating a potential alteration zone. A historic drillhole from the 1970s —located
within one of these anomalies—intersected what was described as “stockwork style” mineralization.
Stockwork zones typically exhibit a geophysical signature characterized by low magnetism, variable
(generally poor to moderate) electrical conductivity, and good chargeability. These characteristics
are similar to the geophysical attributes of the stockwork zones of the historic Buchans deposits,
suggesting the potential discovery of stockwork and alteration zones associated with Buchans-style
VMS deposits.
Canstar’s Mary March project —25km from the historic Buchans mines —hosts a large mineralizing
system with alteration zones similar in scale to those at Buchans and high-grade massive sulphides.
Historic drilling intersected a faulted -off massive sulphide lens 9.63 m thick, assaying 0.64% Cu,
1.8% Pb, 10.1% Zn, 4.2 g/t Au, 122 g/t Ag.1 Canstar trenching in 2019 identified Buchans-style debris
flow deposits with massive sulphide clasts , which assayed up to 5.7% Cu, 1.6% Pb, 1.8% Zn, 29.4
g/t Ag, 1.2 g/t Au.
(1) Reported by Phelps Dodge in 1999 (historic unverified assays)
(2) Historical production source: Zinc and Lead, Mineral Commodities of Newfoundland and Labrador, Geological Survey of
Newfoundland and Labrador, Compiled by R.J. Wardle, 2008
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Qualified Person Statement
Bob Patey B.Sc. (Hons), Vice President for Exploration for Canstar and a Qualified Person as defined
in NI 43 -101, has prepared and approved all scientific and technical information disclosed in this
news release.
Acknowledgement
Canstar acknowledges the financial support of the Junior Exploration Assistance (JEA) Program from
the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Industry, Energy and Technology,
which has been a valuable contribution to the exploration programs on the Company’s Buchans -
Mary March and Golden Baie projects.
About Canstar Resources Inc.
Canstar Resources Inc. (TSXV: ROX) is an exploration company focused on critical minerals and gold.
The Company’s 100% -owned Golden Baie Project (501 km2) hosts high- grade gold and antimony
showings along a major mineralized structure that also hosts a large number of gold deposits. The
Buchans and Mary March projects (120.5 km2) are located within the world -class, past-producing
VMS zinc -, copper -, and silver -rich Buchans Mining Camp and boast high -grade zinc and copper
discoveries.
For further information, please contact:
Juan Carlos Giron, Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (647) 557-3442
Website: www.canstarresources.com
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