Stellar Africagold Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire 90% Interest IN Tichka EST GOLD Project IN Morocco.
STELLAR AFRICAGOLD SIGNS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
TO ACQUIRE 90% INTEREST IN TICHKA EST GOLD PROJECT IN MOROCCO.
Vancouver, August 19, 2020– John Cumming, President and CEO of Stellar AfricaGold Inc., (TSX-V: SPX) ("Stellar"
or the "Company") is pleased to announce:
Tichka Est Gold Project Acquisition
Stellar and the Moroccan National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (“ ONHYM”) have signed the definitive
Exploration Agreement for the acquisiti on, exploration and development of the gold and multi -elements
potential of the Tichka Est property in the Occidental High Atlas region of Morocco. Pursuant to the Exploration
Agreement Stellar may earn a 90% interest in the Tichka Est project by spending 19,200,000 Moroccan dirhams,
approximately US$2,070,000, over three years. Following the first three -year term or the completion of the
proposed agreed exploration program, whichever comes first, a decision either to proceed to a feasibility study
or continue exploration will be made by a joint management committee and, if advisable additional exploration
may be required prior to proceeding with a feasibility study. All exploration work, including the feasibility study,
will be at Stellar’s expense.
Upon completion of a positive feasibility study, the permits will be transferred at no additional charge from
ONHYM to a new mining company that will be joint ly owned by Stellar as to 90% and by ONHYM as to 10%.
Following the commissioning of the mining operation ONHYM will receive the greater of a 2.5% Net Smelter
Return royalty or a lump sum payment of 100,000 Moroccan dirhams, approximately US$10,750.
Other than the exploration expenditure requirements there are no additional fees payable to ONHYM.
Pursuant to TSX Venture Exchange Listing Policy 5.3 the Tichka acquisition is an Exempt Transaction.
About Tichka Est Gold Project
The Tichka Est gold project is comprised of three licences of 16 km2 each totalling 48 Km2. Tichka Est is in the High
Atlas mountain region approximately 160 -kilometres southwest of Marrakech and is easily accessible by road.
Historical work on the property is well-documented, and ONHYM has completed a geological and geophysical IP
chargeability survey and a str eam sediments geochemistry survey over the area. ONHYM has outlined and
surface sampled two extensive gold structures, designated Zone A and Zone B, related to a regional ENE -WSW
regional fault. ONHYM has trenched the B structure for over 800 metres and re ported historical gold grades as
high as 27.1 g/t Au in trench number 10. ONHYM cut a total of 11 trenches across the B structure and reported
gold grades in all trenches.
Stellar, during its recently completed due diligence programs, successfully confirm ed ONHYM’s prior results,
located some possible extensions of structures associated with Zones A and B, outlined other associated and
mineralized structures within the property area, and collected 117 rock chips and grab samples. The structures
associated with Zones A and B were chip sampled across their full exposure. The samples were sent to African
Laboratory for Mining and Environment in Marrakech for analysis by Fire Assay method.
Tichka Zone A
The Zone A structure has been observed over a strike distance of 500 metres, is oriented NNW and is described
as a granitic dyke containing numerous quartz-carbonate veins. A total of 9 different exposures across the Zone
A structures were chip sampled and returned the following results:
Zone A chip sample assays – selected results:
4.48 g/t Au over 5.50 metres. 8.03 g/t Au over 6.30 metres.
2.84 g/t Au over 4.50 metres. 4.79 g/t Au over 6.40 metres.
3.95 g/t Au over 5.00 metres. 0.07 g/t Au over 4.50 metres.
2.12 g/t Au over 5.00 metres. 1.14 g t Au over/ 4.50 metres.
2.63 g/t Au over 5.00 metres.
Prospecting in the surrounding area reported additional results of 12.25 g/t Au over 0.30 metres. and 10.79 g/t
Au over 1.00 metre in the Zone A northern and southern extensions, respectively.
Tichka Zone B
Zone B is a major shear structure that is observed over two kilometres oriented N250E. From this main structure
numerous secondary structures oriented N50 0E reported gold grades ranging from 0.1 to 4.0 g/t Au over 3.00
metres.
Technical Information and Quality Control Notes
The assay results referenced in this news release were prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. The sampling of, and assay data from, channel chips samples is
monitored through the implementation of a quality assurance - quality control program designed to follow
industry best practice.
Sample collection was done by two local experienced senior geologists under the supervision of Yassine
Belkabir, MScDIC, CEng, MIMMM, Stellar’s Director and QP in Morocco , and Dr. Ali Saquaque, Stellar’s
Technical Advisor for Africa. Channel sampling of each mineralized section encountered in the different trenches
was done at surface across exposed sections of mineralized structures . Each sample collected weighed
approximately two kilograms and is a representative composite of the material within this interval. The samples
were bagged on site and stored in safe areas until being transported to African Laboratory for Mining and
Environment (“Afrilab”) in Marrakech for analysis.
A total of 117 samples were sent to Afrilab for preparation and analysis. All samples were crushed and ground
to 75 microns , and fifty-gram aliquots of the samples were fire assayed with atomic absorption finish. Afrilab
quality control consisted of 1 control, 1 blank and 2 duplicate samples, and all assays were within the targeted
range.
About ONHYM
ONHYM was established on August 17, 2005 by the merger of the Bureau of Research and Mining Participations
(“BRPM”) and The National Office for Research and Petroleum Exploration ( “ONAREP”). Since their inception
BRPM (1928) and ONAREP (1981 have been leaders in Morocco in their r espective field s, and have high ly
regarded among international operators.
ONHYM is a public institution with legal personality and financial autonomy, and it is subject to Moroccan State
supervision to ensure compliance by the competent bodies of the Office of the provision of the law 33-01.
ONHYM has more than 100 geologists and specialists in related discipline s. It also has multidisciplinary teams
working on numerous projects basis in synergy with third party partners. With increasing international openness
and strong technical proficiency ONHYM is aggressively pursuing its mandated objectives.
ABOUT STELLAR AFRICAGOLD INC.
Stellar AfricaGold Inc. is a Canadian gold company with offices in Vancouver, BC and Montreal, QC. Stellar
President John Cumming can be contacted at 604-618-4262 or by email at [email protected].
The technical content of this press release has been reviewed and ap proved by Yassine Belkabir,
MScDIC, CEng, MIMMM, a Stellar director and a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.
On Behalf of the Board
John Cumming, LLM,
President & CEO
This release contains certain "forward -looking information" under applicable Canadian securities laws concerning the Arrangement. Forward -looking
information reflects the Company’s current internal expectations or beliefs and is based on information currently available to the Company. In some cases
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forward-looking information is based includes, among others, that the conditions to closing of the Arrangement will be satisfied and that the Arrangement
will be completed on the terms set out in the definitive agreement. Many of these assumptions are based on factors and events that are not within the
control of the Company, and there is no assurance they will prove to be correct or accurate. Risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those predicted herein include, without limitation: that the remaining conditions to the Arrangement will not be satisfied; that the business prospects
and opportunities of the Company will not proceed as anticipated; changes in the global prices for gold or certain other commodities (such as diesel,
aluminum and electricity); changes in U.S. dollar and other currency exchange rates, interest rates or gold lease rates; risks arising from holding derivative
instruments; the level of liquidity and capital resources; access to capital markets, financing and interest rates; mining ta x regimes; ability to successfully
integrate acquired assets; legislative, political or economic developments in the jurisdictions in which the Company carries on business; operating or technical
difficulties in connection with mining or development activities; laws and regulations governing the protection of the enviro nment; employee relations;
availability and increasing costs as sociated with mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of exploration and development; contests over title to
properties, particularly title to undeveloped properties; and the risks involved in the exploration, development and mining b usiness. Risks and unknowns
inherent in all projects include the inaccuracy of estimated reserves and resources, metallurgical recoveries, capital and op erating costs of such projects,
and the future prices for the relevant minerals.
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