Honey Badger Silver Grows Nanisivik Project
HONEY BADGER SILVER GROWS NANISIVIK PROJECT
White Rock, British Columbia, October 21, 2024 – Honey Badger Silver Inc. (TSXV:TUF |
OTCQB:HBEIF) (“Honey Badger” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has added
strategic claims through staking at its 100%-owned Nanisivik project, located on Baffin Island,
Nunavut. These claims are deemed to have high geologic growth and discovery potential.
Honey Badger’s CEO, Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol, commented, “ Our recent historic drill and
geophysical data analysis (news release dated September 16, 2024), revealed several high-
priority targets that may be silver-rich massive sulphide bodies. To capture the full benefit of these
and additional potential silver-rich targets for our shareholders we staked new claims at very low
cost. We are extremely excited by our new land position because of how it expands, at extremely
low cost, the number of potential silver-rich targets. Our next steps will be to continue compiling
and interpreting available data on these new claims, with a view to performing an initia l field
reconnaissance.”
New Claims
The Company has recently increased the size of its mineral tenure around the past producing
Nanisivik Mine on Baffin Island, Nunavut, which now comprises a total of 14 mineral claims
covering some 13,373.2 hectares (ha). The Company’s original Nanisivik Property comprised 4
claims totaling 5,722.8 ha that cover the former mine site. The company has staked an additional
10 claims totaling 7650.4 ha at and around the Nanisivik area. These claims cover geophysical
anomalies identified during the Company’s review of the historic data base (see news release
dated September 16, 2024). The new claims comprise a further 3 claims that have added 1174.2
ha to the original Nanisivik claim block, 2 claims (1710.4 ha) covering the Chris Creek target
located approximately 19 km southeast of Nanisivik, and further 5 claims (4765.8 ha) covering
historical geophysical anomalies (conductors) in and around the Adams Sound and Adams River
target areas approximately 40 km and 55 km, respectively, southeast of Nanisivik. The map below
illustrates the locations of the new claims with respect to the geophysical anomalies.
About Nanisivik
The Nanisivik Mine (near Arctic Bay, Nunavut) produced over 20 million ounces of silver between
1976 and 2002, from 17.9 million tons of ore, grading 9% zinc, 0.72% lead, and 35 grams per
tonne silver (1). In addition to the polymetallic orebody, previous exploration identified massive
sulphide bodies (principally pyrite) still in place, totaling about 100 million tonnes (1,2), containing
locally anomalous base metal and silver values.
(1) Reference: Geological Survey of Canada, 2002-C22, “Structural and Stratigraphic Controls
on Zn-Pb-Ag Mineralization at the Nanisivik Mississippi Valley-type Deposit, Northern
Baffin Island, Nunavut; by Patterson and Powis.
(2) A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify this historic tonnage estimate
as a current mineral resource and the Company is not treating the estimate as a current
mineral resource. The historic tonnage estimate cannot be relied upon. Additional work,
including verification drilling / sampling, will be required to verify the estimate as a
current mineral resource.
(3) University College London study, 1922, published by Royal Geographic Society.
Qualified Person
Technical information in this news release has been approved by Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol, the
Company’s CEO (PG, FAusIMM), who is a Qualified Person (QP) for the purpose of National
Instrument 43-101.
Yava Acquisition
The Company announced on October 2, 2024, that it has agreed to purchase the Yava property
for 4,250,000 shares from Blue Moon Metals Inc. The property is subject to a 10% NPI royalty,
which the Company can repurchase for $1.5 million. Please see the previous news release for
more informalon about the Yava acquisilon.
About Honey Badger Silver Inc.
Honey Badger Silver is a silver company. The company is led by a highly experienced leadership
team with a track record of value creation backed by a skilled technical team. Our projects are
located in areas with a long history of mining, including the Sunrise Lake project with a historic
resource of 12.8 Moz of silver (and 201.3 million pounds of zinc) Indicated and 13.9 Moz of silver
(and 247.8 million pounds of zinc) Inferred (1)(3) located in the Northwest Territories and the Plata
high grade silver project located 165 km east of Yukon’s prolific Keno Hill and adjacent to
Snowline Gold’s Rogue discovery. The Company’s Clear Lake Project in the Yukon Territory has a
historic resource of 5.5 Moz of silver and 1.3 billion pounds of zinc (2)(3). The Company also has a
significant land holding at the Nanisivik Mine Area located in Nunavut, Canada that produced
over 20 Moz of silver between 1976 and 2002 (2,3). A qualified person has not done sufficient work
to classify the foregoing historical resources as current mineral resources and the Company is not
treating the estimates as current mineral resources. The historical resource estimates are
provided solely for the purpose as an indication of the volume of mineralization that could be
present. Additional work, including verification drilling / sampling, will be required to verify any
of the historical estimates as a current mineral resources.
(1) Sunrise Lake 2003 RPA historic resource: Indicated 1.522 million tonnes grading 262 grams/tonne silver, 6.0% zinc, 2.4% lead,
0.08% copper, and 0.67 grams/tonne gold and Inferred 2.555 million tonnes grading 169 grams/tonne silver, 4.4% zinc, 1.9% lead,
0.07% copper, and 0.51 grams/tonne gold.
(2) Clear Lake 2010 SRK historic Resource: Inferred 7.76 million tonnes grading 22 grams/tonne silver, 7.6% zinc, and 1.08% lead.
(3) Geological Survey of Canada, 2002-C22, “Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Zn-Pb-Ag Mineralization at the Nanisivik
Mississippi Valley type Deposit, Northern Baffin Island, Nunavut; by Patterson and Powis.”
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol, CEO
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Pekar for Investor Relations | [email protected] |+1 (647) 498 - 8244
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