Wallbridge Expands Detour-Fenelon Trend Holdings with Option Agreement on Casault Gold Property
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Wallbridge Expands Detour-Fenelon Trend Holdings with Option Agreement on Casault Gold Property
Toronto, Ontario – June 18, 2020 – Wallbridge Mining Company Li mited (TSX:WM) (“Wallbridge” or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agree ment (the “ Agreement”) to acquire up to a
65% interest in the Casault gold property (the “ Casault Gold Property”), which is contiguous to both its Martiniere and
Detour East gold properties, from Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”).
“Optioning the Casault Gold Pr operty consolidates Wallbridge’s district-scale land position along the Detour-Fenelon
Gold Trend,” said President & CEO Marz Kord. “This addition uni tes the Company’s project holdings seamlessly to the
Quebec/Ontario border and gives the Company control of over 900 km2 of prospective exploration/development ground in
Quebec’s prolific Northern Abitibi Greenstone Belt.”
Midland discovered in 2017 the Vortex Zone, a significant gold system on the Casault Gold Property, and this agreement
between the two companies sets the stage for additional discoveries.
Casault Gold Property Highlights:
Comprises 322 claims covering approximately 177 km 2 between Wallbridge’s Martiniere and Detour East
properties (see Fig.1).
Located about 40 km east of the Detour Lake gold mine which produced over 600,000 ounces of gold in 2019.
Hosts the Vortex Zone, a syenite-associated disseminated gold s ystem grading up to 1.38 g/t gold over 26.5
metres and traced over a distance of 1.5 km.
Strike length covers over 20 km of the Sunday Lake Deformation Zone.
Terms of the Agreement:
Wallbridge can acquire an undivided 50% interest (the “ First Option”) in the Casault Gold Property, by making an initial
expenditure (the “ Initial Expenditure ”) and subsequently incurring aggregate expenditures (the “ Aggregate
Expenditures”) as follows:
Initial Firm Expenditure of $750,000 on or before June 30, 2021;
Aggregate Expenditures of at least $1,750,000 on or before June 30, 2022, at Wallbridge’s option;
Aggregate Expenditures of $3,000,000 on or before June 30, 2023, at Wallbridge’s option; and
Aggregate Expenditures of $5,000,000 on or before June 30, 2024, at Wallbridge’s option.
Should Wallbridge’s expenditures fall short of the required amo unt in any specified period, it may elect to make a cash
payment to Midland in an amount equal to the shortfall in full satisfaction of the expenditure commitment for such period.
In addition, Wallbridge shall make cash payments to Midland in the aggregate amount of $600,000 as follows:
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$100,000 within five days following execution of the Agreement;
$110,000 on or before June 30, 2021;
$110,000 on or before June 30, 2022;
$130,000 on or before June 30, 2023; and
$150,000 on or before June 30, 2024.
Upon exercise of the First Option, Wallbridge may, at its sole discretion, increase its undivided interest in the Casault
Gold Property to 65% (the “ Second Option ”), by incurring additional expe nditures and/or cash payments, a t t h e s o l e
election of Wallbridge, of $6,000,000 within a period two years from the date of exercise of the First Option.
Should Wallbridge elect, at its sole discretion, to not earn, o r to cease to earn, the additional undivided interest pursuant to
the Second Option, the parties shall then form a joint venture (the “Joint Venture”) to manage the Casault Gold Property.
Wallbridge shall be the operator of the Joint Venture as long a s it has at least a 50% participating interest in the Joint
Venture, or it has not elected to discontinue operatorship of the Joint Venture.
Figure 1. Wallbridge’s Detour-Fenelon Gold Trend land package o f over 900 km 2 with the newly optioned Casault Gold
Property highlighted.
About Wallbridge Mining
Wallbridge is establishing a pipeline of projects that will sup port sustainable 100,000 ounce-plus annual gold production
as well as organic growth through exploration and scalability.
The Company is currently developing its 100%-owned Fenelon gold property, which is located along the Detour-Fenelon
Gold Trend, an emerging gold belt in northwestern Quebec with a n ongoing 80,000 to 100,000-metre exploration drill
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program in 2020 and a 33,500-tonne bulk sample and 75,000 metre s of drilling completed in 2019. Wallbridge is also
pursuing additional advanced-stage projects which would add to the Company's near-term project pipeline. Wallbridge is
also the operator of, and a 17.8% shareholder in, Loncan Canada Inc., a privately-held company with a large portfolio of
nickel, copper, and PGM projects in Ontario's Sudbury Basin.
For further information please visit the Company's website at www.wallbridgemining.com or contact:
Wallbridge Mining Company Limited
Marz Kord, P. Eng., M. Sc., MBA
President & CEO
Tel: (705) 682-9297 ext. 251
Email: [email protected]
Brian Penny, CPA, CMA
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: (416) 716-8346
Email: [email protected]
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