Global Energy Metals Corporation (CVE:GEMC) (OTCMKTS:GBLEF) (FRA:5GE1) has closed on the acquisition of a portfolio of battery metal projects in North America from DG Resource Management.
The company said the acquisition is part of its ongoing efforts to assemble battery metals-rich projects in top-tier mining jurisdictions with exploration and development upside.
The portfolio includes: the Monument Peak Copper-Silver-Gold project in Lemhi County, Idaho; the Chance Lake Nickel, Copper, Cobalt property in the Hollinger North Shore region of Quebec; and the Amiral Nickel, Copper, PGE property in the Grenville region of Quebec.
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“We are thrilled to close this acquisition which expands Global Energy’s battery metal portfolio in North America,” Global Energy Metals CEO Mitchell Smith in a statement.
“We will benefit from the excellent work done by DG Resource Management from whom we inherited a comprehensive suite of high-quality exploration data. At Monument Peak specifically, results indicate the copper-silver-gold mineralization is characteristic of a Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) deposit which offers a compelling exploration target with over 3,000+ m of mapped strike length. The company intends to undertake an aggressive exploration program at Monument Peak, following the planned drill campaign our Nevada-based Lovelock cobalt-nickel-copper project.”
Meanwhile, Global Energy Metals said the recent comprehensive work on the properties provides it with a solid framework from which to resume exploration.
Monument Peak in Idaho
The company said it is currently planning for additional spring/summer reconnaissance exploration at Monument Peak to evaluate historically defined targets, which will include the completion of a NI 43-101 compliant technical report, and which is intended to provide recommendations for an aggressive summer/fall drill program.
At Monument Peak, the company recently reported that field crews visited four known mineral occurrences (Jackson/Baker, Hungry Hill Mine, Anderson, and North Showing) and confirmed the high-grade copper-silver-gold mineralization at all locations.
Observed mineralization style and grade is similar across all showings, with notably higher copper grades up to 20.9% at Hungry Hill, while the North Showing had the highest gold values up to 11.4 grams per ton (g/t). High grades of silver (greater than 80 g/t Ag) were associated with all mineral occurrences. Arithmetic average of all grab samples 2.34% Cu, 57.6 g/t Ag, and 0.68 g/t Au.
The company also said it has agreed to acquire its interest in the properties by making $200,000 in cash payments and issuing 1,750,000 shares and 1,750,000 warrants.
Each warrant will be exercisable into one share at a price of $0.30 each for a two-year period, subject to an acceleration right. Pursuant to the agreement, the vendors have agreed to spend $100,000 on a work program on the Monument Peak property.
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