Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 28, 2023 – Beyond Minerals Inc. (the “Company” or “Beyond Minerals”) (CSE:BY) (OTCQB:BYDMF) is pleased to announce the acquisition (the “Transaction”) of a 100% undivided interest in the 179 contiguous mining claims covering approximately 3,490 hectares (34.9 km2) comprising the North Trout Lake lithium property located approximately 30 km southwest of Sandy Lake, in the province of Ontario (the “Property”).
The Property is located approximately 9.5 km east of the Company’s other lithium properties (totaling 2,220 hectares) in the Borland Lake, Favourable Lake, and Gorman River areas of Northwestern Ontario, approximately 37 km north of Frontier Lithium Inc.’s (TSXV:FL) PAK and Spark deposits, and approximately 15 km north of Frontier Lithium’s spodumene-bearing pegmatite at Pennock Lake (see Figure 1). The Pak deposit has a mineral resource of measured, indicated, and inferred categories of 9.3Mt (million tonnes), averaging 2.06% Li2O and the Spark deposit has a mineral resource estimate of 14.4Mt, averaging 1.4% Li2O (Frontier Lithium Inc., NI 43-101 Technical Report, PAK Project, PAK, Red Lake Mining District, Ontario, Canada, prepared by BBA with an effective date of April 5, 2021). Frontier Lithium also recently announced a significant expansion of its Pennock Lake pegmatite, with three grab samples grading 1.7%, 1.7% and 3.0% Li2O.
Allan Frame, the new President and CEO of Beyond Minerals commented, “This acquisition is consistent with our disciplined approch of (i) focusing on quality assets for which extensive geological data is available, (ii) maintaining financial discipline with regards to terms and conditions of our acquisition, (iii) concentrataing on Ontario assets, while being open to strategic transactions in other jurisdictions and (iv) maintaining a share structure that is favorable to value creation for our shareholders.” He added, “Beyond’s footprint in the area now totals 5,710 hectares of carefully selected land. We will shortly be putting in place a comprehensive exploration program to begin as soon as practically possible.”
Figure 1 – Location of North Trout Lake Lithium Property
The Pennock Lake spodumene-bearing dike is hosted within a granitic intrusive (granite, granodiorite, tonalite). Pegmatite dikes on the Property are mapped as being hosted within a large granodiorite sill that is up to 2.4 km wide. The Property covers approximately 12 km of strike length of the granodiorite sill (see Figure 2). The granodiorite sill is reported to contain numerous pegmatite dikes, varying in size from narrow to 50 ft in width, that occupy up to 25% of the sill by volume near the center of the sill (Ayres, 1974). At least one white pegmatite is mapped as being hosted within mafic metavolcanics on the Property.
Figure 2 – Regional Geology
Figure 3 – Trout Lake Property Highlights
The Transaction was completed pursuant to the terms and conditions of a definitive mineral property purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) entered into between the Company, as purchaser, and arm’s length prospectors, as vendors. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Beyond Minerals paid to the vendors aggregate cash consideration of $45,000, issued a total of 171,000 common shares of the Company (the “Shares”), and granted the vendors a 2.0% net smelter return royalty on the Property, one-half of which may be repurchased by the Company for $1,200,000 to reduce the royalty to a 1.0% net smelter return royalty. In addition, the Company shall pay the vendors a $1-million milestone payment, payable in cash or shares at the option of the Company, in the event the Company files a mineral resource estimate disclosing a deposit or orebody exceeding 5,000,000 metric tonnes with an average grade equal to 1.0% Li2O or greater.
Qualified Person and Third-Party Data
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Craig Gibson, Ph.D., P.Geo., a director of the Company (the “Qualified Person”). Dr. Gibson is a “qualified person” as defined in National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”).
Certain information in this news release regarding the presence of mineral deposits and the size of such deposits is based on information that has been obtained from publicly available information and industry reports, which constitute historical estimates. Such reports generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but the accuracy or completeness of such information is not guaranteed. While the Company considers historical estimates to be relevant to investors, as they may indicate the presence of mineralization, the Qualified Person has not done sufficient work for the Company to classify the historical estimates as current “mineral resources” or “mineral reserves” (as defined in NI 43-101). The potential quantities and grades of exploration targets and nearby properties referenced in this news release are conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in any of the targets being delineated as a mineral resource. The Company has not independently verified and cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the historical estimates and other third-party data contained in this news release and investors should use caution in placing reliance on such information.
About Beyond Minerals Inc.
Beyond Minerals Inc. is engaged in the business of mineral exploration and the acquisition of mineral property assets in Canada. Its objective is to locate and develop critical mineral properties, including lithium assets, and other economic precious and base metal properties of merit, starting with the exploration of its Fabie-Easterchester project in the province of Quebec and its Peggy Group Lithium project and other properties in the Borland Lake, Favourable Lake, and Gorman River areas of Northwestern Ontario.
For more information, please refer to the Company’s website at www.beyondlithium.ca.
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For further information, please contact:
Allan Frame
President and CEO
Tel: 403-470-8450
Email: allan.frame@beyondlithium.ca
Jason Frame
Manager of Communications
Tel: 587-225-2599
Email: jason.frame@beyondlithium.ca