Sarama Resources offers a compelling investment opportunity driven by a +US$120 million fully-funded arbitration claim and two new belt-scale gold projects encompassing 1,000 km2 of the Cosmo Newbery and Jutson Rocks Greenstone Belts in Western Australia’s prolific Eastern Goldfields.
Sarama Resources (TSXV:SWA, ASX:SRR) is an Australian gold exploration and development company with two key value drivers: a fully funded, multi-million-dollar arbitration claim and two highly prospective gold projects in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields. Each of these presents significant standalone value, while together they offer strong upside and optionality for investors.
Sarama recently secured the Cosmo Newbery and Mt Venn Gold Projects, covering 580km² and 420km² respectively. These projects encompass the majority of the greenstone belts they are located within - regions historically underexplored but geologically similar to the nearby Dorothy Hills belt, host to Gold Fields’ +8Moz Gruyere Gold Mine. Both projects offer a compelling exploration opportunity in one of Australia’s most prolific gold provinces.
In parallel, Sarama is advancing a fully funded arbitration claim against the Government of Burkina Faso, seeking no less than US$120 million in damages. The claim is backed by a non-recourse loan facility, with leading international law firm Boies Schiller Flexner - renowned for securing large settlements - engaged to lead proceedings.
The Company is led by a highly experienced board and management team with a strong track record in gold discovery and development, including the +25Moz Kibali Gold Mine and the +3Moz Sanutura Gold Project.
Sarama’s Regional Exploration Strategy
Sarama’s regional strategy is centred on unlocking value across 1,000km² of contiguous, underexplored greenstone terrane in one of Australia’s most productive gold provinces. With 100% control of the Cosmo Gold Belt and a majority stake in Mt Venn, Sarama is strategically positioned between two of the region’s most prolific gold belts - Yamarna/Dorothy Hills to the east and Laverton to the west.
Both projects share key geological signatures with nearby multi-million-ounce deposits and benefit from existing infrastructure and access. The Company’s exploration efforts will focus on high-priority targets across both belts, with systematic programs planned throughout 2025 to rapidly advance discovery.
Together, Cosmo Newbery and Mt Venn offer a rare opportunity to explore at scale in a region that has delivered some of the largest gold discoveries in recent decades - yet remains largely underexplored.
The Cosmo Gold Project is a unique, underexplored, belt-scale gold opportunity in Western Australia's prolific Eastern Goldfields. Sarama holds the entire Cosmo Newbery Greenstone Belt under granted exploration licenses covering approximately 583km². The belt is one of the few remaining greenstone belts in Western Australia to have seen little to no modern exploration.
The project is located approximately 85 km northeast of Laverton and 95 km west of the +8Moz Gruyere Gold Mine, operated by Gold Fields and Gold Road. The surrounding region hosts several world-class gold systems, including the Yamarna and Dorothy Hills belts to the east (home to Gruyere, the 1Moz Golden Highway, and 300koz Gilmore deposits) and the Laverton Belt to the west, with over 35Moz in gold endowment and 12Moz of historic production.
Cosmo shares strong geological and structural similarities with these prolific belts. Key elements of orogenic gold systems are present, including:
Despite gold first being discovered here in the 1890s, the region has seen virtually no modern exploration or drilling, offering a unique opportunity to unlock value in a highly prospective setting.
Project Highlights
The Mt Venn Gold Project is a large-scale, underexplored gold exploration asset in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields, located approximately 40 km east of Sarama’s Cosmo Newbery Gold Project and 40 km west of the +8Moz Gruyere Gold Mine. Sarama holds an 80% interest in the project, which spans 420km² across a substantial portion of the Jutson Rocks Greenstone Belt - a geologically prospective system with gold first discovered in the 1890s.
Mt Venn shares many geological similarities with the Cosmo Project, and is viewed as a complementary, belt-scale exploration opportunity. The project comprises three contiguous exploration tenements and hosts a 35km gold corridor, defined by semi-continuous gold-in-soil anomalies, historic workings, and encouraging drill intercepts. Historic drilling has returned multiple results of merit, including intercepts up to 8.5 g/t Au, over a 4km trend at the Three Bears Prospect.
Geologically, Mt Venn is highly prospective, featuring:
Despite early discoveries, the project will benefit from a systematic, project-wide approach to exploration and offers substantial discovery potential in a proven gold district.
Project Highlights
Andrew Dinning is a founder and the Executive Chairman of Sarama Resources. Dinning has over 35 years of experience in the international mining arena and has worked in Australia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, West Africa, the UK and Russia. He has extensive mine management, operations and capital markets experience and has spent most of his career in the gold sector.
Dinning was a Director and President of the Democratic Republic of Congo-based Moto Goldmines Ltd from 2005 to 2009. He oversaw the development of the company's Moto Gold Project (Kibali Gold) from two million to more than 22 million ounces of gold. Dinning took the project from exploration to pre-development. The Moto Gold project was later taken over by Randgold Resources and AngloGold Ashanti for $600 million in October 2009.
Dinning has an MBA, a First-Class Mine Managers Certificate in Western Australia and South Australia and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining degree.
Jack Hamilton is a founder and the Vice President of Exploration at Sarama Resources. Hamilton has 35 years of experience as a professional geologist. Hamilton has worked around the world for international resource companies. Before Sarama, he was the exploration manager for Moto Goldmines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At Moto Goldmines, he led the team that discovered the main deposits and resource at the world-class Moto Gold Project (now Kibali Gold) which has a resource of more than 22 million ounces.
Hamilton specializes in precious metal exploration in Birimian, Archean and Proterozoic greenstone belts. He has worked and consulted in West, Central and East Africa for the past 30 years with various companies, including Barrick Gold Corporation, Echo Bay Mines, Etruscan Resources Inc, Anglo American, Geo Services International and Moto Goldmines. Whilst at Moto Goldmines, he led the exploration team that took the Moto gold deposit from discovery to bankable feasibility. The Moto gold deposit was later sold to Randgold Resources and AngloGold Ashanti in October 2009.
Paul Schmiede is a major shareholder and the Vice President of Corporate Development at Sarama Resources. He is a mining engineer with over 30 years of experience in mining and exploration. Before joining Sarama Resources in 2010, Schmiede was Vice President of Operations and Project Development at Moto Goldmines. At Moto Goldmines, he managed the pre-feasibility, bankable and definitive feasibility study for the more than 22 million-ounce Democratic Republic of Congo-based Moto Gold Project (now Kibali Gold). Whilst at Moto Goldmines, he also managed the in-country environment, community studies and pre-construction activities. Before joining Moto Goldmines, he held senior operational and management positions with Goldfields and WMC Resources. At these companies, Schmiede was responsible for underground and open-pit operations as well as project development and planning.
Schmiede holds a first-class mine managers certificate in Western Australia and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining degree. He is also a fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Lui Evangelista is Sarama's chief financial officer with 35 years of experience in accounting, finance and corporate governance with public companies. He has more than 20 years of experience in the mining industry - 10 years of which have been at the operational and corporate level with companies operating in Francophone Africa.
Evangelista held the positions of group financial controller and acting CFO at Anvil Mining which operated 3 mines in the DRC. He was an integral part of the senior management team that saw Anvil's market capitalization grow from C$100 million in 2005 to C$1.3 billion upon takeover by Minmetals in 2012.
Evangelista holds a Bachelor of Business in Accounting degree, a graduate diploma in business administration and a graduate diploma in applied corporate governance.
Simon Jackson is a founder, shareholder and non-executive chairman of Sarama Resources. Jackson is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience in the mining sector. He is the Chairman of Predictive Discovery and Non-Executive Director of African gold producer Resolute Mining. He has previously held senior management positions at Red Back Mining, Orca Gold and Beadell Resources.
Jackson specializes in M&A, public equity capital markets, management and corporate finance. His career has included corporate transactions in Canada, Australia, Africa and Indonesia. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Adrian Byass has more than 30 years of experience in the mining industry. He has focused his career on the economic development of mineral resources. He is skilled in economic and resource geology. Byass has experience ranging from production in gold and nickel mines to the evaluation and development of mining projects with listed and unlisted entities in multiple countries. He has also held executive and non-executive board roles on both ASX and AIM-listed companies.
Byass presently operates in a corporate and market-focused capacity on a national and international basis. He has board-level experience in mine development, capital raising and M&A in Australia and on overseas stock exchanges. Byass has played key roles in a range of exploration and mining projects in Australia, Africa, North America and Europe. These projects were based on a suite of commodities including gold, base and specialty metals.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology and a Bachelor of Economics. Byass is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, a fellow of the Society of Economic Geology and a competent person for the reporting of mineral resources (JORC 2012).
Michael Bohm is a seasoned director and mining engineer in the resources industry. His career spans roles as a mining engineer, mine manager, study manager, project manager, project director, and managing director.
He has been directly involved in the development of multiple mines in the gold, nickel, and diamond industries, and made significant contributions to Ramelius Resources during its formative years. This experience is particularly important as Sarama is currently in the process of rebuilding its operations in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia.
He is a current director of ASX-listed Riedel Resources and has previously been a director of ASX listed Perseus Mining, Ramelius Resources, Mincor Resources NL and Cygnus Metals.
Promising new gold projects in Western Australia, plus a large fully funded arbitration claim.
Finlay Minerals (TSXV:FYL,OTCQB:FYMNF) is a Vancouver-based explorer targeting copper, gold, and silver in British Columbia’s prolific Stikine Terrane. With a focus on porphyry and epithermal systems, the company leverages strong geological expertise, strategic partnerships, and disciplined capital use to drive discovery and development.
Finlay Minerals offers a compelling, de-risked exploration opportunity anchored by 2025 earn-in agreements with Freeport-McMoRan, one of the world’s largest copper producers. Freeport is actively funding the advancement of the PIL and ATTY projects in BC’s Toodoggone District, providing a non-dilutive path to unlock value from Finlay’s flagship assets.
With rising copper and gold prices and operations in one of the world’s safest and most resource-rich jurisdictions, Finlay offers investors exposure to significant upside through smart partnerships and disciplined exploration.
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Abcourt Mines Inc. (" Abcourt " or the " Corporation ") (TSX Venture: ABI) (OTCQB: ABMBF) is pleased to announce that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement of a secured convertible debenture of the Corporation (the " Debenture ") for gross proceeds of $3,000,000 (the " Debenture Offering ").
Debenture Offering
The Debenture will bear interest at the SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate) plus 10%, per annum, and will mature four years following the date of issuance (the " Maturity Date "). The principal amount of the Debenture (the " Principal Amount ") will be convertible into common shares of the Corporation (each a " Share ") at a conversion price of $0.05 per Share during the first year, and at a conversion price of $0.10 per Share during the following years (the " Conversion Price ") any time prior to the close of business on the Maturity Date, at the option of the holder. All interest accrued on the Debenture will be payable in cash. The Corporation may prepay the Debenture at any time prior to the maturity date, without penalty.
It is expected that the Debenture will be purchased by François Mestrallet, director of the Corporation. As a result, the Debenture Offering will constitute a "related party transaction" within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61– 101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (" MI 61–101 ").
The Corporation intends to rely on the exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 contained in sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 in respect of related party participation in the Debenture Offering as neither the fair market value (as determined under MI 61-101) of the subject matter of, nor the fair market value of the consideration for, the Debenture, exceeds 25% of the Corporation's market capitalization (as determined in accordance with MI 61-101). The Corporation did not file a material change report in respect of this transaction at least 21 days before the anticipated closing of the Debenture Offering, as details of such transaction was unknown at such time.
The Debenture Offering is expected to be completed on or around June 19, 2025 (the " Closing Date ").
Financing Facility
Concurrently with the closing of the Debenture Offering, the Corporation intends to close its previously announced secured financing facility (" Financing Facility ") with Nebari Natural Resources Credit Fund II, LP (the " Lender ") in an amount of US$8 million (" Principal Amount ") bearing interest at the SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate) plus 12%, with a term of 36 months.
Under the terms of the Financing Facility, the Corporation will have the option, at any time after 365 days from the Closing Date, to prepay the Lender in full or in part, the outstanding Principal Amount subject to a minimum prepayment amount of $1,000,000. If, at such prepayment date, the Lender has not achieved an absolute return of at least 25% on the total Principal Amount prepaid as of the date of prepayment, the prepayment shall include a cash make-whole payment in such amount as to provide Lender with a 25% absolute return (the " Make Whole Amount ") on the Principal Amount prepaid.
Subject to the final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the " TSXV "), on the Closing Date, the Corporation will issue to the Lender 87,040,000 warrants (the " Warrants "). Each Warrant will be exercisable for one common share of the Corporation (a " Warrant Share ") at an exercise price of $0.0625 per Warrant Share, for a 36-month period.
The Warrants and any Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof will be subject to a statutory hold period in Canada of 4 months and one day from the date of issuance of the Warrants. The Warrants and Warrant Shares will also be "restricted" securities under applicable U.S. securities laws.
At the Lender's election, funds raised from the exercise of Warrants may be used for prepayment of outstanding Principal Amount without application of the Make Whole Amount.
Equity Financing
The Corporation is pleased to announce that it also intends to close a tranche of non-brokered equity financing for gross proceeds of $1,000,000 on the Closing Date, consisting of the sale of units of the Corporation (the " Units ") at a price of $0.05 per Unit (the " Private Placement ").
Each Unit will consist of one common share of the Corporation (a " Common Share ") and one common share purchase warrant (a " Unit Warrant "). Each Unit Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one Common Share at a price of $0.08 for a period of 36 months following the Closing Date.
In the event that, during the period ranging between 12 months and 36 months following the Closing Date, the volume-weighted average trading price of the common shares exceeds $0.12 per common share for any period of 20 consecutive trading days, the Corporation may, at its option, following such 20-day period, accelerate the expiry date of the Unit Warrants by delivery of notice to the registered holders (an " Acceleration Notice ") thereof and issuing a press release (a " Warrant Acceleration Press Release "), and, in such case, the expiry date of the Unit Warrants shall be deemed to be 5:00 p.m. (Montreal time) on the 30 th day following the later of (i) the date on which the Acceleration Notice is sent to Unit Warrant holders, and (ii) the date of issuance of the Warrant Acceleration Press Release.
The Corporation intends to use the net proceeds from the Debenture Offering, Financing Facility and Private Placement to restart the Sleeping Giant mine and mill as well as for the repayment of outstanding account payables, working capital and general corporate purposes.
The Debenture Offering, Financing Facility and Private Placement remain subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary approvals, including the final approval of the TSXV.
All securities issued in connection with the Debenture Offering, the Financing Facility and the Private Placement will be subject to a restricted period ending on the date that is four months plus one day following the date of their issuance.
The securities offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act, or any state securities law, and may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States, or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons, absent registration or an exemption from such registration requirements. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state in the United States in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
ABOUT Abcourt Mines Inc.
Abcourt Mines Inc. is a Canadian exploration company with properties strategically located in northwestern Québec, Canada. Abcourt owns the Sleeping Giant mine and mill, as well as the Flordin property, where it focuses its development activities.
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Maritime Resources Corp. (TSXV: MAE) ("Maritime" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update for the Hammerdown Gold Project, located in the Baie Verte mining district of Newfoundland and Labrador ("Hammerdown"), near the towns of King's Point and Springdale.
Highlights:
Additional grade control drilling south of the historic mine workings confirms the presence of a new orientation in mineralized trends with substantial gold grades and widths starting at surface
24.5 grams per tonne ("gpt") gold ("Au") over 13.9 metres ("m"), including 42.2 gpt Au over 8.0 m in drill hole HDGC-25-272
34.4 gpt Au over 2.5 m, 5.2 gpt Au over 2.9 m and 1.3 gpt Au over 7.0 m in drill hole HDGC-25-274
7.2 gpt Au over 13.5 m, including 12.7 gpt Au over 3.8 m in drill hole HDGC-25-276
1.7 gpt Au over 36.0 m, including 1.9 gpt Au over 15.4 m in drill hole HDGC-25-273
1.7 gpt Au over 23.0 m, including 25.1 gpt Au over 1.0 m in drill hole HDGC-25-271
53.9 gpt Au over 3.5 m in channel sample HDFN-CH-25-03 and 31.2 gpt Au over 3.2 m in channel sample HDFN-CH-25-02
"Following the successful grade control program completed earlier this year, additional drilling has targeted a new orientation in gold trends south of the historic underground mine workings. This north-south zone begins at surface and lies within the planned open pit footprint with results demonstrating high grade gold mineralization across significant widths and remains open at depth. This presents an attractive opportunity for early development and cash flow by now having all permitting completed for the Hammerdown Gold Project and our Pine Cove mill now fully operational. It also highlights the potential for additional mineral resources in the immediate area of the deposit," comments Garett Macdonald, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Discussion of Results
As part of the 2025 definition drilling program that refined the Hammerdown geological model, a high-grade ore shoot was identified with a structural orientation distinct from the rest of the deposit. This ore shoot was intersected in grade control drill holes HDGC-25-122 and HDGC-25-038 which intersected 12.0 gpt Au over 28.0 m and 43.6 gpt Au over 6.3 m respectively (Maritime Press Release Dated January 27, 2025). Historical mining immediately north of the area had indicated that the east-west trending Hammerdown vein system may be translated into a north-south direction due to shearing along the Wisteria/Rumbullion shear zone.
Channel sampling and six short diamond drill holes (totalling 292 m) were completed to test the orientation of the mineralized veins in the footwall within the proposed first year of open pit mining. Results from channel sampling included 31.2 gpt Au over 3.2 m in HDFN-CH-25-02 and 53.9 gpt Au over 3.5 m in HDFN-CH-25-03. Following up on these channel samples several drill holes were completed to test the depth extents of the mineralization including HDGC-25-272 that returned 24.5 gpt Au over 13.9 m, including 42.2 gpt Au over 8.0 m. A 10 m step-back drill hole, HDGC-25-273, returned 1.7 gpt Au over 36.0 m, including 1.94 gpt Au over 15.4 m and drill hole HDGC-25-271 that was drilled 10 m south of HDGC-25-272 returned 1.7 gpt Au over 23.0 m, including 25.1 gpt Au over 1.0 m. Additionally, drill hole HDGC-25-276 was drilled 10 m north of HDGC-25-272 intersecting the zone with 7.2 gpt Au over 13.5 m, including 12.7 gpt Au over 3.8 m.
Maritime completed trenching which revealed a change in the orientation of high-grade gold zones, providing new insights into local structural controls and the deformation of the mineralized system in the Wisteria area of the deposit. The mineralized veins mapped in trenching is represented by base metal rich quartz/sulphide veins and mineralized felsic intrusions along with low grade disseminated mineralization in the host rock that strikes north south rather than the general east-west trend defined in the remainder of the deposit.
The broader mineralized intersections reflect the disseminated nature of the mineralization in the sericite altered felsic/mafic host and felsic intrusions which also had not been adequately tested by the north south drilling in the area. Maritime noted the consistent high-grade nature of the vein intersection while drilling from both directions, although structurally disrupted and having been drilled from two directions the vein intersection consistently carried exceptionally high gold grades while the encompassing shear zone and quartz feldspar porphyries often carried broad intervals disseminated gold mineralization.
Figure 1. Outcrop in newly trenched area with high-grade vein orientated north-south
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Figure 2. Hammerdown Site Plan Map
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Table 1. Assay results for new drilling and channel sampling
| Hole | From | To | Length | Au gpt | Comments |
| HDFN-CH-25-01 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 0.50 | 3.33 | Channel Sample |
| HDFN-CH-25-02 | 6.50 | 10.00 | 3.50 | 31.18 | Channel Sample |
| HDFN-CH-25-03 | 2.30 | 5.50 | 3.20 | 7.76 | Channel Sample |
| And | 9.00 | 12.50 | 3.50 | 53.94 | Channel Sample |
| HDFN-CH-25-04 | 4.50 | 7.00 | 2.50 | 5.15 | Channel Sample |
| And | 11.50 | 12.50 | 1.00 | 8.09 | Channel Sample |
| HDFN-CH-25-05 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 95.76 | Channel Sample |
| HDFN-CH-25-06 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 168.59 | Channel Sample |
| HDGC-25-271 | 7.00 | 31.00 | 24.00 | 1.65 | |
| Including | 7.50 | 8.48 | 0.98 | 25.09 | |
| HDGC-25-272 | 11.07 | 25.00 | 13.93 | 24.54 | |
| Including | 17.00 | 25.00 | 8.00 | 42.23 | |
| HDGC-25-273 | 25.66 | 61.62 | 35.96 | 1.67 | |
| Including | 39.14 | 54.58 | 15.44 | 1.94 | |
| HDGC-25-274 | 14.35 | 17.21 | 2.86 | 5.18 | |
| And | 24.29 | 26.83 | 2.54 | 34.40 | |
| Including | 26.54 | 26.83 | 0.29 | 256.20 | |
| And | 44.95 | 52.00 | 7.05 | 1.31 | |
| HDGC-25-275 | 30.50 | 33.00 | 2.50 | 1.23 | |
| And | 37.00 | 40.00 | 3.00 | 1.09 | |
| HDGC-25-276 | 22.50 | 36.00 | 13.50 | 7.18 | |
| Including | 29.70 | 33.45 | 3.75 | 12.71 | |
| Lengths reported relative to core access are estimated to be approximately 70% true thickness | |||||
Table 2. Drill hole details for new trench and drilling
| Hole ID | Type | Easting | Northing | Elevation | Total Length | Azimuth | Dip |
| HDFN-CH-25-01 | Channel Sample | 554846.5 | 5489069.5 | 189.7 | 2.0 | 273.0 | 7 |
| HDFN-CH-25-02 | Channel Sample | 554845.8 | 5489068.5 | 190.0 | 11.0 | 271.0 | 2 |
| HDFN-CH-25-03 | Channel Sample | 554845.1 | 5489077.0 | 188.7 | 17.0 | 261.0 | 4 |
| HDFN-CH-25-04 | Channel Sample | 554845.1 | 5489082.7 | 188.6 | 12.5 | 250.0 | 5 |
| HDFN-CH-25-05 | Channel Sample | 554832.8 | 5489078.1 | 189.7 | 1.0 | 197.0 | 6 |
| HDFN-CH-25-06 | Channel Sample | 554832.2 | 5489078.2 | 189.7 | 1.0 | 170.0 | 2 |
| HDGC-25-271 | Drill hole | 554851.7 | 5489060.7 | 191.3 | 31.0 | 270.0 | -45 |
| HDGC-25-272 | Drill hole | 554856.8 | 5489070.0 | 191.5 | 46.0 | 270.0 | -45 |
| HDGC-25-273 | Drill hole | 554867.5 | 5489070.3 | 191.3 | 64.0 | 270.0 | -45 |
| HDGC-25-274 | Drill hole | 554862.5 | 5489060.2 | 191.7 | 61.0 | 270.0 | -45 |
| HDGC-25-275 | Drill hole | 554856.3 | 5489047.1 | 194.8 | 40.0 | 270.0 | -45 |
| HDGC-25-276 | Drill hole | 554863.0 | 5489076.8 | 191.4 | 49.0 | 271.0 | -45 |
Qualified Person
Exploration activities at the Hammerdown Gold Project are administered on site by the Company's Exploration Manager, Larry Pilgrim, P.Geo. In accordance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, Larry Pilgrim, P.Geo. Exploration Manager, is the Qualified Person for the Company and has prepared, validated and approved the technical and scientific content of this press release. The Company strictly adheres to CIM Best Practices Guidelines in conducting, documenting, and reporting its exploration activities on its exploration projects.
Analytical Procedures
All samples assayed and pertaining to this press release were completed by Eastern Analytical Limited (EAL) located at Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador. EAL is an ISO 17025:2005 accredited laboratory for a defined scope of procedures. EAL has no relationship to Maritime. Drill core samples are collected from NQ sized diamond drill core and sawn in half. The half core samples are delivered in sealed plastic bags to EAL by Maritime field crews where they are dried, crushed, and pulped. Samples are crushed to approximately 80% passing a minus 10 mesh and split using a riffle splitter to approximately 250 grams. A ring mill is used to pulverize the sample split to 95% passing a minus 150 mesh. Sample rejects are securely stored at the EAL site for future reference. A 30-gram representative sample is selected for analysis from the 250 grams after which EAL applies a fire assay fusion followed by acid digestion and analysis by atomic absorption for gold analysis. Other metals were analyzed by applying an acid digestion and 34 element ICP analysis finish. EAL runs a comprehensive QA/QC program of standards, duplicates and blanks within each sample stream.
About Maritime Resources Corp.
Maritime (TSXV: MAE) (OTC Pink: MRTMF) is a gold exploration and development company focused on advancing the Hammerdown Gold Project in the Baie Verte District of Newfoundland and Labrador, a top tier global mining jurisdiction. Maritime holds a 100% interest directly and subject to option agreements entitling it to earn 100% ownership in the Green Bay Property which includes the former Hammerdown gold mine and the Orion gold project. Maritime controls over 439 km2 of exploration land including the Green Bay, Whisker Valley, Gull Ridge and Point Rousse projects. Mineral processing assets owned by Maritime in the Baie Verte mining district include the Pine Cove mill and the Nugget Pond gold circuit.
On Behalf of the Board:
Maritime Resources CORP.
Garett Macdonald, MBA, P.Eng.
President and Chief Executive Officer
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With a strategic foothold in British Columbia’s most prospective mining belts, Finlay Minerals is an emerging copper-gold-silver exploration company with a compelling investment story, backed by a 30-year technical legacy and disciplined approach to discovery.
Finlay Minerals (TSXV:FYL,OTCQB:FYMNF) is a Vancouver-based mineral exploration company focused on advancing copper, gold and silver projects in British Columbia’s premier mining districts, particularly within the richly mineralized and productive Stikine Terrane. The company’s strategic objective is to discover and develop high-quality porphyry and epithermal deposits through a combination of geological expertise, partner-funded programs, and disciplined capital deployment.
Founders John J. Barakso and Robert Brown at the PIL Property
Finlay’s value proposition is anchored in its 2025 agreements with Freeport-McMoRan – one of the world’s largest copper producers – which is actively funding the advancement of the PIL and ATTY projects in the Toodoggone District. These earn-in agreements provide a non-dilutive path to unlock value from Finlay’s flagship assets, while enabling the company to focus internal resources on regional-scale exploration at its SAY, JJB and Silver Hope properties.
The company benefits from a seasoned technical team with regional expertise and a deep understanding of the geologic architecture of British Columbia. New exploration initiatives, such as those along the Bear Lake Corridor, position Finlay for new discovery potential across multiple fronts. With metal prices trending higher and a favorable operating environment in Canada, Finlay Minerals offers exposure to copper and gold discoveries in one of the safest and most geologically endowed jurisdictions globally.
The 100 percent owned PIL property spans 13,374 hectares in the prolific Toodoggone mining district in British Columbia and was staked over 30 years ago by Finlay’s founders. It hosts multiple copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry and gold-silver epithermal targets within the 70 km regional porphyry corridor trend, situated near major deposits including Centerra Gold’s Kemess complex and the Amarc-Freeport AuRORA discovery. Notable targets on the property include PIL South (2.5 x 2.0 km soil geochemical anomaly with supported IP anomaly), Copper Ridge (soil anomaly 1.9 x 1.3 km) and Spruce (rock samples up to 18.4 percent copper). Historical drilling includes 72 holes totaling over 17,000 metres, with new targets emerging from recent geophysical and geochemical work. Past drilling includes intersections like 162.0 m of 0.1 percent copper, 0.05 grams per ton gold and 7.1 g/t silver at PIL South, highlighting the potential for bulk tonnage copper-gold systems.
Finlay has announced an earn-in agreement with Freeport-McMoRan, which may invest up to $25 million in exploration expenditures to earn 80 percent interest over six years, signaling high confidence in the PIL project's tier-1 potential. A broad and systematic exploration plan is in place for the 2025 season, involving surface sampling with updated analysis techniques, mapping and detailed geophysical surveys.
Covering 3,875 hectares, the 100 percent owned ATTY property, also in the Toodoggone District, lies directly north of the Kemess East and Underground deposits. It shares similar stratigraphy and alteration patterns and is interpreted to host an extension of the Kemess North trend. The property hosts eight epithermal and porphyry targets, including two main targets, the KEM and Wrich targets, which have been delineated through IP surveys and/or geochemistry, pointing toward porphyry centers. Thirteen holes totaling 3,971 meters have been drilled to date, but the main IP chargeability zone remains untested at depth. With similarities to the upper Kemess East deposit and structural alignment with the adjacent Joy project (Amarc/Freeport), ATTY is considered a high-priority drill target and is fully permitted for 2025. Finlay has announced an earn-in agreement with Freeport-McMoRan, which may invest up to $10 million in exploration expenditures to earn 80 percent interest over six years, signaling high confidence in the ATTY project's tier-1 potential.
The SAY property is a 100 percent owned, early-stage exploration project covering 26,202 hectares within the underexplored Bear Lake Corridor of the Stikine Terrane. Located 140 km north of Smithers, BC, it is accessible by helicopter with logging roads nearby. The project hosts structurally controlled high-grade copper and silver mineralization at the SPUR Target, which includes the AG Zone, East Breccia and Western Shear. Recent surface sampling returned exceptional grades such as 14.5 percent copper and 850 g/t silver from East Breccia, and 11.2 percent copper and 819 g/t silver from the AG Zone. Copper and silver exposures at the AG Zone have been observed over a 200 by 200 metre area. The mineralization occurs along a 4.3 km ridgeline with strong magnetic signatures, spatially related to local faults, intrusive dykes and breccias. The SHEL target, associated with molybdenum, adds porphyry-style upside. A property-wide mag survey and extensive surface sampling program is planned in 2025 to systematically evaluate the copper potential of the SAY property.
The fully owned JJB property spans 15,453 hectares and lies 4 km north of SAY within the same Bear Lake Corridor. Named after founder John J. Barakso, this grassroots property is in the early stages of exploration but offers significant blue-sky potential. The property shares the same tectonic setting as NAK and DUKE and will benefit from the technical momentum established at SAY. Logging roads and an airstrip are within 10 km of the JJB claims, providing nearby staging areas for this heli-access project. Systematic geological mapping and sampling, alongside airborne mag surveys, are planned to generate drill targets in the near term.
The Silver Hope property covers 21,322 hectares surrounding the historic Equity Silver mine in the Skeena Arch. This 100 percent owned asset hosts the Main Trend, a >2 km copper-silver-gold mineralized system extending from the Newmont owned, past-producing, Equity Silver mine. Historical drilling (over 41,000 m) has intersected broad mineralized zones, including 282 m @ 0.23 percent copper, 6.4 g/t silver and 0.01 g/t gold. Other notable intercepts include 133 m @ 0.30 percent copper and 7.6 g/t silver. The West Cu-Mo Porphyry target adds a large-scale copper-molybdenum opportunity to the mix, and the project is fully permitted for drilling.
Ilona Lindsay has over 15 years of experience with Finlay and is the daughter of company co-founder John J. Barakso. She has overseen corporate operations, financings and tenure management. Under her leadership, the company has transitioned toward institutional-grade exploration partnerships while maintaining fiscal discipline. She is also a director of the Barakso family companies.
A retired professional engineer with over 40 years of experience in porphyry and epithermal systems, Robert Brown co-founded Finlay and played a critical role in identifying and acquiring its land packages. He previously served as VP exploration for Great Panther Mining and worked with LAC Minerals. His technical vision continues to shape the company’s exploration direction.
Wade Barnes is a P.Geo. and Qualified Person (QP) with over 20 years of geological experience in BC. He was co-recipient of the AMEBC H.H. “Spud” Huestis Award for the discovery of Kemess East deposit in the Toodoggone. At Finlay, he leads technical execution and target development across the portfolio.
With over two decades of industry experience, including senior roles at Pretium Resources (Brucejack Mine) and Brixton Metals, Susan Flasha brings strong expertise in project evaluation and strategic growth.
A CPA with over 30 years in mining finance, Gord Steblin ensures sound financial governance and supports Finlay’s budgeting, reporting and fundraising activities. He serves as CFO for several other exploration-stage companies.
