Sudbury, January 22, 2019 – Transition Metals Corp (XTM – TSX.V) (“Transition”, “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the ~14 square kilometre Maude Lake Ni-Cu-Co-PGM property located near Schreiber, Ontario (Figure 1). The property covers a known high-grade magmatic Ni-Cu-Co-PGM showing where grab samples collected by Novawest Resources Inc. in 2002 were reported to have returned values of up to 6.23 % Ni and up to 2.48 % Cu1 (Table 1). Base metal sulphides occur as massive to vein-like and net-textured aggregates along the contact between a mafic-ultramafic intrusion to the south and granite to the north.
CEO Scott McLean commented, “The high-grade nature of the surface mineralization and the potential for a more extensive mineralized system along the major contact are very attractive. Furthermore, it appears that past exploration has not tested the property effectively. A systematic exploration program utilizing modern geophysics is planned to fully evaluate the property potential and attract a partner for further drilling.”
Transition retains the right and option to earn a 100% interest in the property by issuing $25,000 in cash and $25,000 in shares to the Vendor over a 6-month period. If the Company vests its interest, the Vendor would retain a 2% Net Smelter Return royalty (NSR) with Transition retaining the right to buy back 1.5% NSR for $2.0 million.
About The Maude Lake Property
The property is located approximately 10 kilometres north of the community of Schreiber, Ontario. It consists of staked mining claims on crown land that covers approximately 1,398 hectares in Pays Plat Lake area, Lower Aguasabon Lake area and Priske Township. The property is located on the southern limb of the Archean Hemlo-Schreiber greenstone belt and covers the contact between mafic to felsic volcanic lithologies to the south and the Crossman Lake granitic pluton to the north. Late sill-like mafic to ultramafic bodies are intruded along the contact host the main Ni-Cu-Co-PGM showing (Smyk, 1993).
Base metal sulphides occur as massive to vein-like and net-textured aggregates along the contact between the mafic-ultramafic intrusion to the south and the granite to the north. The massive sulphide showing is exposed over a distance of approximately 75 m and ranges up to 2 m in width. It rapidly grades into disseminated mineralization in both the mafic-ultramafic intrusion and the granite. The sulphide showing consists primarily of anastomosing sulphide veins and massive sulphide hosted in brecciated granite. Sulphides within the mafic-ultramafic intrusion and away from the main mineralized zone tend to be fine grained disseminated to blebby sulphides (Smyk. 1993).
Drilling by Zenmac Metal Mines Inc.3 in 1969-1970 extended the surface mineralization down-dip to a vertical depth of 150 m. Overall drill results returned values lower than the main showing but hole 7 returned 1.0 % Ni, 0.32 % Cu over 15 feet from 245-260 feet including a higher grade section of 1.56 % Ni and 0.41 % Cu over 5 feet. In 2001 Novawest Resources Inc.4 acquired the property and completed surface sampling, mapping, geophysics and diamond drilling as well as filling a NI43-101 Qualifying Report on the property in 2004. Highlights from this work include a series of grab samples1 collected from the main showing which were release in 2002 (Table 1).
Table 1: Assay results for grab samples collected by Novawest Resources Inc. on the Maude Lake Property and publicly released January 2, 2002. The grab samples are selected samples and are not necessarily representative or indicative of the mineralization hosted on the property.
| Sample | Ni % | Cu % | Co % | Pt ppb | Pd ppb |
Au ppb |
Pd+Pt+Au ppb |
| P163711 | 1.72 | 1.63 | 0.04 | 84 | 492 | 22 | 598 |
| P163712 | 2.59 | 2.48 | 0.05 | 78 | 292 | 18 | 388 |
| P163713 | 2.54 | 0.35 | 0.05 | 28 | 166 | 8 | 202 |
| P163714 | 6.23 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 54 | 342 | 29 | 425 |
| P163715 | 2.32 | 1.29 | 0.10 | 108 | 256 | 46 | 410 |
| P163716 | 0.14 | 1.33 | 0.02 | 32 | 66 | 34 | 132 |
| P163721 | 0.52 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 23 | 76 | 15 | 114 |
| P163723 | 1.63 | 0.78 | 0.05 | 68 | 258 | 34 | 360 |
| P163726 | 0.18 | 2.10 | 0.20 | 100 | 72 | 38 | 210 |
| P163728 | 1.36 | 0.67 | 0.26 | 48 | 34 | 4 | 86 |
| P163729 | 1.88 | 2.29 | 0.35 | 306 | 70 | 66 | 442 |
| P163730 | 1.55 | 0.66 | 0.08 | 26 | 66 | 26 | 118 |
| P163732 | 2.00 | 1.30 | 0.10 | 72 | 360 | 42 | 474 |
| P163744 | 2.72 | 0.39 | 0.05 | 11 | 97 | 19 | 127 |
| P163747 | 1.00 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 28 | 84 | 20 | 132 |
| P163748 | 4.98 | 0.73 | 0.10 | 120 | 560 | 80 | 760 |
| P163749 | 4.76 | 0.53 | 0.10 | 299 | 509 | 30 | 838 |
| P163750 | 4.26 | 1.03 | 0.08 | 144 | 500 | 67 | 711 |
¹ Source: Press Release, Nova West Resources Inc., January 2, 2002.
2 Source: Smyk, M.C., (1993) Preliminary Investigation of the Nicopor Copper-Nickel Prospect, Northwestern Ontario, Institute on Lake Superior Geology, Proceeding Volume 39 Part 1 – Program and Abstracts, p.72.
3 Source: Assessment Report, Ontario Northern Development and Mines, Zenmac Metal Mines Inc., 42D14NW0045
4 Source: Press Release, Nova West Resources Inc., July 6, 2001.
Qualified Person
The technical elements of this press release have been reviewed and approved by Mr. Grant Mourre, P.Geo. (APGO), a Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101. The reader is cautioned that historical assay results cited above have not been verified by the Qualified Person and should not be relied upon.
Transition Metals Corp
Transition Metals Corp (XTM -TSX.V) is a Canadian-based, multi-commodity project generator that specializes in converting new exploration ideas into discoveries. The award-winning team of geoscientists has extensive exploration experience which actively develops and tests new ideas for discovering mineralization in places where others have not searched, often allowing the company to acquire properties inexpensively. Joint venture partners earn an interest in the projects by funding a portion of higher-risk drilling and exploration, allowing Transition to conserve capital and minimize shareholder’s equity dilution.
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Further information is available at www.transitionmetalscorp.com or by contacting:
Scott McLean
President and CEO
Transition Metals Corp.
Tel: (705) 669-1777
Figure 1: Location of the Maude Lake Property and Transition Metals Ni-Cu-PGM Projects
