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Bravada Gold Corp (2)
Symbol BVA
Shares Issued 131,638,502
Close 2023-05-30 C$ 0.05
Market Cap C$ 6,581,925
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Bravada signs LOI to option Baxter to Endeavour

2023-05-30 11:20 ET - News Release

Also News Release (C-EDR) Endeavour Silver Corp

Mr. Joseph Kizis reports

BRAVADA SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT TO OPTION BAXTER AU/AG PROPERTY IN NEVADA TO ENDEAVOUR SILVER

Bravada Gold Corp. has signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with Endeavour Silver Corp., granting Endeavour the option to earn an 85-per-cent interest in the company's Baxter gold and silver property, located directly north of Endeavour's Bruner project in Nevada's Walker Lane gold trend. Baxter consists of 114 unpatented lode claims (approximately 920 hectares).

Pursuant to the LOI, subject to the execution of a definitive agreement in respect of the transaction, Endeavour will have the right to explore and the option to earn an 85-per-cent interest in Baxter by, among other things, incurring $4.5-million (U.S.) in exploration, development and option expenditures on Baxter over a five-year period from the effective date of the definitive agreement.

The LOI provides that Endeavour shall make annual cash option payments of $100,000 (U.S.) to Bravada, 50 per cent of which may be paid in common shares of Endeavour at its sole discretion, and incur exploration expenditures on Baxter as follows:

  • Year 1 -- $250,000 (U.S.);
  • Year 2 -- $250,000 (U.S.);
  • Year 3 -- $500,000 (U.S.);
  • Year 4 -- $1-million (U.S.);
  • Year 5 -- $2-million (U.S.).

Endeavour shall be entitled, in its sole discretion, to accelerate any time period for incurring the exploration expenditures or to elect to satisfy any of the exploration expenditures by cash payment to Bravada.

Upon completion of the exploration expenditures and payment of all of the option payments, Endeavour shall have exercised the option and Endeavour and Bravada will form an 85/15 joint venture, with Bravada carried to production with payback of Bravada's carried portion from the company's share of net income from the sale of all minerals produced from Baxter.

Extensive low-sulphidation-type gold and silver mineralization is exposed at surface and in reverse circulation holes drilled by Bravada and others on several target areas within Baxter. Additional mineralization may lie beneath a relatively thin veneer of gravel and postmineral volcanics in portions of the property. Drilling at the Sinter target has outlined near-surface gold mineralization that is open along strike and at depth. The best hole to date at Sinter is BAX16-13 (previously reported), which returned 0.88 gram of gold per tonne (g/t) from 32 to 64 metres (m) depth, including 6.1 m of 2.2 g/t gold. Approximately 300 m along strike is a single hole, BAX17-07 (previously reported), which returned a 9.1 m interval beginning at 198.6 m depth of 1.38 g/t Au, including three m of 3.7 g/t Au. The intercept in hole BAX17-07 is untested up and down dip, and the intervening ground to BAX16-13 is undrilled and covered by shallow alluvium. Soil sampling is planned soon, with results guiding a detailed drill delineation program.

President Joe Kizis commented: "This potential agreement with a growing, successful mining company like Endeavour Silver is a great, low-risk opportunity for Bravada to piggyback off of Endeavour's adjacent Bruner deposit. Endeavour benefits from adding potentially high-margin, shallow oxidized gold from the Sinter target for a modelled heap-leach site on Bruner that is directly south of Baxter's claim boundary.

"Bravada's broad portfolio of high-quality gold properties in Nevada continues to receive active interest by potential partners, and the company looks forward to announcing other beneficial deals if and when they mature."

Further details regarding the proposed transaction will be provided in a comprehensive news release if, and when, the parties enter into a definitive agreement. The proposed transaction is subject to, among other things, the completion of satisfactory due diligence, the execution of the definitive agreement and the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Bravada Gold Corp.

Bravada is an exploration company with a portfolio of high-quality properties in Nevada, one of the best mining jurisdictions in the world. Bravada has successfully identified and advanced properties with the potential to host high-margin deposits while successfully attracting partners to finance later stages of project development. Bravada's value is underpinned by a substantial gold and silver resource with a positive preliminary economic assessment at Wind Mountain, and the company has significant upside potential from possible new discoveries at its exploration properties.

Since 2005, the company entered into 32 earn-in joint venture agreements for its properties with 19 publicly traded companies, as well as a similar number of property acquisition agreements with private individuals. Bravada currently has 10 projects in its portfolio, consisting of 810 claims for approximately 6,500 hectares in the Battle Mountain/Eureka and Walker Lane trends, two of Nevada's most prolific gold trends. Most of the projects host encouraging drill intercepts of gold and already have drill targets developed.

Joseph Anthony Kizis (AIPG CPG-11513) is the qualified person for the company and is responsible for reviewing and preparing the technical data presented in this release and has approved their disclosure.

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