Mr. Christopher Pennimpede reports
CANTERRA MINERALS ANNOUNCES THE FORMATION OF TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR CRITICAL MINERALS PROJECTS, NEWFOUNDLAND
Canterra Minerals Corp. has formed a technical advisory committee to best position the company for shareholders by leveraging its high-quality critical minerals projects in central Newfoundland. This strategic approach aims to capitalize on the opportunity Canterra has created by consolidating all the known VMS (volcanogenic massive sulphide) deposits in the central Newfoundland critical minerals belt.
For the first time, all seven known deposits, including the prolific past-producing Buchans mine, are owned and operated by one company and can be explored as one district opportunity. These projects are geared toward addressing the anticipated shortages in various essential elements, including zinc, copper and silver, in the coming years.
Building a world-class advisory board
Dr. Stephen Piercey
Dr. Piercey is a university research professor at Memorial University, and a principal of SJPGeoConsulting, where he leads the Piercey Research Group which utilizes field and laboratory methods to understand the setting, genesis and exploration of mineral deposits and the crustal growth and evolution of orogenic belts. Dr. Piercey is a specialist in lithostratigraphy, volcanology and the sedimentary evolution of mineral deposits, and will add valuable expertise on volcanogenic massive sulphides (VMS). Dr. Piercey's research has focused on VMS deposits in Canada and globally, including in Newfoundland where he has published research on Canterra's Lemarchant and Buchans deposits.
Dr. Rodney Allen
Dr. Allen is a consultant geologist with more than 40 years of experience worldwide and is considered to be the foremost expert on VMS deposits, teaching short courses and running field workshops on volcanic and sediment-hosted ore deposits, volcanology, and alteration systems. Dr. Allen spent 10 years as Boliden's chief scientist and research and development geologist and his practical, hands-on approach on the interpretation of volcanic rocks, alteration systems, and the mapping and interpretation of complicated ore deposits will add valuable expertise.
Randy Turner
Mr. Turner is a professional geologist with over 50 years of experience in Canadian and international mineral exploration, business and finance. Mr. Turner spent 20 years with Esso Minerals Canada and AGIP Mining Ltd. exploring for uranium, gold and base metals. As president of Trimin Resources Ltd. he was involved in the development and sale of the McIlvenna Bay copper/zinc deposit in Saskatchewan. Mr. Turner's notable career achievements include guiding Winspear Diamonds Inc. from the discovery of the Snap Lake diamond deposit in northern Canada through to its sale to De Beers Mining for $305-million. In 2011, as president of Silverquest Resources Ltd., Mr. Turner was involved in the acquisition by New Gold Inc. of the Capoose and Blackwater projects for $180-million. Mr. Turner was the recipient of the Hugo Dummett award in 2007, for his contributions to diamond exploration.
Joanne Kearney
Ms. Kearney has 20 years of experience advising Canada's mining and capital markets industries, with a focus on transactional communications, corporate affairs and crisis management. She has acted as a communications adviser on more than $80-billion of Canada's largest mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism mandates, corporate restructurings, mine development projects, operational crises, and litigation issues. She has been a strategist on numerous reputation-building efforts across the mining sector, including the #Disrupt Mining challenges and the This is Mining campaign. Ms. Kearney is vice-chair of the board of directors for the UHN Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the third-best-ranked hospital in the world. In this capacity, she sits on the nominating and governance committee and is board champion for the $200-million Transplant Campaign, in support of the Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN -- North America's largest organ transplant program. Ms. Kearney holds a degree in political science from McGill University.
Christopher Pennimpede, chief executive officer of Canterra, commented: "A world-class VMS belt requires a world-class technical team to unlock its value. With the appointment of the above individuals to complement the already very deep technical team based in Newfoundland, Canterra is now poised to make new discoveries in this prolific Zn-Cu-Ag-Au belt. Canterra has world-class assets, particularly with the acquisition of the high-grade Buchans past-producing mine. Our focus is to expand the resource and introduce this deposit to the market, a first for a public company, while also carefully managing our finances to maximize shareholder value. The metals business looks promising, especially with potential supply shortages, highlighting the importance of our high-grade projects in safe and stable jurisdictions of which Newfoundland currently rates top in the world."
Stock option grant and engagement of IR services
The company announces that it has engaged Machai Capital Inc. to provide investor relations services to the company. Machai is based in Vancouver, B.C., and will be providing promotional activities including branding, content and data optimization to assist the Canterra to create in-depth marketing campaigns, tracking, organizing and executing the services through search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), lead generation, digital marketing, social media marketing and brand marketing. Machai commenced working with the company March 11, 2024, and was paid $66,000 upon signing the agreement for its services with an expected 12-month term totalling $200,000 plus applicable taxes. Compensation will be paid in thirds with termination of the agreement at the company's discretion. The company deals at arm's length with Machai.
The company granted a total of 3,076,302 options to various advisers and consultants pursuant to the terms of the company's share-based incentive plan and subject to regulatory approval. The options are exercisable at a price of seven cents per share for a period of five years from the grant date and may include vesting provisions.
About Canterra Minerals Corp.
Canterra Minerals is a diversified minerals exploration company with a focus on critical minerals in central Newfoundland. Canterra's projects include seven mineral deposits located in close proximity to Teck Resources' past-producing Duck Pond mine and ASARCO's past-producing Buchans mine. These mines produced copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold. Each of Canterra's deposits supports a historical mineral resource estimate prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM) definition standards for mineral resources and mineral reserves current at their respective effective dates. All of the historical resource estimates were prepared prior to Canterra acquiring the properties that contain the associated mineral deposit. The historical resource estimates are relevant, as they demonstrate the geological character and three-dimensional continuity of each deposit, all of which contain, in part, semi-massive to massive sulphide mineralization, and highlight each deposit area's considerable exploration potential.
Canterra is not treating the historical resource estimates as current mineral resources and a qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical resource estimates as current mineral resources. References for each historical mineral resource estimate that comprise Canterra's historical resource estimates and their associated technical reports can be found on Canterra's website.
In addition, Canterra holds exploration-stage gold properties that cover 80 kilometres of strike length of the regional gold-bearing Rogerson Lake structural corridor that hosts Calibre Mining Corp.'s development-stage Valentine Lake gold project. Canterra's Newfoundland gold projects have been subject to four drilling campaigns, demonstrating many gold occurrences and warranting further exploration. In Alberta, Canada, Canterra also holds a 50-per-cent interest and is operator of the Buffalo Hills diamond project, with Star Diamond Corp. holding the remaining interest. The Buffalo Hills diamond project has been subject to considerable exploration expenditures, including a bulk sample, which has identified 38 kimberlites.
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release was reviewed and approved by Paul Moore, PGeo, vice-president, exploration, of Canterra. Mr. Moore is a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101.
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