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VANCOUVER, BC TheNewswire – January 2, 2025 Heritage Mining Ltd. (CSE: HML FRA:Y66) (‘ Heritage ‘ or the ‘ Company ‘) is pleased to announce it has exercised its option (the ‘ Option ‘) to acquire 40 mining claims in Ontario (the ‘ Zarn Lake Claims ‘) pursuant to an option agreement dated January 6, 2021 (the ‘ Option Agreement ‘) between the Company and Paul Riives (‘ Paul Riives ‘). The Zarn Lake Claims are contiguous with and form a portion of the Company’s flagship Drayton – Black Lake Project (Figure 1,2,3).
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‘We are thrilled to exercise our option to Acquire 100% of the Zarn Lake Claims. The District has seen significant strategic capital inflow recent years from major players (Figure 1), we are proud to increase our ownership position supporting our interest in developing the District and its immense potential. Drilling on these claims set to recommence mid to late January 2025, targeting the intersection of two mineralized quartz vein systems
Figure 1: HML Project Portfolio Ontario, Canada
in the immediate vicinity of this highest-grade sample on the project, 2,330 g/t Au. The Zarn Lake Claims also
include key technical areas of interest highlighted from Brett Davis, Advisor to Heritage Mining and Dr. Gregg Morrison, Advisor to Heritage from prior technical analysis October and November 2024.’ Commented Peter Schloo, President, CEO and Director of Heritage.
‘ This is an important strategic addition to the HML land package, encompassing extensions of previously unrecognised trends that recent prospecting has confirmed as being prospective for gold mineralisation.’ Commented Brett Davis, Advisor to Heritage.
To exercise the Option, the Company paid Riives an additional $70,000 cash, issued Riives an additional $50,000 of common shares (‘ Common Shares ‘) in the capital of the Company (833,333 Common Shares at a deemed price of $0.06 per Common Share) and incurred an additional $250,000 in project expenditures between the second and the third anniversary of the Option Agreement. Riives retains a 2% net smelter returns royalty on the Zarn Lake Claims with a buy back of 1% for $1,000,000 and an advanced royalty payment of $1,000 per year after the Company commences commercial production on the Zarn Lake Claims.
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Figure 2: DBL Total Property Outline
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Figure 3: DBL Project: Reduced-to-Pole Magnetic Intensity over Bedrock Geology
Qualified Person
Mitch Lavery P. Geo, Strategic Advisor for the Company, serves as a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and has reviewed the scientific and technical information in this news release, approving the disclosure herein.
ABOUT HERITAGE MINING LTD.
The Company is a Canadian mineral exploration company advancing its two high grade gold-silver-copper projects in Northwestern Ontario. The Drayton-Black Lake and the Contact Bay projects are located near Sioux Lookout in the underexplored Eagle-Wabigoon-Manitou Greenstone Belt . Both projects benefit from a wealth of historic data, excellent site access and logistical support from the local community. The Company is well capitalized, with a tight capital structure.
For further information, please contact:
Heritage Mining Ltd.
Peter Schloo, CPA, CA, CFA
President, CEO and Director
Phone: (905) 505-0918
Email: peter@heritagemining.ca
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