5 May 2022
Toronto, Ontario, May 5, 2022 – Nighthawk Gold Corp. (“Nighthawk” or the “Company”) (TSX: NHK; OTCQX: MIMZF) is pleased to announce the appointment of John McBride, MSc., P.Geo., as the Vice President, Exploration. The Company has outlined its fully funded 2-Year Exploration Program at its district-scale property in Northwest Territories, Canada.
Keyvan Salehi, P.Eng., President & CEO commented, “We are excited to have John join the Company as our Vice President of Exploration, at a critical phase of advancement of our exploration assets in our district-scale land package in the Northwest Territories. Our Company will benefit from his extensive experience with two robust Canadian mining projects, namely the Valentine Lake Gold Project and the Marathon Palladium-Copper Project.”
“With the successful update to our Mineral Resource Estimate along with the additional cash on our balance sheet, we believe Nighthawk is strongly positioned to continue advancing our assets towards a large-scale, open-pit gold project. Our fully funded 2-Year Exploration Program will focus on continuing to expand and increase confidence in the higher-grade, open-pit mineralization of our deposits. Phase 1 drilling will commence on May 9th, and we look forward to updating the markets on results on a timely basis.”
Vice President of Exploration Appointment
Mr. McBride has approximately 15 years of experience in advancing exploration projects, particularly in field-based geology across Canada in the exploration for precious metals, base metals and diamonds. Most recently, John was the Exploration Manager at Generation Mining Ltd., where he led the exploration programs that were essential in advancing the Marathon Palladium-Copper Project, located in Northern Ontario, Canada, towards a definitive feasibility study. Previously, Mr. McBride was a Senior Exploration Geologist at Marathon Gold Corp., where he managed the exploration programs for the Valentine Lake Gold Project, located in Newfoundland, Canada, resulting in the expansion of the known open-pit mineralization of the project’s deposits. John graduated from Lakehead University with a HBSc. in Geology (2007) and a MSc. in Geology (2010) and is a member in good standing with the association of Professional Geoscientists in Ontario, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Previous Nighthawk Vice President of Exploration, Richard Roy, P.Geo., has resigned from the Company in pursuit of other endeavours. The Company would like to thank Richard for his contributions.
2-Year Exploration Program
The Company plans on completing up to 100,000 metres of drilling at its properties over the next 24 months in a phased approach. Phase 1 drilling will commence on May 9th and will have the following components:
The Company believes Phase 1 targets have the highest probability of delivering near-surface, higher-grade, mineral resources per metre of drilling. The results from Phase 1 drilling will inform the drill program for Phase 2. Details for the Phase 2 drilling program will be provided at a later date, following the completion of the Phase 1 drilling.
Technical Information
Nighthawk has implemented a quality-control program to comply with best practices in the sampling and analysis of drill core. Drill core samples were transported in security-sealed bags for analyses at ALS Global Assay Laboratory in Vancouver, BC (“ALS Global”). ALS Global is an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory. Pulp and metallics assaying for gold were conducted on the entire pulverized sample.
As part of its QA/QC program, Nighthawk inserts external gold standards (low to high-grade) and blanks every 20 samples in addition to the standards, blanks, and pulp duplicates inserted by ALS Global.
Technical Report and Qualified Persons
John McBride, P.Geo., V.P. Exploration of Nighthawk, who is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 for this project, has reviewed and approved of the scientific and technical disclosure contained in this news release.
About Nighthawk
Nighthawk is a Canadian-based gold exploration company with 100% ownership of more than 930 km2 of district-scale land position within the Indin Lake Greenstone Gold Belt, located approximately 200 km north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The Company is advancing several highly prospective exploration targets. The Colomac Centre and Satellite deposits currently has a Mineral Resource Estimate1 of 58.2 million tonnes grading 1.44 g/t Au for 2.69 million ounces in the Indicated category and 19.7 million tonnes grading 2.10 g/t Au for 1.33 million ounces in the Inferred category. Nighthawk’s experienced management team, with a track record of successfully advancing projects and operating mines, is working towards demonstrating the economic viability of its assets and rapidly advancing its projects towards a development decision.
Toronto, Ontario, May 5, 2022 – Nighthawk Gold Corp. (“Nighthawk” or the “Company”) (TSX: NHK; OTCQX: MIMZF) is pleased to announce the appointment of John McBride, MSc., P.Geo., as the Vice President, Exploration. The Company has outlined its fully funded 2-Year Exploration Program at its district-scale property in Northwest Territories, Canada.
Keyvan Salehi, P.Eng., President & CEO commented, “We are excited to have John join the Company as our Vice President of Exploration, at a critical phase of advancement of our exploration assets in our district-scale land package in the Northwest Territories. Our Company will benefit from his extensive experience with two robust Canadian mining projects, namely the Valentine Lake Gold Project and the Marathon Palladium-Copper Project.”
“With the successful update to our Mineral Resource Estimate along with the additional cash on our balance sheet, we believe Nighthawk is strongly positioned to continue advancing our assets towards a large-scale, open-pit gold project. Our fully funded 2-Year Exploration Program will focus on continuing to expand and increase confidence in the higher-grade, open-pit mineralization of our deposits. Phase 1 drilling will commence on May 9th, and we look forward to updating the markets on results on a timely basis.”
Vice President of Exploration Appointment
Mr. McBride has approximately 15 years of experience in advancing exploration projects, particularly in field-based geology across Canada in the exploration for precious metals, base metals and diamonds. Most recently, John was the Exploration Manager at Generation Mining Ltd., where he led the exploration programs that were essential in advancing the Marathon Palladium-Copper Project, located in Northern Ontario, Canada, towards a definitive feasibility study. Previously, Mr. McBride was a Senior Exploration Geologist at Marathon Gold Corp., where he managed the exploration programs for the Valentine Lake Gold Project, located in Newfoundland, Canada, resulting in the expansion of the known open-pit mineralization of the project’s deposits. John graduated from Lakehead University with a HBSc. in Geology (2007) and a MSc. in Geology (2010) and is a member in good standing with the association of Professional Geoscientists in Ontario, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Previous Nighthawk Vice President of Exploration, Richard Roy, P.Geo., has resigned from the Company in pursuit of other endeavours. The Company would like to thank Richard for his contributions.
2-Year Exploration Program
The Company plans on completing up to 100,000 metres of drilling at its properties over the next 24 months in a phased approach. Phase 1 drilling will commence on May 9th and will have the following components:
The Company believes Phase 1 targets have the highest probability of delivering near-surface, higher-grade, mineral resources per metre of drilling. The results from Phase 1 drilling will inform the drill program for Phase 2. Details for the Phase 2 drilling program will be provided at a later date, following the completion of the Phase 1 drilling.
Technical Information
Nighthawk has implemented a quality-control program to comply with best practices in the sampling and analysis of drill core. Drill core samples were transported in security-sealed bags for analyses at ALS Global Assay Laboratory in Vancouver, BC (“ALS Global”). ALS Global is an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory. Pulp and metallics assaying for gold were conducted on the entire pulverized sample.
As part of its QA/QC program, Nighthawk inserts external gold standards (low to high-grade) and blanks every 20 samples in addition to the standards, blanks, and pulp duplicates inserted by ALS Global.
Technical Report and Qualified Persons
John McBride, P.Geo., V.P. Exploration of Nighthawk, who is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 for this project, has reviewed and approved of the scientific and technical disclosure contained in this news release.
About Nighthawk
Nighthawk is a Canadian-based gold exploration company with 100% ownership of more than 930 km2 of district-scale land position within the Indin Lake Greenstone Gold Belt, located approximately 200 km north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The Company is advancing several highly prospective exploration targets. The Colomac Centre and Satellite deposits currently has a Mineral Resource Estimate1 of 58.2 million tonnes grading 1.44 g/t Au for 2.69 million ounces in the Indicated category and 19.7 million tonnes grading 2.10 g/t Au for 1.33 million ounces in the Inferred category. Nighthawk’s experienced management team, with a track record of successfully advancing projects and operating mines, is working towards demonstrating the economic viability of its assets and rapidly advancing its projects towards a development decision.