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2 March 2023
Fulcrum Metals plc
("Fulcrum" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Schreiber-Hemlo Project - Update
High grade gold samples and next steps
Fulcrum Metals plc (LON: FMET), the Canadian focused multi-commodity explorer, is pleased to provide an update and results of a prospecting programme carried out at the Big Bear property, part of the wider Schreiber-Hemlo project area covering approximately 113km2, undertaken during the months of June 2022 and September 2022. The programme was undertaken by Bayside Geoscience, the Group's third-party exploration contractor.
Highlights
· Programme centred around the Schreiber area covering 5 historic mineral occurrences and gold workings (Figure 1 below)
· A total of 45 rock samples were collected for assay, with results confirming prospectivity, including high-grade gold results:
o Best values included 45g/t Au, 37.4g/t Au and 33.6g/t Au
o 5 samples out of the 45 collected produced grades in excess of 10g/t Au and 9 samples in excess of 1g/t Au (Figures 2 and 3 below)
· Successful detailed mapping of important shear zones with the potential for the discovery and development of an economic mineral deposit
· Initial structural observations between the Cook Lake and Pyramid Schreiber showings, and earlier soil sampling results from Panther Metals plc, have identified a potential regional-scale shear zone passing through this area on a single mineralised structural system. (Figure 4 below)
· Based on the geological and structural setting of the property, it may have potential to host a large, structurally controlled, stratabound-style banded iron formation (BIF) gold prospect similar to the Musselwhite deposit (McNicoll et al., 2016), in addition to an Archean greenstone, orogenic-style lode gold prospect, extending past the bounds of known historical mineral occurrences.
Ryan Mee, Chief Executive Officer of Fulcrum Metals, commented:
"I am delighted to report on the successful exploration programme at the Big Bear property within our Schreiber - Hemlo project and our first announcement since listing on AIM last month. The sampling programme has returned exceptional gold assays of up to 45 g/t and several in excess of 10 g/t which really outlines the excellent prospectivity of just one target area among many.
"The detailed mapping suggests a much larger mineralised structure than acknowledged previously and displays the historical and structural characteristics of being an excellent candidate for a large stratabound deposit or a high-grade lode gold deposit.
"We have a progressive exploration programme across our projects in addition to drilling planned at Big Bear in 2023 and I look forward to updating the market on our progress in due course."