Churchill Resources Commences 5,000m Drilling at Taylor Brook; Completes $2,600,000 Private Placement
TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2023 - Churchill Resources Inc. ("Churchill" or the "Company") (TSXV: CRI) is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on the planned 5,000m program at its Taylor Brook Ni-Co-Cu project in western Newfoundland, Canada. The Company has also completed the second and final tranche of its previously announced, upsized non-brokered private placement of units of the Company (the "Units") raising gross proceeds of $2,600,000 (the "Private Placement").
Drilling is Underway at Taylor Brook
Churchill's previously announced 5,000m drilling program has commenced at Taylor Brook. MCL Drilling of Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, is currently at site with one rig and drilling has started with hole TB23-06E, one of five holes planned thus far targeting resistivity low features at depths of between 175m and 625m below surface. Please refer to Churchill's October 26, 2023 press release for more details.
Geophysical Surveying and Other Fieldwork Continues
Targeting for Churchill's drill program is expected to be further refined by ongoing CSAMT surveys and other field work running in parallel as drilling proceeds:
- The previously announced expanded CSAMT survey at Layden is now complete, with results and analysis (when available) expected to better delineate peripheral anomalies defined in the initial, smaller CSAMT survey.
- The geophysics crew has moved south to undertake CSAMT surveys over the location of highly anomalous Ni-Co-Cu soils:
- Surveying of the LIT-1 Ni anomaly grid is complete;
- Surveying of TBSL-1 Ni-Cu-Co anomaly grid on the margin of the South Lobe of the Taylor Brook Gabbro Complex is underway.
- Soil collection work is ongoing and will continue until impeded by winter weather.
- A Mobile MT commissioned for the entire Layden Intrusive Trend Taylor Brook Gabbro South Lobe corridor is now underway.
Paul Sobie, CEO of Churchill, said: "We are searching for district-scale, high-grade (and high tenor) Ni-Co-Cu sulphide systems; our results to date reinforce that Taylor Brook is a target-rich environment with enormous potential. For the first time at Layden, drilling at depth will test substantial conductor targets beneath known high grade nickel sulphide mineralization, hosted by similar and related magmatic rock. Across the Taylor Brook property, our geophysical surveying and other field work will continue in parallel as drilling proceeds, including advancing the LIT-1 and TBSL-1 anomalies to drill targets, as well as identifying new targets for follow-up along the entire prospective corridor."
The Private Placement
The Private Placement consisted of the sale of 52,000,000 Units at a price of $0.05 per Unit for gross proceeds of $2,600,000, of which 40,000,000 Units were offered and sold pursuant to tranche two of the Private Placement, each Unit comprised of one common share of Churchill (each, a "Common Share") and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share at a price of $0.15 at any time prior to the date which is two years following the completion of the Private Placement.
The Company intends to use the proceeds of the Private Placement for exploration activities on the Company's key projects located in Newfoundland & Labrador and general corporate purposes. The Securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement are subject to a statutory holder period of four months and one day.
Early Warning Disclosure
An early warning report will be filed in connection with the Private Placement by Mr. Malik Easah, who acquired 20,000,000 Units in the second tranche for investment purposes. Prior to the completion of the Private Placement, Mr Easah held, directly or indirectly, and/or had control or direction over an aggregate of 3,791,000 common shares, representing 3.72% on a non-diluted basis and partially diluted basis. Upon completion of the Private Placement, Mr Easah holds directly or indirectly, and/or has control and direction over 23,791,000 common shares and 10,000,000 common share purchase warrants, representing 16.76% of the outstanding common shares of the Company on a non-diluted basis. Mr Easah has also entered into a contractual lock-up with the Company which would prevent the exercise of any of the Warrants acquired pursuant to the Private Placement if such exercise would result in Mr Easah owning, or exercising control or direction over, at least 20% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares on a non-diluted basis. Depending on market conditions, general economic and industry conditions, the Company's business and financial condition, and/or other relevant factors, Mr. Easah may increase or decrease his beneficial ownership of securities of the Company through market transactions, private agreements, or otherwise. A copy of the early warning report filed will be available under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.
About Churchill Resources Inc.
Churchill Resources Inc. is a Canadian exploration company focused on high grade, magmatic nickel sulphides in Canada, principally at its prospective Taylor Brook and Florence Lake properties in Newfoundland & Labrador. The Churchill management team, board and its advisors have decades of combined management experience in mineral exploration and in the establishment of successful publicly listed mining companies, both in Canada and around the world. Churchill's Taylor Brook and Florence Lake projects have the potential to benefit from the province's large and diversified minerals industry, which includes world class nickel mines and processing facilities, and a well-developed mineral exploration sector with locally based drilling and geological expertise. The province was recently ranked 4th in the world for investment attractiveness by the Fraser Institute in its 2022 annual survey of mining and exploration companies.
The technical and scientific information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Derek H.C Wilton, P.Geo., FGC who is a "qualified person" as defined under National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and independent of the Company.
Further Information
For further information regarding Churchill, please contact:
Churchill Resources Inc.
Paul Sobie, Chief Executive Officer
Tel. +1 416.365.0930 (o)
+1 647.988.0930 (m)
Email psobie@churchillresources.com
Alec Rowlands, Corporate Consultant
Tel. +1 416.721.4732 (m)
Email arowlands@churchillresources.com
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