Second Drill at 15,000 Metre Stardust Drill Program

2018-08-23 / @thenewswire

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August 23, 2018 / TheNewswire / Vancouver, B.C. – Lorraine Copper Corp. (“Lorraine Copper” or the “Company”) (TSXV: LLC) (OTCQB: LRCPF) is pleased to advise that Sun Metals Corp. (“Sun Metals” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SUNM) has announced that a second diamond drill has commenced drilling at its flagship Stardust project in north-central British Columbia. The second drill will focus on new target areas while targets related to expansion of the current resource are being tested by the first rig (See news release dated August 9, 2018). The focus of 2018 drilling at Stardust is the high-grade copper-gold skarn portion of a Carbonate Replacement System that has been identified over a 2.2 kilometre long corridor of historic exploration dating back to 1944.

New Target Areas at Stardust refers to areas that have geologic, geophysical and/or geochemical anomalies that have not been tested previously by drilling. The accompanying map shows the labeled target areas by type. The second drill started at Anomaly C and is now drilling at Anomaly B where it will test the west and north sides of the Glover Stock. The lettered anomalies (A – F) are targets generated from or related to the Heli-borne VTEM and Magnetics survey completed earlier this season. The first drill is continuing at the Skarn Deep zone at the time of this release.

The exploration program at Stardust, including 15,000 metres of planned diamond drilling, was initiated in early June with mapping and prospecting, completion of several soil geochemical grids, airborne Lidar and photogrammetry survey, and a 100-metre line spaced Heli-borne VTEM and Magnetics survey. The $5.0 million campaign is understood to be one of the largest, non-development stage exploration programs to be undertaken in British Columbia in 2018.

Steve Robertson, president and CEO stated, “The addition of the second rig to our exploration program will greatly enhance our ability to thoroughly test the extensive Carbonate Replacement System. Our preparatory work has developed numerous prospective targets that have never been drill tested and we are excited to begin this next phase of work at Stardust.”

The text and information in this news release was supplied to Lorraine Copper by Sun Metals and all technical aspects of this news release have been reviewed and approved by Ian Neill P.Geo., Vice President Exploration of Sun Metals, who is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. G. L. Garratt, P.Geo., is the qualified person, as defined by NI 43-101, who has reviewed and takes responsibility for this news release.

Glen Garratt, P.Geo., VP, Director

Lorraine Copper Corp.

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About Lorraine Copper Lorraine Copper is a Canadian mineral exploration company that is acquiring and advancing copper, gold and molybdenum projects at intermediate to advanced stages that hold significant resources. Lorraine Copper currently owns three properties all of which have defined resources: Lorraine copper-gold (Joint Ventured with Teck Limited), OK copper-molybdenum and Stardust (under option to Sun Metals Corp.). For more information please visit the Company's website at www.lorrainecopper.com.

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About the Stardust Project

The Stardust project located in north-central British Columbia, Canada. Stardust is a high grade polymetallic Carbonate Replacement Deposit with a rich history.

The Canyon Creek copper-gold skarn zone at Stardust was the subject of a 2018, 43-101 compliant resource estimate published by the Company in January 2018. GeoSim Services Inc. provided the following estimate.

Stardust Project - Canyon Creek zone Mineral Resource Estimate(1):

-------------------------------------------------- |Resource |Tonnes |Copper|Zinc|Gold|Silver|% | |Category | |% |% |g/t |g/t |Cu | | | | | | | |Eq | |------------------------------------------------| |Indicated|985,000 |1.34 |0.62|1.59|36.8 |2.92| |------------------------------------------------| |Inferred |1,985,000|1.24 |0.14|1.72|30.5 |2.65| --------------------------------------------------

(1)The cut-off grade used in the resource estimate was 1.5% copper equivalent. Metal price assumptions for the copper equivalent calculation were $3.00/lb Cu, $1.25/lb Zn, $1,300/oz Au and $18/oz Ag. Adjustment factors to account for differences in relative metallurgical recoveries of the constituents will depend upon completion of definitive metallurgical testing. The following equation was used to calculate copper equivalence: Cu Eq = Cu + (Zn x 0.4167) + (Au x 0.6319) + (Ag x 0.0087). A cut-off grade of 1.5% Cu Equivalent represents an in-situ metal value of approximately $100/tonne which is believed to represent a reasonable break-even cost for underground mining and processing. These are not mineral reserves and no work has been completed that demonstrates economic viability at the Project.