Stelmine Completes 13 Drill Holes on the Meridian Gold Zone in Mercator

QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stelmine Canada (“Stelmine”) (TSXV: STH) is pleased to announce the completion of its maiden 2000 m diamond drilling campaign on its Mercator property (100% STH). The thirteen drillholes were completed in a 1.8 km x 400 m area covering several gold-bearing zones detected at the surface (Figure 1). The property is located in the Caniapiscau mining district, 160 km west of Fermont, northeastern Quebec.

Logging of core material shows similar rock type and sulphide mineralization observed and sampled at the surface to a depth of 250 m. Mineralization consists of pyrrhotite, pyrite, löllingite/arsenopyrite within granulitic mafic rocks injected/interlayered with metasediments.

Isabelle Proux, President and CEO of Stelmine declares: "We are excited by the fact that most of the core material displays similar rock types yielding gold values at the surface. We are eagerly awaiting the assay results for the entire 2000 m of core."

Since 2020, the Meridian gold zone underwent extensive exploration involving high resolution heliborne magnetic and ground-based IP/ Resistivity surveys accompanied by comprehensive channel sampling of mineralized zones. The drillholes location was largely based on the results of this work program yielding channel sample intervals assays such as 2.07 g/t Au over 27.50 m; 2.16 g/t Au over 16.0 m; and 2.13 g/t Au over 12.50 m (See PR of July 27, 2022).

Figure 1. Localisation of the 2022 drill holes on an apparent chargeability contour map of the Mercator Meridian Zone is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/661dc807-633b-403a-81c5-c46cbe57e151

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The technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Michel Boily, P. Geo, PhD. Mr. Boily is the qualified person responsible for the scientific and technical information contained herein under National Instrument 43-101 standards.

About Stelmine Canada

Stelmine is a junior mining exploration company pioneering a new gold district (Caniapiscau) east of James Bay in the under-explored eastern part of the Opinaca metasedimentary basin where the geological context has similarities to the Eleonore mine. Stelmine has 100% ownership of 1,277 claims or 655 km² in this part of northern Quebec, highlighted by the Courcy and Mercator Projects.

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Figure 1

Localisation of the 2022 drill holes on an apparent chargeability contour map of the Mercator Meridian Zone.