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Vancouver, B.C. - TheNewswire- June 16, 2022, Eastfield Resources Ltd. ( TSXV:ETF ) ( OTC:ETFLF )( Frankfurt:35E ) (“Eastfield”) and Alpha Copper Corp. ( TSX-V: ALCU )(“Alpha”) are pleased to announce that mobilization to the Indataproject has commenced. Alpha has begun movingthe drill rig and excavator to the project site to execute on itsmaiden 5,000-metre drilling campaign.
The Indata projectencompasses 3,189 hectares (7,880 acres) and is located 230 kilometers northwest of the City ofPrince George and immediately south of the Stardust-Kwanika Projectowned by Northwest Copper Corp . The upcoming exploration programwhile predominantly diamond drilling will alsoinclude new grid work and excavator trenching.
Alpha Copper Corp. is planning to drill 5,000 m acrossall targets with the focus being on the Lake zone as it is the mostadvanced location with the most extensive exploration data to-date.Alongside the drill program, the company will undertake additionalsoil grid work and make use of the exploration opportunities theexcavator will provide as it moves through the bush. The quarry zonetarget was exposed via excavator road construction in 2019 anduncovered a grab sample grading 3.65 per cent copper and 5.95 gramsper tonne gold which is extremely favourable albeit selective innature. The NW and SW copper targets are more directly related tocarbonate replacement mineralized targets which closely resemble thatof the Kwanika and Stardust deposits just 1.9 km to the north onNorthwest Copper's ground. These two targets offer very interestinggeophysical data which the company is extremely focused on developinginto a complete dataset during this campaign.
Alpha Copper Corp. has an option to earn a 60% interestIn the Indata Project from Eastfield ResourcesLtd . by paying $400,000 (cash and/or shares) and completing$2,000,000 in exploration expenditures before June 20, 2023.
A quick review of copper targets as they currentlyexist is as follows:
LakeZone : A 1,000-meter-long induced polarizationanomaly with wide spread mineralized surface samples was expanded insize in 2019 but has not yet been drill tested. Results from the 2019work include surface samples with 0.48% copper and 0.11 g/t gold. Twoholes are planned for the northern region of the Lake Zone and threefor the southern region. Holes will be drilled to a depth ofapproximately 500 meters versus a historical average of less than 150meters (where drilling has occurred in the northern region of thiszone).
NW Copper and SWCopper : A strong induced polarization anomalyhas been defined in two areas predominantly underlain by limestonewhich share geochemical and geological attributes with the Stardustdeposit located 18 kilometers north owned by Northwest Copper Corp.Initially one hole will be drilled in each target area which areapproximately seven kilometers distant from each other.
QuarryZone : Road construction completed by a loggingcompany in 2019 exposed mineralization in altered andesite-dioritegrading up to 3.64% copper and 5.95 g/t gold. While this result wasselect in nature it is significant. Limited excavator trenchingcompleted in 2019 often did not reach bedrock. Further soil samplingand test pitting is planned.
NortheastCopper : In 2019 select sampling averaged 1.32%copper and 0.10 g/t gold in an area where in 1998 a Placer Domegeologist collected 17 grab samples averaging 0.95% copper and 0.08g/t gold over an area of 400 meters by 250 meters (open). Selectvalues sometimes exceeded 3.5% copper and 500 ppb gold. An optimisticexplanation for this mineralization is that it may represent leakagefrom a deeper porphyry system. The ATV trail into this area,constructed in 2019, will be improved in 2022 to a drill trail toallow easier access.
This news release has been reviewed and approved by Mr.J.W. Morton, P. Geo., who is the Qualified Person within the contextof NI 43-101 and takes responsibility for it.
J.W. Morton, P.Geo.
President and CEO
About Eastfield Resources:
Projects as follows :
Zymo : 8 km long copper-goldporphyry system with several 1 km scale targets, located 45 km west ofSmithers, BC and 100% owned. Results include drill holes ZY08-07 with0.72% copper and 0.66 g/t gold over 72 meters and hole ZY11-20 with0.28% copper and 0.34 g/t gold over 126 m. Peripheral precious metalveins have returned up to 10.78 g/t gold. Work completed in 2021included expansions to the induced polarization and soil grids at acost of approximately $430,000. Zymo is fully permitted.
Iron Lake : copper-gold- palladium-platinum-cobalt, located 40 kilometersnortheast of 100 Mile House, BC. The project is optioned to Tech-XResources Inc. (a private company headed by Haig Farris). Targetsinclude ultramafic copper-gold- palladium-platinum-cobalt and porphyrycopper-gold. Tech-X may earn an 80% interest in Iron Lake bycompleting a total of $12,000,000 in work and paying a total of$1,000,000 in option payments by December 31, 2027. Work competed in2021 included an airborne MobileMT survey flown by Expert GeophysicsLimited and extensive geological reconnaissance and sampling later in2021. Induced polarization surveying which started in January iscurrently in progress with drilling planned for later in 2022 (3,000to 5,000 meters). Iron Lake is fully permitted.
Indata : copper-gold porphyryand precious metal quartz vein, located 120 km north of Fort St.James, BC, optioned to Alpha Copper Corp who may earn 60% bycompleting $2,000,000 in exploration and paying $450,000 (cashand/or shares) by June 20, 2023. A number of very prospective untestedinduced polarization targets exist and are fully permitted. Resultsfrom previous drilling include DDH88-11 with 47.26 g/t gold over 4 mand DDH98-4 with 0.20% copper over 148 m (including 0.37% copper over24 m at the bottom of the hole). In 2019 new mineralization wasexposed by logging activities in the southern region of the claimswith select samples returning up to 3.64% copper and 5.95 g/t gold.The Kwanika and Stardust deposits, owned by Northwest Copper Corp.,are located immediately north of Indata and share similar geology. A3,000 meter drill contract has been signed with work scheduled tostart in June 2022. Indata is fully permitted.
Hedgehog :copper-gold (VMS) and lode gold, located approximately 12 kilometersnorth of the community of Barkerville, BC. In 2021 option partner WestOak Gold Corp discovered several new anomalies. Particularlyintriguing is a soil sample with 0.22% copper and 8.45% iron. Interest in this sample is inspired by previous float samplescollected further south on the property including a massive sulfideboulder grading 24.3% copper and 19.6 g/t silver collected in 1999 andfive additional copper rich massive sulfide boulders with an averagegrade of 8.0% copper and 8.9 g/t silver collected in 2000. In 2013,Eastfield discovered a new area of mineralization in the northernregion of the claims where quartz veins hosted in sheared rhyolitereturned grab samples to 1.51 g/t gold and 1.37% zinc. Other companiesactive in the area include Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd.) (TSX: OR) whoare currently conducting a major exploration program for gold tenkilometers to the south in and around the former operating Barkerville Mine. The project is fully permitted.
CR: gold,located approximately 80 km northeast of the town of Quesnel, BC and20 km north of the gold mining towns of Wells and Barkerville, wasacquired by staking in 2014. There is no record of hard rock mineralexploration on the CR property prior to Noranda Exploration carryingout regional exploration in the area in 1986 with airborne magneticand ground follow-up (ground based surveys and soil sampling)identifying a 1.2 kilometre by 0.7 kilometre arsenic in soil anomalysurrounding a local drainage named Arsenic Creek. In 2014, Eastfieldcarried out induced polarization and magnetic surveys in this area andoutlined a 200 metre by 800 metre northwest trending chargeabilityhigh that remains open to the north. In 2018 soil sampling upslope ofhistorical heavy mineral stream sediment anomalies exposed severalgold and gold-arsenic anomalies that may indicate a source of thehistorical heavy mineral sampling in this direction. CR is permittedfor drilling.
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