Kintavar Exploration Inc. announced the results for its 3 final Wabash drill holes from the drilling program that was completed in December 2021. These 3 holes targeted the GB1 mineralized zone that had been identified in the summer of 2021 and subsequently returned high grade results from surface. The GB1 zone presents a distinct mineralized context that was not previously observed either at the Mitchi or Wabash properties. The mineralization is associated with semi-massive sulfides in veins and veinlets. The mineralization is associated with an IP anomaly of at least 600m and appears to be getting wider at depth. The exact geological context of mineralization remains to be
clarified with more work, but its characteristics currently are the presence of copper, gold, silver and even cobalt and vanadium (up to 654ppm and 170 ppm respectively) at a geological contact of two gneiss units. A total of three holes and a trench have now successfully intersected this unit confirming that it remains open N-S and at depth. To better understand the mineralization, the core at WAB-21-18 and WAB-21-19 had been resampled and sent for assays which caused the additional delay in getting the final results. This allowed management to better evaluate the grade in the actual mineralized intervals without dilution from the encasing host rock. The Corporation has now engaged a geophysics contractor to conduct a DeepEM survey which can better identify massive and semi-massive sulfide mineralization at depth up to 500m. The survey will help define targets for summer 2022 drilling program and results will be made available to shareholders accordingly. The same geophysical contractor will help conduct an IP survey on the MLI corridor which will target the high-grade mineralized horizon intersected in hole WAB-21-21 (1.01% Cu & 19.3 g/t Ag over 16.8m). All the geophysics work is expected to take place in May 2022 and the data will be used for the summer 2022 surface and drilling programs. All samples have been sent and prepared (PREP-31) by ALS Global laboratory in Val-d'Or. Gold is analysed in Val d'Or using fire assay method (AU-AA25) with gravimetric finish (Au-GRA21) for samples higher than 0.5 ppm Au. For base metals and silver, the pulp was sent to ALS Global
laboratory in Vancouver for multi-elemental analysis by four acid digestion (ME-ICP61) with ICP-AES finish. Samples with assays higher than 10,000 ppm Cu, Zn or Pb, or 100 ppm Ag were reanalyzed with over limits methods (CU-OG62, ZN-OG62, PB-OG62, or AG-OG62) at the ALS Global Vancouver laboratory. Quality controls include systematic addition of blank samples and certified copper standards to each batch of samples sent to the laboratory.