Stelmine Initiates New Exploration Phase at Mercator Property

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QUEBEC, June 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stelmine Canada (“Stelmine” or the “Company”) (TSXV: STH) is pleased to announce the start of a new exploration phase at its Mercator Property in the heart of a potential new gold district in northern Quebec, west of Fermont.

Mineralization is found on the crest, flank and foothill of a 100-metre high, 500-metre wide, NE/SW oriented 3 km elongated hill characterized by strong positive magnetic anomalies. Gold mineralization has been discovered along a minimum 2.5-km length inside 5 to 20 m thick layers/slabs of mafic rocks dipping 30° to 40° to the NW and bounded by important low angle thrust faults. Full sampling results from the 2021 campaign will be released shortly.

The system at Mercator appears to continue for many kilometers past the Main Zone.

A map accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/8063915f-08ea-45bd-ab0c-432c9792e98c 

Mercator 2022 Exploration Campaign

• A 25 km IP survey will be performed on the Main Zone to complement the heliborne MAG survey and correlate sectors of high chargeability and magnetism;
• Detailed geological and structural mapping of the Main Zone will be carried out to better define the gold mineralized zones and understand the complex metamorphic and metallogenic framework;
  
• Mapping will coincide with additional rock, channel and till sampling in the Main Zone;
• Development of new potential zones outside the Main Zone: Crews will sample previously identified potential target areas outside the Main Zone;
  
• The field exploration campaign will be followed by a maiden 2,000-3,000-metre drill program already fully permitted by the Quebec government.
  

Isabelle Proulx, President and CEO of Stelmine, commented: “We look forward to following up on a very successful 2021 program at Mercator where the potential scale of gold mineralization is particularly noteworthy and has excited our geological team.”

Courcy Property Update

Stelmine anticipates providing a major update on Courcy, including drill results, this month.

Qualified Person

The technical contents of this release were prepared and approved by Michel Boily, PhD, geo, a Qualified Person (QP) as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

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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