Clean Air Metals Reports New Assays from Escape Deposit Delineation Drilling

THUNDER BAY, ON, May 20, 2021 /CNW/ - Clean Air Metals Inc. ("Clean Air Metals" or the "Company") (TSXV: AIR) (OTCQB: CLRMF) (FRA: CKU) is pleased to announce new assay results from a series of "in-between" holes in the ongoing drill campaign at the Escape Conduit Trend currently underway with two drills at the Company's Thunder Bay North Project (the "Project"). A total of 30,000m of systematic delineation drilling connecting the Escape South and Steepledge South resource areas is planned for the Escape Lake Deposit in 2021.

 

Highlights include:

 

 

The fertility of the Escape Lake magma conduit deposit is well illustrated by the maiden mineral resource update, reported on January 20, 2021. The Escape Lake Deposit has an overall Indicated mineral resource of 505,369 ounces at 3.67g/t PdEq in 4,286,220 tonnes and is geologically open along trend between the Escape South and the Steepledge South resource areas.

 

The Current Lake Deposit in turn has an Indicated mineral resource of 1,328,789 oz PdEq at an average grade of 3.44 g/t PdEq in 11,999,177 tonnes. Mineral resource estimates for both deposits are reported pursuant to the January 20, 2021 NI 43-101 Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate for the Thunder Bay North Project, Thunder Bay, Ontario, prepared by Nordmin Engineering Ltd. with QP Glen Kuntz, P.Geo, as posted to SEDAR on March 4, 2021.

 

Work also continues on drilling massive sulphide targets recently announced on April 21, 2021. Based on the recent resource update and discovery of massive sulphides in the Escape Lake Deposit with Norilsk metal ratios and the completion of a structural analysis and MT geophysical surveys, the Company has committed to a substantial ramp up of drilling exploration investment on promising ultra-low resistivity targets at the base of both the Escape Lake and Current Lake magma conduit deposit systems.

 

Abraham Drost, CEO of Clean Air Metals stated that "the latest assays are reported in line with the Company's policy of reporting regular assay updates. We are happy to report that all holes intersected mineralization and are expected to add materially to a future mineral resource update at the Escape Lake deposit."

 

Figure 1: 2021 Drill Hole Intercepts in the Interpreted Escape Conduit Trend

 

Figure 2: Massive Sulphide Target Areas at Thunder Bay North

 

 

Qualified Person

 

Mr. Allan MacTavish, P.Geo. a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 and VP, Project Manager of the Company, has reviewed and approved all technical information in this press release.

 

Social Engagement

 

Clean Air Metals Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Panoramic PGMs (Canada) Ltd. acknowledge that the Thunder Bay North Project is on the traditional territories of the Fort William First Nation, Red Rock First Nation and Biinjitiwabik Zaaging Anishinabek. The parties together are the Cooperating Participants in a Memorandum of Agreement dated January 9, 2021 and the issue of Warrants, reported January 28, 2021.

 

About Clean Air Metals Inc.

 

Clean Air Metals' flagship asset is the 100% owned, high grade Thunder Bay North Project, a platinum, palladium, copper, nickel project located near the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario and the Lac des Iles Mine owned by Impala Platinum. The Clean Air Metals project hosts the Current Lake deposit and magma conduit and the Company is actively exploring the Escape Lake deposit, a twin structure to the Current Lake deposit. Executive Chairman Jim Gallagher and CEO Abraham Drost lead an experienced team of geologists and engineers who are using the Norilsk magma conduit stratigraphic and mineral deposit model to guide ongoing exploration and development studies. As the former CEO of North American Palladium Ltd. which owned the Lac des Iles Mine prior to the sale to Impala Platinum in December 2019, Jim Gallagher and team are credited with the mine turnaround and creation of significant value for shareholders.