Val-d'Or Mining Corporation sells properties to Quebec Nickel Corp

Val-d'Or Mining Corporation is selling several properties referred to as the Ducros Group of Properties. The properties are located in the Ducros Township northeast of Val-d'Or, Québec and they are prospective for nickel, copper, PGE's and gold. The purchaser of the property is privately-owned Québec Nickel Corp.

In consideration for a 100% interest in the properties, QNC will issue 3,589,341 special warrants to the Company (of which Golden Valley Mines Ltd. ("Golden Valley") will receive 80,880 special warrants in accordance with the terms of an amended and restated option agreement between the Company and Golden Valley dated November 28, 2019). One business day prior to the date that QNC's shares are listed on a Canadian exchange, each special warrant will, for no additional consideration, be automatically converted into one common share of QNC. Upon conversion of the special warrants, the aggregate number of shares held by the Company and Golden Valley will amount to approximately 9.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of QNC. In addition, the Company will be granted a royalty of 1.5% of the net smelter returns from the properties which were vended under the agreement, as well as those properties which were staked or will be otherwise acquired by QNC within an area of influence.

The Ducros Group of Properties includes the properties known as Ducros Sill, Ducros Fortin, Lac Ducros, Township Line and U-Turn. At the date of this news release, the Ducros Group of Properties consists of 242 mining claims (12,818 ha).

The original property holding in the Ducros Property Group was the Fortin Prospect. The property was acquired by Golden Valley following a property due diligence visit in June 2004, where due diligence sampling by the company verified previous reported results over the two new mineral occurrences discovered by the prospectors/vendors. The first is a nickel-copper-platinum-palladium (Ni-Cu-PGE) occurrence hosted within a pyroxenite body exposed at surface over 24 metres by 58 metres (Ducros Pyroxenite Showing). A series of well-mineralized gossans are located along the eastern flank of the outcrop, which hosts abundant pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. Five (5) surface grab samples were taken by Golden Valley at this mineralized zone, including one sample that assayed 1.46% copper, 0.49% nickel, 0.857 g/t platinum and 1.795 palladium. The second mineralized occurrence is located 75 meters to the northeast of the pyroxenite body. The discovery is a well-developed shear zone exposed at surface over 15 metres by 60 meters, and consists of approximately 30% localized lenticular quartz veins slightly oblique to the main foliation, inclusive of well-mineralized (pyrite ± chalcopyrite) quartz fractured wall rock contacts (Ducros Gold Showing). Six (6) surface grab samples were taken by Golden Valley at this area, including one sample which graded 4.0 g/t gold.

Subsequent to the property acquisition, Golden Valley completed a detailed sampling (channelling) program over the two new mineral occurrences discovered by the prospectors/vendors of the claims, followed by ground geophysics, including magnetic, horizontal loop electromagnetic (HLEM) and induced polarization (IP) surveys and, a seven-hole, 639-metre drill program (see figures 1 and 2 for details).

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