Dear Shareholders, it has been a fast paced start to 2023 for
NevGold Corp. (“
NevGold” or the
“
Company”) (
TSXV:NAU)
(OTCQX:NAUFF) (Frankfurt:5E50), with a lot of positive
operational progress since closing our oversubscribed +C$4.1M
financing on December 5, 2022. I write this update to shareholders
very excited about what the future has in store as we drill our
first holes at Nutmeg Mountain in Idaho, and continue our resource
development and exploration at Limousine Butte in Nevada. The
NevGold story has significantly advanced and evolved since our
first day of public trading on June 29, 2021 and we are dedicated
to becoming one of the “go-to” oxide, heap-leach gold resource
development and exploration companies in the Western USA.
Market UpdateAlong with it
being a busy week with the Prospectors and Developers Association
of Canada (PDAC) mining conference in Toronto from March 5 to 8, it
was also one with many key data points and developments
including:
- Federal Reserve rhetoric with a
more hawkish stance from Chairman Jerome Powell in his testimony to
the Senate Banking Committee;
- United States job data including
initial jobless claims and non-farm payrolls;
- And a critical event to end the
week related to the debacle of the Silicon Valley Bank and the “run
on the bank” with US regulators eventually shutting the institution
shortly after 12PM EST on Friday, March 10; the situation is
developing and would be the second-largest bank failure in US
history after the 2008 collapse of Washington Mutual
- Silicon Valley is a lender to some
of the largest technology companies in the world
Gold had a volatile week trading between
approximately US$1,810/oz and ending the week at just under
US$1,870/oz up over US$35/oz on the day after the news broke on
Silicon Valley Bank. What does this mean for gold going forward?
Overall, it is clear that gold is performing as expected and is one
of the very few asset classes that continuously performs in times
like these. The “safe haven” characteristics of gold are second to
no other asset class and this creates an interesting setup in the
short to medium term, with a potential larger secular bullish move
over time. One could speculate and say it is a matter of “when, not
if”.
Followers of the gold market over recent years
have been waiting for a large positive move in gold with the
various macroeconomic tailwinds including inflation. If one was to
say gold would close on March 10, 2023 at approximately
US$1,870/oz, many investors in the space would have been joyous as
that would translate to the gold producers, developers, and
explorers performing strongly and the gold industry “finally”
having its “moment in the sun”. Unfortunately, that has not
happened yet with significant liquidity being taken out of the
global financial system since COVID, part and parcel to the
interest rate hike regime that we are currently faced with
globally.
There will be volatility over the next period
with new data points released daily, but an asset class that cannot
be “manufactured” with true physical properties creates a
compelling value proposition for gold investment during times like
these and into the future. The underlying commodity is performing
well fundamentally, and it is a matter of time before the gold
companies start to get the attention they deserve. This will bode
well for NevGold and many of our peers across the entire gold
company spectrum. The resource stage and exploration companies that
will be most rewarded will be the ones that i) are advancing and
developing their assets with drilling and/or resource updates; ii)
have a strong treasury position with no financing overhang; iii)
have tightly held capital structures. NevGold
has all three of these boxes checked.
NevGold Operational UpdateNutmeg
Mountain, IdahoAs of January 18, 2023 we had a drill rig at Nutmeg
Mountain in Idaho and we have now completed a number of holes with
assay results pending. The drill program continues to advance as
expected; On Budget, and On Schedule. I recently
visited both our Idaho and Nevada operations and it is extremely
exciting to witness the progress that we have made on both
projects.
Nutmeg Mountain had not been drilled since 2012,
and after completing a robust surface mapping and core re-logging
program on the plus 70,000 meters of historical drilling in
2H-2022, it was clear the project had an abundance of untested
resource expansion and exploration targets. Our focus of the
current program is to:
- expand the 2020 mineral resource
estimate of 910,000 Indicated ounces of gold (43.5 Mt @ 0.65 g/t
Au), and 160,000 Inferred ounces of gold (9.1 Mt @ 0.56 g/t Au)
(see Note 1) to the north and south with near-surface
drilling;
- test for high-grade feeder
structures at depth
- identify parallel structures that
host additional near surface mineralization to the east and west of
the 2020 mineral resource
We are expecting
first assays to be received
shortly which is very encouraging as we are experiencing
fast turnaround times at the assay lab due to our strong external
relationships in the Western USA. Thereafter it will be a steady
period of news flow from the drill program and other key
developments.
Limousine Butte, NevadaThe geological model at
Limousine Butte is currently being updated to incorporate the 2022
drill results. The successful 2022 drill program identified
numerous drill targets with the potential to infill and expand the
mineralized footprints at the Resurrection Ridge and Cadillac
Valley target areas and advance both to an updated resource
estimate. Additionally, we have identified a number of exciting new
exploration targets in untested parts of the project. Drilling is
planned for 2023 once we complete the geologic interpretation and
drill targeting.
As per the Company news release on February 14,
2023, we recently submitted an Exploration Plan of Operations
(“EPO”) permit to the Bureau of Land Management
(“the “BLM”) for Limousine Butte. The submission
of the EPO permit is an important milestone as the process included
many key de-risking activities critical to project development.
Once approved the EPO permit will allow for significant expansion
of disturbance at the project to drill around mineralization and
into untested areas.
Overall, Limousine Butte continues to be one of
our “flagship projects” and we will advance both Nutmeg Mountain
and Limousine Butte in parallel. We are looking forward to
mobilizing a drill to Limousine Butte in the near future as we have
an abundance of resource delineation and exploration targets to
drill with the goal of advancing the project to an updated resource
estimate.
Closing RemarksWe have
established NevGold as a “go-to” name for oxide, heap-leach gold
exploration and resource exposure in the Western USA. With our
recently completed +C$4.1M financing in December-2022, we are fully
funded to aggressively explore the assets in our portfolio which
will lead to steady news flow and many development catalysts over
the next 6-12 months.
As I have stated continuously in the past, I am
always available and can be reached at bbonifacio@nev-gold.com, or
by calling 604-337-4997.
Thank you all for
the continued support.
Best Regards,
Brandon Bonifacio, President & CEO
Note 1: Nutmeg
Mountain – 2020 ResourceOn July 14, 2020,
GoldMining Inc. (TSX:GOLD, NYSE:GLDG)
(“GoldMining”) published an NI 43-101 technical
report on the Project titled “Technical Report – Almaden Gold
Property”, with an effective date of April 1, 2020, which includes
the following, and which NevGold is treating as a Historical
Mineral Resource Estimate:
Nutmeg Mountain –
GoldMining 2020 Mineral
Resource Estimate
Classification |
Cutoff Grade Au
g/tonne |
Tonnes |
Gold Grade
g/tonne |
Ounces Gold |
Indicated |
0.30 |
43,470,000 |
0.65 |
910,000 |
Inferred |
0.30 |
9,150,000 |
0.56 |
160,000 |
Table 1: Mineral Resource from GoldMining’s NI
43-101 technical report filed on SEDAR on July 14, 2020
A Nevgold Qualified Person has not done
sufficient work to classify GoldMining’s Mineral Resource Estimate
as current mineral resources, and NevGold is not treating the
estimate as current mineral resources or mineral reserves.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Signed”
Brandon Bonifacio, President &
CEO
For further information, please contact Brandon
Bonifacio at bbonifacio@nev-gold.com, call 604-337-4997, or visit
our website at www.nev-gold.com.
About the
CompanyNevGold is an exploration and development company
targeting large-scale mineral systems in the proven districts of
Nevada, Idaho, and British Columbia. NevGold owns a 100% interest
in the Limousine Butte and Cedar Wash gold projects in Nevada, and
the Ptarmigan silver-polymetallic project in Southeast BC, and has
an option to acquire 100% of the Nutmeg Mountain gold project in
Idaho.
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whether as a result of new information, future events or results or
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