Equitas Resources Corp. Updates Exploration Program on its Garland Nickel-Copper Property
October 20, 2015 – Equitas Resources Corp. (TSXv: EQT) (FSE: T6UN) (“Equitas” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on its exploration program at the Garland nickel-copper property in Labrador, Canada.
To date, four NQ diamond drill holes, totaling 1515m have been completed. The objective of the drill program is to evaluate the remaining ten areas of conductivity prospective for nickel-copper sulphides identified through the VTEM Plus airborne survey. Of these anomalies, drilling has tested anomalies D, C, J and Q. A total of 173 samples have been sent to Activation Laboratories in Ancaster, ON for analysis, and samples are being selected for petrographic study.
Field evaluation of the twelve VTEM anomaly areas continues with Crone large loop PEM surveys. A total of 30 line km of Crone large loop Pulse Electromagnetic Survey (PEM) has been read on anomalies A, B, C, Q, G, J and I. Results of Crone borehole PEM surveys are being interpreted. Field operations to explore the remaining anomalies will continue until conditions deteriorate into winter.
In addition, the Company is conducting petrographic analysis on several samples from anomalies D and J. While weather conditions have created general delays in the program, field operations are continuing on site. A full geophysics and drilling update will be provided upon receipt and interpretation of results.
“We are satisfied with the progress of work completed to date, and await full results from the current program. Despite a very tough financing climate, Equitas is well-funded to execute on our plans to evaluate all anomalies identified on the Garland property.” said Everett Makela, Equitas’ VP Exploration.
NI 43-101 Disclosure
Everett Makela, P. Geo., VP Exploration for Equitas Resources Corp., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, supervised the preparation of the technical information in this news release.
About Equitas Resources Corp.
Equitas Resources is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company with a focus on nickel, copper, platinum group metals (PGM) and cobalt. The Companies Garland Property is 23,386 hectares and located in the Voisey’s Bay district of Labrador, Canada.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this document which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. It is important to note that actual outcomes and the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Forward looking statement in this news release for example, would be the statement that the Company will follow through with the exploration plans until all anomalies have been evaluated. Risks and uncertainties include economic, competitive, governmental, environmental and technological factors that may affect the Company’s operations, markets, products and prices. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include that we are unable to raise sufficient interest in the financing; that we may not be able to raise sufficient funds to complete our intended exploration and development; and that despite encouraging data there may be no commercially exploitable mineralization on our properties. Except as required by law, we do not undertake to update these forward looking statements.
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Equitas Resources Corp. Closes Final Tranche of Private Placement, Raising over $1.9M
October 28, 2015 – Equitas Resources Corp. (TSXv: EQT) (FSE: T6UN) (“Equitas” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed the second and final tranche of the private placement that was announced on September 10, 2015. This closing included gross proceeds raised of $309,500.
The Company has issued 2,476,000 Units at $0.125 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share and one share purchase warrant. Every share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at a price of $0.25 for 12 months after the closing.
Combining both tranches, the Company issued a total of 10,887,393 Units for combined gross proceeds of $1,360,924. In addition, since September 1,2015 the Company has received over $550,000 through the exercise of share purchase warrants and stock options.
All securities hereunder are subject to a four month and a day hold from the closing date. Finders fees paid in conjunction with this closing were $10,625 cash and the issuance of 64,000 share purchase warrants exercisable for 12 months from closing at $0.25 per share.
The proceeds received from the Units will be used by the Company for ongoing exploration and drilling of the Company’s Garland Nickel Project, corporate development and general and administrative purposes.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
EQUITAS RESOURCES CORP.
“Kyler Hardy”
Kyler Hardy
President
Tel: 604.681.1568
info@equitasresources.com
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
It is important to note that actual outcomes and the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertaintiesinclude economic, competitive, governmental, environmental and technological factors that may affect the Company’s operations, markets, products and prices. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially may include misinterpretation of data; that we may not be able to get equipment or labour as we need it; that we may not be able to raise sufficient funds to complete our intended exploration and development; that our applications to drill may be denied; that weather, logistical problems or hazards may prevent us from exploration; that equipment may not work as well as expected; that analysis of data may not be possible accurately and at depth; that results which we or others have found in any particular location are not necessarily indicative of larger areas of our properties; that we may not complete environmental programs in a timely manner or at all; that market prices for nickel may not justify commercial production costs; and that despite encouraging data there may be no commercially exploitable mineralization on our properties.
Readers should refer to the risk disclosures outlined in the Company’s Management Discussion & Analysis of its audited financial statements filed with the British Columbia Securities Commission.
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Equitas Resources Corp. Closes First Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement
October 6, 2015 – Equitas Resources Corp. (TSXv: EQT) (FSE: T6UN) (“Equitas” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has closed a first tranche of the private placement that was previously announced on September 9, 2015. The Company has issued 8,411,393 Units at $0.125 per Unit for gross proceeds of $1,051,424.
Each Unit consists of one common share and one share purchase warrant. Every share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at a price of $0.25 for 12 months after the closing.
All securities hereunder are subject to a four month and a day hold from the closing date.
Finders fees paid in conjunction with this closing were $5,500.00 cash and the issuance of 44,000 share purchase warrants exercisable for 12 months from closing at $0.25 per share.
The proceeds received from the Units will be used by the Company for ongoing exploration of the Company’s Garland Nickel Project, corporate development and general and administrative purposes.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
EQUITAS RESOURCES CORP.
“Kyler Hardy”
Kyler Hardy
President
Tel: 604.681.1568
info@equitasresources.com
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
It is important to note that actual outcomes and the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertaintiesinclude economic, competitive, governmental, environmental and technological factors that may affect the Company’s operations, markets, products and prices. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially may include misinterpretation of data; that we may not be able to get equipment or labour as we need it; that we may not be able to raise sufficient funds to complete our intended exploration and development; that our applications to drill may be denied; that weather, logistical problems or hazards may prevent us from exploration; that equipment may not work as well as expected; that analysis of data may not be possible accurately and at depth; that results which we or others have found in any particular location are not necessarily indicative of larger areas of our properties; that we may not complete environmental programs in a timely manner or at all; that market prices for nickel may not justify commercial production costs; and that despite encouraging data there may be no commercially exploitable mineralization on our properties.
Readers should refer to the risk disclosures outlined in the Company’s Management Discussion & Analysis of its audited financial statements filed with the British Columbia Securities Commission.
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Equitas Resources Corp. Provides an Update on its Garland Exploration Program
September 23rd, 2015 – Equitas Resources Corp. (TSXv: EQT) (FSE: T6UN) (“Equitas” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update for its Phase 2 program on the Garland nickel-copper property in Labrador, Canada. Due to initial results from current ground geophysical work Equitas has acquired additional claims to the west adjoining the Garland property. Twelve anomalies have now been identified and the Company has commenced drilling.
The 2015 Phase 2 field program at the Garland project kicked off on August 23rd, with field crews arriving at the recently completed 25-person field camp near the west end of Tasiuluk lake, at the northern end of the property. Despite being hampered by poor weather conditions limiting helicopter operations, significant progress has been made in the evaluation of conductivity anomalies detected by the VTEM survey flown in March.
Further interpretation from final processing of the B-field Tau component of the VTEM data has resulted in three new conductive signatures being identified at O, P and Q (see attached map). Tau anomalies can reflect more conductive bodies with slowly decaying signal, typical of large massive sulphide bodies.
Geological mapping and prospecting have been completed over all of the conductivity target areas except anomaly M. No possible sources for the underlying conductivity have been identified in the outcrops examined to date. This is not unexpected, considering the interpreted depths of the VTEM anomalies, significant overburden cover, and the exploration model that considers favourable target rocks to be overlain by younger ferrodiorite and ferrogranite intrusions.
A total of 39 km of line-cutting has been completed over the anomalies. Large Loop PEM surveying by Crone Geophysics has been completed at anomalies A, B, C and Q. At anomalies A and B, the response signatures have been explained by highly magnetic lithologies coupled with low VTEM bird height, creating an apparent conductivity anomaly termed Super Para-Magnetic effect (SPM). These targets are of no further interest.
At anomaly C, surveying with Crone PEM resulted in the definition of a good quality E-W trending conductor, flat-lying with minimum core dimensions of 15m by 300m, occurring 70m below surface. Definition of this response helps to validate the interpreted Southern Response Trend (SRT, see attached map), an multi-km E-W trending area of conductivity, magnetic and structural features straddling a large E-W offset of the Archean-Proterozoic suture, analogous in scale, morphology and setting to the Voisey’s Bay Intrusive Complex and related mineralization. This sparked the recent staking of license 023365M, consisting of a 132 claim block comprising 3,311 hectares, designed to cover the western extension of the SRT. Interpretation of the PEM data over the large conductive signature at Q is ongoing.
Springdale Forest Products have commenced drilling with borehole GP15-001 (collar at 582975E, 622376N, NAD 27 – UTM Zone 20N, Az. 290, Dip -55). This NQ borehole is designed to test VTEM anomaly D, part of 2 km trend of variable conductivity, coincident with a Ni-Cu-Co lake sediment anomaly, and resident in an E-W structure of the Gardar-Voisey’s Bay Fault set. An update on drilling will be made available once all results have been compiled and interpreted.
Commenting on the results, VP Exploration Everett Makela stated, “I am pleased with the progress of the Phase 2 campaign to date. After initial slow start-up due to poor weather conditions, we are executing our plan to fully test the conductivity responses this year. The three additional anomalies at O, P and Q increase our odds for success, and we are adjusting the program to accommodate exploration of these targets. Recent interpretation of the multi-km Southern Response Trend has led to a shift of exploration focus to this area. We will continue to provide updates on results as they become available”.
NI 43-101 Disclosure
Everett Makela, P. Geo., VP Exploration for Equitas Resources Corp., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, supervised the preparation of the technical information in this news release.
About Equitas Resources Corp.
Equitas Resources is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company with a focus on nickel, copper, platinum group metals (PGM) and cobalt. The Companies Garland Property is 23,386 hectares and located in the Voisey’s Bay district of Labrador, Canada.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
EQUITAS RESOURCES CORP.
“Kyler Hardy”
Kyler Hardy
President
Tel: 604.681.1568
info@equitasresources.com
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor it Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this document which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. It is important to note that actual outcomes and the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertaintiesinclude economic, competitive, governmental, environmental and technological factors that may affect the Company’s operations, markets, products and prices. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include that we are unable to raise sufficient interest in the financing; that we may not be able to raise sufficient funds to complete our intended exploration and development; and that despite encouraging data there may be no commercially exploitable mineralization on our properties. Except as required by law, we do not undertake to update these forward looking statements.
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