2021 Drilling Programme

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Pembridge Resources plc

24 May 2021

 

24 May 2021

2021 Drilling Programme

London, United Kingdom - Pembridge Resources plc (LSE: PERE) ("Pembridge" or the "Company") is pleased to announce Minto Exploration Ltd.'s ("Minto") exploration plans for 2021.

The senior management of Minto has approved an exploration drilling programme aiming to explore undeveloped parts of the Minto Claims licensed area that, based on past geophysic surveys and geochemistry, are highly prospective.  Initially, 64 targets were identified by Minto and these were then prioritised for drilling based on the 2009 Titan 24DC-IP geophysics and 2019 UAV-Mag geophysics, resulting in 27 high priority drillholes (13,220 metres), all of which are near to known mining areas. 

The cost of the drilling programme is budgeted at CAD$3.2 million, which have been included in the annual budget and are to be financed from internally generated cash flows.  The planned timeline for drilling is from July to November 2021 using up to 2 A5 Titan diamond drill rigs, with final results expected in early 2022.

Gati Al-Jebouri, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Pembridge said:

"This new exploration drilling programme continues Minto's aim of exploring the Minto copper belt and realizing its potential.  As stated at the time of announcing the results of the 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report, the management of Minto expects to see further growth in the Minto resource base, which this exploration drilling programme is expected to confirm.  We look forward to seeing the results, which I expect will indicate further opportunity to extend the life of the mine."

Cautionary Statement

This News Release includes certain "forward-looking statements" which are not comprised of historical facts. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that the Company, or management, expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "will", or "plan". Since forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on information currently available to the Company, the Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet management's expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with forward-looking information could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, the Company's intentions regarding its objectives, goals or future plans and statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to predict or counteract the potential impact of COVID-19 coronavirus on factors relevant to the Company's business, failure to identify additional mineral resources, failure to convert estimated mineral resources to reserves with more advanced studies, the inability to eventually complete a feasibility study which could support a production decision, the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results may not be representative of the deposit as a whole, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project approvals, political risks, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in the development of projects, capital, operating and reclamation costs varying significantly from estimates and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry, and those risks set out in the Company's public documents. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

About Pembridge Resources plc

Pembridge is a mining company that is listed on the standard segment of the Official List of the FCA and trading on the main market for listed securities of London Stock Exchange plc. Pembridge has an investment in Minto Explorations Ltd, a British Columbia incorporated business operating the Minto mine in Yukon, Canada.

About Minto Explorations Limited

Minto operates the underground copper-gold-silver mine located in central Yukon, approximately 240 kilometres north of the capital Whitehorse along the Klondike Highway. In excess of US$350 million of capital expenditure has been invested into Minto operations since site construction began in 2006. The Minto mine was in continuous production between 2007 and 2018, when the mine was placed onto temporary care and maintenance. Pembridge acquired Minto from Capstone Mining Corporation in June 2019 and restarted operations in October 2019.

Enquiries:

Pembridge Resources plc:   [phone]

Gati Al-Jebouri, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

David James, Chief Financial Officer

Brandon Hill Capital - United Kingdom:   [phone]

Jonathan Evans

 

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