Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 6, 2024) - Pacific Bay Minerals Ltd (TSXV: PBM) ("Pacific Bay" or the "Company"), a mineral exploration company, is pleased to announce the staking of the Sphinx Mountain Rare Earth Elements Project, situated in Northern British Columbia, approximately 50km North East of Dease Lake.
Previously owned by Pacific Bay, a 2011 work program designed to follow up on anomalously high British Columbia Geology Survey (BCGS) data involving stream sediment samples identified, confirmed and expanded with resulting concentrations as high as 1.19% TREE* and 0.83% TREE* in stream sediment samples. Additional samples in the area returned exceptionally high values (0.48% TREE and 0.42% TREE) over 3.5km away with limited to no cover/exploration in between samples.
A future program this summer will aim to cover the area with mapping, prospecting and geophysics all to gain a comprehensive understanding of the region and define drill targets.
Reagan Glazier, CEO and President stated, "We're excited at the opportunity to explore for these critical minerals, expanding on the noteworthy discovery with low-impact and cost-efficient processes."
For more Information please contact:
Reagan Glazier, CEO, President and Director
E-mail: reagan@pacificbayminerals.com
Telephone: +1 403-815-6663
About Pacific Bay Minerals Ltd.
Pacific Bay currently has a portfolio of properties in British Columbia, including the Haskins Reed, 30km East of the Cassiar townsite, Wheaton Creek, and Weaver Lake projects along with the newly added Sphinx Mountain Project. Short term focus will be spent on exploring the projects and identifying new targets within the highly prospective regions for both precious and transitional metals.
*TREE is expressed as the summation of Ce + La + Pr + Nd+ Sm + Eu + Gd+ Tb + Dy + Ho + Er + Tm + Yb+ Lu + Y.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Mr. David Bridge, P.Geo., a consultant of the Company, who is a "Qualified Person" as defined in NI 43-101.
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