Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - July 10, 2024) - Canadian Critical Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CCMI) (OTCQB: RIINF) ("CCMI" or the "Company") is pleased to report record revenues for the Company from the sale of stockpiled copper, gold and silver mineralized material at the Bull River Mine ("BRM") project near Cranbrook, BC. During the month of June 2024, the Company trucked 694 wet metric tonnes ("wmt") of mineralized material to New Afton and the Company received a provisional payment of approximately USD$246,000 for the June 2024 shipments versus approximately USD$103,000 for May 2024 shipments. The mineralized material sent to New Afton graded 4.67% Cu, 0.89 g/t Au and 39.5 g/t Ag.
The Company is using a Steinert KSS 100 X-Ray Transmissive Ore Sorter ("Ore Sorter") to pre-concentrate coarse mineralized material from a large surface stockpile at the BRM prior to transporting to New Afton for processing under an Ore Purchase Agreement ("OPA") (see press release dated October 5, 2023, on Sedar+). During June 2024, the Company transitioned to a Monday to Sunday dayshift only operation to better utilize the ore sorter and increase daily throughput. Rejects from the sorter are being stockpiled next to the fines stockpile. The fines stockpile, which represents approximately 25% of the total material on surface, was created during the original crushing and screening process and represents material that is less than 5/8 inches in size and too fine to be separated by the XRT process. Rejects are grading between 0.4% Cu and 1.0% Cu. The cut off grade ("COG") for milling copper mineralized material at the BRM that is already on surface is 0.4% Cu. This means that virtually all the fines and reject material can be economically processed at the Bull River Mine once the Company has received permission to restart the mill.
2024 Revenues from Sale of Stockpiled Material Bull River Mine in $USD (Monthly)
Ian Berzins, President and CEO commented, "We are encouraged by the June 2024 results which represent the highest-grade product produced to-date at the BRM through pre-concentration of stockpiled material. The run of mine mineralized material from the surface stockpile grades 1.39% copper, 0.29 g/t gold and 11 g/t silver, so we generated grade improvements of over 305% for all metals using the ore sorter during the month. The stockpile is not totally homogeneous in terms of grade, so we expect to see some fluctuation in results in coming months."
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CCMI's disclosure of a technical or scientific nature in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Gary Low P.Geo., who serves as a Consultant to the Company and is a Qualified Person under the definition of National Instrument 43-101.
About Canadian Critical Minerals Inc.
CCMI is a mining company primarily focused on two near-term copper production assets in Canada. CCMI's main asset is the 100% owned Bull River Mine project (>135 million lbs of copper) near Cranbrook, British Columbia which has a Mineral Resource containing copper, gold and silver. CCMI also owns a 30% interest in the Thierry Mine project (>1.3 billion lbs of copper) near Pickle Lake, Ontario which has a Mineral Resource containing copper, nickel, silver, palladium, platinum and gold.
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