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TORONTO - January 27, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. ("Noble" or the "Company") (TSX-V:NOB, FRANKFURT: NB7, OTCQB:NLPXF) is pleased to report acquisition of additional claims on the wholly owned Cere Villebon Property located southeast of Val d'Or, Quebec. The claims were acquired by map staking and the new property area is now approximately 1,573 Hectares. The new area staked is currently being evaluated for the potential to host similar mineralization to that found in 2023.
The Cere Villebon Project
In 2023, a drill and geophysical program were completed on the Cere Villebon Project. The drill program included 7 diamond drill holes for a total of 1,955 meters. Significant mineralization was encountered in Holes 1 and 5.
Sampling of Hole 1 from the Cere Villebon drill program returned analyses of 5.2 meters* of 0.66% copper, 0.94% nickel, 0.04% cobalt, 0.25 g/t platinum and 0.66 g/t palladium within a 63 meter* wide mineralized zone grading 0.24% copper, 0.38% nickel, 0.02% cobalt, 0.11 g/t platinum and 0.33 g/t palladium. (*true width not known at this time.)
Sampling of Hole 5, located 25 meters east of Hole 1, of 0.46% copper, 0.69% nickel, 0.03% cobalt 0.78 g/t platinum and 1.28 g/t palladium over 19 meters* within a 37 meter* zone of 0.36% copper, 0.50% nickel, 0.02% cobalt, 0.36 g/t platinum and 0.54 g/t palladium. (*true width not known at this time)
The mineralization was found to be associated with a strong chargeability anomaly associated with a resistivity low reflecting the sulphide mineralization encountered in the core.
Holes 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 showed no significant mineralization and were drilled off trend of Hole 1 and 5 to test targets on other parts of the property.
Historic drilling and resource estimates done by the Groupe La Fosse Platinum Inc on the North Zone (1987) calculated a historical resource of 421,840 tonnes grading 0.52% copper, 0.72 % nickel and 1.08 g/t combined platinum-palladium (Groupe La Fosse Platinum Inc., 1987 Annual Report).
This estimate is historical in nature, non-compliant to NI 43-101 Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves standards, and therefore should not be relied upon. A Qualified Person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as current mineral resources, and these estimates should only be considered has an indication of the mineral potential of the Property.
Image 1: Drill core from Hole 1, 220.5m depth down hole.
Wayne Holmstead, P.Geo (OGQ), a "qualified person" as such term is defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed the Cere Villebon data disclosed in this news release, and has otherwise reviewed and approved this technical information in this news release on behalf of Noble Minerals.