SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, April 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GFG Resources Inc. (TSXV: GFG) (OTCQB: GFGSF) ("GFG" or the "Company") announces that it has entered into a binding letter of intent (the "Agreement") with private, arm's length vendors (the "Vendors") to acquire a 100% interest in 14 unpatented mining claims (the "Coulson Claims") adjacent to the Goldarm Property (See Figure 1).

Brian Skanderbeg, President and CEO of GFG, commented, "We are happy to add the strategic Coulson Claims that host historic underground development at the Aljo Mine to our recently consolidated land package. The high-grade gold values and the fact that gold mineralization exists in a variety of geological settings and orientations demonstrates the prospectivity of the property and our contiguous Goldarm Property."

The Aljo Mine was the focus of underground exploration and development during the early 1900's, including two shafts to depths of 400 and 575 feet. Limited, intermittent production occurred through the 1940's. More recently, Kingswood Exploration completed surface exploration and drilling on the property between 1988 and 1992. This historic drilling returned high-grade gold mineralization associated with quartz-carbonate veins in highly carbonate-altered mafic volcanic rocks (See Table 1). Gold mineralization is also documented in the adjacent ultramafic and porphyric felsic intrusive rocks which, along with the presence of extensional- and shear-vein systems, provides support for multiple mineralized zones and the overall high prospectivity of the area.

Table 1: Highlights from Historic Drill Intercepts on the Coulson Claims ⁽¹⁾

⁽¹⁾ Drill intercepts are historical and GFG's QP has not verified the laboratory accreditation, analytical method, sample size or QA/QC procedures utilized for the historic drill results. True widths have not been estimated.

Potential quantity and grade is conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a Mineral Resource on the Coulson Claims to date and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the Coulson Claims being defined as a Mineral Resource.

Terms of the Agreement
Under the terms of the Agreement, GFG will acquire a 100% interest in the Coulson Claims by:

• Issuing 700,000 common shares of GFG ("Consideration Shares") on closing of the Agreement;
• Making a cash payment of C$50,000 to the Vendors;
• Granting the Vendors a 2% NSR on the Coulson Claims with the right to buy-back one half (1%) of the NSR for C$1,000,000; and
• Making a success payment of C$1.0 million in cash within 60 days of announcement of any NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource of 1.0 million ounce of gold on the Coulson Claims.

Completion of the Agreement is subject to certain customary closing conditions, including approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. The Consideration Shares will be subject to a customary four month hold period.

Outlook
In 2022, the Company plans to complete approximately 10,000 m of drilling on its Timmins portfolio with its 4,000 m Phase 1 drill program well underway at the Montclerg Gold Project. In addition to the 2022 drill programs, GFG will continue additional regional exploration activities and drill target development across the Goldarm Property and the Pen Gold Project. The regional programs will include airborne geophysics, sonic till sampling programs and data compilation. Meanwhile, assay results are pending for the remaining five holes from the maiden 2021 drill program and the Company expects to report these results in the coming weeks.

Following the successful initial test work that exceeded recovery rate expectations at the Rattlesnake Hills Gold Project ("RSH Project") (See news release dated March 15, 2022), the Company's option partner, Group 11 Technologies Inc. ("Group 11"), will proceed to conduct further in-situ recovery analyses and data review. The technical review will further assess the amenability and recovery rates for extracting gold using an eco-friendly water-based solution. Next steps to advance the RSH Project to include additional laboratory tests, additional drill tests and related project permitting. 

Figure 1: Timmins East Regional Map of the Goldarm Property with Coulson Claims is available at: 

About GFG Resources Inc.
GFG is a North American precious metals exploration company focused on district scale gold projects in tier one mining jurisdictions, Ontario and Wyoming. In Ontario, the Company operates three gold projects, each large and highly prospective gold properties within the prolific gold district of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. The projects have similar geological settings that host most of the gold deposits found in the Timmins Gold Camp which have produced over 70 million ounces of gold. The Company also owns 100% of the Rattlesnake Hills Gold Project, a district scale gold exploration project located approximately 100 kilometres southwest of Casper, Wyoming, U.S. In Wyoming, the Company has partnered with Group 11 through an option and earn-in agreement to advance the Company's Rattlesnake Hills Gold Project with a technology that could revolutionize the gold mining industry.

All scientific and technical information contained in this press release has been prepared under the supervision of Brian Skanderbeg, P.Geo. President, CEO and Director of GFG, a qualified person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101.

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Brian Skanderbeg, President & CEO
or
Marc Lepage, Vice President, Business Development
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