Kenorland Minerals Ltd. - KLDCF STOCK NEWS

Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD) (OTCQX: KLDCF) has launched its maiden diamond drill program at the South Uchi Project in Ontario's Red Lake District. The Winter 2025 exploration program, backed by an $8.0 million budget from Auranova Resources, will include up to 15,000 meters of diamond drilling at the Papaonga target.

The program will test high-priority structural corridors over a 6km strike length, with approximately 30 drill holes planned. Previous exploration in 2024 revealed significant gold mineralization, with rock sampling assays reaching up to 13.35 g/t Au. The drilling campaign targets three main areas: the sheared margin of the Papaonga diorite, northeast-trending shear zones, and east-west trending shear zones through folded volcanic rocks. The program is expected to conclude in late-March 2025.

Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD) (OTCQX: KLDCF) has launched its 2025 winter exploration program at the Frotet Project in northern Quebec. The program includes up to 23,000m of diamond drilling at the Regnault gold system, following the Summer 2024 program that yielded significant results including 3.30m at 26.67 g/t Au.

The winter program focuses on infill drilling to reduce hole spacing to a maximum of 100m and step-out targets along known mineralized structures. Approximately 80% of planned drilling (26 holes) will target the R1, R5, R6, and R7 structures, while 10% will explore deep extensions of R2, R9, R10, and R11 structures up to 1,000m below surface. The remaining 10% (six holes) will target R2 (west), R3, and R4 vein sets.

The Project is 100% owned by Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada, with Kenorland serving as operator and holding a 4% NSR royalty, subject to certain buy-down rights by Sumitomo.

Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD) (OTCQX: KLDCF) has completed the 'top-up right' exercise with Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada and Centerra Gold, allowing them to maintain their respective 10.1% and 9.9% ownership interests in the company. The transaction involved issuing 63,453 common shares at $1.0492 per share, totaling $66,574.89. These shares are subject to a statutory hold period until April 21, 2025. As Sumitomo owns over 10% of Kenorland's shares, the transaction qualified as a 'related party transaction' under MI 61-101, though exemptions from formal valuation and minority shareholder approval were applied as the value was below 25% of the company's market capitalization.

Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD) (OTCQX: KLDCF) has announced that both Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada and Centerra Gold will exercise their 'top-up rights' to maintain their respective ownership interests in the company. Following this action, Kenorland will issue a total of 63,453 common shares at $1.0492 per share, raising $66,574.89. Specifically, 32,044 shares will be issued to Sumitomo to maintain its 10.1% stake, while 31,409 shares will go to Centerra to maintain its 9.9% interest. The issuance is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.

Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD) provided an exploration update across its portfolio of projects. The company reports a working capital of $27.2 million as of October 31, 2024, with total exploration expenditures forecast at over $27.5 million for 2024. Key developments include:

- Exchange of 20% interest in Frotet Project for a 4% NSR royalty
- Completion of 33 diamond drill holes at Regnault gold deposit
- Agreement with Auranova Resources for South Uchi Project earning potential
- Newmont's election to enter Phase 2 of Chebistuan Project earn-in
- Evolution Nickel's acquisition of South Thompson Project

The company granted 5,230,000 stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants at $1.22 per share for a five-year period.

Kenorland Minerals has announced results from regional exploration campaigns across four projects in Northwestern Ontario: Flora, Western Wabigoon, Algoman, and Stormy Lake. The company collected approximately 12,200 till samples covering 263,500 hectares during the 2024 field season.

Key findings include: At Flora Project, two targets were identified along the Wabigoon Fault, with rock samples showing up to 4.62% Li2O. The Western Wabigoon Project revealed a 19km gold-in-till trend. The Algoman Project identified two distinct Au-As trends, with rock samples showing up to 187.6 g/t Au. The Stormy Lake Project completed first-pass sampling with anomalous gold findings.

The company also announced that its subsidiary granted a 2% net smelter return royalty on claims within Flora, Algoman and Western Wabigoon Projects.

Kenorland Minerals has entered into a definitive agreement with Auranova Resources for the South Uchi Project in Ontario's Red Lake District. The agreement allows Auranova to acquire up to 70% interest through a two-stage option. The First Option (51%) requires C$500,000 in payments, 15,000m of drilling or C$8M in expenditures, and issuing shares for 19.9% equity to Kenorland. The Second Option (additional 19%) requires C$10M in expenditures. The project shows significant gold potential, with recent exploration revealing the Papaonga target area yielding up to 13.35 g/t Au and 60.4 g/t Ag in rock samples.

Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD) (OTCQX: KLDCF) announces that Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada has decided to withdraw from their Joint Venture Exploration Agreement at the Chicobi Project in Quebec. The agreement, which was established on February 15, 2019, will terminate on December 6, 2024. Following this termination, Sumitomo will transfer its participating interest to Kenorland, resulting in Kenorland obtaining 100% ownership of the Project.

Kenorland Minerals announces a winter 2025 drill program at the Deux Orignaux prospect and Newmont 's entry into Phase 2 of their earn-in agreement for the Chebistuan project in Quebec. The planned program includes up to 3,500m of drilling to explore the mineralized syenite area, following up on previous results from drill hole 23DODD005 which yielded 157.20m at 0.41 g/t Au including 20.61m at 0.97 g/t Au. The program will also investigate additional potential syenite plug targets identified through geophysical characteristics. Kenorland remains the project operator, with drilling expected to begin in Q1 2025.