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Canterra Minerals Identifies New District-Scale Gold Targets Along Valentine Lake Shear Zone Immediately Adjacent to Equinox Gold's Valentine Mine in Central Newfoundland
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 16, 2025) - Canterra Minerals Corporation (T...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Canterra Minerals Identifies New District-Scale Gold Targets Along Valentine Lake Shear Zone Immediately Adjacent to Equinox Gold's Valentine Mine in Central NewfoundlandVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 16, 2025) - Canterra Minerals Corporation (TSXV: CTM) (OTCQB: CTMCF) (FSE: DXZB) (\"Canterra\" or the \"Company\") has identified five new, district-scale gold targets on its 100%-owned Wilding Gold Project in Central Newfoundland. The project lies directly along the prolific Valentine Lake Shear Zone, contiguous with Equinox Gold's Valentine Gold Mine, which is expected to pour first gold in Q3 2025. Highlights:Five multi-kilometre-scale gold targets defined through newly compiled and reprocessed geophysical datasets spanning the gold belt from Equinox's Valentine mine through Canterra's Wilding Gold Project. Each target demonstrates key geological characteristics analogous to those at the Valentine Mine, a 4.0 Moz Au M&I and 1.1 Moz Au Inferred resource (2024)1.The newly interpreted data supports a targeted and systematic basal till sampling program to accelerate drill targeting across multiple gold-bearing structures, optimizing exploration efficiency and increasing the probability of new gold discoveries.\"This is a pivotal moment for Canterra,\" said Chris Pennimpede, CEO of Canterra Minerals. \"Our technical team's work has opened up a new scale of opportunity on our Wilding Project. With these five targets in hand and a fast-track discovery plan, we believe we can advance from target generation to potential drill discoveries in a single season.\"Geophysical Reprocessing Drives Discovery PotentialReprocessed and newly compiled geophysical datasets across the Valentine Lake gold belt reveals previously unrecognized belt parallel shear structures, cross-structures and favorable host lithologies, all key ingredients for gold mineralization with strong geological similarities to structures hosting the Valentine Mine. Several previously unrecognized structural corridors with significant gold-bearing potential have been identified, particularly along the Valentine Lake Shear Zone and parallel structures. As a result of this structural study, 5 new multi kilometre-scale target areas have been identified. Figure 1. Canterra and Equinox Gold claims with gold target areas outlined in red. Major structures ...