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Eagle Plains' Partner Sun Summit Minerals Commences Fieldwork at the Theory Project, Toodoggone District, BC

CRANBROOK, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 21, 2025 / (TSX-V:EPL)(OTCQB:EGPLF) ("EPL" or "Eagle...

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Eagle Plains' Partner Sun Summit Minerals Commences Fieldwork at the Theory Project, Toodoggone District, BC

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Eagle Plains' Partner Sun Summit Minerals Commences Fieldwork at the Theory Project, Toodoggone District, BCCRANBROOK, BC / ACCESS Newswire / August 21, 2025 / (TSX-V:EPL)(OTCQB:EGPLF) ("EPL" or "Eagle Plains") is pleased to announce that partner Sun Summit Minerals Corp. (TSX-V:SMN)(OTCQB:SMREF) ("Sun Summit") has mobilized exploration crews to commence 2025 fieldwork at Eagle Plains' Theory copper-gold project (the "Theory Project"), north-central British Columbia. The property is owned 100% by Eagle Plains, with 122 hectares of the property subject to an underlying 0.5% Net Smelter Royalty held by a third party.The Theory Project borders Thesis Gold's Ranch Project to the north and is located within 10 km to the North West of Sun Summit's JD Project.Sun Summit signed an option agreement with Eagle Plains to earn up to a 100% interest in the project, located in the highly prospective Toodoggone Mining District. (see press release dated March 17, 2025)Theory Project Exploration ProgramThe focus of the 2025 program will be to identify drill targets using prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical sampling and remote sensing to follow up on areas of interest generated through a 2024 airborne geophysical survey and a comprehensive, ongoing data compilation. The proposed work program will have a budget adequate to exceed the minimum required 2025 exploration expenditures of $200,000.Eagle Plains will serve as operator for the project and the work will be completed by TerraLogic Exploration.See Theory Project Information and Map hereThe 9676ha Theory Project is located in northern BC within the Toodoggone Mining District. The district is endowed with both epithermal gold and porphyry copper-gold deposits, most notably the past producing Kemess Mine owned by Centerra Gold. The Omineca Resource Road provides access to the region from Mackenzie, BC. Recent road upgrades completed in 2023 by Thesis Gold on their Lawyers-Ranch Project brought road access to within 8 kms of the Theory Project.Geology in the Theory region is primarily comprised of lower Jurassic Hazelton Group volcanics which unconformably overlie late Triassic Takla Group volcanics. The entire package of rocks is intruded by late Triassic and early Jurassic stocks. The majority of the Theory property encompasses the highly prospective Jurassic-Triassic unconformity (~200 Ma), termed by the BC Geo...

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