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Nova Pacific Metals is a critical and precious metal exploration company focused on pursuing projects with an existing mineral inventory, situated close to infrastructure and thereby providing a viable pathway to successful development.
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The Lara Project: A Critical Metal Deposit With Significant Gold and Silver

  • Developed Between 1982 and 1992
  • Historical Resource Estimates from Kelso and Wetherup, 2008 Technical Report
  • Confirmation drilling planned for Q1, 2025

Indicated Resource:

1,146,700 tonnes

Inferred Resource:

669,000 tonnes

Number of drill holes to date

323

Total Drilling:

58,262 meters

* Nova Pacific Metals has not done sufficient exploration to classify the historical estimate as a current resource and the Company is not treating the historical estimate as a current resource.

Map of Vancouver Island Featuring the Lara VMS Project Locations

Lara VMS

The Lara Project is a near surface highly attractive Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) deposit strikingly similar to the prolific Myra Falls mine, located 145 km to the northwest. Nova Pacific aims to advance the project to the pre-feasibility stage utilizing both infill and confirmation drilling to upgrade historical resource calculations.
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Hole 24-BP 05, Gold: 21.70, Silver: 418 g/t, Zinc: 48.12%, Copper:2.67%, Lead: 4.58% across 2.2m

Of particular note is the intersection from hole 24BP05, the upper 2.2 m of which intersected massive light brown sphalerite, galena, and disseminated chalcopyrite. Samples across the full 4.26 metre hole returned a weighted average of 12.5 g/t Au, 409.3 g/t Ag, 37.92% Zn, 5.29% Pb and 2.31% Cu. A 0.9 m intersection from hole 24BP03 also returned 52.76% Zn.

These numbers compare favourably with Abermin’s trench results, but should not be considered representative of the average grade of the deposit, given the limited scope of the drilling program.

Hole 24-BP 05

Gold 21.70

Silver 14.98

Silver 14.98

g/t Ag

Copper 2.67%

Lead 4.58%

across 2.2m

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We are committed to responsible exploration and project development, including early engagement and collaborative decision making with all Indigenous communities.
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We are committed to responsible exploration and project development, including early engagement and collaborative decision making with all Indigenous communities.

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The technical information included in this website has been reviewed and approved by David Nelles, P.Geo., a consultant to the company who is not independent, as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI43-101”)   

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