News Release Clarification
Copper Canyon Options Severance Gold Property
to Northern Freegold
Subsequent to the release of news on March 21st, 2007, certain typographical errors and omissions were identified by Copper Canyon management. A revised version is hereby offered, along with our apologies for any confusion this may have caused.
Cranbrook, B.C., 26 March, 2007: Copper Canyon Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:CPY) has executed an option agreement with Northern Freegold Resources Ltd (TSX-V:NFR) whereby NFR may earn a 100% interest (less 3% NSR) in the Severance Property by making staged cash payments totaling $50,000 and issuing 300,000 common shares to CPY. An additional 500,000 shares will be issued to CPY in the event of a production decision or change in control of NFR to another company. The 3% NSR may be reduced to 1% by payment of $1,500,000.
CPY and NFR have directors in common and are related parties in regard to the agreement on the Severance Property. These acquisitions have been approved by the non-related independent directors of both CPY and NFR.
The Severance Property is located within the Dawson Range, 120km west of Carmacks, Yukon within a similar geologic setting to NFR’s Freegold Mountain Project. The target on the 6.3 sq km property is intrusive-hosted gold mineralization. No drilling has been completed to date, though historical work on the property includes geophysics, soil geochemistry and geological mapping. Soil geochemical results have returned anomalous values to 2,680 ppb Au. Coincident with the gold is copper, molybdenum and arsenic; all considered key pathfinder elements associated with intrusion related gold-copper systems. A grab sample from silicified and quartz-veined granodiorite with 7% disseminated pyrite returned 1.2 g/t Au and 0.35% Cu. An airborne survey over the property is considered to be useful in defining future drill targets.
Copper Canyon Resources was created by way of a Plan of Arrangement on June 9, 2006. Shareholders of Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. approved the plan to reorganize the Company's mineral property assets in an effort to maximize shareholder value. Under the terms of the arrangement, three of Eagle Plains’ projects; Copper Canyon, Severance and Abo (Harrison) Gold, were transferred into Copper Canyon Resources on a one-for-one share basis.
This news release has been reviewed and approved by Tim J. Termuende, P.Geo., hereby designated as a “Qualified Person” under National Instrument 43-101.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Signed
“Tim J. Termuende”
President and CEO
For further information, please contact Mike Labach at
1 866 HUNT ORE (486 8673)
Email: mgl@copcanyon.com or visit our website at http://www.copcanyon.com
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