Bluebird Plans 18-Hole Drill Program for Canegrass High-Grade Nickel Sulphide Project in Western Australia

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / June 1, 2020 / BlueBird Battery Metals Inc. (TSXV: BATT)(OTC PINK:BBBMF) (the "Company" or "BlueBird") is pleased to announce further details of the planned 2020 drill program on its Canegrass Nickel-Copper-Cobalt project, in Western Australia - the world's top-rated mining jurisdiction[1]. The two-phase program will consist of 18 holes (3,160 m) of Reverse Circulation (RC) and Diamond (Core) drilling, which will follow up on 2018 successes and begin also test new, high priority areas (Figure 1).

Highlights of 2018 Canegrass drill program

  • All holes returned anomalous values of Ni, Cu, Co (and PGE) and included some of the highest grades intersected on the project to-date:
    • BBRC001 (Winx) 14m @ 1.17% Ni, 0.88% Cu and 0.05% Co from 65m, including 1m @ 2.70% Ni, 0.23% Cu and 0.12% Co
    • BBDD001 (Sunline) 0.57m @ 3.07 % Ni, 0.62% Cu and 0.24% Co from 144.1m
    • BBDD002 (Tulloch) 14.25m @ 0.69% Ni, 0.82% Cu and 0.05% Co from 243.2, including 4.9m @ 1.33% Ni, 1.26% Cu and 0.10% Co
  • All mineralized holes open along strike and at depth
  • Downhole electromagnetic (DHEM) testing identified anomalies in holes BBRC001 and 002, BBDD001 and 002, strongly suggesting mineralization is more extensive than intersected

Peter Dickie, President and CEO of Bluebird, commented, "We are excited to commence drilling at Canegrass and anticipate all preliminary on-site activities, as well as permitting, to be completed promptly. Our drilling partner, Newexco, is renowned for methodically planned and executed exploration programs and delivered exceptional results at Canegrass in 2018. Newexco has been instrumental in a number of significant discoveries in Australia and we are pleased to be working with the company for our 2020 program."

2020 Canegrass Drill Program Further Details

The Canegrass Project is emerging as one of the more interesting new layered intrusive nickel projects in Western Australia. The upcoming program will drill untested conductors identified in surface geophysics and continue to assess the extents of the Ni-Cu (Co) mineralization intersected in the previous campaign, including targeting off-hole anomalies.

Drilling will commence with an initial RC programme testing the new anomalies. This will be followed by a diamond drilling programme deepening the RC holes that will target the geophysical anomalies generated from the last campaign and any encouraging geology arising from the RC campaign. The current strike extents of each prospect is unconstrained and down dip/plunge extensions remain to be tested. In order to drill the nickel prospective conductors, the drilling at Winx will have to pass through the vanadium-rich magnetite horizons that initially attracted explorers to the area.

Figure 1. VTEM map of Canegrass Project with 2020 drill targets and locations.

In addition, an EM survey may be conducted over selected areas to evaluate potential new targets.

The planned holes to-date are tabulated below.

Table 1. 2020 Planned Drillholes at Canegrass Project

  Phase    Prospect    Prop_HoleID    EOH    RC    Core    Total m  Target
    1       pBBDH006      100      100           100  VTEM13_09 anomaly
    1       pBBDH018      200      200           200  VTEM13_05 anomaly
    1       pBBDH019      100      100           100  testing central part of 200m long strike of Saintly anomaly
    1       pBBDH020      100      100           100  testing north part of anomaly, 80m north of pBBDH019
    1       pBBDH021      100      100           100  testing southern part of anomaly, 80m south of pBBDH019
    1       pBBDH023      100      100           100  VTEM13_11 anomaly
    1       pBBDH024      120      120           120  testing central part of 400m long strike of Twin Peaks anomaly
    1       pBBDH025      120      120           120  testing north part of anomaly, 200m north of pBBDH024
    1       pBBDH026      120      120           120  testing southern part of anomaly, 200m south of pBBDH024
            5      9              1060           1060   
    2       BBRC002      250              130      130  Extend from 120m, test beneath BBRC001 and contact
    2       BBDD001      225              50      50  Extend from 175m, off hole anomaly below hole
    2       pBBDH007      240      100      140      240  FLEM and BBDD001 DHEM off hole
    2       pBBDH008      340      100      240      340  FLEM and BBDD001 DHEM off hole
    2       pBBDH009      400      100      300      400  FLEM and BBDD001 DHEM off hole
    2       pBBDH010      360      100      260      360  FLEM and BBDD001 DHEM off hole
    2       pBBDH011      280      100      180      280  CG039
    2       pBBDH012      300      100      200      300  CG039
            3      9              600      1500      2100   
       8      18              1660      1500      3160   

The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Nathan Tribble, P.Geo., a director of the Company and a Qualified Person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101. The qualified person has not yet visited the Canegrass Project, and therefore has not yet verified the data disclosed, including sampling, analytical, and test data underlying the information or opinions contained in the written disclosure.

About BlueBird Battery Metals

BlueBird Battery Metals (TSXV: BATT; US: BBBMF) is a Canadian publicly listed company focused on the global exploration and development of strategic battery metals projects, primarily nickel, cobalt, and copper in safe jurisdictions. BlueBird's goal is to pursue a business model that offers direct and long-term leverage to the price appreciation of battery metals, several of which have vulnerable supply chains, and are part of an emerging sector with extraordinary potential. BlueBird is currently advancing a portfolio of battery metals focused assets in Western Australia and is reviewing new acquisition opportunities to add to the Company's project portfolio.

On Behalf of the Board of BlueBird Battery Metals Inc.

Peter Dickie
President and CEO

For more information, please contact 1-855-584-0160 or info@bluebirdbatterymetals.com.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange, the Toronto Stock Exchange nor their Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward Looking Statements: Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, which are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainness and other factors that may cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results may vary, and we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.

SOURCE: BlueBird Battery Metals Inc.

[1] Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining and Exploration Companies



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