Clean Air Metals Inc. (“Clean Air Metals” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: AIR; FRA: CKU; OTCQB: CLRMF) is pleased to announce that its 2025 summer drilling program at the Company’s 100%-owned Thunder Bay North Critical Minerals Project (“TBN”) has confirmed the continuation of the Escape Deposit into a previously untested 2.5 km long magnetic anomaly that connects to the known mineral resources. The single hole completed during this program intersected high-tenor sulphide mineralization having comparable thickness and metal grades to the existing Escape Deposit resource. Given its significant size, the Escape down-plunge target represents the highest potential resource addition opportunity for the TBN project. Assay highlights from hole EL25-001:
- 53 m of 0.52 g/t Pt, 0.69 g/t Pd, 0.26% Cu and 0.17% Ni (from 404 m downhole, including
- 0.84 g/t Pt, 1.12 g/t Pd, 0.41% Cu and 021% Ni over 22 m from 411 m, and
- 1.08 g/t Pt, 1.41 g/t Pd, 0.52% Cu and 0.24% Ni over 11 m from 430 m, and
The results from EL25-001 confirm that drilling successfully entered the mineralized conduit system that hosts the Escape Deposit and provides a clear pathway for resource expansion down-plunge. Table 1. Assay results from the reported hole
| Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Pt (g/t) | Pd (g/t) | Au (g/t) | Cu (%) | Ni (%) | Pt+Pd (g/t) | Cu+Ni (%) |
| EL25-001 | 404 | 457 | 53 | 0.52 | 0.69 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 1.20 | 0.43 |
| Incl. | 411 | 433 | 22 | 0.84 | 1.12 | 0.10 | 0.41 | 0.21 | 1.96 | 0.63 |
| And | 419 | 430 | 11 | 1.08 | 1.41 | 0.14 | 0.52 | 0.24 | 2.49 | 0.76 |
Mike Garbutt, CEO of Clean Air Metals, remarked, “This intercept represents a step-change in our outlook for the Escape conduit system. Hitting PGE-Cu-Ni-rich sulphide mineralization beyond the known resource envelope validates our geophysical targeting strategy. I can’t understate the potential impact that the continuation of the Escape-down-plunge can have on the scale and economics of this project”. Figure 1. Plan view and longitudinal sections of the Escape Deposit and Down-Plunge Target illustrating the mineralized intercepts in drill hole EL25-001 relative to the modelled extension of the known resource. Also shown are the locations of untested magnetic and conductive anomalies distributed along the 2.5-kilometre highly prospective mineralized conduit. Continue at Clean Air Metals
