Miata Metals Signs Option to Increase Ownership of the Nassau Gold Project in Suriname to 100%

“With this transaction, Miata now holds exposure to the potential for 100% ownership of both Sela Creek and Nassau, providing us with full strategic control over our Suriname gold portfolio,” stated Dr. Jacob Verbaas, CEO of Miata. “We continue to systematically advance our flagship Sela Creek gold project, where our technical team is drill-testing a large-scale orogenic system across 215 km². We are pleased to enter into this agreement at Nassau as it strengthens our long-term position in the prolific greenstone belts of Suriname. Nassau is on trend with the producing Rosebel and Merian mines*, road accessible, and close to important infrastructure. Like Sela Creek, we believe the Nassau project now also has the right foundation to build lasting shareholder value in Suriname’s highly prospective gold belt.”
Highlights
Nassau Gold Project
The Nassau property is located in a gold-rich greenstone belt in northeast Suriname, part of the Guiana Shield. The property is situated on a plateau that is surrounded by extensive gold placer deposits draining the plateau and contains numerous gold occurrences in quartz veins across the property. Previous operators have defined three high-priority exploration targets.
Nassau shares the same stratigraphy and structures as both the Rosebel and Merian gold mines1 and contains three large areas of alluvial and saprolite gold mineralization that surround a central plateau where gold has been mined for at least a century. Small-scale miners occasionally move upslope of their mining areas where they expose mineralized bedrock and quartz veins2.
The Witlage gold zone has been the focus of past operators and was drilled by a previous operator with promising results. In particular, drilling at Witlage included3:
Several other exploration targets exist such as the Marinara target that has yielded auger samples of 1.34 g/t Au over 8m.
Terms of the Nassau Agreement
This agreement was signed on April 15th, 2025 and as consideration to increase its ownership to 100% of Nassau, Miata is required to make cash payments over three years totalling US$1,350,000 and undergo work commitments totalling US$1,000,000 over the first 2-year period and US$1,000,000 over the subsequent year. The payment schedule is as follows, subject to certain conditions precedent which may reduce or defer these payments:
Concurrent with the completion of the option, Miata shall grant the Optionor a 2.0% net smelter royalty (“NSR”) from the sale of gold mined from Nassau. Miata shall maintain a buy-back right to purchase (i) one half percent (0.5%) of the NSR for cash payment of US$1,000,000 and (ii) a further one half percent (0.5%) of the NSR for a cash payment of US$3,000,000. A current 0.5% NSR was granted to a prior operator. Miata will be the operator of Nassau responsible for carrying out exploration.
QP Statement
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Jacob Verbaas, P.Geo., a director of the Company and Qualified Person as defined under the definitions of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
1 Referenced mines and deposits are for reference only and are not an indication that similar mineralization occurs at the Nassau Project. Dec 2023 – Merian Mine had reserves of 3.9Moz at 1.16 g/t gold (Proven and Probable) – ‘Newmont Resources and Reserves 2023’ 2. Dec 2022 Rosebell had reverves of 3.5 million ounces of gold at 1.1 g/t (Proven and
Probable) – IAMGOLD Attributable Reserves, Feb 2023.
2 Miata Metals does not generate revenues from small-scale mining activities.
3 True width unknown. These results are historical in nature and not verified by the Company.
About Miata Metals Corp.
Miata Metals Corp. (CSE: MMET) is a Canadian mineral exploration company listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange, as well as the OTCQB (OTCQB:MMETF) and Frankfurt (FSE:8NQ) Exchanges. The Company is focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. The Company holds a 70% interest in the ~215km2 Sela Creek Gold Project in Suriname with an option to acquire a full 100% interest in the project, and a 70% beneficial interest in the Nassau Gold Project in Suriname with an option to acquire 100%. Both assets are located in the greenstone belt of Suriname.
On Behalf of the Board
Dr. Jacob (Jaap) Verbaas, P.Geo | CEO and Director
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In Europe
Swiss Resource Capital AG
Jochen Staiger & Marc Ollinger
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