Sting Project Highlights including 2024 Drilling Program (see company news release January 14, 2025):
- VB24-001: 20.5m at 1.21% Cu including 5.0m at 2.22% Cu and 54.8m at 0.32% Cu
- VB24-002: 78.0m at 0.24% Cu including 9.0m at 0.76% Cu
- VB24-003: 0.50m at 2.85% Cu and 0.50m at 1.92% Cu and 31.1m at 0.27% Cu
- VB24-004: 2.70m at 0.61% Cu
- VB24-005: 22.85m at 0.20% Zn including 3.5m at 0.51% Zn and 0.50m at 1.24% Cu and 0.60% Zn and 1.05m at 1.13% Cu and 0.12% Zn and 5.25m at 0.57% Cu
- Historical channel samples at the Jumbo Lode within the Sting Copper Project assayed 14.3% Cu over 3.1 m and 9.0% Cu over 9.14 m1*.
- Historical grab samples assayed 6.4% Cu from the basal 0.3 m of the Jumbo lode and 0.13% Cu from the upper 1.5 m of the lode2. Dean (1977)3 estimated grade and tonnage of high-grade ore within Jumbo as 14.7% Cu and 14,714 tons and disseminated ore as 6.0% Cu and ~26,956 tons.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aventis Energy ("Aventis" or the "Company") (CSE:AVE | FRA:C0O0 | OTC: VBAMF) is pleased to announce that it has contracted Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. ("Dahrouge") to complete a Technical Report (the "Report") in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects on the Sting Copper Project ("Sting" or the "Project") located in western Newfoundland, Canada.
Dahrouge and its predecessor, Halferdahl and Associates Ltd., have advised and assisted clients in identifying, exploring, and developing mineral projects since 1971. Dahrouge's team of geologists and dedicated support staff continue to build a fifty-year legacy, handling projects of all scopes from grassroots exploration, to resource delineation, to prefeasibility and feasibility level studies and are currently recognized worldwide for their expertise in the exploration and discovery of "critical" elements.
Mandeep Parmar, Interim Chief Executive Officer & Director of the Company, commented, "Our intention to complete a 43-101 Technical Report on the Sting Project represents a key inflection point in our Company's growth. We are confident that after the completion of the Report, guided by the expertise of Dahrouge, that we will be able to drive further advancement at Sting by way of future exploration and drilling programs."
The purpose of the Report is to provide a comprehensive update on the Project including all available historical data that the Company has gathered, in addition to strong copper grades retrieved from the fall 2024 drill program. The Report will offer valuable insights by compiling existing data, previous work, and new technology to better guide future programs.
Figure 1: Sting Copper Project 2024 drilling results overview. Chargeability results at 100m depth.
Qualified Person Statement
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed, verified, and approved by Alexander Timofeev, Ph.D., P.Geo. of Dahrouge Geological Consulting, who is a registered P.Geo in Quebec and Newfoundland, Canada and a "qualified person" as defined in NI 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure in Mineral Projects.
Historical data disclosed in this news release relating to sampling results from previous operators are historical in nature. Neither the Company nor a qualified person has yet verified this data and therefore investors should not place undue reliance on such data. The Company's future exploration work may include verification of the data. The Company considers historical results to be relevant as an exploration guide and to assess the mineralization as well as economic potential of exploration projects. Any historical grab samples disclosed are selected samples and may not represent true underlying mineralization.
References
*All assessment file data referenced above can be sourced at the following Newfoundland and Labrador web link: https://gis.geosurv.gov.nl.ca/,
1 Hatch, 1922, (Assessment File 012G/08/0002)
2 Dean, 1980, (Assessment File 012G/08/0075)
3 Dean, 1977, (Assessment File 012G/08/0069)
About Aventis Energy Inc.
Aventis Energy Inc. (CSE: AVE | FRA: C0O0 | OTC: VBAMF) is a mineral exploration company dedicated to the development of strategic projects comprised of battery, base and precious metals in stable jurisdictions. The Company is working to advance its Corvo Uranium & Sting Copper Project.
The Corvo Uranium property has historical drill holes intersected multiple intervals of uranium mineralization, notably along a strike length of 800 metres between historical drill holes TL-79-3 (0.116% U3O8 over 1.05 m) and TL-79-5 (0.065% U3O8 over 0.15 m)2. High-grade* Uranium at Surface with the Manhattan showing (1.19 to 5.98% U3O8) and SMDI showing 2052 (0.137% U3O8 and 2,300 ppm Th).
The Sting Copper Project covers approximately 3,700 hectares and recently had results of 54.8m at 0.32% Cu starting at a depth of 27.0m in 2024 drill hole VB24-001, with higher-grade intervals including six samples (=0.5m length) ranging from 0.96% to 5.43% Cu. High grade samples of 0.5m at 2.85% Cu and 0.5m at 1.92% Cu with an additional broader interval of 31.1m at 0.27% Cu were found in VB24-003.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Mandeep Parmar
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Director
+1 (604) 229-9772
info@vitalbatterymetals.com
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Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information relating to any future mineral production, liquidity, enhanced value and capital markets profile of Aventis, future growth potential for Aventis and its business, and future exploration plans are based on management's reasonable assumptions, estimates, expectations, analyses and opinions, which are based on management's experience and perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, and other factors that management believes are relevant and reasonable in the circumstances, but which may prove to be incorrect. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things, the price of uranium, copper, gold and other metals; costs of exploration and development; the estimated costs of development of exploration projects; Aventis' ability to operate in a safe and effective manner and its ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms.
This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of the Canadian securities laws. Statements, other than statements of historical fact, may constitute forward looking information and include, without limitation, statements with respect to the Project and its mineralization potential; the Company's objectives, goals, or future plans with respect to the Project; statements with respect to the Program; completion of the Report; expected benefits of the Report; and the Company's anticipated exploration program at the Project. With respect to the forward-looking information contained in this news release, the Company has made numerous assumptions regarding, among other things, the geological, metallurgical, engineering, financial and economic advice that the Company has received is reliable and are based upon practices and methodologies which are consistent with industry standards. While the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies. Additionally, there are known and unknown risk factors which could cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information contained herein. Known risk factors include, among others: fluctuations in commodity prices and currency exchange rates; uncertainties relating to interpretation of well results and the geology, continuity and grade of uranium, copper, gold and other metal deposits; uncertainty of estimates of capital and operating costs, recovery rates, production estimates and estimated economic return; the need for cooperation of government agencies in the exploration and development of properties and the issuance of required permits; the need to obtain additional financing to develop properties and uncertainty as to the availability and terms of future financing; the possibility of delay in exploration or development programs or in construction projects and uncertainty of meeting anticipated program milestones; uncertainty as to timely availability of permits and other governmental approvals; increased costs and restrictions on operations due to compliance with environmental and other requirements; increased costs affecting the metals industry and increased competition in the metals industry for properties, qualified personnel, and management. All forward-looking information herein is qualified in its entirety by this cautionary statement, and the Company disclaims any obligation to revise or update any such forward-looking information or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking information contained herein to reflect future results, events or developments, except as required by law.
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