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Val-d’Or, Québec – March 18, 2020 – Cleghorn Minerals Ltd. (“Cleghorn”) announces that it has entered into a Mineral Claim Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Crest Resources Inc. (the “Vendor”) dated March 7, 2020, to acquire (the “Acquisition”) a 100% undivided interest in 142 mineral claims known as the Sprague Cleghorn Prospect and Odie Cleghorn Prospect, located in the Matachewan area of NE Ontario (the “Properties”).  Closing of the Acquisition is subject to approval from the TSX Venture Exchange.

The Property:

The Sprague Cleghorn Prospect is located directly adjacent to the northeast corner of Cleghorn Minerals Meech Lake-Matachewan Prospect. The Odie Cleghorn Prospect is directly adjacent to the southwest corner of the Meech Lake-Matachewan Prospect.

Proposed Acquisition:

As consideration for the Property, Cleghorn shall, on the closing of the Acquisition, issue to the Vendor 1,500,000 units of Cleghorn (the “Payment Units”) at the deemed price of $0.06 per unit.  Each Payment Unit shall consist of one common share of Cleghorn and one-half of one warrant (a “Warrant”).  Each Warrant shall entitle the holder to acquire an additional common share at a price of $0.10 per share for a period of two years from the date of issuance.

Meech Lake-Matachewan Prospect:

Exploration work conducted by Cleghorn on the property successfully identified and confirmed the presence of two separate mineralized systems on the property, previously documented in a series of pits and/or trenches. They are represented by the Kell’s Ni-Cu-PGE Showing (T-52) and the Waterhole Au-Ag-Zn Showing (T-1).

2017-2018 Exploration Program Highlights:

• Selective assays results from the sampling program of the historical pits and/or trenches on the property included:
  • 8.31% Cu, 3.80% Ni, 13.5 g/t Pt, 60.4 g/t Pd & 1.89 g/t Au from the Kell’s Showing
  • 7.01 g/t Au, 31.2 g/t Ag, 2.25% Zn from the Waterhole Showing
    
    
• Seventeen (17), widely-spaced drillholes, totalling 1,836-metres were completed. Drill highlights include:
  • 0.75% Ni, 1.29% Cu, 2.36 g/t Pd, 0.62 g/t Pt, 0.75 g/t Au & 6.64 g/t Ag over 6.30 metres, including 1.0% Ni, 1.97% Cu, 3.70 g/t Pd, 0.96 g/t Pt, 0.46 g/t Au & 7.49 g/t Ag over 3.25 metres intersected in ML-18-011 at the Kell’s Showing;
  • 2.45 g/t Au, 16.70 g/t Ag & 1.58% Zn over 0.55 metres intersected in ML-18-003 and 1.52 g/t Ag & 0.99% Zn over 3.35 metres, including 2.06g/t Ag & 1.41% Zn over 2.30 metres, and 4.80g/t Ag & 2.04% Zn over 0.85 metres intersected in ML-18-005 at the Waterhole Showing;
  • 1.62g/t Au, 7.87g/t Ag & 2.44% Zn over 2.15 metres, including 2.52 g/t Au, 5.60g/t Ag and 3.14% Zn over 1.05 metres intersected in ML-18-017, representing a potential new gold-silver-zinc mineralized zone discovery on the property.

2020 Proposed Exploration Program to focus on Pd-Pt Potential:

The primary exploration focus on the property will be to assess the immediate economic potential of the high-grade Pd-Pt mineralization characterized by surface and drill sampling results from the Kell’s Ni-Cu-PGE Showing.

A program of detailed mapping and surface sampling is recommended over the Kell’s Showing, Waterhole Showing, T25 Trench and Kell’s Cabin Showing in an effort to define and characterize the surface mineralization outlined in the 2018 surface stripping program.

Based on the results of this work, additional detailed geophysical surveys (magnetic, electromagnetic, 3D-induced polarization, and downhole IP)and 3D modelling are planned with the objective to aid in the tracking of the nickel-copper-PGE mineralization associated with the Kell’s Showing and gold-silver-zinc mineralization along strike and down-plunge for follow-up drill targeting.

Quality Assurance/Quality Control Protocol:

All diamond drilling sample batches (each individual hole), include 5% QA/QC samples consisting of blanks and certified standards (Natural Resources Canada - CANMET). All grab and drillhole samples were submitted to ALS Minerals, an accredited mineral analysis laboratory. Sample preparation was completed in Val-d'Or, Québec and analyses in Vancouver, British Columbia. Nickel, copper, cobalt, zinc and silver values were determined by a 61 element, Four Acid / ICP-AES analysis and gold values were determined by a 30-gram fire assay and AAS finish. Platinum, palladium and gold values were determined by 30-gram fire assay with ICP finish. Samples, which received over-limit values, underwent further analysis using ALS Minerals assay procedure Ni-OG62 (for nickel), Cu-OG62 (for copper), Zn-OG62 (for zinc), and PGM-ICP27 (for gold, platinum and palladium). The reader is referred to: www.alsgobal.com for details of analytical procedures described above.

Cleghorn Minerals has applied a rigorous quality assurance/quality control program at the Meech Lake Project using industry practice. All core was logged and selected intervals sampled by a professional geoscientist. NQ drill core was sawn in half and each sample half was placed in a marked sample bag with its corresponding sample tag, then sealed. The remaining half core is retained in the original core boxes that are stored in a secure facility in Val-d’Or, Québec.

Michael P. Rosatelli, M.Sc., P.Geo. and senior geological consultant to Cleghorn, is the designated “qualified person” as defined in Section 1.2 in and for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 that reviewed and approved the technical content of this release.

Additional Property Acquisitions:

Cleghorn is continuing due diligence on several property and/or transactional opportunities, in Canada and separately, located in International jurisdictions, and will provide additional information should the examinations lead to favourable conclusions and affordable transactions.

About Cleghorn Minerals Ltd.: 

Cleghorn is a junior mineral exploration company with a 100% interest in the Meech Lake – Matachewan Prospect, a property located in northeastern Ontario, subject to an aggregate 3.5% NSR.

For additional information, please contact:

Glenn J. Mullan, President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Director
Telephone:
(819) 824-2808 – Head Office
(514) 835-8384 – Cell

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