Ares Strategic Mining Inc. announced the Company has commenced preliminary planning for its second proposed mine site on its consolidated Spor Mountain fluorspar claims area. The Company has identified the historic Bell Hill mine area as the most suitable site for an advanced mining operation, which is anticipated to operate concurrently with the Lost Sheep mine. The Bell Hill mine area exhibits several unmined fluorspar pipes identified by the USGS which appear at surface and appear to have continuity of fluorspar extending to depth. Exploration drilling will commence in the first quarter of 2021, which will inform an updated mine plan and outline the expanded operation. Sampling from the Bell Hill Claims has demonstrated high-grade fluorspar, further evidencing the uniformity of the high-grade fluorspar exhibited throughout the Spor Mountain range. Fluorspar's classification as a Critical Mineral in the United States translates to a faster permitting period, enabling mining operations to initiate more quickly than operations for conventional minerals. The Bell Hill mining area is the logical next area to be developed in the Spor Mountain Fluorspar District. The old mine works are located at the southernmost tip the range, at the lowest elevation, and most favorable topographic relief. The former past producing mines and prospects are still accessible by a network of well-maintained roads that will require minimal if any work for exploration and delineation purposes. USGS source indicates the Bell Hill mine area contains two historic orebodies (Pits 1 and 2), 4 smaller deposits and many small veins and stockworks, making it a very prospective zone within the Spor Mountain. Historic surface workings consist of 4 large bulldozer trenches and two open pits. Pit 1 is located on the large fluorspar body and has been partially mined. Pit 2 is smaller and approximately 50% of the historic ore was mined by stopping out large rooms on the various levels leaving pillars to hold up the ceilings. More than 85% of the production from Bell Hill through 1952 came from the large ore body at Pit #1. At surface, this ore body has an "H" shaped outline associated to faults of unknown displacement. At depth the ore body pinched in the center and on the 168-foot level, and two other separate ore bodies were found. It seems that the mine has only reached a depth of 150 feet (50m), with showings and evidence of ore continuing at depth.