Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. announced that crews have been mobilized to EPL's 100% owned Mount Polley West (MPW) gold-copper project. The 9663 ha MPW project is located in south-central BC, 54 kms north-northeast of Williams Lake and adjacent to Imperial Metals' Mount Polley Property and Osisko Development's past producing QR Deposit. MPW is prospective for porphyry copper-gold and epithermal gold deposits.

Due to the proximity to the Mount Polley Mine Complex and extensive forestry activity in the area the project has excellent infrastructure including the paved Likely Road and a high-voltage powerline 5 km south of the property boundary. Exploration in the region began in conjunction with the Caribou placer gold rush in the 1890's with the first documented hard-rock exploration on the property conducted in 1966, shortly after the discovery of the Mount Polley Mine. Mount Polley is an alkalic porphyry copper deposit, hosted in intrusive breccias and stockwork veins of the late-Triassic Mount Polley Intrusive Complex (MPIC).

Recent compilation of historical mapping, rock sampling, and limited drilling within the current MPW property boundaries indicate several occurrences of intrusions similar in nature to the MPIC. Eagle Plains' first claims in the region were acquired in 2022 with subsequent additions made through staking and third-party agreements. After acquiring the core MPW claims, Eagle Plains completed geological mapping and soil and rock geochemical sampling on the property.

2022 work confirmed copper mineralization on the property, interpreted to be indicative of a deeper porphyry copper source. Although there are 10 BC MINFILE occurrences on the property, bedrock exposure is limited with varying depths of glacial till cover. Interpretation of historical work and work by Eagle Plains has identified glacial till sampling as an effective tool in vectoring toward bedrock sources of mineralization.

Analyses of gold grains in wide spaced till samples collected by Eagle Plains in 2023 in the NW of the property indicate the potential for an up-ice mineralized source to the south. Tills down-ice from Mount Polley show similar gold grain counts and grain morphology. 2024 fieldwork will focus on increasing the density of till sampling in the central part of the property, up- ice from the anomalous 2023 till results and in the area of overlapping radiometric and magnetic geophysical anomalies which are consistent with the geophysical signature of Mount Polley.

The 2024 work program will be managed by TerraLogic Exploration of Cranbrook, BC. The compilation of historical work in conjunction with a review of modern geophysical surveys and results from 2023 fieldwork by Eagle Plains are highly encouraging. The results from the 2024 program will be integrated with historical data to aid in planning the next stage of work which may include deep-looking airborne MT geophysics, ground IP geophysical surveys and mechanical trenching to identify drill targets.

The MPW Project is available for option and Eagle Plains is actively seeking partners.