TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copper Lake Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: CPL, Frankfurt: WOI, OTC:WTCZF) ("Copper Lake" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Douglas Cater to the Board of Directors.

Mr. Cater is an Ontario-based professional geologist who has worked extensively across Canada and internationally for more than 35 years, with a particular focus on gold exploration in the Kirkland Lake and Timmins areas. He has held positions with both senior and intermediate gold producers, including Barrick, Placer Dome and Kinross. His most recent executive position was Vice President, Exploration (Canada) with Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. Mr. Cater is also a director of Sierra Metals Inc., Mayfair Gold Corp. and Exploits Discovery Corp. He is a graduate of the ICD - Rotman Directors Education Program.

In welcoming Mr. Cater, Copper Lake CEO Terry MacDonald noted: "Doug's exceptional experience as a geologist and his strong governance experience add to the strength of Copper Lake's diverse Board. His guidance and support will be extremely valuable as we continue to build on our exploration of the Marshall Lake project, as well as future plans for the Norton Lake project."

Mr. Cater commented: "I am pleased to be appointed to the Board of Directors of Copper Lake Resources Ltd, and I am looking forward to contributing to the success of both the Marshall Lake and Norton Lake projects."

Copper Lake also announce the granting of 500,000 incentive stock options under the Company's stock option plan. The options are exercisable at a price of $0.05 per share up to August 21, 2028.

ABOUT COPPER LAKE RESOURCES

Copper Lake Resources Ltd. is a publicly traded Canadian mineral exploration and development company with interests in two projects both located in Ontario.

The Marshall Lake high-grade VMS copper, zinc, silver and gold project, comprises an area of approximately 220 square km located 120 km north of Geraldton, Ontario and is accessible by all-season road from the Trans-Canada Highway and just 22 km north of the main CNR rail line. Copper Lake has a 79.45% interest in the joint ventured property, which consists of 233 claims and 52 mining leases. The project also includes 148 claim cells staked in 2018 and 2020 that are 100% owned and not subject to any royalties, which add approximately 30 square km to the original property.

In addition to the original Marshall Lake property above, Marshall Lake also includes the Sollas Lake and Summit Lake properties, which are 100% owned by the Company and are not subject to any royalties. The Sollas Lake property consists of 20 claim cells comprising an area of 4 square km on the east side of the Marshall Lake property where historical EM airborne geophysical surveys have outlined strong conductors on the property hosted within the same favorable felsic volcanic units. The Summit Lake property currently consists of 100 claim cells comprising an area of 20.5 square km, is accessible year-round, and is located immediately west of the original Marshall Lake property. The Marshall Lake project is located in the traditional territories of the Aroland and Animbiigoo Zaagi igan Anishinaabek ("AZA") First Nations.

Copper Lake also has a 69.79% joint venture interest in the Norton Lake nickel, copper, cobalt, and palladium PGM property, located in the southern Ring of Fire area, is approximately 100 km north of the Marshall Lake Property. The Norton Lake property has a NI 43-101 compliant Measured and Indicated resource of 2.26 million tonnes @ 0.67% Ni, 0.61% Cu, 0.03% Co and 0.46 g/t Pd. The Norton Lake property is located in the traditional territories of the Eabametoong ("Fort Hope") and Neskantaga First Nations.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Copper Lake Resources Ltd.
Terry MacDonald, CEO
(416) 561-3626

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