Smooth Rock Ventures Corp. (TSXV:SOCK)

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Smooth Rock Ventures Corp is a mineral exploration and development company that acquires, explores, identifies, and develops high-grade gold deposits in the mining-friendly jurisdictions of Nevada. The company explores the Giroux Project, Palmetto Project, and Garfield Flats Project.

The company’s headquarters is in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Smooth Rock Ventures Corp is a publicly listed company on the TSX Venture Exchange market (TSXV), where its common stocks trade under the ticker ‘SOCK’. In addition to the TSXV, the mining company is also listed on the OTC Pink Market under the ticker symbol ‘SMRVF’.

Smooth Rock’s Palmetto Project is a historical high-grade gold project situated in Esmeralda County, Nevada, near the south part of the Walker Lane gold trend. The company owns and operates a 100 per cent undivided stake in this project and it does not consist of any outstanding royalties.

The Palmetto Project consists of 116 unpatented mining claims in one of the past-producing high-grade mining districts of Nevada and covers a land package of 2,117 acres. It consists of 300,000 ounces of gold in inferred resources according to the updated NI 43-101 mineral resource estimation of October 2020. Various corporations including Curran Corp, Newmont Gold, Romarco Minerals, Amselco Minerals, and others have completed exploration work on this project.

The Giroux Project is prospective for hosting the historical Giroux nickel mine. It includes 12 patented and 36 unpatented mining claims and covers a land package of 390 hectares. The Giroux Project is situated in S-SE of Hawthorne, Nevada, and is adjacent to various historical mines, including Camp Douglas, Marietta, Candelaria, and Moho. The Project lies in the Candelaria Mining District near Mineral County, Nevada.

The Garfield Flats Project is a large landholding in one of the best mining districts in Nevada. This project is located in the Walker Lane shear zone in Reno, Nevada, near the Pamlico Gold Project. It is situated SE of Hawthorne and is surrounded by US Highway 95, roads, and infrastructure. Smooth Rock executed an option agreement with Walker River Resources Corp to own and operate a 50 per cent stake in the Garfield Flats Project in 2019.