Canadian Mining Corp. (TSXV:CNG) (the “
Company”)
is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent
(“
LOI”) with Crust Resources Corp.
(“
Crust”) a BC registered company, to acquire a
100% direct or indirect interest in their operating subsidiary,
Care Mining Company Ltd. (“
Care”), a company
registered in the Republic of Ghana. Care holds a 100%
interest in the Ghana prospecting concession PL 6/340, known as the
Ahyireso Concession (the “
Ghana Project”), located
near Bibiani, Ghana. The parties will now work toward a definitive
agreement (“
Definitive Agreement”) with closing
subject to several conditions, including, but not limited to,
verification of valid concession licences, obtaining required
permits, licenses and regulatory approvals, entering into a minimum
US$3,000,000 off-take agreement in respect of the Ghana Project,
and completion of a technical report on the Ghana Project that
complies with the requirements of National Instrument 43-101 –
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“
NI
43-101”).
Property Details
The Ghana Project covers 14.07km2 (3,477 acres)
and is centrally located in the heart of the Sefwi-Bibiani
Greenstone Belt (“SGB”), a prolific gold bearing
belt in Central Ghana. The SGB hosts many gold deposits, with
several of these deposits claiming resources greater than 1 million
ounces of gold. These deposits are located along a structural fault
system with an extensive strike length of over 100km.
The Ghana Project lies approximately 7km NE of
Resolute Mining Limited’s Bibiani gold project which claims an
initial ore reserve of 5.4 million tonnes grading 3.7 grams per
tonne gold and containing 640,000 ounces of gold (Resolute Mining
Limited, Annual Report 2016). Newmont Mining Corp’s Ahafo
project is approximately 30km NW of the Ghana Project and produced
349,000 ounces gold in 2016 with a reported 9.6 million ounces of
gold reserves at December 31, 2016 (Newmont Mining Corporation,
Annual Report 2016).
Prospecting, exploration and satellite remote
sensing data for the Ghana Project provided by Crust, show
demarcated structural trends that extend N and NE, following the
similar trend that extends to the South Chirano project. Kinross
Gold Corp.’s Chirano Project, located directly south of the Ghana
Project, produced 211,954 ounces gold in 2016, with a proven and
probable mineral reserve of 11,193,000 Tonnes grading 2.4 grams per
tonne gold and containing 872,000 ounces of gold (Kinross Gold
Corporation, Annual Report 2016).
The infrastructure in the Ghana Project area is
very good, serviced by electric power and with easy access via
highway and roads from nearby villages. The villages also provide a
strong knowledgeable workforce and project amenities.
Purchase Consideration
Upon Closing, CNG shall issue to, or as directed
by, Care, up to 4,800,000 common shares in the capital of CNG in
exchange for transferring all of the issued and outstanding shares
of Care (the “Purchased Shares”) to CNG. CNG
shall, on the closing of the Transaction (the
“Closing”), issue common shares at a conversion
price consistent with the rules and regulations of the TSX-Venture
Exchange (“TSX-V”).
In addition to the foregoing, if the shallow
gold prospects which may be present within the Ghana Project are
further developed through additional exploration programs, and
should such deposits give rise to gold production, then CNG shall
make milestone payments to, or as directed by Crust, based on
certain production thresholds at a defined cost of production, with
the specific terms and conditions of such payments to be set out in
the Definitive Agreement.
Financing Plan Related to the Acquisition
Crust will arrange an Off-Take agreement subject
to acceptable terms and conditions to all parties including the
TSX-V, which shall have a minimum value of US$3,000,000. The
off-take funds must be used by CNG for development of the Ghana
Project. The terms and conditions of the Off-take Agreement will be
announced upon Closing.
Group Escrow Pool
All consideration shares issued to Crust will be
subject to applicable statutory hold periods and any escrow
arrangements and/or pooling agreements required by any regulatory
authority, including the TSX-V.
Brian Thurston, CEO & President of Canadian
Mining stated, “The acquisition of the Ghana Project gives the
Company an opportunity to explore in one of Africa’s top gold
mining countries. We are excited by the potential of the Ghana
Project with its shallow gold potential and the possibility of hard
rock exploration in an area surrounded by neighbours like Newmont,
Resolute and Kinross. We will work diligently with the
continued support of Care Mining, ensuring all aspects of the
company’s activities are conducted having regard to social
responsibility and adherence to Canadian standards. I am pleased to
work with our African management team and focused on bringing near
term revenue generating projects to Canadian Mining. We will
continue our growth model through acquisitions of both domestic and
international assets.”
The Company will provide an update on the
definitive agreement in the next few weeks.
Changes to the Board
Mr. Ray Paquette has resigned from the Board of
Directors of CNG in order to focus solely on Canadian Zeolite
Corp., the company from which CNG was formed. The Company wishes to
thank Mr. Paquette for his dedication to CNG during this interim
transition period and wishes him success in his future
ventures.
African Advisory Board
The Company is pleased to announce that Mr. Greg
Hawkins, M.Sc., P.Geo. has been appointed to the Company’s Advisory
Board specifically in relation to the Company’s proposed venture
into Ghana. Mr. Hawkins holds a BSc in Geology from the University
of Alberta and an MSc in Mineral Economics from McGill University.
He has been involved the Mining Exploration and Investment
industries since 1969 and lived in Ghana from 1993-2007 while
pursuing his career. He has been variously responsible for the
identification and/or delineation of 10 mineral deposits in Canada,
USA, Chile, Ghana, Mali and Zaire (DRC).
Mr. Hawkins was the Founding Project Consultant
and/or Founding Director of seven public and private
Exploration/Development ventures (Brohm Mining, Dayton Mining,
Nevsun Resources, Banro Resource Corp., Tagish Lake Gold Corp.,
African Gold Group, Yellowhead Mining Inc.) and has participated in
or been responsible for the definition of at least one
resource/reserve in every case, with six of those cases resulting
in production in the USA, Chile, Ghana, Mali and DRC. These
ventures collectively have accounted for over $2.1 billion in
market cap at the companies’ respective peaks.
In 1990 he started CME, an international full
service consultancy and contracting firm that has served over 100
clients in 25 countries and has employed over 3000 people. He has
authored and presented a number of papers on exploration,
exploration philosophy and mineral economics since 1979 and in 2004
he was awarded the Frank Woodside Past Presidents Award by the
British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines in recognition of his
outstanding contribution to the mining industry.
Greg Hawkins, P.Geo., a qualified person as
defined in NI 43-101, has approved the scientific and technical
disclosure contained in this news release. Mr. Hawkins is a member
of the Company’s Advisory Board.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brian G. Thurston, President
For further information please contact: Brian G. Thurston
Canadian Mining Corp. Phone: 604-474-5380.
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Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some statements in this news release contain
forward-looking information. These statements address future events
and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
the statements. Such factors include, among others, the ability to
complete the transactions described in this news release on terms
acceptable to the Company, or at all, and the potential for
exploration and potential development of the Ghana Project.
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