Copper North Announces Agreement to Acquire Thor Property in North Central British Columbia
July 02 2014 - 8:15AM
Marketwired
Copper North Announces Agreement to Acquire Thor Property in North
Central British Columbia
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jul 2, 2014) -
Copper North Mining Corp. ("Copper North" or the "Company")
(TSX-VENTURE:COL) is pleased to announce that it has signed an
agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Thor property from
Electrum Resource Corporation ("Electrum"). The Thor property
consists of 8,700 hectares of mineral claims, is road accessible
and is located approximately 20 kilometres south of the Kemess
South mine-mill complex in North Central British Columbia. The
property hosts several attractive large geophysical targets
associated with intrusive complexes similar to those hosting the
porphyry copper-gold deposits of the Kemess District.
Dr. Harlan Meade states that "recent geophysical survey
information suggests that the Thor property has the potential to
host several porphyry copper-gold deposits. Much of the target area
is covered with overburden and largely unexplored. The best place
to look for mines is adjacent to a mine; better still, is to make a
discovery near a shutdown mine where the infrastructure is in
place, such as the Kemess mine mill complex. The Thor acquisition
is a nice complement to the Company's re-engineering of the
Carmacks copper-gold-silver project in the Yukon."
Acquisition
Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, Copper North will
acquire a 100% interest in the Thor property upon making the
initial cash payment of $25,000 and issuing one (1) million common
shares of the Company to Electrum. Copper North will maintain its
100% interest in the Thor property by making, over a six year
period, additional cash payments totalling $500,000 (for an
aggregate of $525,000), issuing four (4) million additional common
shares (for an aggregate of 5 million common shares) and incurring
exploration expenditures on the property totalling $5 million. If
the Company fails to make a scheduled payment of cash or common
shares, title to the property will revert to Electrum. In addition,
Electrum will receive a 2% Net Smelter Return which is capped at $5
million. The Company agrees to pay an advanced royalty payment of
$1 million if commercial production is not attained in respect of
the Thor property before the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and
eleventh anniversaries of the acquisition agreement. The
acquisition agreement and Copper North's obligations thereunder,
including the initial cash payment and issuance of commons shares
of the Company, are subject to approval of the TSX Venture
Exchange.
Thor Property
The Thor property straddles the Moose River fault, a large
regional structure, with small intrusions and associated alteration
zones containing copper and gold mineralization in the East block.
The area to the west of the Moose River fault is covered with
extensive overburden cover. Aeromagnetic data suggests that the
West block is underlain by a large intrusive complex characterized
by increased magnetic susceptibility. Wide-spaced lines of Induced
Polarization cover part of the West block and defined chargeability
anomalies within the interpreted intrusive rocks. The chargeability
response and coincident reduced magnetic susceptibility are
characteristic of the alteration and mineralization of porphyry
deposits.
Additional Induced Polarization surveying is planned for summer
2014 to complete coverage in the West and East blocks and better
define targets for drill testing.
The technical information in this news release has been reviewed
and approved by Dr. Harlan Meade, P. Geo. who is a "qualified
person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About Copper North
Copper North is a Canadian mineral exploration and development
company. Copper North's assets include the Carmacks Copper Project
located in the Yukon, and the Redstone Property located in the
Northwest Territories. Copper North trades on the TSX Venture
Exchange under the symbol COL.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Dr. Harlan D. Meade, President, CEO, and Director
Cautionary and Forward-Looking Information Comments
This news release includes certain forward-looking
information or forward-looking statements (collectively
"Forward-Looking Information") for the purposes of applicable
securities laws. Forward-Looking Information includes, but is not
limited to, statements with respect to the acquisition agreement
with Electrum and Copper North's obligations thereunder; regulatory
approval of the acquisition agreement; the proposed exploration and
development activities on the Thor property and their timing and
potential mineralization; possible events, conditions or
performance that are based on assumptions about future courses of
action. In certain cases, Forward-Looking Information can be
identified by the use of words and phrases such as "plans",
"expects" or "does not expect", "scheduled", "estimates",
anticipates", "potential", "recommends" or variations of such words
and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results
"may", "could", "would" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be
achieved". 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 differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the Company's expectations include, among
others, timeliness of regulatory approvals, the timing and success
of future exploration and development activities, exploration and
development risks, market prices, exploitation and exploration
results, availability of capital and financing, general economic,
market or business conditions, uninsured risks, regulatory changes,
defects in title, availability of personnel, materials and
equipment, unanticipated environmental impacts on operations and
other exploration risks detailed herein and from time to time in
the filings made by the Company with securities regulators.
In making the forward-looking statements, the Company has
applied several material assumptions including, but not limited to,
the assumptions that the Company will be able to satisfy its
obligations under the acquisition agreement, that the Company will
obtain regulatory approvals on a timely basis, that the proposed
exploration and development of Thor property will proceed as
planned, the Company will be able to timely obtain permits and
licences required for development of the property and conduct its
operations, that market fundamentals will result in sustained
metals and mineral prices, current exploration and other objectives
can be achieved, that the Company's other corporate activities will
proceed as expected, and any additional financing needed will be
available on reasonable terms. Although the Company has attempted
to identify important factors that could affect the Company and may
cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from
those described herein, there may be other factors that cause
actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. There can be no assurance that Forward-Looking
Information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
Forward-Looking Information. The Company expressly disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise except as otherwise required by applicable securities
legislation.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Copper North Mining Corp.Dr. Harlan MeadePresident and
CEO604.638.2505info@copperrnorthmining.comwww.coppernorthmining.com
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