North American Gem Inc. Finalizes the Acquisition of the Brian Jones Blue Gem Coal Lease in Knox County, Kentucky
May 13 2010 - 8:00AM
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North American Gem Inc. (NAG) (TSX VENTURE: NAG) has successfully
negotiated the acquisition of approximately 800 acres (The Brian
Jones lease) of contiguous coal leases to the Gilliam Hill lease
(previously announced April 14, 2010). The Brian Jones lease is
located centrally to the NAG operations in Kentucky and contains
the readily marketable Blue Gem coal. In addition to the Blue Gem
seam, the Jellico and Moss seams have been confirmed on this newest
acquisition as well.
Preparation for submittal of the mining permit application to
the Kentucky Department of Natural Resources on the Brian Jones
lease has commenced. The Brian Jones lease is one of five leases
currently being permitted with the other four being the Swan Pond,
Granny Rose, Gilliam Hill North (Jamieson), and Gilliam Hill South.
NAG has made plans to begin drilling on the newly acquired lease
and will verify the seam thickness and quality of the coal in all 3
known seams. As with NAG's other leases the mining costs are
expected to be relatively low on due to favorable strip ratios and
mining conditions.
"We are pleased that the Company was able to successfully expand
our lease holdings in this particular area given the extensive
presence of Blue Gem coal." stated Charles Desjardins, President of
North American Gem Inc. "North American Gem plans to continue
expanding its lease holdings in Kentucky and continues to make
progress with the mining permitting process."
Mr. Dean Schafer is acting as operations manager of all the
Company's Kentucky coal leases and is currently implementing an
overall mine plan.
Ms. Deborah Moses, PEng, PLS, REM, of Engineering Consulting
Services Inc. (ECSI) is the qualified person for the Company's coal
operations in Kentucky.
North American Gem Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAG) is a Junior
Exploration Company based in Western Canada. The Company's primary
goal is to explore for Coal in North America, currently the focus
is in Kentucky, Saskatchewan, and West Virginia. In addition to
Coal exploration, the Company also has interests in Uranium,
Copper, Gold, Molybdenum and other base metals in Canada.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
NORTH AMERICAN GEM INC.
Charles Desjardins, President and Director
Cautionary note:
This report contains forward looking statements. Resource
estimates, unless specifically noted, are considered speculative.
Any and all other resource or reserve estimates are historical in
nature, and should not be relied upon. The production rate and
mine-life projections have been made without support of a
feasibility study, there is no certainty the proposed operations
will be economically viable. By their nature, forward looking
statements involve risk and uncertainties because they relate to
events and depend on factors that will or may occur in the future.
Actual results may vary depending upon exploration activities,
industry production, commodity demand and pricing, currency
exchange rates, and, but not limited to, general economic factors.
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Commission specifically prohibits the use of certain terms, such as
"reserves" unless such figures are based upon actual production or
formation tests and can be shown to be economically and legally
producible under existing economic and operating conditions.
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accuracy of this release."
Contacts: North American Gem Inc. Charles Desjardins President
and Director 604-683-5445 604-687-9631 (FAX)
info@northamericangem.com www.northamericangem.com
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