Maritime Announces the Appointment of Andrew Pooler as Chief Operating Officer
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / August 10, 2016 / Maritime Resources Corp. (TSXV: MAE) ("Maritime"), is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Andrew Pooler as the Company's Chief Operating Officer (COO). Andy will be overseeing the Prefeasibility Study ("PFS") that is currently being completed by WSP Canada Inc. ("WSP") as well as the development and eventual operations of the Hammerdown Project located near Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Mr. Pooler holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Idaho and has more than 30 years of experience as a mining engineer and operations executive. His most recent role was Chief Operating Officer of Esperanza Resources Corp. Mr. Pooler spent five years with Abacus Mining and Exploration Corp. as the Chief Operating Officer, where he had a key role in the advancement and sale of the Ajax copper project. He also spent five years as Senior Vice President, Mine Operations, for Pan American Silver Corp. with six operating mines and six years as Vice President of Operations for AMAX Gold Inc. with seven operating mines.
Mr. Fulcher, President and CEO commented: "We are very pleased to have a professional such as Andy with a proven track record of success joining our team. The creation of this position and the appointment of Andy enables Maritime to aggressively advance the Green Bay Hammerdown project. I have worked very closely with Andy during his years with Abacus and I look forward to working with him again on our Green Bay Gold Project."
About Maritime Resources Corp:
Maritime Resources holds 100% of the Green Bay property, located near Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador. The property hosts the past producing Hammerdown gold mine and the Orion gold deposit.
Maritime has engaged independent third party engineering firm WSP to complete the PFS and evaluate the mining potential of the past producing Hammerdown deposit. The economic assessment and prefeasibility engineering is estimated to be completed by calendar Q4 2016.
An initial Independent Mineral Resource Estimate for the Green Bay Gold property was prepared in accordance to the requirements of NI 43 — 101 and released in early June 2013. The study estimates the property to contain in excess of 425,000 ounces of gold (727,500 tonnes @ 11.59 g/t Au at Hammerdown and 1,096,500 tonnes @ 4.47 g/t Au at Orion) in the Measured and Indicated categories and in excess of 660,000 ounces (1,767,000 tonnes @ 7.58 g/t Au at Hammerdown and 1,288,000 tonnes @ 5.44 g/t Au at Orion) in the Inferred category, both at a 3 g/t cut-off grade. The estimate was compiled by Tetra Tech of Ontario.
Maritime has entered into a Letter of Intent and a Management Services Agreement ("LOI" or "Agreement")(see News Release dated November 17th, 2014 and May 9th, 2016) with Rambler Metals and Mining PLC (RAB-TSX Venture) which includes evaluating the economic potential of re-opening the past producing Hammerdown gold mine located within Maritime's Green Bay Property, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Should the economic and technical viability of the project be established in the PFS the arrangement will allow Hammerdown material to be toll treated in the gold hydromet CIP circuit at the Nugget Pond Mill of up to 500 metric tonnes per day ('mtpd'). A toll milling fee would be negotiated to cover the capital expenditures required to process the material at the Nugget Pond Mill with permanent storage of Hammerdown tailings at the Nugget Pond site.
The Hammerdown gold deposit was successfully mined by Richmont Mines between 2000 and 2004 while gold prices averaged $325/oz. During its operation, a total of 291,400 tonnes of ore were mined and milled, at an average grade of 15.83 g/t Au, recovering a total of 143,000 ounces of gold. All of the ore was processed at the Nugget Pond mill, now owned and operated by Rambler Metals and Mining Canada Limited, with an average gold recovery of 97.1%. Mining terminated in 2004 due to low gold prices with mineralization remaining, although uneconomic at that time. The Orion gold deposit consists of two main vein systems, both of which are open along strike, and down plunge to the northeast.
Further information on the Green Bay Gold Property can be found on our website along with the NI43-101 compliant Technical Report filed on SEDAR on July 11, 2013 at www.maritimeresourcescorp.com.
Bernard H. Kahlert, P.Eng. is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure contained in this release.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Doug Fulcher
President, CEO
for further information, please call:
Cathy DiVito, Investor Relations
Telephone: (604) 336-7322
info@maritimeresourcescorp.com
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SOURCE: Maritime Resources Corp.