Canadian Platinum to Option Nevada Copper-Zinc-Silver Property
Saskatoon, October 27, 2017 - Canadian Platinum Corp. ("CPC" or the "Company"-TSXV:CPC) announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent ("LOI") to enter into an option agreement with a non-arm's length third party ("Optionor) to earn a 50% interest in a former-producing copper-zinc-silver property in Mineral County, Nevada. The LOI sets out the basic terms of a formal option agreement to be signed within 90 days. The transaction is subject to all required regulatory, board and shareholder approvals. The basic terms to be included in the formal agreement are: -
- CPC will make cash payments to the Optionor totaling US$200,000 over a 24-month period with US$66,666 due on signing.
- CPC will Issue 7.5 million common shares of the Company on signing.
- CPC agrees to incur US$250,000 in exploration expenditures over a 24-month period.
- CPC will carry the Optionor's share of exploration expenditures to the prefeasibility stage of development, after which expenditures will be shared on a 50-50 basis.
- The property earn-in also includes a secondary option to earn a 50% interest in an existing 200 tpd mill located in the area, by incurring permitting, refurbishment and start-up costs.
The main area of mineralization is located on patented mining claims. The first mining activity on the property dates to 1882, with subsequent activity from 1907 to 1914, and more recent underground mining activity from 1975 to 1977, with the ore being processed at the mill included in the option described above.
The Company will release more detail on the project once the formal agreement is signed.
Qualified Persons
The technical data in this news release have been prepared, reviewed, and approved by Gary Billingsley, PEng, PGeo, a qualified person under the terms of National Instrument 43-101.
About Canadian Platinum Corp.
Canadian Platinum Corp. is a Canadian-based resource exploration and development company with its head office in Saskatoon, SK. CPC is focused on the acquisition and development of a diversified portfolio of resource properties including precious metals, base metals, platinum group elements and strategic metals.
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