Azarga Metals Files Unkur Maiden Mineral Resource Technical Report
AZARGA METALS CORP.
UNIT 1 – 15782 MARINE DRIVE, WHITE ROCK, B.C. V4B 1E6, CANADA
www.azargametals.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
17 May 2017 TSX-V: AZR
AZARGA METALS FILES UNKUR
MAIDEN MINERAL RESOURCE TECHNICAL REPORT
AZARGA METALS CORP. (" Azarga Metals " or the “ Company”) (TSX-V:AZR) has
filed a technical report regarding its Un kur Copper-Silver Project in Russia (“ Unkur
Report”) to support the maiden Mineral Resource estimate announced on April 4, 2017.
The Unkur Report was authored by Robin Simp son, MAIG, of SRK Consulting (Russia)
Ltd. (“SRK”) an independent Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
The estimate is an Inferred Mineral Resource of 42 m illion tonnes at 0.52% copper
and 38g/t silver, containing 220,000 tonn es (ie, 480 million pounds) of copper and
52 million ounces of silver . This equates to approximat ely 380,000 tonnes (ie, 840
million pounds) of copper equ ivalent at 0.90% or approx imately 124 mill ion ounces of
silver equivalent at 91g/t, assuming a copper price of US$3.00/lb , silver price of
US$20/oz and 100% recovery.
“SRK notes that the Resource remains open in both direction along strike as well as
down-dip”, said Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol, the Company’s president and CEO. “This
validates our belief that there is excellent potential for discovery of additional copper-
silver mineralization at Unkur”, and “We are looking forward to announcing our next
phase of exploration on the property, whic h will be based on the recommendations
made by SRK in their Technical Report”.
The Unkur Report titled “Technical Report for the Unkur Copper-Silver Deposit, Kodar-
Udokan Area, Russian Federation”, dated e ffective March 31, 2017, is filed on the
Company’s profile on www.sedar.com and is also available on the Company’s website.
Azarga Metals considers that t here is strong potential to gr ow the Mineral Resource at
the Unkur Copper-Silver Project beyond that identified in this maiden Mineral Resource
estimate. The mineralization is open in bot h directions along strike and further
exploration drilling will aim to extend mineralization along strike as well as to extend
Zone 2 and test for a potential third zone of mineralization stratigraphically below Zone
2, as suggested by interpretation of trench and geologic data. Of key interest for growth
potential is the zone of thi cker and higher grade mineralizatio n in the northern part of
the Inferred Mineral Resource area. The next phase of work will focus on using geologic
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and geophysical exploration to target potenti al extensions of th is higher grade zone.
The mineralization also rema ins open down-dip. In addition to this Unkur Copper-Silver
Project Inferred Mineral Resource area and its potential extensions, there are numerous
additional occurrences of copper-silver mineralization and geochemical / geophysical
anomalies within the Company’s 5,390 hectare Unkur License.
The Company is currently finalizing plans and budgets for the second phase of
exploration at Unkur and will release these plans in due course.
Qualified Person
The Company’s President and Chief Executiv e Officer, Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol, B.Sc.
Geo, MA Geo, a Qualified Person as def ined by NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved
the exploration information disclosures contained in this Press Release.
About Azarga Metals Corp.
Azarga Metals is a mineral exploration and development company that owns 60% of the
Unkur Copper-Silver Project in the Zabaikalsky province in eastern Russia.
AZARGA METALS CORP.
"Dusty Nicol"
Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol, President and CEO
For further information please contact: Doris Meyer, at +1 604 536-2711 ext 6, or visit
www.azargametals.com.
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defined in the policies of t he TSX Venture Exchange) acce pts responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Cautionary Statement:
This news release contains forward-looking statem ents that are based on the Corporation's current
expectations and estimates. Forward-looking statement s are frequently characterized by words such as
"plan", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "ant icipate", "estimate", "suggest", "indicate" and other
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in such forward-looking statements. Such factors in clude, among others: the ac tual results of current
planned exploration activities; conclusions of economi c evaluations; changes in project parameters as
plans to continue to be refined; possible variations in ore grade or recovery rates; accidents, labour
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performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the inherent
uncertainty therein.