Under the Directive of Genius’ New Vice President of Exploration, the Drilling Program at the Blockhouse GOLD Property Begins
PRESS RELEASE
January 5, 2017
Genius Properties Ltd. CSE: GNI
UNDER THE DIRECTIVE OF GENIUS’ NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF
EXPLORATION, THE DRILLING PROGRAM AT THE BLOCKHOUSE
GOLD PROPERTY BEGINS
Genius Properties Ltd. (CSE: GNI) (“Genius” or the “Corporation” ) is pleased to
announce that the dril ling program at the Blockhouse Gold Property has begun. As per
the December 15, 2016 press release, the compa ny is drilling 2 high priority targets to
test for the presence of ‘leg-reef’ and ‘saddl e’ type veins on the property. The program
will also be targeting the con tinuity of the ‘’Prest Shoot’’ that historically produced an
average of 49.6 grams of gold per ton. The drilling program started January 3, 2017.
Genius is also pleased to announce the nomin ation of its new VP of Exploration, Mr.
Alex Mackay P.Geo. Mr. Mackay has 10 year s experience in exploration, mining and
mining analytics.
After receiving his BSc in Physics and Earth Sciences from Dalhousie University, Mr.
Mackay started his career in Africa looking for REEs and Au. He has since worked on
various projects across Canada and the United States. The last five years have been
focused in Atlantic Canada where he has de veloped a wide network of industry contacts
and accumulated much experience. As a consul tant, his projects have ranged from green
fields exploration to production to mining analyst across many commodities hosted in
many deposit types. Professional Geologist, Mr. Mackay will become the QP for Genius
Properties Ltd. projects.
Jimmy Gravel, the President and CEO of the Co rporation stated, “I am very excited to
start the Blockhouse drilling program led by our new VP of Exploration. His experience
and expertise in drilling exploration will be gr eatly beneficial to Genius, welcome aboard
Alex.”
Alex Mackay, Vice-President of Exploration stated, “I am pleased to be joining the
Genius team and I am very excited about the potential of Genius’ projects”.
About Genius Properties
Genius is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on developing projects with
some of the world’s most critical metals and minerals for use in various industries
including in particul ar, batteries for storing electri cal energy and the raw materials
essential for Lithium-ion battery production.
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