Walter Segsworth Chair of the B oard of D irectors April 2 4 , 201 7 –
Happy Creek
appoints
Walter Segsworth Chair
of
the B
oard of
D
irectors
April 2
4
,
201
7
–
Vancouver, British Columbia.
Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: HPY)
(the “Company
”
)
is
pleased
to announce
Walter Segsworth
was a
ppointed
c
hair
of
t
he
board of directors of Happy Creek Minerals Ltd.
Walter Segsworth has over 40
years of experience in mining throughout
Canada and
overseas and has served as a senior officer of several mining companies including
Westmin Resources, where he was Presiden
t and CEO, and Homestake Mining
Company, where he was President and COO. Mr. Segsworth is currently lead
independent
director of Pan American Silver
and a director of
Sabina Gold & Silver
Corporation. Mr. Segsworth is past Chairman of
the Mining Association
of British
Columbia
and
the Mining Association
of
Canada and was named B.C.’
s Mining Person
of the year in 1996.
Mr. Segsworth, d
irector, states:
"I am very pleased to accept a more prominent
role with
Happy Creek. The high
-
grade
Fox tungsten deposits are just a few kilometers from Boss
Mountain, where I worked for several years, so I am certainly familiar with the operating
conditions in th
is area
. I look forward to contributing that knowledge to the development
of this exciting d
iscovery"
.
About Happy Creek Minerals
Happy Creek is engaged in advancing two exploration projects in British Columbia,
Canada. The Fox is a
100% owned,
new
tungsten
discovery containing
indicated
resources grading 0.817% WO
3
and inferred resources grading 1.568% WO
3
. A portion
of the resource
s are within an open pit
and overall,
are
among the highest
grade
in the
western world
.
The deposits are open
to further expansion a
nd the 10 km by 3.0 km
mineral system hosts
seven
known
zones at surface.
The Company plans to continue
expandin
g
the
resources and advance the Fox
project
to a Preliminary Economic
Assessment.
In addition,
at the 100% owned Rateria property,
t
he Company has
also
discovered two new copper zones
that are 6.5 km
from a currently producing open pit
at
the Highland Valley Copper Mine, Canada’s largest open pit copper producer
. D
rill results
from Zone 1 includ
e
145.0m
of 0.25% copper starting from 9.
8
m
and intervals
containing
up to
95.0
m
of 0.67% copper occur. At Zone 2, drill results include 92.8m of 0.30%
copper, 0.15 g/t gold starting at 12.19m
,
and 146.0m of 0.46% copper, 0.10 g/t
gold
starting at 53.0m. Both zone
1 and 2
are open to further expansion and contain
predominantly b
ornite
-
chalcocite
copper mineralogy
.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“David E Blann”
____________________
David E Blann, P.Eng.
President, CEO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
David Blann, President, CEO
Corporate Office:
Phone: 604.662.8310
Email:
Website:
www.happycreekminerals.com
Corporate Communications
Ron Birch: Phone: 250.545.
0383
Toll Free: 1.800.910.
7711
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the
TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
news
release
.
David Blann,
P.Eng. is a Qualified Person
as defined by National Instrument 43
-
101 and is responsible for the preparation and
approval of the technical information disclosed in the news release.