Margaux Resources and CRONIMET Agree to Assess the Historic Jersey Tailings for the Economic Recovery of Tungsten:
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NEWS RELEASE
Margaux Resources and CRONIMET Agree to Assess the Historic Jersey Tailings
for the Economic Recovery of Tungsten:
CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (The Newswire – September 13, 2017)
Margaux Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MRL, OTCQB:MARFF) ("Margaux" or the "Company") is pleased to announce
it has signed a term sheet with CRONIMET Mining Processing AG (“CRONIMET”), a business unit of the CRONIMET
Mining Group. The parties have agreed to perform a preliminary assessment towards determining the potential
economic feasibility of recovering minerals from the historic tungsten tailings from the Jersey -Emerald mine
(“Tailings”). S ubject to receiving positive results from the preliminary assessment, project funding, regulatory
approvals and permitting funding, the Jersey-Emerald Tailings Project (“JET Project”) will advance to the next stage
of assessment by expanding the operations to the pilot scale as further described below .
“With the price of tungsten increasing more than 50% since July, it is an exciting time to be progressing our tungsten
Tailings project. We look forward to working with CRONIMET in the assessment of the Tailings. CRONIMET brings
specialized, global experience in tailings recycling and this assessment will provide us with the precise analysis
required to make the appropriate decisions regarding the economic recovery of the minerals,” commented Tyler
Rice, President and CEO of Margaux. “We’re already working with the Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society with
their Rapid Assessment Rapid Remediation approach to better characterize the tailings. And the Jersey -Emerald
Tailings Project will be a first step in consideration of wider potential opportunities to evaluate and pursue recycling
and remediation of similar lega cy sites in our o perating area, benefitting the C ompany, our communities, and the
protection of the environment in the Kootenay region.”
“We see this extended partnership as a positive move in bringing industry into closer alignment with environmental
interests, in the hope that we can eliminate the potential pollution from historical tailings” said Gerry Nellestijn,
coordinator of the Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society (“Streamkeepers”).
The Tailings originated from what was once the second most pr oductive tungsten mine in North America .
Approximately 1.4 million tonnes of tailings were deposited between the 1940s and 1970s on the site . While there
can be no assurance the tungsten is recoverable, Margaux intends to evaluate technical alternatives, which
potentially could support remediation of the Tailings.
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Margaux and CRONIMET, with Streamkeepers, will initially perform a laboratory -scale sampling and test campaign
(“Lab-Scale Campaign”). Margaux has excavated and shipped approximately 3,500 kg of material, taken from 11
locations across the site, to CRONIMET. The samples will be processed and tested by CRONIMET, and the results will
provide a greater understanding of future sampling, beneficiation and remediation alternatives. In addition, the Lab-
Scale Campaign report will provide complementary economic, market and technical insight, that will form the basis
for future investment decisions relating to the JET Project.
Subject to receiving positive results and obtaining the required regulatory approvals and permitting, Margaux and
CRONIMET anticipate the next stage in the JET Project will be a 10,000 tonne pilot scale campaign (“Pilot Project”).
The Pilot Project will further assess the technical and economic viability of recovering the mineral s using the
CRONIMET processes.
In preparation, Margaux and its partners are applying for a bulk sample permit with the regulatory authorities in
British Columbia, and targeting Spring 2018 for implementation of the Pilot Project.
Through this Pilot Project , critical analysis of the recoverable mineral s, the composition of the remaining bulk
material, and the recycling and remediation pathways will be obtained . These results will provide Margaux and
CRONIMET with the necessary information to determine whether to proceed with a full -scale recycling program
(“Recycling Project”).
CRONIMET has been awarded an option to acquire a 25% working interest in the Pilot and Recycling Project, and
should it exercise the option, shall fund the subsequent project development requirements proportionate to its
selected working interest. CRONIMET retains the right of first refusal to participate in subsequent beneficiation and
remediation projects for the remaining portion of the Tailings on substantially similar commercial terms.
CRONIMET will also receive a right of first refusal to participate in future Margaux tailings projects in the Kootenay
region, British Columbia, for a 3-year period.
As formerly released, Margaux will be working in partnership Streamkeepers in the recycling, marketing and
remediating of the historic tailings (see press release August 18, 2107 for further detail). The JET Project will be the
first under this agreement.
Qualified Person
Linda Caron, M.Sc., P.Eng, Margaux’s Vice President of Exploration, is the Company’s Qualified Person as defined by
NI 43-101 who has reviewed and approved the technical information contained within this press release.
About Margaux Resources Ltd.
Margaux Resources Ltd. (TSX.V: MRL, OTCQB: MARFF) is a mineral acquisition and exploration Company focused on
the development of zinc, gold and tungsten deposits in the Kootenay Arc, in the southeastern region o f British
Columbia. The Company is directed by a group of highly successful Canadian business executives and has a fast -
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growing portfolio of previously producing properties that include the Jersey -Emerald mine, which at one point was
the 2nd largest historic zinc-lead mine in B.C. and the 2nd largest tungsten mine in North America.
About CRONIMET Mining Group
CRONIMET Mining Group is a multinational commodity group with more than 3,800 employees and 28 subsidiaries.
With presence on four continents, CRONIMET Mining provides high -value metal commodities and solutions around
raw material supply from a reliable so urce worldwide and along the entire value chain. CRONIMET’s activities are
divided into four Business Units namely Mining, Processing, Trading and Energy and include the exploration,
extraction, processing, trading and logistics of mineral resources along with financing and energy solutions for the
mining and metal sector.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward looking statements including those describing Margaux's future plans and
the expectations of management that a stated result or condition will occur. Any statement addressing future events
or conditions necessarily involves inherent risk and uncertainty. Actual results can differ materially from those
anticipated by management at the time of writing due to many factors, the majority of which are beyond the control
of Margaux and its management. In particular, this news release contains forward -looking statements pertaining,
directly or indirectly, to the following: Margaux's exploration plans and work commitments, the recei pt of required
regulatory and other approvals, the potential of mineral resources and potential for recovery thereof, the Company’s
ability to finance the J ET Project, the Pilot Project and on the Recycling Project , as well as other market conditions
and economic factors, business and operations strategies. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list of risk factors
should not be construed as exhaustive. These statements speak only as of the date of this release or as of the date
specified in the documents accompanying this release, as the case may be. The Company undertakes no obligation
to publicly update or revise any forward -looking statements except as expressly required by applicable securities
laws.
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 release.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Margaux Resources Ltd.
Tyler Rice
President, CEO and a Director
(403) 537-5590