International Tower Hill Mines Announces 2019 Work Program and Files 2018 Year-End Financial Results
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NR19-01 March 15, 2019
International Tower Hill Mines Announces 2019 Work Program
and Files 2018 Year-End Financial Results
Vancouver, British Columbia, March 15, 2019 – International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. (the “Company”) -
(TSX: ITH) (NYSE American: THM) today announced that its Phase 12 metallurgical program has begun at
SGS in Vancouver, B.C. This work is part of the 2019 budget of $3.7 million approved by the Board on
November 1, 2018 and will build upon the metallurgical studies undertaken in 2018 to continue to define and
refine the project flowsheet. Appr oximately 2,000 kg of samples will be processed in 2019 to evaluate
optimum grind size and to determine whether different recovery parameters should be applied to different
areas of the orebody. The engineering firm of BBA Inc. has been retained to continue to guide the
metallurgical program. Work is also planned to advan ce environmental baseline efforts needed to support
future permitting.
“The 11.5 million ounce gold resource at the Livengood Gold Project is in a great jurisdiction and is highly
leveraged to the price of gold. Our stock has responded to the recent strengthening of the gold price and our
2019 work program will continue to focus on optimizati on that will help us prepare to advance the best
possible project toward future permitting,” said Karl Hanneman, CEO.
The Company also today announced that it has file d its audited Year-End Fi nancial Statements and
associated Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2018. As of December 31, 2018, the Company had working capital of $9.9 million.
Shareholders can obtain copies of the Company’s a udited Year-End Financial Statements and associated
MD&A and Form 10-K on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, on EDGAR at www.sec.gov and on the Company’s
website at www.ithmines.com. The Company will also provide hard copies of these documents, free of
charge, to shareholders who request a copy directly from the Company.
About International Tower Hill Mines Ltd.
International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. controls 100% of the Livengood Gold Project located along the paved
Elliott Highway, 70 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
On behalf of
International Tower Hill Mines Ltd.
(signed) Karl L. Hanneman
Chief Executive Officer
Contact Information: Richard Solie, Jr., Manager - Investor Relations
E-mail: [email protected]
Direct line: 907-328-2825 Toll-Free: 1-855-428-2825
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statemen ts and forward-looking information (collectively,
“forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of a pplicable Canadian and US securities legislation. All
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statements, other than statements of historical fact, in cluded herein, including statements with respect to the
ability of the Company to carry out and complete op timization studies with respect to the Livengood Gold
Project, the ability of the Company to advance the Li vengood Gold Project, the potential development of any
mine at Livengood, business and financing plans a nd business trends are forward-looking statements.
Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such
expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are typically id entified by words such as:
believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate , proposed, planned, potential and similar expressions,
or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company cautions investors that any forward-
looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of future results or performance, and that actual
results may differ materially from those in forwar d-looking statements as a result of various factors,
including, but not limited to, the price of gold, the pote ntial inability of the Comp any to raise the necessary
capital or to be fully able to implement its business st rategies, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in
the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and other re ports filed with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, and certain securities commissions in Canada and other information released by the
Company and filed with the appropriate regulatory agencies. All of the Company’s Canadian public
disclosure filings may be accessed via www.sedar.com a nd its United States public disclosure filings may be
accessed via www.sec.gov, and readers are urged to revi ew these materials, including the latest technical
report filed with respect to the Livengood Gold Project.
This news release is not, and is not to be construed in any way as, an o ffer to buy or sell securities in the
United States.