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International Prospect Ventures to Acquire 100% Interest in Pilbara Gold Properties and
Appoints Robert Valliant to the Board of Directors
Val-d’Or, Québec – December 14, 2017 – International Prospect Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V:IZZ)
(the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding share exchange agreement
(the “Valroc Agreement”) to acquire 100% interest in Valroc Ventures Pty Ltd. (“Valroc”), the New
South Wales, Australia company that the Company has an agreement with to jointly acquire , each
as to an undivided 50% interest, certain applications for tenements located in Western Australia (the
“Tenements”). Details of the West Australia tenement applications and the gold -bearing Pilbara
region in which they are located have been previously announced by the Company in its news
release of November 14, 2017 and on the Company website at www.iprospectventures.com.
Pursuant to the terms of the Valroc Agreement, the owner of Valroc will exchange with the
Company all of the issued and outstanding shares of Valroc for 1,600,000 common shares in the
capital of the Company on the te rms and conditions set forth in the Valroc Agreement and Valroc
will become a wholly -owned subsidiary of the Company such that the Company will then own a
100% interest in the Tenements upon the applications for such Tenements being granted.
Recent discoveries in the Pilbara of Western Australia point to an exciting new gold district that
shows great potential. Although much has yet to be learned about the region’s geology, the
distribution of gold mineralization, and its economic potential, the 100% intere st acquired by the
Company will allow for aggressive exploration and adva ncement of the Tenements (once granted)
under the experienced direction of the Company’s team.
Completion of the transactions contemplated by the Valroc Agreement is conditional on the
applications for the Tenements being granted and acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.
The Company’s Board of Directors is also pleased to announce that Dr. Robert I. Valliant has been
appointed by the Board as an additional director of the Company. Dr. Valliant holds a n Honours
BSc Degree in Geology from the University of Waterloo and a PhD in Economic Geology from the
University of Western Ontario. He is President and a director of Tri Origin Exploration Ltd.,
previous Vice-President, Exploration of LAC Minerals Ltd. , a director of Midland Exploration Inc.,
and a director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Dr. Valliant has gained
extensive mineral exploration and corporate experience working in Australia over the past 30 years.
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The Company also announces that it has granted incentive stock options to its directors and a
consultant entitling the purchase of an aggregate 595,000 common shares of the Company at a per
share exercise price of $0.265 until December 12, 2027.
Through the acquisition of Valroc, t he Company has an application pending approval for 100%
ownership of 8 properties in an area s outheast of Karratha, Western Australia, covering a total area
of approximately 927 sq -km (see news release November 14, 2017). The s trategic locations of the
claims were determined on the basis of a review of known geology and historical exploration
results, and a focus on coarse -grained conglomerate host rocks at, or in proximity to, a prominent
and well-documented geological unconformity (see Property Maps).
Several early -stage gold discoveries in the area southeast of Karratha, have been reported by a
number of companies including Novo Resources Corp. (TSX -V:NVO) www.novoresources.com,
De Grey Mining Ltd. (ASX:DEG) www.degreymining.com.au, Artemis Resources Ltd.
(ASX:ARV) www.artemisresources.com.au, and Calidus Resources Ltd. (ASX:CAI)
www.calidus.com.au. Collectively, these gold discoveries appear to indicate a potentially gold -rich
district, analogous in broad geological terms to the Witwatersrand Basin and its related clastic
sedimentary-hosted gold deposits.
Dr. Scott Jobin-Bevans (PhD, PMP, P.Geo.), a Director of the Company, is the Qualified Person (as
that term is defined in National Instrument 43 -101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects)
who has reviewed this news release and is responsible for the technical information reported herein.
Property Map 1
Property Map 2
For additional information, please contact:
Glenn J. Mullan
President
2864 chemin Sullivan
Val-d’Or, Québec J9P 0B9
Tel.: 819-824-2808, x 204
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.iprospectventures.ca
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Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not
always, identified by the words “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”,
“projects”, “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”,
“could” or “sh ould” occur. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such
forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not
guarantees of future performance and actual results or realities may differ materially fro m those in
forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and
opinions of the Company’s management on the date the statements are made. Except as required by
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that management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.
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