Kutcho Copper Receives Section 11 Order and Progresses to Next Phase of Environmental Assessment and Permitting Process
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Kutcho Copper Receives Section 11 Order and Progresses to Next Phase of Environmental
Assessment and Permitting Process
Vancouver, B.C., December 13th, 2019. Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC) (OTC: KCCFF) (“Kutcho
Copper” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received a Section 11 Order from the British
Columbia Environmental Assessment Office (“BCEAO”) on December 12th, 2019.
The Section 11 order defines the scope of the Environmental Assessment and the Indigenous Nations
Kutcho and British Columbia will engage with through the process. With the passing of Bill C -69
(Canadian Impact Assessment Act) and associated threshold regulations, the Kutcho Project is not required
to undertake a federal environmental assessment. The Kutcho Project is located w ithin the overlappin g
Territories of the Kaska Dena and Tahltan Nations.
Kutcho Copper President & CEO Vince Sorace notes, “The issuing of the Section 11 Order by BCEAO is
an important initial milestone in the Environmental Assessment process (“EA”) for Kutcho. We are looking
forward to working hard and collaboratively on our journey through this permitting process and to a
completed EA application.”
About Kutcho Copper Corp.
Kutcho Copper Corp. is a Canadian resource development company focused on expanding and developing
the Kutcho high grade copper-zinc project in northern British Columbia. Committed to social responsibility
and the highest environmental standards, the Company intends to progress the Kutcho Project through
feasibility and permitting to a positive construction decision.
Vince Sorace
President & CEO, Kutcho Copper Corp.
For further information regarding Kutcho Copper Corp., please email [email protected] or visit our website
at www.kutcho.ca.
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include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to raise sufficient capital to fund its obligations under its property
agreements going forward, to maintain its mineral tenures and concessions in good standing, to explore and develop
the Kutcho project or its other projects, to repay its debt and for general working capital purposes; changes in
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economic conditions or financial markets; the inherent hazards associates with mineral exploration and mining
operations, future prices of copper and other metals, changes in general economic conditions, accuracy of mineral
resource and reserve estimates, the potential for new discoveries, the potential to convert inferred resources to
indicated or measured resources, the potential to optimize the mine plan, the ability of the Company to obtain the
necessary permits and consents required to explore, drill and develop the Kutcho project and if obtained, to obtain
such permits and consents in a timely fashion relative to the Company’s plans and business objectives for the projects;
the general ability of the Company to monetize its mineral resources; and changes in environmental and other laws
or regulations that could have an impact on the Company’s operations, compliance with environmental laws and
regulations, aboriginal title claims and rights to consultation and accommodation, dependence on key management
personnel and general competition in the mining industry. Forward -looking statements are based on the reasonable
beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company’s management on the date the statements are made. Except as required
by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward -looking statements in the event that
management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change .