Oroco Announces Altamura Option Exercise Plan
Oroco Announces Altamura Option Exercise Plan
VANCOUVER
,
Feb. 13, 2020
/CNW/ - Oroco Resource Corp. (
TSX-V: OCO
) ("
Oroco
" or "
the Company
")
announces that, with the TSX Venture Exchange acceptance for filing of its option agreement (the "
Option
Agreement
") with Altamura Copper Corp. and the Altamura shareholders, the Company is moving to the
next phase of its development plan for the Santo Tomas Project. The exercise of the option granted
pursuant to the Option Agreement (the "
Option
") will give the Company a controlling interest in the Santo
Tomas Project. This is the final major step in the acquisition phase of the Company's plans for the Santo
Tomas Project. The Company is now positioned to move into the historical resource confirmation and
expansion phase as it works to progress the
Santo Tomas
deposit to an NI 43-101 compliant resource.
The Company intends to hold a board meeting next week with regard to the exercise of the Option.
The Company also wishes to announce that its current President,
Craig Dalziel
, has determined, and the
Oroco Board of Directors has agreed, that his management transition plan should now be initiated. As
stated by Mr. Dalziel, "With the completion of our project acquisition phase, Oroco is now entering a
development phase at
Santo Tomas
that requires senior management expertise more specific to the task at
hand, that being the exploration and development of a project that has the potential to reach world class
status. Accordingly, we have reached the point at which it is appropriate that Mr.
Ian Graham
assume the
role of President and become formally responsible for the Company's technical and administrative
direction. I could not be more pleased that Ian has agreed to accept his new appointment, to take effect
as of
March 1, 2020
."
Mr. Graham is an accomplished mining professional with over 20 years of experience in the development
and exploration of mineral deposits, mostly gained with major mining companies Rio Tinto and
Anglo
American
, including as Chief Geologist with the Project Generation Group at Rio Tinto. Mr. Graham has
been involved with evaluation and pre-development work on several projects in
Canada
and abroad,
including Resolution Copper (
Arizona, USA
), Diavik Diamond Mine (
Northwest Territories, Canada
), Eagle
Nickel (
Michigan, USA
),
Lakeview Nickel
(
Minnesota, USA
) and Bunder Diamonds (
India
).
For further information about the Option Agreement and the Santo Tomas Project, please refer to the
Company's management information circular dated
November 19, 2019
and the Company's news releases
dated
October 9, 2018
,
September 9, 2019
,
December 20, 2019
, and
January 9, 2020
, which are available
under its profile on SEDAR.
ABOUT OROCO:
The Company holds an irrevocable option to acquire a net 56.7% interest in the collective 1,172.9 ha core
concessions of the Santo Tomás Project in
NW Mexico
, and may increase that majority interest up to an
81.0% interest with a project investment of up to
CAD$30 million
. The Company also holds a 77.5%
interest in 7,807.9 ha of mineral concessions surrounding and adjacent to the core concessions (a total
project size of 22,192 acres). The Project is situated within the
Santo Tomas
District, which extends from
Santo Tomas
up to the Jinchuan Group's Bahuerachi project, approximately 14 km to the north-east. Santo
Tomás hosts a significant copper porphyry deposit defined by prior exploration spanning the period from
1968 to 1994. During that time, the property was tested by over 100 diamond drill and reverse circulation
drill holes, totaling approximately 30,000 meters. Based on data generated by these drill programs, a
resource estimate for the project was calculated by Mintec, Inc., and metallurgical test work was
conducted by Mountain States Research and Development, Inc. In 1994, a Prefeasibility Study was
completed by Bateman Engineering Inc.
The Santo Tomas Project is located within 160km of the Pacific deep-water port at
Topolobampo
, and
serviced via highway and proximal rail (and parallel corridors of trunk grid power lines and natural gas)
through the city of
Los Mochis
to the northern city of
Choix
. The property is reached by a 32 km access
road originally built to service the El Sauzal Mine of Goldcorp in Chihuahua State. The reader is directed to
the Company's recently-filed,
August 2019
Technical Report filed on SEDAR.
Neither 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.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Information
This news release includes certain "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking
statements" (collectively "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian
securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein,
including without limitation, statements relating to future events or achievements of the Company,
are forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that such forward-looking statements
will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated or implied in such statements. Many factors, both known and unknown, could cause
actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results,
performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements and
information contained in this news release concerning these matters. Oroco does not assume any
obligation to update the forward-looking statements should they change, except as required by
law. Readers are also cautioned that this news release includes reference to certain historical
reports and studies that are cited in the Report.
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For further information:
Mr. Craig Dalziel, President and CEO, Oroco Resource Corp., Tel: 604-688-
6200, www.orocoresourcecorp.com
CO: Oroco Resource Corp.
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