HUNT Mining Initiates Production at the Martha Project
HUNT MINING INITIATES PRODUCTION AT THE MARTHA PROJECT
Liberty Lake, Washington, January 17, 2017 – Hunt Mining Corp. (the “Corporation” or “Hunt”)
(TSX VENTURE: “HMX”) is pleased to announce the initiation of production operations at the Martha
Project in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Machinery at the M artha Mill has been reconditioned and has
proven capacity of 240 tonnes per day. The mill is processing an average of 120 tonnes per day and is
producing concentrate.
During the last week of December 2016 and first week of January 2017, the mine blasted approximately
800 tonnes of material with an estimated grade of 1.1 g/t Au and 1,100 g/t Ag. Milling started this past
week and it is planned to produce concentrate from this material with an Ag grade of over 30,000 grams
Ag per tonne. All concentrate produced will be sold through the a rrangement with Ocean Partners USA
Inc. (“Ocean Partners”), as previously announced on November 29, 2016. T his concentrate will be
transported by truck to the port prior to February 15, 2017.
Under the terms of the agreement with Ocean Partners, the Corp oration will deliver concentrate with a
gold range of 30 to 70 grams per dry metric tonne (dmt) and a silver range of 30 to 100 kilograms per dmt
to a loading port at Ocean Partner's option for shipment to customers. Concentrate will be shipped in one-
tonne bags in standard or heavy-duty 20-foot containers for ocean f reight transport. All saleable
concentrate will be stored in a secured storage warehouse.
Klaus Triebel, Hunt Mining's Director of Project Develo pment, is the Qualified Person under NI 43-101
who has approved the technical and scientific aspects of this pr ess release. The Corporation is not basing
its production decision on a feasibility study of minerals rese rves demonstrating economic and technical
viability. The Corporation cautions readers that production may not be economically feasible and
historically these projects have a much higher risk of economic or technical failure
Additional information on the Martha Project and other Santa Cruz, A rgentina projects can be viewed on
the Company website at: www.huntmining.com .
About Hunt Mining
Hunt Mining Corp. has continued to develop its properties as an active and aggressive explorer in Santa
Cruz since 2006. During that time, Hunt's wholly owned subsidiary, C erro Cazador S.A., has completed
exploration activity including 62,000 meters of HQ core drilling, 416 line kilometers of Induced
Polarization geophysical surveys and more than 20,000 surface soi l, sediment, channel, chip, and trench
samples, beyond the historical work previous to the same prop erties. Hunt also owns a 100% interest in
the Martha property, which includes the Martha Project, als o located in the Santa Cruz Province of
Argentina.
For more information contact:
Dean Stuart
Investor Relations
T: (403) 617-7609
Bob Little
Chief Administration Officer
T: (509) 290-5659
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Venture) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release contains forward-looking statemen ts. The Corporation has provided the forward- looki ng
statements in reliance on assumptions that it belie ves are reasonable at this time. The reader is caut ioned that the
assumptions used in the preparation of the forward- looking statements may prove to be incorrect. All s uch forward-
looking statements involve substantial known and un known risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the
Corporation’s control. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, delays resulting from or inability to
obtain required regulatory approval. The actual res ults, performance or achievements could differ mate rially from
those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-lo oking statements and, accordingly, no assurances ca n be given
that any of the events anticipated by the forward-l ooking statements will transpire or occur, or if an y of them do,
what benefits, including the amount of proceeds, th e Corporation will derive therefrom. Readers are ca utioned that
the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.