Chilean Metals Appoints Mick Sharry to Board and as President and COO
Chilean Metals Appoints Mick Sharry to Board and as President and COO
Toronto, ON. May 22, 2018 Chilean Metals Inc. (“Chilean Me tals,” “CMX” or the “Company”)
(TSX.V:CMX, OTCQB: CMETF, SSE:CMX, MILA: CMX).
Toronto based Chilean Metals Inc. announced today that Mick Sharry has been appointed to the board of
directors of Chilean Metals.
Mick has over twenty years experience in Australia, South East and Central Asia, South America and the
Caribbean. He has also been involv ed in detailed project reviews in Europe, Africa and North America.
He is an Explorationist with strong technical, ma nagement, commercial, inte rpersonal, stakeholder
relations and safety management skills. Roles incl ude effectively managing in excess of 130 staff from
nine nations where he has proposed and managed annual budgets up to US$16M.
Terry Lynch, Chilean Metals chairman and new CE O commented, “I have known Mick Sharry since
2011 when he was leading the OZ Minerals option pr ogram on our Copaquire project in Chile that we
subsequently sold to Teck. He has a strong reputation in the global industry for his straight forward
nature and focus on always operating at the highest et hical standards. Mick is a world class Geoscientist
with three deposits where he was involved in the di scovery through to accelerated resource definition :
Bayan Airag Cu-Au-Ag VMS and Baruun Naran metallu rgical and thermal coal – Mongolia ; Okvau
Intrusive Related Au - Cambodia during a seven year pe riod. This skill set will be ideal to help us both as
President and as a board member to convert the great potential of our projects into value for shareholders,
which is always Mick’s focus.”
“I was well aware of Chilean’s excellent portfolio of projects in Chile from my days working with the
Company while at OZ Minerals. I am also very excite d to work on what I perceive as a very interesting
property package the company has acquired in Nova Sc otia and am really looking forward to driving
those projects forward. One important step is to ge t the rig turning on our first drilling program on the
Bass River Project in Q2 of this year” commented Mick Sharry.
About Chilean Metals,
www.chileanmetals.com/
Chilean Metals Inc. is a Canadian Junior Expl oration Company focusing on high potential Copper Gold
prospects in Chile & Canada.
Chilean Metals Inc is 100% owner of five properties comprising over 50,000 acres strategically located in
the prolific IOCG (“Iron oxide-coppe r-gold”) belt of northern Chile. It also owns a 3% NSR royalty
interest on any future production from the Copaquire Cu-Mo deposit, recently sold to a subsidiary of
Teck Resources Inc. (“Teck”). Under the terms of the sale agreement, Teck has the right to acquire one
third of the 3% NSR for $3 million dollars at a ny time. The Copaquire property borders Teck’s
producing Quebrada Blanca copper mine in Chile’s First Region.
Chilean Metals Inc is the 100% owner of four Coppe r Gold exploration propertie s in Nova Scotia on the
western flank of the Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault Z one (CCFZ); Fox River, Parrsboro, Lynn and Bass
River North respectively. Initial targeting and geophys ics has been conducted on all properties, At Bass
River North, airborne geophysics identified a major VTEM cluster on trend with the Pb/Zn/Ag
mineralization exposed at surface and in drill holes to the southwest. Modeling of the airborne and Pulse
Electro Magnetic data by Minotaur (Australia) iden tified a priority targets recommended for immediate
drilling.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
Chilean Metals Inc.
“Terry Lynch”
Terry Lynch, CEO
Contact: [email protected]
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