Minfocus Exploration Announces Plans to Commence BC Field Work Shortly and Approval for Expanded and Extended Coral Zinc Project Drilling Program
Minfocus Exploration Announces Plans to Commence BC Field Work Shortly and
Approval for Expanded and Extended Coral Zinc Project Drilling Program
July 17, 2017 - Minfocus Exploration Corp. (TSX-V: MFX) ("Minfocus" or the "Company") announces that
field work is planned to commence shortly on the Peregrine Lead-Zinc Property in southeastern British
Columbia. The Peregrine Lead-Zinc Property contains two regional disconformities in dolostone host
rocks that are associated with major lead -zinc ore deposits and occurrences elsewhere in North
America. The extent of this favourable underexplored stratigraphy covers over 7km on the Peregrine
Lead-Zinc Property . Field work is planned to include a geochemical survey of the extent of this
favourable underexplored stratigraphy, relocating historical Cominco sampled zones, and sampling both
historical and any newly identified zones of mineralization, including taking sawn channel samples.
Minfocus is also pleased to report that it has received approval for amendments to the Mineral
Exploration Permit for its Coral Zinc Property from the BC Ministry of Energy and Mines which allows for
an expanded surface drilling program and an extension authorizing drilling work on the property
through until December 2019. Field work on the Coral Property is planned to be undertaken later this
summer, subject to the closing balance of the current private placement financing underway.
Current plans for work at both the Coral and Peregrine Zn projects are also subject to ch ange due to the
current forest fire situation in British Columbia. At present, there are no fires of note affecting the plans
for either project in BC.
Coral Zinc Project – 2017 Plans for Air/Ground Geophysics and Further Drilling Program
In addition to geophysical surveys t he Company intends to undertake a drilling program this
summer on its CORAL Project in east central British Columbia to follow up on the 2016 exploration
results targeting zinc and lead mineralization in a low -iron Mississippi -Valley-Type (“MVT”)
carbonate rock geological environment analogous to that hosting the Pine Point deposits. The
property has historic core drilling and trenching intersecting mineralized breccias containing values
of up to 7.8% zinc and up to 3.8% lead. The primary drilling target is the source of the large (600m
x 300m) zinc soil geochemical anomaly with up to 6680 ppm zinc (15-50 times background zinc
levels) with outcropping zinc mineralized brecciated dolostone at its edge. In addition to drilling,
Minfocus intends to undertake air and ground geophysical work and a LiDAR survey to enhance
selection of drill targets during the 2017 program.
Peregrine Lead-Zinc Project Exploration History and Access
The Peregrine Lead-Zinc Property is an MVT Lead-Zinc property in southeastern British Columbia , in
which Minfocus acquire d an interest in early 2017 by staking and optioning. The Peregrine project
contains two regional disconformities in dolostone host rocks that are associated with major lead -zinc
ore deposits and occurrences elsewhere in North America. The Peregrine lead -zinc property covers
over 7 km of this favourable underexplored stratigraphy.
The initial discovery of lead -zinc mineralization on the Peregrine property dates back to the 1970 ’s
with the most recent work being historic work from 1986 by Cominco. Regional lead -zinc
exploration throughout British Columbia mostly ceased around that time due to low zinc and lead
prices. Historical chip sampling of the Showing No. 1 by Cominco, in 1986, using 1 -metre intervals,
channeled obliquely across breccia zones in the Cambrian -Jubilee Formation, assayed 17m of 11.1% Zn,
including an interval of 14.3% Zn over 11m with assays ranging from 2.90% to 25.2% Zn. Showing No. 2
assayed 11.7% Zn over 1.7m. A third trench stratigraphically higher in breccia of the Devonian
Beaverfoot Formation assayed 2.92% Zn and 15.4% Ba. Cominco reported that surface mineralization at
the two main showings investigated is of “significant extent and grade”. Historical geochemical surveys
indicate widespread very high zinc values in soils. Anomalous soils analyses ranged from 5,000 to
30,000 ppm Zn and from 100 to 1,500 ppm Pb . All assays and analyses were performed at Cominco’s
exploration laboratory in Vancouver, B.C.
The Peregrine property has good access to infrastructure and is within 30 km of a commercial airport
and rail line and is reachable by all -weather gravel roads. A main power transmission line passes less
than 10 km from the property.
Minfocus can ea rn a 100% interest over a period of two years by making optional staged payments
totaling $10,000 cash and issuing 1,000,000 shares plus the grant of a 2% NSR. Minfocus has the option
to repurchase up to 1% of the NSR for $1.0 million after commercial production (See news release dated
January 24, 2017).
For more details on both the Coral Zinc Project and the Peregrine Lead -Zinc Project, see the
Minfocus website at www.minfocus.com.
Minfocus Private Placement Update
Minfocus previously announced the non-brokered private placement of up to 20,000,000 units for gross
proceeds of up to $500,000 (See news releases dated June 1, June 21 and July 4, 2017). The first tranche
of the private placement closed subscriptions re presenting 3,100,000 units and proceeds of $77,500.
Minfocus is also pleased to report the first tranche closing comprised subscriptions for $37,500 in non-
flow-through units ("NFT Units") and $40,000 in flow-through units ("FT Units"). Minfocus has recently
received approval to extend the final closing date for the private placement for a further thirty (30) days.
The use of proceeds is intended to be: to finance exploration and development of the mineral properties
in which Minfocus holds an interes t, primarily the Coral Zinc Project in British Columbia, Canada, which
is expected to include air and ground geophysical surveys, as well as light detection and ranging (LiDAR)
survey; a diamond drilling program; payment of unrelated -party trade payables; and general working
capital for the Company. This private placement has received Conditional Acceptance from the TSX
Venture Exchange, but remains subject to final acceptance by the exchange. Additional Finders’ Fees
may be paid in accordance with TSXV policy upon further tranche closings.
About Minfocus Exploration Corp.
Minfocus Exploration Corp. is a Canadian company currently advancing a portfolio of base metal projects including
lead-zinc and nickel projects in British Columbia and a Platinum Group Element (“PGE”) rich nickel project in N.W.
Ontario. Minfocus has a successful management group with a record of multiple discoveries of deposits
worldwide, including gold and uranium deposits in Mongolia and PGE -rich resources in Ontario, including the
discovery of the first Platinum -rich Pt-Pd-Cu-Ni deposit in the Midcontinent Rift, the Current Lake deposit
(+700,000 oz. Pt-Eq).
For further information, please contact:
Gerald Harper
President & Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (416) 232-0025
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P.Geo.(Ont),President and a director of Minfocus.
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