Canyon Copper Corp. Announces the Passing of Benjamin Ainsworth
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CANYON COPPER CORP. ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF BENJAMIN AINSWORTH
VANCOUVER, BC, April 27, 2017.
Canyon Copper Corp. (“Canyon”) (TSX-V: CNC) announced today that our founding director, Benjamin (“Ben”)
Ainsworth passed away peacefully on April 25, 2017 at the age of 76. C anyon wishes to extend our sincere
condolences to his family, friends and his many business associates.
Ben earned an honours degree in geology at University of Oxford in 1962 and was soon inducted into a successful
career as an exploration geologist, gaining his early exper ience in Ireland and Ghana, West Africa. He joined
Placer Development Limited (“Placer”) in 1965 and work ed there for 21 years, holding assignments throughout
Canada, and later in Chile. From 1968 to 1978, his principal area of work related to the research and application of
geochemistry for mineral exploration. Ben carried out ex tensive exploration work in British Columbia and the
Yukon, which led to the 1972 discovery of the world class Howard’s Pass lead-zinc deposit.
In 1986, Ben and David Jenkins formed the consulting firm of Ainsworth-Jenkins Holdings Inc. (“Ainsworth-
Jenkins”). The first years of the practice focused on gold and silver in Nevada and northern tier states in Mexico,
drawing on experience gained from working on similar projects for Placer. Ainsworth-Jenkins was involved with the
reactivation of the Huckleberry porphyry copper/gold project financed by New Canamin Resources Ltd. in the
period 1992 to 1994, which was placed into production in 1997. The Ainsworth-Jenkins team was also responsible
for the concept, design and implementation of a 1995 explor ation program that lead to the discovery of the first
reported marine alluvial diamonds in the territorial waters of Sierra Leone, West Africa.
Ben’s career contained many mileston es in both mineral discoveries and in public service, where he acted for
provincial and federal governments in mineral project assessments. He also served on many committees liaising
between our industry and government agenci es to promote the sustainable gr owth of mineral exploration and
development in Canada.
Most recently, Ben and his son, Garr ett Ainsworth, were jointly awarded the 2013 Colin Spence Award by the
Association for Mineral Exploration, British Columbia for their role in the discovery of the Patterson Lake South
uranium deposit (now the Triple R deposit) located in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. That discovery was yet
another hallmark of the quality of work Ben contributed throughout his career in his quest to find world class
mineral deposits.
Many will follow in his footsteps but few will fill his shoes.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“James Yates”
CANYON COPPER CORP.
James Yates, Director
Contact:
Canyon Copper Corp.
Investor Relations
(604) 331-9326
(604) 684-9365 (FAX)
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