Tinka Appoints Mr. Benedict (“Ben”) Mckeown to Board of Directors
NEWS RELEASE August 17, 2017
TINKA APPOINTS MR. BENEDICT (“BEN”) MCKEOWN TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vancouver, Canada – Tinka Resources Limited (“Tinka” or the “ Company”) (TSXV: TK ) (OTCPK: TKRFF)
announces the appointment of Mr. Ben McKeown to the Board of Tinka as an independent non-executive director.
Mr. McKeown brings strong commercial, financial, strategic and technical experience to the board of Tinka. He has
worked across various sectors and in a number of jurisdictions during his 25 years in resources including in iron ore,
lithium, precious metals, base metals, and oil and gas. He has served on numerous listed and unlisted company boards as
Chairman or non-executive director, including Ferrous Resources Limited, Senex Energy Ltd, Jordan Energy & Mining
Ltd and Rincon Lithium Ltd. Mr. McKeown was a partner at Senti ent Group for 10 years until May 2017. Previously,
Mr. McKeown was an investment principal at Actis (previously CDC Group) for 7 years. Mr. McKeown graduated from
Imperial College London with B. Eng (Hons) in Mining Engineering, and holds an MBA from IESE Business School in
Barcelona. Mr. McKeown currently resides in Sydney, Australia.
Dr. Graham Carman, President & CEO stated, “I am delighted to welcome Ben to the Tinka Board. Ben brings a wealth
of experience in leadership, corporate governance, finance and project development to our team. Ben is a highly
respected mining finance professional, and will enhance the skill set of our Board at a time of rapid growth in the
Company as we advance our Ayawilca zinc project in Peru towards development.”
About Tinka Resources Limited
Tinka is an exploration and development company with its flagship property being the 100%-owned Ayawilca Property
in the zinc-lead-silver belt of central Peru, 200 kilometres no rtheast of Lima. The Ayawilca Zinc Zone has an Inferred
Mineral Resource of 18.8 Mt at 8.2% Zinc Eq, and a Tin Zone Inf erred Mineral Resource of 5.4 Mt at 0.89% Tin Eq,
both open for expansion (May 25, 2016). A significant resource expansion drill program began in Febr uary 2017 and is
ongoing. The qualified person, Dr. Graham Carman, Tinka’s Pres ident and CEO, and a Fellow of the Australasian
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, has reviewed and verified the technical contents of this release.
On behalf of the Board,
“Graham Carman”
Dr. Graham Carman, President & CEO
Investor Information:
www.tinkaresources.com
Rob Bruggeman 1.416.884.3556
Company Contact:
Mariana Bermudez, 1.604.699.0202
Forward Looking Statements: Certain information in this news release contains forward-look ing statements and
forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable se curities laws (collectively " forward-looking
statements"). All statements, other than statements of historical fact a re forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are based on the beliefs and expectations of Tinka as well as assumptions made by and information currently
available to Tinka's management. Such statements reflect the c urrent risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to
certain factors including, without limitations, the Company’s expectations regarding mineral resource calculations, capital
and other costs varying significantly from estimates, productio n rates varying from estimates, changes in world metal
markets, changes in equity markets, uncertainties relating to t he availability and costs of financing needed in the future,
equipment failure, unexpected geological conditions, imprecisio n in resource estimates or metal recoveries, success of
future development initiatives, competition, operating performance, environmental and safety risks, community relations,
and other development and operating risks. Should any one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should
any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein. Although
Tinka believes that assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements
are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the
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