Velocity Initiates Phase I Drilling at Advanced Rozino Gold Project, Southeast Bulgaria Files NI 43-101 Technical Report for Rozino Grants 3,500,000 Incentive Stock Options
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NR-17-04 August 1,2017
Velocity Initiates Phase I Drilling at
Advanced Rozino Gold Project, Southeast Bulgaria
Files NI 43-101 Technical Report for Rozino
Grants 3,500,000 Incentive Stock Options
Vancouver, British Columbia – Velocity Minerals Ltd . ( TSXV: VLC.H) (“ Velocity” or the “ Company”)
announces that it has initiated diamond drilling at the Company’s advanced Rozino Gold Project
(“Rozino” or the “ Project”). The Company has also filed on SEDAR a National Instrument 43-101 (“NI
43-101”) technical report (the "Technical Report") for the Rozino d eposit, located within the Tintyava
prospecting and exploration licence, southeast Bulgaria. The Technical Report summari zes historical
exploration at Rozino, including 142 diamond drill holes, totaling approximately 22,500m.
Drill Program
A total of 9 diamond drill holes (approximately 2,000m ) are planned for Phase I at the Rozino Project
(Figure 1), which is described in more detail below. The program is part of a larger drill program of up to
65 drill holes (approximately 12,000m), that is planned to be on-going through the remainder of 2017
and early 2018.
A total of 142 historical drill holes have been drilled on the Project, either vertically or oriented to the
northeast, parallel to the predominant structural trends seen in outcrop. The last hole drilled on the
project (2006) was completed following a structural review which identified a strong northwest control
on mineralisation:
Drill hole R-245 was drilled perpendicular to the newly-interpreted northwest control on mineralization,
and intersected 68m @ 3.15 g/t gold, including 11.39m @ 8.09 g/t gold. H ole R-245 confirmed that
mineralization exists between the drill fences and the potential for additional broad intersects of near
surface, high grade mineralization located between the existing drill fences is considered to be good to
excellent. Velocity’s current drill program is testing this interpretation.
Rozino Project
Velocity (through a Bulgarian subsidiary) holds an option to acquire an undivided 70% legal and
beneficial interest in the Tintyava property , free and clear of all liens and encumbrances , granted by
Gorubso Kardzhali A.D. (“ Gorubso”). The Rozino Project, which is the subject of the recently filed
Technical Report, is located within the Tintyava property, which has an area of 163km 2. To exercise the
option for the Tintyava property, the Company must pay the $325,000 tender fee (paid) to the Ministry
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of Energy of the Republic of Bulgaria and deliver an NI 43-101 preliminary economic assessment (“PEA”).
The option is exercisable for a period of up to six years.
The Rozino Project i s located 20km east of the 0.85 Moz Ada Tepe gold deposit, currently being
developed by Dundee Precious Metals Inc., and 50km southeast of the city of Kardzhali, which is host to
tailings and gold processing facilities operated by Gorubso (Figure 2).
Cautionary Note. Ada Tepe measured and indicated resource (2013); Upper Zone 5.0Mt @ 2.99g/t gold
(0.482Moz, 0.6g/t COG) and Wall Zone 1.9Mt @ 6.13g/t gold (0.377Moz, 0.8g/t COG). Readers are
cautioned that Ada Tepe is an adjacent property and that Veloc ity has no interest in or right to acquire
any interest in the deposit, and that mineral deposits on adjacent or similar properties, and any
production therefore or economics with respect thereto, are not in any way indicative of mineral
deposits on Veloci ty’s properties or the potential production from, or cost or economics of, any future
mining of any of Velocity’s mineral properties.
Figure 1: Planned drilling at Rozino. Phase One (9 drill holes, 2,000m) is highlighted with large red circles.
Six holes will drill northeast within the central zone of mineralization with a view to testing for higher grade
mineralization between historical drill fences. Three holes will test mineralization identified
at surface in historical trenches. Historical drilling not shown.
The Rozino Project was first explored in the 1980’s by the Bulgarian state company Asenovgrad
Geoengineering EAD , which completed 86 vertical diamond drill holes for 14,289m. Available drill
technology was limited to vertical drill hole s, which in the context of steeply -dipping zones of
mineralization was not a suitable approach. Hereward Ventures Ltd ( “Hereward”) and Asia Gold Corp.
(“Asia Gold”) began exploration in 2001 and completed 3 phases o f drilling between 2004 and 2006 ,
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completing 55 diamond drill hole s for 7,995m . Diamond drilling was angled, but oriented to the
northwest, parallel to the predominant outcropping structural trends and therefore less than optimal.
In 2005- 2006 Asia Gold carried out a structural review and identified a strong northwest control on
mineralisation and completed 2 drill holes to test this new idea. Drill hole R-245 was drilled towards the
northeast, perpendicular to the newly-interpreted northwest control on mineralization, and intersected
68m @ 3.15 g/t gold, including 11.39m @ 8.09 g/t gold. Assuming steep mineralisation striking 145 o,
which is perpendicular to the azimuth of the drill hole, the true width of significant intercept is
estimated to be approximately 43.5m, however, exac t true th icknesses at Rozino are difficult to
ascertain with the current level of available data.
In summary, over 20km of diamond drilling has been completed to -date and yet the Rozino deposit is
still not well defined. Asia Gold’s d rill hole R-245 confirmed that mineralisation exists between the drill
fences and the potential for additional wide intersects at high grades located between the existing drill
fences is considered to be very good.
Figure 2: Location of the Rozino Project relative to Tintyava licence area, Ekuzya Project, Gorubso’s CIL
processing plant, and the Ada Tepe development project.
Exploration upside at Rozino is good. The area surrounding the drilled Rozino mineralization has
historically been soil sampled and trenched with both methods providing coherent anomalies for follow-
up. Historical t rench results in particular are compelling ( Table 1) and although only two historical drill
holes (from 142 total) tested the trench anomalies, the results were positive. Due to the limited amount
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of available data and variable orientation of trenches following irregular forest tracks and clearings, true
thicknesses are at present difficult to ascertain. Trench locations are shown on Figure 1 together with
the locations of trench intervals greater than 0.6g/t gold.
Table 1: Highlights from historical trench samples surrounding Rozino.
The Rozino Project is a typical Low Sulphidation Epithermal gold deposit hosted within Palaeogene
sediments as disseminations, replacement and vein mineralisation. The mineralogy of the Rozino
deposit is simple, consisting mainly of pyrite.
Several historical metallurgical tests were completed at Rozino. The most recent was reported by
Wardell Armstrong on a single series of agitated cyanide extraction tests and the results returned
average recoveries from 3 samples based on cyanide in pulp and cyanide in leach extraction of 94.7%
and 97.7% respectively.
The Technical Report includes recommendations for the first year of exploration including the purchase
of satellite imagery and high resolution topographic data, reprocessing of historical airborne and ground
geophysics, survey of historic drill collars, additional systematic trenching including over untested soil
anomalies, heel- to-toe drilling oriented to the northeast (perpendicular to the northwest control on
mineralization), additional metallurgical testing in preparation for further resource drilling and PEA, as
well as implementation of appropriate QA/QC procedures and set-up of standard operating procedures.
Readers are encouraged to review the Technical Report filed on SEDAR . It can be found
on www.SEDAR.com by searching for Velocity Minerals Ltd. and by selecting ‘Technical Reports – NI 43-
101’ under document type. The report was filed on July 27, 2017. A further NI 43 -101 technical report
describing the Company’s Ekuzya Project was filed on July 20, 2017.
Option Grant
The Company also announces that it has granted stock options to certain officers, employees and
consultants of the Company and its affiliates to purchase up to 3,500,0 00 common shares of the
Company in accordance with the terms of the Company's stock option plan. The stock options are
exercisable on or before July 31, 2022, and each option is exercisable for one common share of the
Company at a price of $0.31 per share.
Qualified Person
James Hogg, MSc, BSc, MAIG, is the author of the Technical Report and an independent qualified person
within the meaning of N I 43-101. Mr. Hogg has reviewed the scientific and technical information from
the Technical Report included in this news release and has approved the disclosure herein.
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Stuart A. Mills, Msc, BSc, CGeol, the Company’s Vice President Exploration and a qualified person as
defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed the scientific and technical information related to the drill program
included in this news release, and has approved the disclosure herein. Mr. Mills is not independent of
the Company.
About Velocity Minerals Ltd.
Velocity is a go ld exploration and development company focussed on eastern Europe. The Company’s
management and board includes mining industry professionals with over 100 years of combined
experience spanning Europe, Asia, and the Americas as employees of major mining companies as well as
founders and senior executives of junior to mid -tier public companies. The team 's experience includes
all aspects of mineral exploration, resource definition, feasibility, finance, mine construction and mine
operation as well as a track record in managing publicly listed companies and bringing real value to
shareholders.
The Company’s portfolio of advanced gold exploration assets is currently in Bulgaria, which is a member
of the European Union (2007) and an attractive destination for mining investment. The country’s mining
law was established in 1999 and updated in 2011. Mining royalties are low and compare favourably
with more established mining countries like Canada, Peru and Chile. Bulgaria also boasts an
exceptionally low corporate tax rate of only 10% and the country’s education system is excellent with
good availability of experienced mining professionals in a favourable cost environment. Foreign mining
companies are successfully operating in Bulgaria.
Local knowledge and experience are essential components of mining investment in a foreign
jurisdiction. Velocity Minerals has entered into a number of optio n agreements with Gorubso Kardzhali
A.D., an established and respected mining company in Bulgaria. Gorubso operates the underground
Chala Gold Mine (2006) and the Kardzhali Carbon In Leach (CIL) processing plant (2011), which produces
gold dore. Gorubso is the first and only company in Bulgaria to have secured a permit for cyanide -
related processing of gold ores. Velocity’s management has a long -standing relationship with Gorubso
as well as significant previous experience in Bulgaria and elsewhere in the region.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
"Keith Henderson"
President & CEO
For further information, please contact:
Keith Henderson
Phone: +1-604-638-3456
E-mail: [email protected]
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of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD -LOOKING INFORMATION : This news release includes certain
“forward-looking statements” under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward -looking statements
include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to: future exploration and testing carried out on the
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achievements of the Company to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the forward looking information. Such risks and other factors include, among others ,
operating and technical difficulties in connection with mineral exploration and development and mine
development activities for the Ekuzya and Tintyava properties , including the geological mapping, prospecting and
sampling programs for the projects, the fact that the Company’s interest s in the Ekuzya and Tintyava properties
are only options and there is no guarantee that the interest s, if earned, will be certain, actual results of exploration
activities, including the program, estimation or realization of mineral reserves and mineral resources, the timing
and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, capital expenditures, the costs and timing of the
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possible variations in ore grade or recovery rates, possible failures of plants, equipment or processes to operate as
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heading. "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual management's discussion and analysis and other filings of the
Company with the Canadian Securities Authori ties, copies of which can be found under the Company's profile on
the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking information. The Company undertakes no
obligation to update any of the forward looki ng information in this news release or incorporated by reference
herein, except as otherwise required by law.
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