Wolfden Files NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Pickett Mountain Project Engages Rose & Company to Provide Market Advisory and Investor Relations Services
Wolfden Files NI 43-101 Technical Report for
the Pickett Mountain Project
Engages Rose & Company to Provide Market Advisory and Investor Relations Services
THUNDER BAY, ON
,
Feb. 12, 2019
/CNW/ -
Wolfden Resources Corporation
(WLF.V)
("
Wolfden
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce that an independent technical report
entitled "
National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report, Pickett Mountain Project Resource
Estimation Report,
Penobscot County, Maine
, USA
" with an effective date of
January 7, 2019
has
been filed on SEDAR. The mineral resource statement was previously announced by the Company in
a news release dated
January 7, 2019
using a 9% zinc equivalent (ZnEq) cut-off grade as per the
table below.
January 7, 2019 Mineral Resource Statement
Category
Tonnes
% Zn
% Pb
% Cu
g/t Ag
g/t Au
Density
% ZnEq
Indicated
2,050,000
9.88
3.93
1.38
101.58
0.92
3.99
19.32
Inferred
2,030,000
10.98
4.35
1.20
111.45
0.92
4.00
20.61
The deposit is composed of two principle zones and a newly discovered footwall zone in drill hole
PM-18-031 that intersected 4.1 metres at 38.2% ZnEq, including 16.6% Zinc, 8.4% Lead, 1.9%
Copper, 612.0 g/t Silver and 0.5 g/t Gold that remain open for potential expansion (see Company
news release dated
January 15, 2019
). The Company is planning its 2019 follow-up drill program
and additional technical studies to continue to expand and upgrade the mineral resources of the
project.
Market Advisory and Investor Relations
The Company is also pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement for services (the
"
Agreement
") with Rose & Company ("
Rose & Co.
"), pursuant to which Rose & Co. will provide
certain market advisory and investor relations services to the Company. Rose & Co. is a NY-based
strategic advisory and corporate communications firm dedicated to helping clients successfully
navigate the global capital markets. The founders and senior executives of Rose & Co. have
extensive expertise in branding, marketing and competitive positioning. The Rose & Company team
has decades of capital markets experience from prominent Wall Street firms, including
Dahlman
Rose
& Company, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank, Rose & Co. provides its clients
comprehensive services focused on generating positive investor response. Rose & Co. currently has
no interest, directly or indirectly, in the Company or its securities or any right or intent to acquire
such an interest except for those allowances under the terms of the Agreement.
The Agreement has an initial term of 12 months, subject to early termination by the Company for any
reason within six months of the effective date, and, unless terminated by either party, will renew
automatically for successive three-month periods. Rose & Co. will be paid
US$12,500
quarterly and
be granted a one time allotment of 300,000 options to purchase common shares of the Company at
a price of
$0.30
per common share for a period of up to 5 years pursuant to the Company's share
incentive plan and subject to the continuation of the Agreement. The options will vest in stages over
an eighteen-month period, with no more than 1/4 of the options vesting in any three-month period.
The Agreement and the grant of options are subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
About Wolfden
Wolfden is a Canadian exploration and development company focused on advancing its 100% owned
Pickett Mountain Project
in
Maine, USA
. The 6,800 acre Project is host to a high-grade (Zn, Pb, Cu,
Ag) zinc-rich, volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit that is close to excellent infrastructure and
includes the land and all rights to minerals and timber without any historic or aboriginal
encumbrances. With a mineral resource of 2.05 Mt at 19.3% ZnEq of indicated resources and 2.03
Mt at 20.6% ZnEq of inferred resources, the Company plans to expand resources with further drilling
and complete sufficient exploration, definition drilling and various technical studies in order to
demonstrate the economic potential for an underground mining scenario on the Project. For further
information on the project, see technical report entitled "
National Instrument 43-101 Technical
Report, Pickett Mountain Project Resource Estimation Report,
Penobscot County, Maine
, USA
"
dated
January 7
, 2019.
The information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by
Don Hoy
, P. Geo., SVP
Exploration and
Ron Little P. Eng
., President and CEO, who are Qualified Persons' under National
Instrument 43-101.
The metal prices used to determine Zinc Equivalent (ZnEq) grades are
US$1.20
/pound for zinc,
US$1.00
/pound for lead,
US$2.50
/pound for copper,
US$16.00
/troy ounce
for silver, and
US$1200
/troy ounce for gold.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains certain information that may constitute forward-looking information or
forward-looking statements under applicable Canadian and
United States
securities legislation
(collectively, "forward-looking information"), including but not limited to information about future
activities at the Pickett Mountain Project that include: the timing and completion of future studies
including those related to mining scenarios; the timing of future infill, expansion and exploration drill
programs; the potential to discover other lenses or mineralization on the Project either locally or
regionally based on all information gathered to date; the potential to significantly expand and
upgrade the resource; the timing and work required to verify the conceptual exploration target; and
the scope of and the anticipated effect of the 2017 mining legislation in
Maine
. This forward-looking
information entails various risks and uncertainties that are based on current expectations and actual
results may differ materially from those contained in such information. These uncertainties and risks
include, but are not limited to, the strength of the global economy; the price of base metals and
minerals generally; operational, funding and liquidity risks; the degree to which mineral resource
estimates are reflective of actual mineral resources; the degree to which factors which would make
an underground mineral deposit commercially viable are present; the risks and hazards associated
with mineral exploration and mining operations; and the ability of Wolfden to fund its substantial
capital requirements and operations. Risks and uncertainties about the Company's business are
more fully discussed in the Company's disclosure materials filed with the securities regulatory
authorities in
Canada
available at
www.sedar.com
. Readers are urged to read these materials.
Wolfden assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information or to update the reasons
why actual results could differ from such information unless required by law.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
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For further information:
please contact Ron Little, President and CEO at (613) 862-3699
CO: Wolfden Resources Corporation
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