China Minerals Seeks Court Order FOR Document Production as Province Suddenly Reverses Agreement with First Nation
For Immediate Release January 3, 2017
CHINA MINERALS SEEKS COURT ORDER FOR DOCUMENT PRODUCTION AS PROVINCE
SUDDENLY REVERSES AGREEMENT WITH FIRST NATION
China Minerals Mining Corporation (“China Minerals” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: CMV, US :
HWTHF) , through its legal counsel, McMillan LLP, filed an application in BC Supreme Court to be
heard on January 4, 2017, asking for the Court to o rder the Province of British Columbia (the
“Province ”) to disclose additional documents related to the pending judicial review of the
government's decision to transfer certain lands to a First Nation owned company, in an area where
China Minerals holds subsurface mineral tenures.
“We made this application because we have learned, through Freedom of Information and Protection
of Privacy Act (“ FOI ”) requests, that there are other materials that we consider highly relevant which
were withheld from the government’s materials and h ave not yet been disclosed to the Court" said
Ling Zhu, Executive Chairman. Mr. Zhu further comme nted: “We are deeply concerned that the
government took more than nine months to process th is FOI request, that it heavily censored the
release, and yet we still learned of relevant docum ents that have not been disclosed to the Court. It
makes us wonder what else is out there that government is fighting so hard to keep secret”.
China Minerals commenced a judicial review petition on January 25, 2016 seeking to challenge the
Province’s decision to transfer certain parcels of land to a Kaska Dena company as part of an
incremental treaty agreement entered into in 2013, without any consultation with China Minerals. The
parcels of transferred land overlap certain key sec tions of the Cassiar Gold Project – a project that
China Minerals has spent more than $36 million acqu iring and advancing. As a direct result of the
Province’s decision to transfer the land parcels, C hina Minerals has lost opportunities to enter into
financing and joint venture agreements and has face d general uncertainty with respect to advancing
the Cassiar Gold Project. The judicial review is scheduled to be heard on January 17, 2017.
Recently disclosed information on the government’s website indicates that, around the same time the
FOI materials were finally released, it announced a previously undisclosed July 2016 agreement with
the Kaska Dena to reverse the transfer of these lan ds from the First Nation to the Province. China
Minerals is pleased by this unprecedented developme nt, but believes it is not sufficient to properly
address the above-referenced adverse effects the Pr ovince has caused the Company nor does it
reverse very problematic positions the Province is on record as taking to date. China Minerals
therefore has every intention of proceeding with th e judicial review, unless and until a satisfactory
resolution of all issues is reached with the Province.
The agreement between the Province and the Kaska De ne reversing the land transfer can be found
at: www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-
nations/agreements/kaska_ita_amend_agreement_-_executed_version_-_dec_2016.pdf.
The Company supports reconciliation between the Pro vince and aboriginal groups – provided existing
third party rights are protected or properly compensated.
Further Information on the Company’s Legal Action
For further information on the legal action see the Company’s news releases dated: January 25, 2016,
March 9, 2016, May 25, 2016, August 29, 2016 and Oc tober 18, 2016, copies of which are available
under the Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
About China Minerals Mining Corporation
China Minerals Mining Corporation is a Canadian bas ed exploration and development company with
offices located in Vancouver, B.C. and Beijing, Chi na. China Minerals' goal is to build an internation al
mining company.
For more information on China Minerals, please cont act the Company at 1-888-629-1505 or the
Company at (604) 629-1505, or visit the Company's website at www.chinamineralsmining.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"signed by Ling Zhu"
Ling Zhu
Executive Chairman
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