VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- May 30, 2017 --
InvestorsHub NewsWire -- Kenadyr Mining (Holdings) Corp.
(TSX VENTURE:KEN)(OTCQB:KNDYF)(FRANKFURT:KM0) (the
"Corporation" or "Kenadyr") is pleased to announce that drilling at
the South Zone of Kenadyr's 100% owned Borubai License, Kyrgyz
Republic, has intersected widespread gold mineralization including
40 meters at 6.17 g/t Au.
The South Zone is directly adjacent to Zijin Mining Group Co
Ltd.'s ("Zijin") Taldy Bulak Levoberejnyi ("TBL") Mine deposit,
currently in production.
Initial drilling was designed to intersect an area which was
previously drilled by the Soviets between 1970 and 1990, and which
intersected significant gold mineralization. The current drill hole
provides support for the validity of the historic Soviet results
and indicates that widespread gold mineralization may exist on
Kenadyr's license directly adjacent to (within 100 meters of) the
TBL Mine.
The South Zone is open in three directions and to depth, and
there are strong indications that it connects to the TBL deposit.
Core recovery is >95% and all intervals have been assayed using
fire assay methods at an internationally accredited laboratory (ALS
Global).
The hole has reached its target depth of 850 meters and the
remainder of the hole is being split by diamond saw and prepared
for assay.
Partial Assay Results received to date are listed in the table
below:
Readers are cautioned that the results from a single drill hole
may not be representative of the mineralization on the Borubai
Project. Complete drill results will be announced once they become
available.
Kenadyr is in a strong position having a robust balance sheet,
no debt nor significant payments owing, and a supportive
institutional shareholder base. The management team has extensive
in- country operational experience, and merger and acquisition
expertise.
Dr. Alexander Becker, Kenadyr Chief Executive Officer,
states, "Partial results from our initial 2017 drill hole
at Borubai have exceeded our expectations. Based on the geometry of
the adjacent TBL orebody, it is the Corporation's interpretation
that these intersections are close to true widths. Subject to
obtaining additional drill results, the Corporation believes that
the mineralization encountered in our initial drill hole validates
and supports the findings reported in historic drilling and
indicates that the mineralization being mined at the adjacent TBL
Mine may continue onto Kenadyr's Borubai License."
Kenadyr's Borubai project comprises a 100-per-cent-owned
exploration licence covering a contiguous 164-square-kilometre land
package that encircles the Zijin/Kyrgyz/Altyn newly constructed and
operational TBL mine, in northern Kyrgyz Republic.
Zijin, the majority owner of the TBL mine, is one of China's
largest gold producers, second- largest copper and zinc producer,
as well as a major producer of tungsten and iron ore. In 2015,
Zijin's sales revenue and net profit attributable to the parent
company reached $11.44-billion (U.S.) and $255-million (U.S.),
respectively, ranking first and second, respectively, among 14
major global public gold miners (source: Zijin website). According
to a news release published by Zijin. on Aug. 15, 2011, the
national resources table of Kyrgyz Republic stated that the TBL
field contains (C1 plus C2) 8,906,100 tonnes of gold ore (the
average grade is 7.23 grams per tonne) and the gold metal volume is
64,420.5 kilograms, among which the C1 grade (initial mining
reserve) is 4,949,754 tonnes of gold ore (the average grade is 7.02
grams per tonne) and the gold metal volume is 34,754.6 kilograms.
The TBL mine is designed to produce 125,000 ounces of gold per
annum. The TBL mine deposit is directly adjacent to Kenadyr's
initial drill target, the South Zone, which was previously drilled
by the Soviets, with drilling on the Bourubai License exceeding
98,000 meters.
Readers are cautioned that the resource and reserve
estimates relating to the TBL mine do not extend to the Borubai
project. Kenadyr has not independently verified the information
with respect to the TBL mine provided in this news release and it
is not necessarily indicative of the mineralization on the Borubai
project. Kenadyr is not aware of the resource and reserve
categories, or the key assumptions, parameters and methods used to
prepare the estimates on Zijin's TBL mine.
Kenadyr's Borubai project, which surrounds the TBL mine, has
been the subject of extensive historic exploration including
drilling (98,200 metres in 184 diamond drill holes), trenching
(13,800 cumulative metres), bulldozer cuts (33,400 cumulative
metres), geologic mapping at 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 scales, ridge,
spur and grid soil geochemistry for multi-elements (14,200
samples), rock geochemical sampling (2,320 samples), pan
concentrate sampling (790 samples), 100 metres of adits, and 184
metres of underground raises. Additionally, the entire area has
been subject to airborne magnetic, radiometric and gravity surveys,
as well as ground-based resistivity and induced polarization
surveys. Additional high grade gold targets exist throughout the
Borubai license. The entire license has been subject to extensive
geochemical and geophysical surveys, with follow up trenching and
drilling on only a few of the identified anomalies.
Additional information in respect of the Corporation's business
and the Borubai project is available in the Corporation's Annual
Information Form dated April 28, 2017, available under the
Corporation's profile on SEDAR.
Kenadyr has an expert team of mine developers with considerable
local and regulatory knowledge, led by Chief Executive Officer Dr.
Alex Becker, who has operated successfully in the country for much
of the past 20 years. The board and management team includes; R.
Stuart (Tookie) Angus (Chairman), Alexander Becker (Chief Executive
Officer), Bryan Slusarchuk (President), Douglas J. Kirwin
(Director), Brian Lueck (Director) and Kevin Ma (Chief Financial
Officer). Mark Eaton will act as an adviser to the Corporation.
Brian Lueck, P. Geo, a director of Kenadyr and a qualified
person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and
approved the technical information in this news release.
On behalf of Kenadyr Mining (Holdings) Corp.
Dr. Alexander Becker, Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements relating
to the future operations of the Corporation and other statements
that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements are often
identified by terms such as "will", "may", "should", "anticipate",
"expects" and similar expressions. All statements other than
statements of historical fact, included in this release, including,
without limitation, statements regarding the future plans and
objectives of the Corporation are forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that
such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from the Corporation's expectations include
the success for failure of the Corporation's proposed exploration
activities on the Bourabi Project or its resource potential
relative to the TBL Mine and other risks detailed from time to time
in the filings made by the Corporation with securities
regulations.
The reader is cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation
of any forward-looking information may prove to be incorrect.
Events or circumstances may cause actual results to differ
materially from those predicted, as a result of numerous known and
unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are
beyond the control of the Corporation. The reader is cautioned not
to place undue reliance on any forward-looking information. Such
information, although considered reasonable by management at the
time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and actual results
may differ materially from those anticipated. Forward-looking
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