Aurizon Reports Minor Discharge at Tailings Facility at Casa Berardi Mine
May 02 2013 - 3:07PM
Marketwired
Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX:ARZ)(NYSE MKT:AZK) ("Aurizon" or the
"Company") reports that during a routine evening inspection of the
tailing ponds on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at the Casa Berardi Mine,
located approximately 95 kilometres north of the town of La Sarre,
in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec, it was discovered
that there was a breach of an internal tailings dyke which resulted
in a surge of liquids and suspended solids over the external
tailings dyke. A majority of the material was contained inside the
tailings pond containment area and no further discharges into the
environment have occurred. The Casa Berardi Mine has four tailings
containment ponds and the material flowed from one tailings pond
into another tailings pond, neither of which are in use for current
operations.
On visual inspection by Aurizon personnel, a residual film of
material has affected a limited surface area of outside the
external dyke.
Environmental authorities were immediately notified and are
presently on site. We do not expect there will be any impact on
operations.
About Aurizon
Aurizon is a gold producer with a growth strategy focused on
developing its existing projects in the Abitibi region of
north-western Quebec, one of the world's most favourable mining
jurisdictions and prolific gold and base metal regions, and by
increasing its asset base through accretive transactions. Aurizon
shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "ARZ"
and on the NYSE MKT under the symbol "AZK". Additional information
on Aurizon and its properties is available on Aurizon's website at
www.aurizon.com.
U.S. Registration (File 001-31893)
News Release Issue No. 23 - 2013
Contacts: Aurizon Mines Ltd. George Paspalas President & CEO
604-687-6600 Aurizon Mines Ltd. Martin Bergeron Vice President
Operations 819-874-4511 or 819-339-5621 Aurizon Mines Ltd. Investor
Relations 604-687-6600 or Toll Free: 1-888-411-GOLD (4653)
604-687-3932 (FAX)jennifer.north@aurizon.com / info@aurizon.com
www.aurizon.com Longview Communications Trevor Zeck (604) 375-5941
Longview Communications Nick Anstett (416) 649-8008
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