UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR
15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December, 2015
Commission File Number: 001-35404
EURASIAN MINERALS INC.
(Translation of registrants name into English)
Suite 501 543 Granville Street
Vancouver,
British Columbia V6C 1X8
Canada
(Address of principal
executive offices)
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annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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EURASIAN MINERALS INC. |
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Date: December 10, 2015 |
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/s/ Marjorie Winslow |
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Marjorie Winslow |
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Corporate Administrator |
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Eurasian Minerals Inc.
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NEWS RELEASE
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Eurasian Minerals Reports IGC Granted an Additional License
for the
Malmyzh Copper-Gold Porphyry Project, Far East Russia
Vancouver, British Columbia, December 10, 2015 (TSX Venture:
EMX; NYSE MKT: EMXX) Eurasian Minerals Inc. (the
Company or EMX)
is pleased to announce that IG Copper LLC ("IGC") advises that an additional
license has been granted for the Malmyzh copper-gold porphyry project in Far
East Russia. The Malmyzh licenses are held by IGC (51%) and Freeport-McMoRan
Exploration Corporation (49%) (the "Joint Venture"), with IGC operating and
managing the project. The new "Malmzyh Flanks" exploration license expands the
Joint Venture's land position covering the Malmyzh district for a total of 226.9
square kilometers, and includes additional areas for potential infrastructure
development as well as extensions to known exploration targets. EMX is IGCs
largest shareholder with 42.2% of the issued and outstanding shares. Please see
the attached map and www.eurasianminerals.com for more information.
Malmyzh Flanks Discussion and Project Overview. The
Malmyzh Flanks exploration license (74.1 sq km) surrounds the previously granted
Malmyzh and Malmyzh North exploration and mining licenses (152.8 sq km) on three
sides, and provides additional areas for potential development with improved
access to the Amur River. In addition, the new license includes a projection of
the Freedom "magnetic cluster" to the north-northeast, and possible extensions
of the reconnaissance drilled copper-gold mineralization at the North Slope and
Destiny prospects. This exploration potential further highlights the project's
upside, which includes four inferred resource deposits open for expansion and
eight additional prospects with drilled porphyry copper-gold mineralization.
The Malmyzh project's inferred resources include the Valley,
Freedom (SE), Central and Flats deposits. The open pit constrained inferred
resources at a 0.30% copper equivalent cut-off are 1,661 million tonnes at
average grades of 0.34% copper and 0.17 g/t gold, or 0.42% copper equivalent,
containing 5.65 million tonnes (12.45 billion pounds) copper and 9.11 million
ounces gold, or 7.06 million tonnes (15.56 billion pounds) copper equivalent
(CuEq% = Cu% + (Au g/t x 0.5)) . All four resource deposits are open at
depth (> 350-600 m), and importantly, there are zones of shallow, higher
grade copper-gold mineralization at the Valley and Freedom (SE) deposits, and
high grade below the resource pit at Central. Furthermore, there is higher grade
copper-gold mineralization at the Freedom (NW) prospect not currently included
in the Malmyzh inferred resource estimate due to the need for infill drilling.
Please see EMX news release dated May 26, 2015 and SEDAR filed report titled "NI
43-101 Technical Report on the Initial Mineral Resource Estimate for the Malmyzh
Copper-Gold Project, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation" with an effective date
of May 1, 2015 for more information1.
The Joint Venture is proceeding with acquiring project
approvals to continue with the advanced exploration and mining phase of
development as required for strategically significant deposits in the Russian
Federation. IGC has informed EMX that the process is moving forward at a steady
pace. Government support for IGC and the Joint Venture is underscored by the
recent award of a "Certificate of First Discovery" for the Malmyzh project. This
important acknowledgement officially recognizes the Joint Venture's sole
responsibility for an important grassroots discovery and serves to further
underpin support for achieving government approvals. This recognition is
complemented by the "Explorer of the Year" award received at the recent MINEX
Forum in Moscow. Overall, the Russian government strongly supports mining
investment and development in their Far East Krais (administrative regions), as
evidenced by IGC's recent agreement with the Far East Development Fund to
facilitate high-level investments from across the Russian Federation and Asia
(see EMX news release dated November 4, 2015). Taken together, IGC is encouraged
by, and appreciative of, these strong measures of support for advancing a
project recognized as an exceptional asset with world-class potential.
1Phil Newall, PhD, BSc, CEng, FIMMM, a
Qualified Person under NI 43-101 and managing director of Wardell Armstrong
International, an independent UK based consulting company, provided the
statement of Malmyzh open pit constrained inferred resources effective as of May
1, 2015 under NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and
CIM definition standards. Copper equivalent was calculated as
Cu% + (Au g/t x 0.5), and assumed prices of $3.25/lb Cu and
$1400/oz Au, with recoveries of 90% for Cu and 70% for Au. See May 26, 2015 EMX
news release and SEDAR filed technical report for more information on the CuEq
calculation, exploration results, QA/QC procedures, and methodology used to
estimate the Malmyzh inferred resources.
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IGC's Shelekhovo Project. IGC has 100% control of the
390 square kilometer Shelekhovo property (also known as Shelekhovskaya). IGC
recently completed geologic reconnaissance, a ground magnetic survey, and a soil
survey consisting of approximately 1,500 samples. The program focused on an
interpreted nested caldera complex adjacent to the regional scale Sikhote Alin
structural zone in an area marked by multiple gold anomalies and abundant
quartz-alunite alteration identified from Soviet-era work. IGC's geologists
confirmed the widespread occurrence of quartz-alunite alteration in a geologic
setting characteristic of a high sulfidation epithermal system. Results from the
program are expected to be available in early 2016.
IGC also 100% controls the nearby 260 square kilometer
Salasinskaya property that is considered to be the northern extension of the
Shelekhovo anomaly cluster. Both properties occur approximately 150 kilometers
along trend to the northeast of Malmyzh. Together, the Malmyzh, Shelekhovo, and
Salasinskaya properties cover approximately 877 square kilometers of exploration
ground occurring along a ~200 kilometer belt of prospective Cretaceous-age arc
terrane rocks.
Drilling, Sampling, Assaying, and QA/QC. The Malmyzh
exploration samples were collected in accordance with CIM Best Practice
standards and guidelines. The samples were submitted to Irgiredmet Laboratories
in Irkutsk, Russia (GOST ISO/MEK 17025 accredited), or ALS Laboratories in
Chita, Russia (GOST ISO/IEC 17025 accredited) for assay and geochemical
analysis. Gold was analyzed by fire assay with an AAS finish, and copper
analyses were determined with aqua regia digestion and ICP AES techniques. IGC
conducts routine QA/QC analysis on all assay results, including the systematic
utilization of certified reference materials, blanks and duplicates.
Mr. Dean D. Turner, CPG, is a Qualified Person under NI 43-101
and consultant to the Company. Mr. Turner has reviewed, verified and approved
disclosure of the technical information contained in this news release.
About EMX. Eurasian Minerals leverages asset ownership
and exploration insight into partnerships that advance our mineral properties,
with EMX retaining royalty interests. EMX complements its generative business
with strategic investment and third party royalty acquisition.
EMXs strategic investment in IGC exemplifies the Companys
recognition of an early-stage opportunity with excellent growth potential. IGC
has steadily built value at Malmyzh and added quality exploration properties to
its portfolio. EMX is IGCs largest shareholder with 42.2% of the issued and
outstanding shares (38.4% on a fully diluted basis) resulting from investments
totaling US $7.8 million.
About IGC. IGC, a privately held company, is led by
President and CEO Tom Bowens, and includes key personnel with a track record of
exploration discovery and project development in the Russian Federation.
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For further information contact:
David M. Cole |
Scott Close |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Director of Investor Relations |
Phone: (303) 979-6666 |
Phone: (303) 973-8585 |
Email: Dave@EurasianMinerals.com |
Email: SClose@EurasianMinerals.com
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Website: www.EurasianMinerals.com |
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Neither the 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.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release may contain forward looking
statements that reflect the Companys current expectations
and projections about its future results. These forward-looking
statements may include statements regarding perceived merit of properties,
exploration results and budgets, mineral reserves and resource estimates, work
programs, capital expenditures, timelines, strategic plans, market prices for
precious and base metal, or other statements that are not statements of fact.
When used in this news release, words such as
estimate, intend,
expect, anticipate,
will, believe, potential and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which,
by their very nature, are not guarantees of the Companys future
operational or financial performance, and are subject to risks and
uncertainties and other factors that could cause Eurasians actual
results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ materially from those
expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. These
risks, uncertainties and factors may include, but are not limited to:
unavailability of financing, failure to identify commercially viable mineral
reserves, fluctuations in the market valuation for commodities, difficulties in
obtaining required approvals for the development of a mineral project, increased
regulatory compliance costs, expectations of project funding by joint venture
partners and other factors.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release
or as of the date otherwise specifically indicated herein. Due to risks and
uncertainties, including the risks and uncertainties identified in this news
release, and other risk factors and forward-looking statements listed in the
Companys MD&A for the nine-month period ended September 30,
2015 (the MD&A) and most recently filed Annual
Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2014 (the
AIF) and Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
2014, actual events may differ materially from current expectations. More
information about the Company, including the MD&A, the AIF, financial
statements and Form 20-F of the Company, is available on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com and on the SECs EDGAR website
at www.sec.gov.
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors Concerning Estimates of
Inferred Resources
This news release uses the term Inferred
Resources. We advise U.S. investors that while this term is
defined in, and permitted by, Canadian regulations, this term is not a defined
term under SEC Industry Guide 7 and not normally permitted to be used in reports
and registration statements filed with the SEC. Inferred
Resources have a great amount of uncertainty as to their
existence, and great uncertainty as to their economic feasibility. It cannot be
assumed that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral Resource will ever be
upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of Inferred
Mineral Resources may not form the basis of a feasibility study or
prefeasibility studies, except in rare cases. The SEC normally only permits
issuers to report mineralization that does not constitute SEC Industry Guide 7
compliant reserves, as in-place tonnage and grade
without reference to unit measures. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume
that any part or all of mineral deposits in this category will ever be converted
into reserves. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all
of an Inferred Resource exists or is economically mineable.
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www.EurasianMinerals.com
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