Aurizon Reports Status Update on Minor Discharge at Tailings Facility at Casa Berardi Mine
May 03 2013 - 1:08PM
Marketwired
Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX:ARZ)(NYSE MKT:AZK) ("Aurizon" or the
"Company") notes the fall in its share price this morning. The
Company is not aware of any further occurrence or development which
justifies this share price movement.
With respect to the breach of the internal tailings dyke
reported yesterday, the majority of the material was contained
inside the tailings pond containment area and no further discharges
into the environment have occurred. The environmental authorities
are no longer on site. The manual clean up of the minor discharge
is underway, being handled by rakes and shovels, and is expected to
be completed today.
Operations were not interrupted.
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.
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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