Coro Mining Corp. ("Coro" or the "Company") (TSX:COP) is pleased to
announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with ProPipe
SA, ("ProPipe") an engineering firm based in Santiago, Chile which
gives ProPipe the right to earn up to a 50% interest in the Berta
property, located approximately 20km west of the village of Inca de
Oro, in the III Region of Chile. Coro also announces that it has
renegotiated the terms of its underlying option agreement to
acquire Berta, by reducing the payment due on 10th June 2013 from
US$1,500,000 to US$500,000 and the final payment due on 10th June
2014 from US$3,500,000 to US$2,500,000. A 1.5% NSR will now apply
to all production from the property.
Alan Stephens, President and CEO of Coro commented, "We are
delighted that ProPipe have agreed to become our partner on the
Berta project, and are confident that their extensive Chilean
engineering experience will result in the expeditious development
of an operation capable of producing approximately 5,000 tpy copper
cathode, on a highly cost effective basis. ProPipe carried out the
Company's recent NI43-101 resource estimate technical report and as
a result are fully familiar with the project. We hope that Berta
will form the basis of a new business partnership which will
combine Coro's demonstrated ability to identify new projects, and
ProPipe's capacity to develop them efficiently and will be the
first step in building a sustainable cash flow generating business
for the Company."
Victor Araya, Director of ProPipe commented, "We are very
pleased to have the opportunity to participate in the development
of Berta, and wish to advance it to a production decision as soon
as possible. ProPipe look forward to establishing a relationship
with Coro, and hope that it will lead to new opportunities to build
a high technology, performance mining business in Chile in the
future."
The principal terms of the LOI are;
Within 10 days of signing the LOI, Coro will form a new company,
NewSCM and transfer its rights to the Berta property.
ProPipe may earn up to 50% of the shares in NewSCM by completing
a series of payments, work commitments and project financing,
thereby earning percentages of that company as follows;
-- Making the US$500,000 option payment due on 10th June 2013: 10% earned
-- Completing and filing an Environmental Impact Declaration by 30th July
2013: 3% earned
-- Completing a NI43-101 compliant PEA by September 30th 2013: 5% earned
-- Obtaining and structuring project financing on non-recourse basis, at
market conditions, with funds available within 6 months of completion of
the PEA, for a minimum of 70% of the project cost, including a cost
overrun facility, as determined in the PEA. In the event that this
financing is for 100% of the project cost, ProPipe will earn 32% of New
SCM, for a total shareholding of 50%. If the financing is between 70%
and 100% of the required funding, ProPipe will earn a pro-rata
shareholding in NewSCM. At the minimum 70% level, they would earn 22.4%
of NewSCM, for a total shareholding of 40.4%. In the event that less
than 100% funding is received, ProPipe have the right to earn the
corresponding shareholding for the percentage difference in funding, or
to assign their right to do so to a third party on the same terms. In
the event that they do neither, they must complete such additional work
and reports as required by Coro by March 31st 2014, for Coro to obtain
the financing required and thus earn the corresponding shareholding.
-- In the event that ProPipe do not arrange a minimum of 70% project
financing, they must complete a NI43-101 compliant DFS for the project
by 31st March 2014, and by so doing, will earn an additional 7%
shareholding, for a total shareholding of 25% in NewSCM. Coro and
ProPipe will then seek project financing on a pro-rata basis
-- In the event that the financing does not include the US$2,500,000 option
payment due on June 10th 2014, ProPipe and Coro will fund this pro-rata.
-- ProPipe will be Operator during the development and construction of the
project, thereafter the Operatorship will alternate every 2 years.
-- There will be a 30 day due diligence period to confirm title to the
property, followed by the expeditious drawing up and signature of a
definitive shareholders agreement.
About ProPipe SA
ProPipe is a Chilean supplier of consultancy, engineering and
project management services to its customers in the mining process,
infrastructure and environment markets. ProPipe have relevant
experience in conceptual and basic design, preliminary feasibility
and feasibilities studies, and detailed engineering for mining
companies in Chile. Some of its principal clients are BHP Billiton
(Minera Escondida), Antofagasta Minerals (Minera Los Pelambres,
Minera El Tesoro, and Minera Esperanza), Minera Las Cenizas and
Algorta Norte. ProPipe's recent projects include the Camarones
7,000 tonne per year copper cathode plant, the Algorta Norte 78 km
sea water pipeline, and Minera Escondida's Coloso filter plant
expansion project.
About Berta
Berta is a modest sized, near surface, copper oxide deposit,
with mineralization, as defined by drilling, mapping and
geochemistry, occurring in three principal areas; Berta Sur,
Central and Norte. It is associated with sub-vertical, elongate,
potassically altered porphyry intrusive bodies and related
hydrothermal and intrusive breccias, emplaced into a tonalite
stock. At Berta Sur, this mineralization is present within a
roughly horseshoe shape area with oxidation extending from surface
to depths of 50m to 100m. Berta Central comprises several smaller
bodies, located immediately north of Berta Sur, which were the
focus for previous small scale copper oxide production. Berta Norte
comprises several, discreet, NW oriented zones of mineralization,
individually 25-85m in width, 100-250m in strike length and
partially gravel covered.
Coro announced a NI43-101 compliant resource estimate for the
Berta Sur area, in its news release NR12-19, dated December 6th
2012 and the results of preliminary metallurgical test work in its
news release NR12-17, dated November 5th 2012. We see potential for
additional resources on the property in the Berta Central deposits,
and believe there may be potential in the surrounding district to
augment these.
Other Projects
Chacay
All final agreements have been signed with Teck for the sale of
the Chacay property and we are in the final stages of registering
the claims transfer with the authorities. Payment of US$2,000,000,
as described in our news release NR13-03, dated April 2nd 2013,
will be received upon delivery of proof of transfer to Teck, which
we expect to be completed very shortly.
Payen, El Desesperado and Llancahue
In light of the current difficult market conditions, Coro has
elected to seek partners for its three active Chilean exploration
projects. Confidentiality agreements have been signed with a number
of companies, and data and field reviews completed by several of
them.
San Jorge
The approval process for the update to the Company's approved
Environmental Impact Study ("EIS") submitted to the government of
Mendoza, Argentina in July 2012, in relation to the San Jorge
Bi-provincial Leach Project ("SJBP") continues to progress within
the applicable time frames established by the provincial
regulations. The SJBP Leach Project comprises a rock quarrying
operation in Mendoza province together with a processing plant
located in San Juan province, for the production of up to 25,000
tonnes per year of copper in cathode. The approval sought is
confined to the proposed railway line to transport ore from the San
Jorge quarry to a planned solvent extraction/electro-winning plant
located in San Juan. Once granted, no further environmental
approvals would be required from the Mendoza government, as the
quarry itself and associated crushing facilities have already been
approved in the existing EIS.
The SJBP Leach Project could be operated in full compliance with
all existing laws and regulations in both provinces and applicable
royalties would be paid to the province of Mendoza. Additionally,
as no mineral processing would take place in Mendoza, no substances
banned by the 7722 law would be employed there. We continue to look
forward to the approval of this simple update by the Mendoza
authorities later this year, so that a further EIS for the proposed
plant facilities in San Juan province can be prepared and
submitted.
Alan Stephens, FIMMM, President and CEO of Coro, a geologist
with more than 37 years of experience, is the Qualified Person for
Coro who has reviewed and approved the contents of this news
release.
CORO MINING CORP.
Alan Stephens, President and CEO
About Coro Mining Corp.:
The Company was founded with the goal of building a mining
company focused on medium-sized base and precious metals deposits
in Latin America. The Company intends to achieve this through the
exploration for, and acquisition of, projects that can be developed
and placed into production. Coro's properties include the Berta
copper development project and the Payen, El Desesperado, Llancahue
exploration properties all located in Chile; and the advanced San
Jorge copper-gold project, in Argentina.
This news release includes certain "forward-looking statements"
under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Such
forward-looking statements or information, including but not
limited to those with respect to the prices of copper, estimated
future production, estimated costs of future production, permitting
time lines, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and
other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of the Company to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements or information. Such factors
include, among others, the actual prices of copper, the factual
results of current exploration, development and mining activities,
changes in project parameters as plans continue to be evaluated, as
well as those factors disclosed in the Company's documents filed
from time to time with the securities regulators in the Provinces
of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and
Labrador.
Contacts: Coro Mining Corp. Michael Philpot Executive
Vice-President (604) 682 5546investor.info@coromining.com
www.coromining.com
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