VANCOUVER, Jan. 17, 2017 /CNW/ - Hannan Metals
Limited ("Hannan" or the "Company") (TSX.V: HAN) is
pleased to announce that Mr. Lars
Dahlenborg has been appointed Vice President of
Exploration.
Mr. Dahlenborg obtained his MSc geology from Lund University in Sweden and is a Member of the Australian
Institute of Geoscientists. He has over 10 years of global
experience in exploration from Sweden, Finland and Peru. He began his career as an underground
geologist at LKAB in Kiruna, Sweden. For the last ten years, he has worked
as an exploration geologist in Sweden, Finland and Peru and has contributed significantly to the
advancement on several recent discoveries such the Rompas-Rajapalot
gold project in northern Finland
and the Norra Karr HREE deposit in Southern Sweden, and most recently has been
providing advisory services to the Company in regards to the
initial work programs at Kilbricken.
Mr. Hudson, CEO and Chairman, states, "We wish to welcome
Lars as the Company's new Vice President of Exploration. Lars will
oversee the Company's exploration activities in Ireland.
Having worked with Lars over the last 10 years, I know he will
apply his typically rigorous and enthusiastic approach to
exploration to expand our known zinc-lead-silver mineral systems in
Ireland."
About Hannan Metals Limited
(TSX.V:HAN)
Hannan Metals Limited has 100% ownership of the County
Clare Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu project in Ireland, which consists of 9 prospecting
licences for 32,223 hectares. The Kilbricken project, a new
high-grade Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu discovery is the Company's flagship project.
Better intersections, to date, include DH 46: 20.5m @ 7.5% Zn, 9.9%
Pb, 0.07% Cu, 74.6g/t Ag, DH06: 21.3m @ 11% Zn, 4.8% Pb, 0.06% Cu,
94.4g/t Ag. The project is drilled over more than 1.5 kilometres
and is ready to explore and expand within a 40 kilometre strike
area. Mr. Michael Hudson,
Hannan's CEO and Chairman, is a Qualified Person as defined in
National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the
technical disclosure contained in this news release.
On behalf of the Board,
"Michael
Hudson"
Michael Hudson, CEO &
Chairman
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limited to: liabilities inherent in mine development and
production, geological risks, the financial markets generally, and
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SOURCE Hannan Metals Ltd.