VANCOUVER, Feb. 14, 2018 /CNW/ - Tinka Resources
Limited ("Tinka" or the "Company") (TSXV &
BVL: TK) (OTCPK: TKRFF) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mr. Benedict ("Ben")
McKeown to the role of non-executive Chairman of the Board
of Directors of Tinka, effective immediately.
Mr. McKeown was appointed as a Board member in August 2017, and brings a wealth of experience
from his 25 years of commercial, financial, strategic and technical
experience including in iron ore, lithium, precious metals, base
metals, and oil and gas. Mr. McKeown has served as
independent director and chairman of the boards and board
committees of numerous listed and unlisted companies.
Prior to this news release, the Company did not have a Chairman
of the Board. Mr. McKeown's guidance and assessment will be
instrumental in the advancement of the Company's growth and
strategic objectives and in the next phase of development of the
Company's mineral properties.
On behalf of the Board,
"Graham Carman"
Dr. Graham Carman, President &
CEO
About Tinka Resources Limited
Tinka is an exploration
and development company with its flagship property being the
100%-owned Ayawilca carbonate replacement deposit (CRD) in the
zinc-lead-silver belt of central Peru, 200 kilometres northeast of Lima. The Ayawilca Zinc Zone Inferred Mineral
Resource estimate now consists of 42.7 Mt at 6.0 % zinc, 0.2 %
lead, 17 g/t silver & 79 g/t indium, and a Tin Zone Inferred
Mineral Resource of 10.5 Mt at 0.63 % tin, 0.23 % copper & 12
g/t silver (Nov. 8, 2017, release).
Drilling for resource extensions and the testing of new targets is
ongoing.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this news release
SOURCE Tinka Resources Limited