HudBay Minerals Acquires 6,667,000 Shares of VMS Ventures Inc.
February 18 2011 - 6:30AM
Marketwired
VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE: VMS) ("VMS") is pleased to announce
that HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX: HBM)(NYSE: HBM) announced February
14, 2011 that it "has acquired 6,667,000 common shares ("Common
Shares") of VMS Ventures Inc. ("VMS Ventures") at a purchase price
of C$0.50 per Common Share for total consideration of C$3,333,500.
The Common Shares were acquired in a private transaction pursuant
to an exemption from the prospectus and registration requirements
of applicable securities laws. The Common Shares were acquired for
investment purposes."
HudBay now owns and has control over 17,585,000 Common Shares of
VMS Ventures, representing approximately 14.3% of the issued and
outstanding Common Shares.
About VMS Ventures Inc.
VMS Ventures Inc. is focused primarily on acquiring, exploring
and developing copper zinc-gold-silver massive sulphide deposits in
the Flin Flon-Snow Lake VMS Belt of Manitoba. The Company's VMS
project property portfolio consists of the Reed Lake Project,
Copper Project, McClarty Lake Project, Sails Lake Project, Puella
Bay Project and Morton Lake Project. Outside of the Snow Lake camp,
the Company holds massive sulphide prospective properties near the
past producing Fox Lake and Ruttan copper zinc mines, near the
communities of Lynn Lake and Leaf Rapids in northern Manitoba.
These properties are located in the mining friendly province of
Manitoba, Canada. The Company also has optioned three base metal
properties in the Sudbury mining camp. They are Terra Incognita,
Golden Pine and Black Creek.
HudBay Minerals Inc.
HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX: HBM)(NYSE: HBM) is a Canadian
integrated mining company with assets in North and Central America
principally focused on the discovery, production and marketing of
base metals with its corporate offices at 1 Adelaide Street East,
suite 2501, Toronto, Ontario. The company's objective is to
maximize shareholder value through efficient operations, organic
growth and accretive acquisitions, while maintaining its financial
strength. A member of the S&P/TSX Composite Index and the
S&P/TSX Global Mining Index, HudBay is committed to high
standards of corporate governance and sustainability.
Forward Looking Statement
Some of the statements contained herein may be forward-looking
statements which involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties.
Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization
and resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives
of the Company are forward-looking statements that involve various
risks. The following are important factors that could cause the
Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements: changes in the world
wide price of mineral commodities, general market conditions, risks
inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated with development,
construction and mining operations, the uncertainty of future
profitability and the uncertainty of access to additional capital.
There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will
prove to be accurate as actual results and future events may differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. VMS Ventures
Inc. undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking
statements if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions
should change. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance
on such forward-looking statements.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rick Mark, CEO, VMS Ventures Inc.
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 release.
Contacts: VMS Ventures Inc. Keith Patey Director of
Communications (604) 986-2020 or Toll Free: 1-866-816-0118
www.vmsventures.com Launch IR Matt Harrington (613) 882-7467 Launch
IR Dean Hanisch (613) 882-7467
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