Affinity Gold Corp. Announces Proposed Acquisition of 49% Stake in Near-Term Production Project in Colombia
June 03 2014 - 11:28AM
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Affinity Gold Corp. Announces Proposed Acquisition of 49% Stake in
Near-Term Production Project in Colombia
MAPLE GROVE, MN--(Marketwired - Jun 3, 2014) - Affinity Gold
Corp. (OTC Pink: AFYG) (PINKSHEETS: AFYG) ("Affinity" or "the
Company") is pleased to announce that pursuant to the strategic
joint venture with private Canadian junior Alicanto Mining Corp.
("Alicanto"), announced on May 7, 2014, it has entered into an
agreement for the acquisition of a 49% interest, with the
possibility to acquire up to a 75% interest, in Alicanto's Rionegro
project located in Santander, Colombia.
The Rionegro project is located in an area represented by a very
large Horst/Graben structure in Paleozoic Carbonaceous
Conglomerates and other metasedimentary rocks. The Graben serves as
the basin of the main river in the area carrying gold in the active
sediments and in Tertiary paleoplacers which are amenable to
near-term production. The project comprises Alicanto's 7.66 square
kilometer license as well as approximately 190 square kilometers
surrounding the license for which Alicanto has filed applications
with Colombia's National Mining Agency.
Project Highlights
- 766 hectares fully-owned and controlled outright with no
third-party arrangements outside the joint-venture partners.
- Accessible project located approximately 40 Km from
Bucaramanga, Colombia's sixth largest city, with very good
infrastructure providing ready access to water, power, and
labor.
- Very prospective geological structures for both hard rock and
alluvial targets.
- Current alluvial mining operations by third-parties in nearby
paleoplacers confirms the area's prospectivity.
- Focus on attaining near-term production from Rionegro's
paleoplacers to be followed by an exploration program for the rest
of the project.
Terms of Agreement Under the agreement, Alicanto has granted
Affinity the right to a 49% ownership interest in the Rionegro
project subject to Affinity contributing an aggregate of $250,000
over a set schedule which the parties expect will be completed in
2014, with the possibility to acquire an additional 26% interest,
totaling 75% of the overall project.
Alicanto's Executive Chairman, Mr. Raziel Zisman, stated that
"Alicanto's agreement with Affinity regarding the Rionegro project
validates the premise of our Strategic Partnership namely joining
forces, skills and resources, to generate short- and long-term
value for both Affinity's and Alicanto's shareholders."
Affinity's President & CEO, Mr. Corey Sandberg, stated that
"this initial project in our strategic joint-venture relationship
with Alicanto demonstrates the ability of value to be created for
both companies. The Rionegro project itself is a perfect fit for
Affinity and meets the Company's model requirements for near-term
production projects that offer substantial upside in exploration
potential."
About Alicanto Mining Corp. Alicanto Mining Corp. ("Alicanto")
is a technically-driven project-generating private exploration
company with offices in Toronto and Bucaramanga, Colombia. Alicanto
is focused on Project Generation Through Effective
Exploration™. Alicanto model is based on identifying
prospective properties in underexplored areas and creating value by
completing sufficient geological work to determine ore resources
and then generally seeking to monetize projects by entering into
earn-ins or JVs with senior mining companies. Alicanto is led by a
multilingual team with over 100 years of successful international
field experience and is currently primarily involved in gold and
copper projects in Colombia and Armenia.
For additional information please visit Alicanto's website at
www.alicantomining.com
About Affinity Gold Corp.: Affinity Gold Corp. is a mineral
exploration and development company engaged in the acquisition and
development of near-term precious mineral production properties
within Peru. Affinity Gold Corp.'s primary focus is on developing
assets that have demonstrated historical production, contain
documented and reliable data and can reasonably begin producing
within 12-18 months at a cost of less than $900 per gold equivalent
ounce.
www.affinitygold.com
For further information please refer to the Company's
filings with the SEC on EDGAR available at www.sec.gov
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This news release may include
"forward-looking statements" regarding Affinity Gold Corp., and its
subsidiaries, business and project plans. Such forward-looking
statements are within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21E of the United States
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are intended
to be covered by the safe harbor created by such sections. Where
Affinity Gold Corp. expresses or implies an expectation or belief
as to future events or results, such expectation or belief is
believed to have a reasonable basis. However, forward-looking
statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors,
which could cause actual results to differ materially from future
results expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Affinity Gold Corp. does not undertake any obligation
to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under
applicable law.
CONTACT: Raziel Zisman rzisman@alicantomining.com AFFINITY GOLD
CORP. Corey J. Sandberg 763-424-4754 csandberg@affinitygold.com
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