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Metal Tiger plc
("Metal Tiger" or the "Company")
SPANISH EXPLORATION UPDATE: NEW GOLD ANOMALY
Metal Tiger (LON: MTR), the natural resources investing company
is pleased to provide an update regarding project developments in
Extremadura, Spain.
Highlights:
-- Soil sampling and alteration mapping at the Logrosán Gold and Tungsten
Joint Venture (JV) project has delineated a new gold target
area
'Logrosán South', located in the south of the project's Antonio
Caño
and (the recently awarded) San Cristóbal exploration licence
areas.
This new target area is in addition to the 'El Seranillo North'
gold
target area reported on 5th April 2016.
-- Soil samples analysed for gold by ALS Minerals laboratories have
defined a 2km long gold in soil anomaly (up to 0.89g/t Au),
which
appears to be associated with two parallel structures identified
by
ground magnetics. Further soil samples analysed for gold using
our JV
partner's own laboratory in Finland have shown that the anomaly
can be
traced over a total 6km long strike distance.
-- Samples were collected over a total of 70 profiles, spaced at between
50m - 200m, the anomaly is currently open at one end.
-- A programme of further follow-up investigation for both Logrosán South
and El Seranillo North is scheduled for September, once the
Spanish
field team have returned from their scheduled summer break.
This
follow-up will run in conjunction with the ongoing work on the
Maria
Licence. Further details of these works will be provided in due
course.
Paul Johnson CEO of Metal Tiger said: "We are excited to report
the identification of an additional gold target for our Logrosán
Gold & Tungsten Project. The addition of the Logrosán South
gold anomaly is particularly significant given its current 6km
length and its good correlation with structures indicated by our
ground magnetics survey work.
We consider that we have a very strong, and growing, pipeline of
gold and tungsten targets in what is turning out to be a highly
mineralised region.
We look forward to providing further updates, as the field team
recommences ground work in early September."
Project Background
Location and Region
The Logrosán Gold and Tungsten Project is located in a
geologically prospective, under-explored and mining friendly
jurisdiction in west-central Spain within the province of Cáceres
in the Extremadura autonomous region. The Project is served by a
well-developed and maintained road network, with good power, water
and telecommunications infrastructure and enjoys the full support
of the regional and local government and administration.
Neighbouring Properties
There are three public listed exploration and pre-production
development companies located within the surrounding region. The W
Resources Plc La Parrilla tungsten mine is 43km south-west of the
Project area; the Emerita Resources Corporation Las Morras Gold
Project is 6km to the south; and the Berkeley Energia Gambuta
uranium deposit is 40km north.
Background to the Logrosán Joint Venture
Metal Tiger entered into a Joint Venture with Logrosán Minerals
Ltd (a Special Purpose Vehicle "SPV" company incorporated in the
UK) on 13 March 2015.
Logrosán Minerals Limited is the joint venture operating company
for the Logrosán Exploration Project. During the 18 months prior to
the joint venture commencing, Metal Tiger's joint venture partner,
Mineral Exploration Network (Finland) Ltd "MEN", had carried out
more than 40,000 soil samples, hundreds of pan-concentrate samples,
covered thousands of linear kilometres with ground magnetic survey
and assessed electro-magnetic tomography. The presence of Tungsten
mineralisation had been confirmed by soil sampling, outcrop
sampling, trenching and historical drill holes. Gold mineralisation
had been indicated by pan-concentrate sampling which delineated
three areas with anomalous gold.
Metal Tiger funded EUR500,000 in exploration work over the
balance of 2015 and Q1 2016 in line with an agreed exploration
programme that included up to 5,000 metres of drilling, to earn 50%
of Logrosan Minerals Limited. The balancing holding in the SPV is
held by MEN.
The Maria Licence was brought into the SPV on 31 May 2016. As
part of this transaction Metal Tiger are to provide up to
EUR500,000 over the balance of 2016 and first quarter of 2017 in
exploration expenditure, with at least half the funds used to
further explore Maria and the balance used to refine and build out
the tungsten deposits and gold targets outlined during the 2015
Logrosán drilling programme.
The technical information contained in this disclosure has been
read and approved by Mr Nick O'Reilly (MSc, DIC, MAusIMM, FGS), who
is a qualified geologist who meets the criteria of a qualified
person under the AIM Rules - Note for Mining and Oil & Gas
Companies.Mr O'Reilly has visited the Logrosán and Maria Project
Areas, and reviewed the technical information contained within this
announcement. Mr O'Reilly is a consultant working for Mining
Analyst Consulting Ltd which has been retained by Metal Tiger PLC
to provide technical support.
For further information on the Company, visit:
www.metaltigerplc.com:
Paul Johnson (Chief Tel: +44 (0)7766 465 617
Executive Officer)
Terry Grammer (Non- Tel: +44 (0)207 099 0738
Executive
Chairman)
Sean Wyndham-Quin Spark Advisory Partners Tel: +44 (0)
Neil Baldwin Limited 2033 683 555
Nick Emerson (Nominated Adviser)
Andy Thacker SI Capital www.sparkadvisorypartners.com
(Sole Broker) Tel: +44 (0)
1483 413 500
Notes to Editors:
Metal Tiger plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM
Market ("AIM") with the trading code MTR and invests in high
potential mineral projects with a precious and strategic metals
focus.
The Company's target is to deliver a very high return for
shareholders by investing in significantly undervalued and/or high
potential opportunities in the mineral exploration and development
sector timed to coincide, where possible, with a cyclical recovery
in the exploration and mining markets. The Company's key strategic
objective is to ensure the distribution to shareholders of major
returns achieved from disposals.
Metal Tiger's Metal Projects Division is focused on the
development of its key project interests in Botswana, Spain and
Thailand. In Botswana Metal Tiger has a growing interest in the
large and highly prospective Kalahari copper/silver belt. In Spain
Metal Tiger the Company has tungsten and gold interests in the
highly mineralised Extremadura region. In Thailand Metal Tiger has
expanding interests over licences, applications and critical
historical data covering antimony, copper, gold, silver, lead and
zinc opportunities.
The Company has access to a diverse pipeline of new
opportunities focused on the natural resource sector including
physical resource projects, new natural resource centred
technologies and resource sector related fintech opportunities.
Pipeline projects deemed commercially viable may be undertaken by
Metal Tiger or by an ISDX or AIM partner with whom the Company is
engaged.
Metal Tiger also has an Asset Trading Division that holds
various financial instruments for trading purposes including
equities, warrants and royalty income. The aim of the division is
to generate profits to reinvest into the Company's project based
activities.
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