BacTech Announces Agreement With Blackstone Development
13 April 2010 - 11:30PM
Marketwired
BacTech Mining Corporation ("BacTech" or the "Company") (TSX
VENTURE: BM) today announced that it has signed an agreement with
Blackstone Development Inc. ("Blackstone") of Cobalt, Ontario,
granting the Company access to Blackstone's considerable tailings
inventory in the Cobalt camp in Northern Ontario.
Under the terms of the agreement, BacTech will pay $10,000 to
Blackstone and issue 1,000,000 common shares in the BacTech
reclamation company that will be created following the proposed
reorganization (announced January 12, 2010). Also, an additional
100,000 shares will be issued to Blackstone annually for the life
of the project, and a 2% NSR will be paid to Blackstone on any
metals recovered from the tailings.
It is believed that there are considerable amounts of silver,
cobalt, nickel and copper still in the tailings. BacTech will
undertake a field program to determine the grades of the various
tailings deposits to identify suitable production candidates. The
initial workplan will focus on investigating the use of the
Company's proprietary technology to stabilize the contained arsenic
in the tailings, in addition to recovering the contained metals
deemed to be economically recoverable for its own account.
The tailings are a result of extensive silver mining in the
Cobalt area from the early 1900s. Given the lack of environmental
protocols and technical inefficiencies during the historical
mining, considerable amounts of waste rock and tailings were
deposited in and around lakes in the area, and that has led to the
liberation of heavy metals and arsenic into the local water
systems.
The Blackstone tails cover the majority of the Cobalt camp that,
at one time, was the most prolific silver mining camp in modern
times. The claim package includes more than 50 past-producing mines
and their related tailings. Blackstone estimates that as much as 8
to 10 million tonnes of tailings are situated on their land
package.
BacTech plans, subject to establishing economic grades of
recoverable metals, to build a demonstration plant in the Cobalt
area to retreat concentrates recovered from the existing tailings.
A proposed site for the plant was also identified on a recent visit
to Cobalt.
Testwork was conducted by BacTech on samples collected last
summer from the Castle Mine tailings located near Gowganda (see
news release June 24, 2009). Gowganda, located approximately 100 km
from Cobalt, was thought to contain mineral concentrations similar
to those reported for the Cobalt area. However, the Company was
unable to duplicate the reported metal content quoted by Gold
Bullion Development Corp. at the Castle tailings and, as a result,
the Company will focus on the Blackstone tailings going forward,
with no further work planned at this time for the Gowganda area
tailings.
BACTECH PROFILE
In January the Company announced its intention to effect a
divisive reorganization whereby BacTech will transfer all of its
interests in mining projects and the rights to its bioleaching
technology to a wholly-owned subsidiary. The common shares of the
subsidiary will be distributed to the shareholders of BacTech upon
completion of the reorganization. BacTech will hold an exclusive
and perpetual right to use the bioleaching technology for projects
related to environmental remediation of mine tailings. Completion
of the proposed reorganization is subject to receipt of all
required consents and approvals, including without limitation,
court approval, shareholder approval, and TSX Venture Exchange
approval. The special meeting of shareholders required to approve
the reorganization is scheduled for June 9, 2010.
BacTech owns patented bacterial oxidation technology for the
treatment of refractory ores and concentrates to enhance the
recovery of gold, silver and base metals. The Company's focus is
the acquisition of equity positions in projects amenable to
bioleaching.
Shares outstanding 89,264,706
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: BacTech Mining Corporation Ross Orr President &
CEO 416-813-0303 ext 222 (416) 596-9840 (FAX) info@bactech.com
www.bactech.com
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