PRESS RELEASE June 2, 2016
Viscount Adds Mine Engineer to Technical Advisory Board
VANCOUVER, Canada –-
Viscount Mining Corp. (TSX-V: VML) (OTCQB: VLMGF) (“Viscount” or the “Company”)
is pleased to announce that engineer and
mining executive Ian R. Harris has consented to join the Company's technical
advisory board.
"Viscount is extremely
pleased to have an engineer with the experience and abilities of Mr. Harris
join its Technical Advisory Board," said Jim MacKenzie, President &
CEO of Viscount. "Ian will be an excellent source of advice as the Company
advances its Silver Cliff property. We welcome Mr. Harris and look forward to
his valued contribution as the newest member of our team."
Mr. Harris is a bilingual
mining engineer with over 20 years of experience in the mining industry
including 10+ years working in South America with companies such as Asarco LLC,
Corriente Resources, AEP and Washington Group International. Mr. Harris has spent the last two years as CEO
of AMAK Mining, the first operating private mining company in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Harris has managed all
phases of the mining cycle, in diverse areas including general management,
project development, project management, field operations, engineering,
financing, and operations supervision and optimization. He has demonstrated the
ability to achieve results in difficult environments, such as the Middle East, Venezuela,
Ecuador and Bolivia.
Mr. Harris successfully
led a campaign to reactivate Corriente Resources mining operations in Ecuador
after a three-year suspension by successfully navigating through a new
constitution, and a new mining law. Under his leadership Corriente’s mining
projects were designated national strategic projects and the first to start and
finalize contract negotiation for construction of the first industrial scale
mining projects in Ecuador. His
achievements led to the sale of Corriente to Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group
Holding Co., Ltd. for $690M.
Mr. Harris stated, “I am
very pleased to join the Company’s advisory board. I am excited to be assisting
in the continued advancement of the Company's activities in Nevada and the Silver
Cliff property in Colorado.”
About
Viscount Mining (TSX VENTURE: VML) (OTCQB: VLMGF)
Viscount
Mining is an exploration company with a portfolio of gold and silver properties
in the Western United States, including Cherry Creek in Nevada and Silver Cliff
in Colorado. Cherry Creek is comprised
of more than 10,000 acres, all 100% owned, and includes more than 20 past
producing mines. Viscount has entered into an exploration earn-in agreement
with Sumitomo Corporation covering the Cherry Creek property. Sumitomo can earn
in up to a 75% interest in the property by producing a bankable feasibility
study and by spending in addition a minimum of US$10,000,000 in exploration and
development expenses by the eighth anniversary of the earn-in agreement. Silver
Cliff in Colorado is comprised of 96 lode claims, covering much of the
historical past-producing mineral districts of Silver Cliff and Rosita Hills.
For additional
information regarding the above noted property and other corporate information,
please visit the Company's website at www.viscountmining.com
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“Jim
MacKenzie”
President,
CEO and Director
For further information, please contact:
Viscount
Investor Relations
Phone:
604-960-0535
Email: info@viscountmining.com
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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.
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undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the
event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors,
should change.
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