Jourdan Completes Acquisition of Jazz Phosphate Property Adjacent to Arianne Phosphate
22.01.2014 | FSCwire
Mississauga, Ontario (Canada), January 22, 2014 /FSC/ - Jourdan Resources Inc. (JOR - TSX Venture), ("Jourdan" or the "Company") (www.jourdan.ca)is pleased to announce that it has made the final option payment on the Company's Jazz Phosphate Project, per the January 17, 2012 Option Agreement with the Vendors, bringing Jourdan's interest in the Project to 100% (with no royalties). This final option payment was settled in shares, through the issuance of 2,083,334 Jourdan shares to the Vendors.
All securities issued in connection with this transaction are subject to a four-month and a day hold period ending May 18, 2014.
The Jazz Phosphate Project is one of the flagship projects of Jourdan Resources.
On January 17, 2012, the Company optioned the 53 claim Jazz Phosphate Property located approximately 200 km north of the town of Saguenay in the Saguenay Lac-St-Jean region in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Jazz Property is a total of 2,952 hectares and is contiguous with Arianne Phosphate's Lake Paul Advanced Stage Phosphate Project, and the latter has:
* Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves of 472.1 million tonnes at an average grade of 6.9 P2O5
* Planned annual production rate of 3 million tonnes of 38.6% P2O5 apatite concentrate
* 25.75 year mine life with average operating cost of $94/ tonne of concentrate (FOB Saguenay Port)
* Pre-tax IRR of 20.7% and pre-tax NPV of $1.910 billion (@ 8%) based on P2O5 price of $213/t
(Source: Arianne Phosphate Inc.; all financial figures are in $US)
The Company previously announced on April 25, 2013 the completion of a ground magnetometer survey on Jazz. This 34 kilometer magnetometer survey was designed to cover highly prospective areas originally outlined with airborne geophysics and prospecting. The full April 25, 2013 press release can be found at: http://jourdan.ca/uploads/173.pdf. Previously reported results of reconnaissance grab samples on the property can found in the Company's June 12, 2012 press release: http://jourdan.ca/uploads/155.pdf.
Map 1: Jazz Phosphate Property adjacent to Arianne Phosphate's Lac A Paul Deposit, on airborne magnetics
http://jourdan.ca/pdf/20140122MAP1.pdf
Map 2: Jourdan Resource's Jazz and Dissimieux Lake Phosphate Projects on airborne magnetics
http://jourdan.ca/pdf/20140122MAP2.pdf
The technical information in this news release was approved by Mr. Stephen Wallace, P. Geo, VP Exploration of Jourdan Resources, and a Qualified Person under NI 43-101 regulations.
About Jourdan Resources
Jourdan Resources Inc. is a Canadian junior mining exploration company focused on phosphate. We continually strive to maximize shareholder value by targeting the highest quality phosphate projects with a professional and highly experienced management team. Our approach combines creativity, experience, and technical expertise with tenacity and determination to advance existing projects while always being prepared to take advantage of new opportunities that can add value for our shareholders. We are committed to conducting ourselves in an open, professional, and responsible manner, while always remaining available to all shareholders. Our goal is to become the dominant phosphate miner in North America.
Jourdan Resources Inc. is a Canadian junior mining exploration company trading under the symbol JOR on the TSX Venture Exchange. The Company is focused on the acquisition, exploration, production, and development of mining properties in phosphates.
Please visit the Company's website at www.jourdan.ca
For further information please contact:
Michael Dehn Glen Wylie, CMA
President and CEO CFO
Tel: (647) 477-2382 Tel: (647) 477-3758
Fax: (647) 477-2389 Fax: (647) 477-2389
michael@jourdan.ca glen@jourdan.ca
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Although the Company believes many of its properties have promising potential, its properties are in the early stages of exploration. None have yet been shown to contain proven or probable mineral reserves. There can be no assurance that such reserves will be identified on any property, or that, if identified, any mineralization may be economically extracted.
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Source: Jourdan Resources Inc. (TSXV: JOR) http://www.jourdan.ca
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