Ecuador Gold Announces Completion and Filing of The Santa Barbara Preliminary Economic Assessment Report
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 29, 2015) - Ecuador Gold & Copper Corp. (TSXV: EGX), (the "Company" or "EGX") announces that, further to the 8th December 2014 News Release, the Preliminary Economic Assessment Technical Report ("PEA") prepared under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") on the Company's flagship Santa Barbara Project, has been filed on the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com) effective as of today's date.
Qualified Person
Michael J. Short, B.E., FIMMM, C.Eng., Managing Director of GBM Minerals Engineering Consultants Limited, is the qualified person, as defined by NI 43-101 for the PEA, and has read and approved the technical information in this news release.
For further information please contact:
| Cathy Hume | Glenn Laing |
| CHF Investor Relations | President and CEO |
| Telephone (416) 868-1079 | Telephone: (647) 865-3101 |
| Email: cathy@chfir.com | E-mail: glaing@ecuadorgoldandcopper.com |
Cautionary Note
The Company has completed a preliminary economic assessment of the Santa Barbara Project which forms part of the Condor Gold and Copper Project under NI 43-101, and there is no assurance that the exploration and subsequent development operations of the Condor Gold and Copper Project will be economically or technically viable.
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