Ms. Christine Lefebvre, LLB, CPA, CA, is Hired as Chief Accountant of Abcourt Mines Inc
Mont St-Hilaire, July 11, 2016 - Renaud Hinse, President and Chief Executive Officer of Abcourt Mines Inc. (TSX-V: ABI) (the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that Abcourt has hired Christine Lefebvre, LLB, CPA, CA, as chief accountant, beginning in July.Ms. Lefebvre is member of the Chartered Professional Accountants Association of Canada and of the Barreau du Quebec. She accumulates five years of experience in the practice of law and has worked ten years for the accounting firm Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, of Rouyn-Noranda and of Val d'Or, Province of Quebec. Since 2009, she has been acting as external auditor for this firm and has been in charge of audit mandates for junior mining companies and for mining companies in development.
With the Elder mine which is now to the stage of commercial production and the recent acquisition of the Sleeping Giant mine and mill, it becomes essential for Abcourt to appoint a qualified and experienced person in order to be able to meet efficiently our financial disclosure obligations and the challenges related to our status of new gold-producing company. We believe Ms. Lefebvre is an important asset in this direction and we welcome her in our team.
About Abcourt Mines Inc.
Abcourt Mines Inc. is a gold producer and a Canadian exploration company with strategically located properties in northwestern Quebec, Canada. The Elder property has gold resources (2012) and a positive P.E.A. study. Abcourt is focusing on the exploitation of the Elder mine.
The Abcourt-Barvue property has silver-zinc resources (2012). A positive feasibility study was completed in 2007 by Roche / Genivar on the Abcourt-Barvue project.
Recently, Abcourt has acquired the Sleeping Giant mine and mill, located half-way between Amos and Matagami, in Abitibi, Quebec, in the territory covered by the Plan Nord of the Quebec government. The mill has a capacity of 700 to 750 tons of ore per day and the Sleeping Giant property has measured and indicated historical resources of 306,000 tons with a grade of 12.3 grams of gold per ton and 42,000 tons of inferred historical resources with a grade of 12.4 grams of gold per ton. Other advanced exploration properties were also acquired, with, in aggregate, historical indicated and measured resources totaling 403,210 ounces of gold and historical inferred resources of 432,000 ounces of gold.
Historical resources in copper, zinc, gold and silver are found on the Aldermac and Jonpol properties.
To know more about Abcourt Mines Inc. (TSXV: ABI), please visit our web site at www.abcourt.com and consult our filings under Abcourt's profile on www.sedar.com.
This press release was prepared by Mr. Renaud Hinse, Engineer and President of Abcourt Mines Inc.. Mr. Hinse is a "Qualified Person" under the terms of Regulation 43-101.
For more information, please contact:
Abcourt Mines Inc.
Renaud Hinse, President and CEO
T: 819 768-2857 450 446-5511
F: 819 768-5475 450 446-3550
Email : rhinse@abcourt.com
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