China Minerals Provides Update on Litigation Against Province of BC
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 5, 2017 / China Minerals Mining Corp. (TSX-V: CMV) (OTC PINK: HWTHF) ("China Minerals" or the "Company") announces, further to its news release of January 3, 2017, that at a Court hearing on January 4, 2017, the BC Government sought to adjourn the Company's application for document production, and to argue that the judicial review hearing should not proceed on January 17-19, 2017 as planned. In doing so, government lawyers attempted to rely upon the fact that recently (following China Minerals' initiation of litigation) the government had reversed the transfer to a First Nation entity of lands in respect of which China Minerals holds mineral claims.
China Minerals' legal counsel, McMillan LLP, contested the government's positions in Court and argued that it is important that the Court hear the case, as it raises very important issues of how the government intends to treat third party rights.
The Court has now decided to set an additional hearing time (January 16-20, 2017) to hear the various motions during the same week that the judicial review itself is scheduled to be heard. In doing so, the Court noted that this case has important implications for the mining industry.
China Minerals is very pleased with this ruling. It looks forward to the hearing later this month, and it remains committed to protecting its long term legal rights and interests.
China Minerals supports reconciliation between the province of BC and aboriginal groups - provided existing third party rights are protected or properly compensated.
Further Information on the Company's Legal Action
For further information on the legal action, see the Company's news releases dated: January 25, 2016, March 9, 2016, May 25, 2016, August 29, 2016, October 18, 2016, and January 3, 2017, copies of which are available under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
About China Minerals Mining Corporation
China Minerals Mining Corp. is a Canadian based exploration and development company with offices located in Vancouver, B.C. and Beijing, China. China Minerals' goal is to build an international mining company.
For more information on China Minerals, please contact the Company at 1-888-629-1505 or the Company at (604) 629-1505, or visit the Company's website at www.chinamineralsmining.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"signed by Ling Zhu"
Ling Zhu
Executive Chairman
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SOURCE: China Minerals Mining Corp.