Dundee Precious Metals Files NI 43-101 Technical Report Supporting the Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Timok Gold Project in Serbia
TORONTO, Aug. 29, 2019 - Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX: DPM) (“DPM” or “the Company”) announced today that the Company has filed a National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") Technical Report supporting the updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) on its Timok Gold Project (“Timok”) in Serbia as previously announced in its news release dated July 15, 2019. The Technical Report and the July 15, 2019 news release are both available for review on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and on the Company's website (www.dundeeprecious.com).
As the scenario envisioned in the PEA targeted primarily oxide and transitional material types, DPM has now initiated an optimization study that targets mining and processing of additional sulphide material within the existing resource. DPM expects the optimization study will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019 at which point a decision will be made whether to advance the project to a Preliminary Feasibility Study (“PFS”). Since the July 15 news release, applications to extend the Potaj Čuka Tisnica, Bigar Istok and Umka exploration licences, which comprise the Timok Gold Project, have been approved by the Serbian government.
About Dundee Precious Metals
Dundee Precious Metals Inc. is a Canadian based, international gold mining company engaged in the acquisition of mineral properties, exploration, development, mining and processing of precious metals. The Company's operating assets include the Chelopech operation, which produces a gold-copper concentrate containing gold, copper and silver and a pyrite concentrate containing gold, located east of Sofia, Bulgaria; the Ada Tepe operation, which produces a gold concentrate containing gold and silver, located in southern Bulgaria; and the Tsumeb smelter, a complex copper concentrate processing facility located in Namibia. DPM also holds interests in a number of developing gold and exploration properties located in Canada and Serbia, and its 10.3% interest in Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.
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Rick Howes
President and
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Tel: (416) 365-2836
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mdorfman@dundeeprecious.com
Janet Reid
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