GoldQuest Engages JDS Energy & Mining to Optimize PEA for the Romero Project, Dominican Republic
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - April 13, 2015) - GoldQuest Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE: GQC)Â (FRANKFURT: M1W)Â (BERLIN: M1W) ("GoldQuest" or the "Company") is pleased to report that the Company has engaged JDS Energy & Mining Inc. ("JDS") to complete a revised Preliminary Economic Assessment ("the Revised PEA") for its Romero Gold/Copper Project in the Dominican Republic. JDS has been conducting a detailed assessment of the previous study and the Romero Project since November 2014 to identify opportunities to optimize the Romero Project in a lower commodity price environment.
"The Revised PEA is progressing well on all fronts, and we expect to release the results within Q2 2015," commented Julio Espaillat, GoldQuest's CEO. "JDS is considering a smaller, high-grade mine, with simplified operations, compared with previous studies, focusing on the high grade core of the Romero deposits. GoldQuest will translate this document into Spanish and submit it to the Dominican Republic authorities as the basis for the mining permit application."
The Revised PEA is being prepared by JDS, a Vancouver-based mining consulting company, who has extensive experience in mining and development studies who have approved this release. JDS has assembled a multi-disciplinary international team of experts to conduct the Revised PEA, has completed all site visits and is in the final stages of its assessment.
Ongoing environmental baseline studies, commenced in December 2012, will be used as part of the mining permit application.
At December 31, 2014, the Company had approximately $5.5 million in treasury.
The data in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Mr. Jeremy Niemi, P.Geo., the Director, Technical Services of GoldQuest and a Qualified Person for the technical information in this press release under NI 43-101 standards.
About GoldQuest
GoldQuest is a Canadian based emerging mineral development company with projects in the Dominican Republic traded on the TSX-V under the symbol GQC.V and in Frankfurt/Berlin with symbol M1W, with 145,775,0444 shares outstanding (160,311,207 on a fully diluted basis).
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GoldQuest Mining Corp.
www.goldquestcorp.com
Julio Espaillat
President & Chief Executive Officer
+1-829-919-8701
JEspaillat@GoldQuestCorp.com
Bill Fisher
Executive Chairman - Toronto
+1-647-271-4505
BFisher@GoldQuestCorp.com
Ann Wilkinson
Vice President, Investor Relations
+1-416-357-5511
AWilkinson@GoldQuestCorp.com
