Update on the Soledad Project MOU with Chakana Resources S.A.C.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Mar 31, 2017) - Condor Resources Inc. - ("Condor" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CN) is pleased to provide an update regarding the Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with Chakana Resources S.A.C. ("Chakana") on the Company's wholly owned Soledad project in Ancash, Peru.
As disclosed in our news release of February 24th, Chakana was granted an exclusivity period of 45 days to conclude its due diligence, and prepare a comprehensive agreement to replace the MOU. Chakana has satisfactorily completed their due diligence, and Condor has received the first draft of the comprehensive agreement. In order to conclude the comprehensive agreement in an orderly fashion, both parties have agreed to extend the timeline to complete the comprehensive agreement until April 21, 2017. All other terms remain unchanged.
Pursuant to the MOU, Chakana has the option to earn a 100% interest in Soledad, over a period of 4.5 years, subject to a 2% net smelter return royalty in favour of the Company. To earn the 100% interest, Chakana is required to complete 12,500m of drilling (or work equivalent), make cash payments totaling US$5.375 million, and issue 500,000 Chakana shares to Condor.
The Soledad Au-Cu-Ag project is located in the newly emerging Mio-Oligocene copper-gold belt of the Cordillera Negra, in north central Peru. Soledad features a semicircular cluster of mineralized quartz-tourmaline breccia pipes exposed at surface, with the exposed surface area ranging up to 80m diameter, within a zone of interest that is about one kilometre in diameter.
About Chakana
Chakana is a private Peruvian mining company focused on acquiring and exploring base and precious metal projects with high potential to host economic deposits.
About Condor
Condor is a project generator focused exclusively on Peru, and our objective is the discovery of a major new precious metals or base metals deposit. Project acquisition and development is managed by our Lima based exploration team.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Lyle Davis, President & Chief Executive Officer
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