Blind Creek Resources Ltd. Announces Change in Management

2017-05-03 / @thenewswire

 

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Vancouver, British Columbia / TheNewswire / May 3, 2017 (TSX-V: BCK) - Blind Creek Resources Ltd. ("Blind Creek" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Brian P. Fowler, P.Geo., as President of the Company.

Mr. Fowler has 38 years of mineral exploration experience from grassroots work to feasibility studies and mine development, and has fulfilled roles in the exploration industry from field geologist to corporate executive and director. Mr. Fowler's career includes project identification, acquisition and advancement throughout Canada and internationally, exploring for a wide range of commodities including gold, silver and base metals.

From 1991 to 2004, Mr. Fowler worked in a variety of technical and managerial roles for Placer Dome Inc., where he managed a regional exploration office and a number of advanced stage, feasibility-level projects and evaluations (Musselwhite, Mt. Milligan, Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell, South Deeps) and directed Minex exploration at a number of the Company's mines throughout the world. In 2004 - 2005 Mr. Fowler was Exploration Manager for Quadra Mining Ltd., where he evaluated and managed a number of advanced and prefeasibility exploration evaluations and projects in Canada, the United States, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Australia (Carlotta, Sierra Gorda, Magistral). Mr. Fowler then worked as a mining consultant and analyst for Quest Capital Corp. until 2007. Subsequent to this, Mr. Fowler worked primarily as a mining executive and was a founding director of a number of publicly traded junior exploration companies including BCGold Corp., Laurentian Goldfields Ltd., Reservoir Capital Corp., Oro Silver Resources Ltd. and RedQuest Capital Corp.

Mr. Fowler is a long standing member of APEGBC, the Society of Economic Geologists and Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada.

About Blind Creek

Blind Creek is a Vancouver-based junior resource company that has been listed on the TSX Venture Exchange for 14 years. The Company's primary focus is zinc-lead silver, and more recently gold and silver exploration and development in British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. The Company's flagship property is the Blende Project in north-central Yukon, one of the largest undeveloped Zn-Pb-Ag deposits in Western Canada. More recently the company has acquired a 100% interest in the historic and fully-permitted Engineer Gold Mine, situated 32 km southwest of Atlin, B.C. While the Company will remain focused on developing its key Blende Project, the Company recently tripled the Engineer Gold Mine property size to 11,556 hectares and plans to commence a 2017 work program that is to include soil geochemical surveys, trenching, geological mapping, sampling, diamond drilling and preparation of a NI43-101 technical report.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, For further information, please contact:

Thomas Kennedy, Brook Bellian

Chief Executive Officer Manager Corporate Communications

Tel: (778) 883-7869

Email: bbellian@yahoo.com

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release includes certain forward-looking information or forward-looking statements for the purposes of applicable securities laws. These statements include, among others, statements with respect to the timing and completion of the work planned for the Engineer Mine and Gold Hill properties. These statements address future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations include, among others, the timing and completion of the work planned for the Engineer Mine and Gold Hill properties, the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of the Engineer Mine and Gold Hill properties to the Company, the timing and success of the Company's future exploration and development activities, exploration and development risks, market prices, exploitation and exploration results, availability of capital and financing, general economic, market or business conditions, uninsured risks, regulatory changes, defects in title, availability of personnel, materials and equipment, unanticipated environmental impacts on operations and other exploration risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company with securities regulators. In making the forward-looking statements, the Company has applied several material assumptions including, but not limited to, the assumptions that the work planned for the Engineer Mine and Gold Hill properties will proceed as planned, the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of the Engineer Mine and Gold Hill properties will be realized, the proposed exploration and development of the Company's mineral projects will proceed as planned, market fundamentals will result in sustained metals and mineral prices, and any additional financing needed will be available on reasonable terms. The Company expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as otherwise required by applicable securities legislation.

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