TSX-V Trading Symbol: HRC
VANCOUVER, June 20, 2016 /CNW/ - Helio Resource Corp
(TSX-V: HRC), ("Helio" or the "Company") is pleased to provide
the following corporate update.
Warrant Exercise / Warrant Expiry / Share Capital Update
On Monday, June 13 the Company
issued 7,500,000 new shares as a result of share purchase warrants
being exercised, realizing a sum of $375,000 to Helio's treasury. As a result, Helio
now has 249,578,959 shares issued and outstanding, no warrants, and
8,700,000 incentive stock options.
CE Mining Limited and CE Mining II Helio Limited together own a
total of 80 million shares of the Company, representing 32.05% of
the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.
As a result of the warrant exercise, the Company now has over
$1,500,000 gross cash in
treasury.
Tanzania
The focus for the Company going forward is advancing its SMP
Gold Project in Tanzania. Funds on hand will be used to
define a drill programme to add to the current resource base and
advance the project towards a production decision.
The SMP Gold Project has a current NI 43-101 Mineral Resource
Estimate, as outlined in a news release dated April 28, 2015, and summarized below:
- The total Indicated Resource is 7.5 million tonnes ("Mt")
grading 2.4 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold (Au) for 590,000 ounces
(oz) Au contained.
- This can be broken down into 5.9 Mt grading 1.8 g/t Au for
332,000 oz inside a pit constrained shell at US$1,400/oz gold price and 1.6 Mt grading 4.9 g/t
for 258,000 ounces of potentially underground mineable
material.
- The total Inferred Resource is 0.56 Mt at 2.5 g/t Au containing
45,000 oz Au in the same pit constrained shell and underground
configurations.
- The higher-grade underground resource bodies are all open at
depth.
- The new high-grade zones at Gap encourage further follow-up,
especially the western shoot, which returned an intercept of 4m
grading 30 g/t Au (see news release dated January 29, 2015).
All technical information in this news release has been reviewed
and approved for disclosure by Mr. C.
MacKenzie, M.Sc., C.Geol, Helio's COO and Qualified Person
as designated by NI 43-101.
Namibia Update
The Company completed the disposition of its Namibian interests
in May 2016, and retains a 14%
shareholding in Osino Resources, an arm's-length, private mineral
exploration company.
About Helio Resource Corp.
Helio Resource Corp. is a resource company focused on advancing
the 100% owned SMP Gold Project in Tanzania to a production decision.
For additional information please contact Richard Williams at 604 638 8005.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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"Richard D.
Williams"
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"Chris
MacKenzie"
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Richard D. Williams,
P.Geo
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Christopher J.
MacKenzie, C.Geol.
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SOURCE Helio Resource Corp.