Sparton Concludes Sale Agreement for Interest in Sierra Rosario Project, Mexico
11 Mai 2011 - 1:00PM
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SPARTON RESOURCES INC. (TSX VENTURE: SRI), (the "Company') reported
today that it has executed an agreement with American Consolidated
Minerals Corp. ("ACM"), (TSX VENTURE: AJC) for the acquisition of
Sparton's 50% interest in the Sierra Rosario Property ("SRP"),
located in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico (the "Acquisition").
Sparton currently holds a 51% interest in the SRP in a Joint
Venture with International Northair Mines Ltd. ("INM") holding the
remaining 49%. In consideration for INM waiving its pre-emptive
right of first refusal to match the ACM Acquisition terms, Sparton
will transfer a 1% interest in Sierra Rosario to INM concurrently
with the closing of the first payment and share issuance from AMC
to Sparton, as outlined below.
ACQUISITION
Under the terms of the agreement, the ACM will have a 45-day
period to conduct a due diligence study on the SRP and, upon giving
Sparton notice to proceed with the acquisition, ACM can acquire the
50% right, title and interest in and to the SRP by paying to
Sparton:
1. $250,000 cash ($10,000 non-refundable upon signing) and
issuing 250,000 common shares of ACM upon receiving TSX Venture
Exchange ("Exchange") approval of the Acquisition transaction;
2. $250,000 cash and issuing 250,000 shares of ACM on or before
the first anniversary date of Exchange approval; and
3. Sparton will also receive Net Smelter Return Production
Royalties ("NSR") payable from ACM's share production on the SRP
of:
i. 3% of ACM's share of Base Metal Production
ii. 2% of ACM's share of Gold Production
iii. 1.5% of ACM's share of Silver Production
ACM will assume the responsibilities of being a 50% partner in
the joint venture with INM and be subject to the existing joint
venture terms. INM will become operator of the joint venture going
forward.
The plus 500 hectare Sierra Rosario Property was explored by
Sparton and INM over a four year period from 2004-2008. It lies
within the Sierra Madre Occidental Mineral Belt of Sinaloa Province
in northern Mexico, approximately 25 kilometres northwest of the
town of Choix and 40 kilometres east of the town of Alamos. Both
areas have a strong history of precious metals mining.
GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION
Included in the multiple precious metals targets at Sierra
Rosario are epithermal gold veins hosted by Tertiary volcanic
rocks, disseminated silver and gold in altered intrusive rocks, and
base and precious metal zones replacement bodies (mantos) hosted in
Cretaceous limestone.
The underexplored claim area also includes over 175 placer gold
workings in various drainages throughout the project area which
enticed INM to stake the original concessions to cover the San
Rafael gossan area. At the present time, the source of the gold in
many of the drainages is unknown, indicating the potential of
additional mineral discoveries on the property.
Previous drilling by Sparton on the La Josca vein system in the
south end of the property suggested limited potential for bulk
minable mineralization in that zone, however road building for the
initial drilling program was extended and opened up access to the
San Rafael Zone and the northern section of the SRP which hosts the
bulk mineable targets.
Exploration of the San Rafael Zone defined a 70 by 200 meter
area of quartz stockwork in silicified rhyolite porphyry. This
mineralized body has been sampled both underground in tunnels
following the prominent vein structures and along the new road
cuts. The initial sampling of underground workings and outcrops
prior to road construction included 23 chip samples with average
weights of 2.5 kg and averaged 5 meters in width. An arithmetic
average from these samples was 181 g/t silver and 0.32 g/t gold.
Additional sampling completed in 2008 along the road cuts included
an additional 321 samples using continuous channel sampling along 3
meter sample lengths. Two continuous channel samples in this area
averaged 34.8 meters of 192 g/t silver and 27 meters of 91.8 g/t
silver respectively. No drilling has ever been documented in this
area.
Several small underground mines, including La Descubriadora and
Dulces Nombres were discovered on the east of San Rafael during
this work program. Both host manto-skarn base and precious metal
mineralization. At Dulces Nombres 35 underground chip samples from
1.5 to 3.0 metres in length averaged 0.71g/t gold, 263 g/t silver
and 0.35% copper. At La Descubriadora 19 chip samples of similar
size taken underground averaged 0.40g/t gold and 83.7 g/t
silver.
As well, there has been no past drilling documented for any of
the occurrences in this area.
INM and ACM will meet to design a joint exploration program for
the 2011 season after the notice to proceed is given to Sparton,
the details of which are expected to be press released once the
program planning is completed and approved.
Sparton is looking forward to the successful development of the
Sierra Rosario Project under this new ownership structure. ACM and
INM are committed to advancing the program and with INM's
experience and recent success in Mexico the Company is confident
the work programs will proceed in an effective manner.
Sparton's domestic and international exploration, development,
and evaluation programs are being carried out under the direct
supervision of A. Lee Barker, P. Eng., P Geol., Sparton's President
and CEO who is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.
Mr. Barker has reviewed and approved the contents of this
release.
Sparton Resources Inc. is an exploration and development company
with uranium, germanium and vanadium interests in China, gold
interests in Ontario and Nevada, and silver and gold interests in
Mexico. The Company also has a natural gas interest off-shore Nova
Scotia. There are currently 94.283,930 shares issued and
outstanding.
Statements in this release that are forward-looking statements
are subject to various risks and uncertainties concerning the
specific factors disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the
Company's filings with Canadian securities regulators. Such
information contained herein represents management's best judgment
as of the date hereof based on information currently available. The
Company does not assume any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements, save and except as may be required by
applicable securities laws.
This news release and the information contained herein does not
constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States and
securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration or exemption from registration.
We Seek Safe Harbour.
Neither 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.
Contacts: Sparton Resources Inc. A. Lee Barker President and CEO
416-366-3551 416-366-7421 (FAX) Mobile: 416-716-5762
info@spartonres.ca Sparton Resources Inc. Edward G. Thompson
Chairman 416-366-6083 416-366-2713 (FAX) egt@interlog.com
www.spartonres.ca
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