Power Americas Announces New Director and Corporate Appointments
TSX VENT TURE EXCHAN NGE: PAM FRANKFURT: VV0
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POW WER AMERI ICAS ANNOU UNCES NEW W DIRECTOR A AND CORPO ORATE APPO OINTMENTS
Vancouve er, British Col
lumbia April 20, 2017 –Po
ower America as Minerals C
Corp. (“Power Americas” o or the of Mr. Neil "Company") (TSX‐V: “ “PAM”) is ple eased to ann nounce the a appointment Pettigrew, M M.Sc., P.Geo. to
- its board of f directors and to provide an update e on the Kitts son Project’s s 2017 explor ration
program.
Mr. Pettigrew, M.Sc., , P.Geo. rece eived his H.B BSc. degree in Environm mental Geoch hemistry from m the University 999 and his M.Sc. degree y of New Bru unswick in 19 e in Earth Sc ciences from the Univers sity of Ottawa in n 2004. He has published papers on C Cu‐Ni‐PGE min neralization a and the petrogenesis of m mafic‐ c intrusions. He has work ultramafic ked for several junior and major com mpanies in go old and Cu‐N Ni‐PGE Ventures Ltd., Temex Reso ources Corp., Rainy River Resources Ltd., PC exploratio on, most nota ably Avalon V Gold Inc., Placer Dome e CLA Inc., and d Goldcorp In nc. He has ser rved as VP‐Ex xploration and d a director o of East West Resources Corp., , VP‐Exploration of PC Gold Inc., and a as CEO of Fair rmont Resources Inc. whe ere he remains a a director.
Mr. Pettigrew, MSc, P.Geo is a Founder, part owner an nd Vice Pres sident of Fladgate Explor ration Consulting Corporation of Thunder r Bay, ON, a full service m mineral explo oration consulting firm. Pr rior to founding Fladgate Exp ploration Consulting he wa as a Senior Precambrian Geoscientist as employed t with the Ontar rio Geological l Survey.
The Comp am R. Byers as Chief Fin pany also an nnounces the e resignation of Mr. Willia nancial Office er and e of Chief Financial Director o of the Compa any. Mr. Chris s Hobbs, CA a a current dire ector, will ass sume the role Officer. T The Company y would like t to thank Mr. Byers for hi is contributio ons to the Co ompany durin ng his tors and wishes him well in appointm ment to the Bo oard of Direct n his future e endeavors.
Finally, th he Company has completed initial com mpilation and d planning on n its Kittson Colbalt Prop perty’s (see news release 01‐23‐17) upco rill program. The explora oming exploration and dr ation program m will consist of f initial geolog gical reconnaissance consisting of prosp pecting, geoc chemical sampling, and detailed mapping, followed up by a diamon nd drill progr ram. The exploration prog gram is set to
- begin as so oon as
spring we eather conditi ions permit.
The Kittso having a combined on property i is comprised of 5 unpaten nted mining claims totalin ng 68 units h area of ap pproximately y 1,090 hectares, located a approximatel ly 8 km north hwest of the town of Latc chford and 120 k km by road no orth of North h Bay. The Kit ttson Cobalt P Property is lo ocated within the prolific C Cobalt mining ca amp, which has produced over 420 million ounces of silver. The e Property inc cludes two fo ormer mines, the Shakt Davie es and Cobalt t Kittson. The ese two mine es saw limited d production and differed d from the typica al Cobalt camp in that they y possessed lo ow silver grad des, but were e enriched in cobalt and go old.
Suite 1400, 1111 West Geo orgia Street, V Vancouver, BC C V6E 4M3 04‐687‐4778 www.powe eramericasco orp.com TSX Tel: 604‐687 7‐4719 Fax: 60 X‐V: PAM The Shakt Davies mine saw intermittent development from 1906 ‐ 1964, with the bulk of the underground working completed between 1924 ‐ 1926. No production records remain, however historic reports indicate values of 1.5% cobalt over 1.37 meters and select grab samples returning up to 4% cobalt and 93.3 g/t gold. More recent sampling (1987) of the mine waste pile by the Ontario Geological Survey personnel returned 0.25% cobalt, 0.75 % nickel, 0.05% copper and 3.4 g/t gold.
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by James Place, P. Geo., a director of the Company, and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43‐101.
About Power Americas Mineral Corp
Power Americas Minerals Corp. is a Canadian‐based junior mining exploration company focused on the procurement, exploration and development of cobalt, lithium, copper and other energy metals in North and South America. The Company’s shares are listed and posted for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "PAM" and on the Frankfurt Exchange under the symbol “VV0”.
On behalf of the Board of Directors: For more information please contact:
Howard Milne V.P. Business Development “Jeffrey Cocks” Tel: (604) 377‐8994 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.poweramericascorp.com Jeffrey Cocks President & CEO
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Suite 1400, 1111 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4M3 Tel: 604‐687‐4719 Fax: 604‐687‐4778 www.poweramericascorp.com TSX‐V: PAM