TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESSWIRE / November 9, 2018 / Eskay Mining Corp. ("Eskay" or the "Company") (TSX-V:ESK) (OTC-PK: ESKYF) (Frankfurt: KN7; WKN: A0YDPM) wishes to announce that SSR Mining Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRM) (TSX: SSRM) ("SSR Mining") has advised the Company that it intends to terminate the option agreement originally announced in the Company's press release dated April 26, 2017 and return the SIB property to the Company by year-end 2018. The Company is currently analyzing the final results of the 2018 exploration program completed by SSR Mining, referred to in the Company's press release of October 19, 2018.
On review of the data, there is strong evidence for a very active and as-yet untested volcanic environment in the Coulter Creek footwall, within identical host lithologies to the nearby world class Eskay Creek deposit. Geophysical and geological modelling indicates that the favourable and untested stratigraphy extends to the south of the area drilled, and the SIB programs have demonstrated that it is well within reach.
Mac Balkam, President and CEO of Eskay Mining, stated: "While we understand that SSR Mining is intending to terminate the agreement, we thank them, and our field crew, for their substantial commitment to exploration at SIB (SSR Mining invested $7.7 million on the property). We are also very excited by the prospect of continuing to explore the large and undrilled tract of Eskay-like stratigraphy that underlies relatively thin cover rocks across most of the SIB property, and perhaps across much of the Company's immediately adjacent Corey property to the south. The well-executed SSRM programs have clearly shown that this area includes rocks which are similar to those hosting the nearby Eskay Creek Mine deposits, and that they have only begun to be drill-tested. With exploration once again very active at the nearby Mine property we remain positive about the prospects at SIB."
Additionally, drilling of the Coulter Creek hanging wall revealed numerous broad intercepts of polymetallic sulfide veining within silicified volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks, consistent with VMS feeder style mineralization at encouraging stratigraphic positions within our geological model. The Company is currently reviewing all of the data in detail and formulating future exploration plans for this and other areas at SIB. All assay results have now been received and are being prepared and interpreted for formal reporting to SSRM. They will also be summarized and reported in a forthcoming news release.
The property under option to SSR Mining represents approximately 9% of the Company's land package in the Golden Triangle of northwest British Columbia.
For further information regarding the SIB property, see the Company's Press Releases of October 17, 2016, August 8, 2016, May 9, 2016 and January 22, 2018. For further information regarding Eskay Mining Corp.'s prospects and showings at the Corey property, see the Company's corporate presentation entitled "April 2018 Property Review and Targeting".
Charles J. Greig, P. Geo., a member of the Company's Advisory Team, is a Qualified Person under the definition of National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Greig has reviewed and approved the technical information in this press release.
About Eskay Mining Corp:
Eskay Mining Corp (TSX-V:ESK) is a TSX Venture Exchange listed company, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Eskay is an exploration company focused on the exploration and development of precious and base metals in British Columbia in a highly prolific, poly metallic area known as the Eskay Rift Belt located in the "Golden Triangle", 70km northwest of Stewart, BC. The Company currently holds mineral tenures in this area comprised of 177 claims (130,000 acres).
All material information on the Company may be found on its website at www.eskaymining.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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