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Panoro Minerals Announces Granting of Options
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VANCOUVER, Feb. 4, 2014/CNW Telbec/ - Panoro Minerals Ltd.(TSXV: PML) (Lima: PML) (Frankfurt: PZM) ("Panoro", the "Company") Panoro announces the granting of 3,575,000 options exercisable at a price of $0.35to 19 individuals including directors, officers, senior management and employees pursuant to the Company's stock option plan.
About Panoro
Panoro's strategic focus is to move its advanced stage projects to the feasibility and development stages and to explore its other projects. The Company owns the advanced Cotabambas Copper-Gold-Silver-Molybdenum and Antilla Copper-Molybdenum Projects which include mineral resources of:
| Cotabambas: | | Indicated Resource 117.1 Mt @ 0.42% Cu, 0.23g/t Au, 2.74 g/t Ag & 0.001%Mo (@0.2% Cueqcutoff) Inferred Resource 605.3 Mt @ 0.31% Cu, 0.17g/t Au, 2.33 g/t Ag and 0.002 %Mo (@0.2% Cueqcutoff) (Tetra Tech, 2013). | | | | | | Antilla: | | Indicated Resource 188.5 Mt @ 0.40% Cu and 0.009% Mo (@0.2% Cueqcutoff) Inferred Resource 145.9 Mt @ 0.28% Cu and 0.009%Mo (@0.2% Cueqcutoff) (Tetra Tech, 2014). |
Panoro is very well positioned to advance exploration at the Antilla and Cotabambas Projects. The Company has $11 millionin cash which will allow completion of additional infill and exploration drilling and preliminary economic assessments as both projects move towards feasibility studies.
Panoro's significant portfolio of properties is located primarily in the south-eastern region of Peru. This region contains a number of important copper and copper/gold deposits including Glencore-Xstrata's Las Bambas and Antapaccay Copper Projects and the Tintaya Copper Mine. In September 2010, Xstrata announced US$5.2 billionof investment to develop Las Bambas. The Antapaccay copper project is in operation. The region also includes First Quantum Minerals' Haquira Copper Project, HudBay Minerals' Constancia Copper Project, Southern Copper's Los Chancas Copper Project and Buenaventura's Trapiche Project. The Constancia project is currently in construction with start-up planned for 2014.
Luis Vela, a P. Geo Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this press release.
On behalf of the Board of Panoro Minerals Ltd.
Luquman A. Shaheen, M.B.A., P.Eng., P.E. President & CEO
_This release was prepared by management of the Company who takes full responsibility for its contents. 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._
SOURCE Panoro Minerals Ltd.
Panoro Minerals Ltd. Luquman A. Shaheen, President & CEO Phone: 604.684.4246 Fax: 604.684.4200 Email:info@panoro.com Web:www.panoro.com
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