Vancouver, B.C., Canada — June 12, 2014 – Argentum Silver Corp. (ASL: TSX-V) (“Argentum Silver” or the “Company”) announces that it will hold an annual general and special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) on July 30, 2014. The record date for the shareholders entitled to vote at the Meeting has been set as at the close of business on June 27, 2014.
The Company announced on June 4, 2014 that its board of directors (the “Board”) approved an advance notice policy (the “Advance Notice Policy”) on May 29, 2014. The Advance Notice Policy includes, among other things, a provision that requires advance notice be given to the Company in circumstances where nominations of persons for election to the Board are made by shareholders of the Company other than pursuant to: (i) a requisition of a meeting made pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “Act”); or (ii) a shareholder proposal made pursuant to the provisions of the Act. The full text of the advance notice policy is available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Additionally, the Advance Notice Policy sets a deadline by which holders of record of common shares of the Company must submit director nominations to the Company prior to any annual or special meeting of shareholders, sets forth the information that a shareholder must include in the notice to the Company, and establishes the form in which the shareholder must submit the notice for that notice to be in proper written form.
In the case of an annual meeting of shareholders, notice to the Company must be made not less than 30 days nor more than 65 days prior to the date of the annual meeting. However, in the event that the annual meeting is to be held on a date that is less than 40 days after the date on which the first public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was made, notice may be made not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following such public announcement.
In the case of a special meeting of shareholders (which is not also an annual meeting) notice to the Company must be made not later than the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting was made.
The Advance Notice Policy is in full force and effect as of the date it was approved. At the Meeting, shareholders of the Company will, among other things, be asked to approve an alteration to the Company’s articles to include the provisions of the Advance Notice Policy (the “Alteration”). If the shareholders approve the Alteration then the Advance Notice Policy will terminate following the termination of the Meeting and will be concurrently superseded by the Alteration. If the shareholders do not approve the Alteration then the Advance Notice Policy will terminate and be of no further force and effect following the termination of the Meeting.
For purposes of the Meeting, in accordance with the terms of the Advance Notice Policy, the Board has determined that notice of nominations of persons for election to the Board at the Meeting must be made by June 30, 2014. Such notice must be in the form, and given in the manner, prescribed by the Advance Notice Policy, and the Corporate Secretary of the Company has stipulated [email protected] as an email address for receipt of such a notice.
About the Coyote Silver Project
The 1,053 hectare Coyote Project has an Inferred Mineral Resource estimate (the “Resource”) under National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) on one vein system known as the El Tajo vein at the Coyote Silver Project in Jalisco State, Mexico as part of an independent report prepared by GeoVector Management Inc. (“GeoVector”). At a cut-off of 70 grams per tonne (g/t) silver (Ag), GeoVector estimates a Resource of 583,000 tonnes grading 192 g/t Ag and 0.27 g/t gold (Au). This equates to a 207 g/t AgEq* grade. The Resource contains a total of 3,600,000 ounces silver and 5,053 ounces of gold. The Resource is open along strike and down dip. (*Silver-equivalent was determined using a silver to gold ratio of 56.1:1 assuming a 100% recovery rate, and no base metal values were included in the silver-equivalent.)
At the Coyote Project, seven different vein systems have been discovered totaling close to seven kilometres of combined strike length. The Resource is currently contained on the El Tajo Vein. In 2012, the Company drill tested the El Tajo silver vein to a depth of approximately 100 meters over a 600 metre strike length with 25 diamond drill holes for a total of 3,013 metres. Since the initial drill program, the El Tajo Vein’s strike on surface has been extended to approximately 1.1 kilometres.
The Coyote Project contains dozens of individual intermediate sulfidation epithermal silver-gold veins and stockwork. Most of the mineralization occurs within seven defined zones within an area of approximately 1.5 x 2.6 kilometres. Vein widths typically range from 1.0 to over 5.0 metres. Surface exposures of stockworking have been mapped and sampled over widths exceeding 35 metres.
The Coyote Project is located near the town of Chilacayote, within the state of Jalisco, Mexico. Road access and infrastructure are excellent. The property is approximately 150 kilometres southwest of the capital city of Guadalajara, roughly a 3½ hour drive. Topography is generally gentle to moderate. A regional electrical power line crosses the property.
Ben Whiting, PGeo, a Director of the Company and a Qualified Person as defined under NI 43-101, has approved the technical information in this news release.
About Argentum Silver
Argentum Silver holds 100% interest in the Coyote and Victoria properties located in Jalisco, Mexico, and the Lachiguiri and Silacayoapan properties located in Oaxaca, Mexico. For further information, please go to www.argentumsilvercorp.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Argentum Silver Corp.
“Peter A. Ball”
Peter A. Ball
President & COO
Argentum Silver Corp.
For further information please contact:
Peter A. Ball
Phone: 778.383.1828
Email: [email protected]
This News Release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. Argentum relies upon litigation protection for forward-looking statements.
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