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Kintavar Exploration Appoints New Director and Provides Exploration Update
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - June 5, 2017) - Kintavar Exploration Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Kintavar") (TSX VENTURE:KTR), is pleased to announce that Mr.
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[{"type":"text","content":"MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - June 5, 2017) - Kintavar Exploration Inc. (the \"Corporation\" or \"Kintavar\") (TSX VENTURE:KTR), is pleased to announce that Mr. Pierre Bertrand, Eng., has joined the Board of Directors of Kintavar. Mr. Bertrand has been involved in the mining and mineral exploration industry since 1981. Up until 1998 he held various posts with Inmet Mining Corporation ranging from project geologist to district geologist covering the entire Eastern Canada and parts of Africa. In 1999 he joined SOQUEM Inc., a subsidiary of Investissement Québec, where he occupied several exploration management posts before being nominated general manager in 2006 and later on as President in 2015 and 2016. Mr. Bertrand was directly involved in the discovery of the Renard diamond mine and has participated in all stages of the project from exploration to feasibility including working on the Impact Benefit Agreement with the First Nations. \"A geologist with 36 years of mining, exploration and management experience that Mr. Bertrand has is a rare find. We are proud to have Mr. Bertrand join the board of Kintavar as an independent Director and look forward to working with him. His knowledge of Quebec geology and the mining and exploration space in general will be a major asset for the corporation\" comments Kiril Mugerman, President and CEO of Kintavar. Anik property - drilling update A short exploration drilling program on the Anik property was completed at the end of winter 2017. The Corporation was able to complete only half of its original drilling program due to early spring breakup. Drilling focused on the south-western portion of the property, adjacent to the Nelligan project, a joint venture between IAMGOLD and Vanstar, where IAMGOLD recently completed a 7,669 meters drilling program. On Anik property, the Bobby zone (Drill hole ANK-15-06: 56.5m @ 0.41 g/t Au including 15m @ 1.0 g/t Au) and Kovi zone (channel sample: 0.95 g/t Au over 5.0 meters, open to the south and 6 grab samples up to 30.0 g/t Au) in the north-eastern portion of the property are now expected to be drilled in the next winter. The 2017 winter drilling program included 15 drill holes for a total of 2,200 meters. Due to the lack of outcrop in this area of the property, the main objectives of the program were to test several geophysical Induced Polarizatio...