Emgold Amends Buckskin Rawhide East Lease Agreement Obtains US$175,000 in Quarterly Payments

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[{"type":"text","content":"Emgold Amends Buckskin Rawhide East Lease Agreement Obtains US$175,000 in Quarterly Payments(via Thenewswire.ca)\n\n \nTheNewswire / June 1, 2016 - Emgold Mining Corporation (EMR: TSX-V) (\"Emgold\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that the Buckskin Rawhide East Lease Agreement (the \"Lease Agreement\") with Rawhide Mining LLC (\"RMC\") has been amended. In the original Lease Agreement, as outlined in Emgold's August 21, 2014 press release, RMC was to complete US$500,000 in exploration activities at the Buckskin Rawhide East Property (the \"Property\") by the third anniversary of the Lease Agreement, or June 1, 2016. To date, RMC has completed US$325,000 in exploration activities on the Property. \n\n\n \nRMC and Emgold have mutually agreed to amend the original Lease Agreement whereby RMC can pay Emgold US$175,000, in seven quarterly payments of US$25,000, starting June 1, 2016, to keep the Lease Agreement in good standing. These payments, if made, will be in lieu of completing the additional US$175,000 in exploration work required in the original Lease Agreement. The proceeds of these payments will be used by Emgold for general working capital.\n\n\n \nEmgold is a junior gold exploration and project development company that has several exploration properties located in the western U.S. and Canada. These include the Buckskin Rawhide East, Buckskin Rawhide West, and Koegel Rawhide gold properties located in Nevada and the Stewart and Rozan poly-metallic properties located in British Columbia. \n\n \n \nOn behalf of the Board of Directors\nDavid G. Watkinson, P.Eng.\nPresident & CEO\n\nFor further information please contact:\nTel: 530-271-0679 Ext 101\nEmail: [email protected]\n\n \n \nThis release was prepared by the Company's management. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as the term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company's filings that are available at www.sedar.com or the Company's website at www.emgold.com. Statements with respect to the use of proceeds of the disposition may be \"forward-looking statements\" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such for...

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