Grizzly Enters Into Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Alberta
Potash Project
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Mar 11, 2014) - Grizzly
Discoveries Inc. (TSX-VENTURE:GZD)(OTCQX:GZDIF)(FRANKFURT:G6H)
("Grizzly" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has
entered into a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with an
unrelated third party ("Interested Party") as an initial step
towards a proposed $15 Million investment by the Interested Party
to advance the Company's Alberta Potash Project ("APP").
Under the terms of the MOU, the Company and the Interested Party
entered into a confidentiality agreement pursuant to which Grizzly
shall provide the Interested Party with all data and information
that it has pertaining to the APP, with particular focus on the
North Block near Lloydminster, Alberta. The MOU contemplates that,
subject to the Interested Party's satisfactory due diligence on the
APP data, the Company and the Interested Party would pursue
negotiations leading to a final agreement ("Investment Agreement")
whereby the Interested Party would invest up to $15 Million in cash
to fund an exploration drill program to test the APP's North Block.
The contemplated $15 Million investment by the Interested Party
would, subject to the terms of the Investment Agreement, result in
the Interested Party having a direct interest in the Alberta Potash
Project. In addition, the MOU contemplates that upon having
invested the $15 Million into an exploration program on the APP,
the direct interest in the property could be convertible to an
equivalent equity interest in a publically traded corporation which
owns the APP assets.
Brian Testo, Grizzly's President and CEO, stated, "As we have
been disclosing in our filings and prior releases, Grizzly is very
actively seeking a partner to advance our Alberta Potash Project.
While this MOU is just an initial step towards an actual cash
investment, we are optimistic that the fundamentals of the Alberta
Potash Project are sound and that our prospective partners will
recognize the merit and massive potential upside for the discovery
of a significant potash resource in Alberta's favourable resource
tax and royalty regime."
The terms and conditions of the potential Investment Agreement
have not yet been negotiated, and there is no surety that the
Investment Agreement will be successfully concluded. However,
provided negotiated terms and conditions of the Investment
Agreement are agreed to by both parties, final approval will be
subject to ratification by the Company's and the Interested Party's
respective Boards of Directors and applicable regulatory
authorities.
ABOUT THE ALBERTA POTASH PROJECT
The Company's Alberta Potash Project consists of metallic and
industrial mineral permits covering approximately 900,000 acres in
Alberta along the Saskatchewan border. The property is divided into
the North and South Blocks near Medicine Hat, Alberta and
Lloydminster, Alberta respectively.
The Company drilled one test well on the South Block ("South
Block Well") in late 2011. Coring commenced at 1,642 metres ("m")
below surface, and visible potash minerals were observed in the
drill core for the interval between 1,648 m and 1,670 m below
surface. The well cored a thick (22.35 m) zone of Prairie Evaporite
Formation salt with low grade potash at a depth of 1,648 m, the
approximate depth of the Belle Plain Solution Mine in Saskatchewan.
Within the low grade potash zone, the drilling intersected two
zones of sylvite mineralization (Upper zone and Lower zone) within
the Patience Lake Member, near the top of the Prairie Evaporite
Formation. Analytical results from the South Block Well yielded
weighted average grades of 2.62% K2O (4.15% KCl) over 22.35 m at a
depth of 1,648.5 m for the low grade zone. The interval contained
higher grade portions including 6.4% K2O (10.14% KCl) over 4.55 m,
8.77% K2O (13.88% KCl) over 2.65 m and 13.0% K2O (20.58% KCl) over
1.15 m within the Upper zone and 2.45% K2O (3.88% KCl) over 3.3 m
in the Lower zone.
The Company has not yet drill tested the North Block of the APP,
however the Company has intentions to test an area in close
proximity to a reported occurrence of potash minerals in historic
well VCO #15 in the Vermilion area on the North Block. The author
reporting the occurrence suggested that the potash mineral "sylvite
exists in substantial quantities" "throughout the first 50 feet of
the Prairie Evaporite" (Golden, B.Sc., 1965). The author also
suggested the potash minerals "are of the same composition and
depositional sequence and depth as the potash at Unity and
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan", currently the location of a number of
potash mines. Analytical work by the Alberta Geological Survey
(Eccles et al., 2009) on what is left of the core from VCO #15 has
yielded up to 18.6% K2O utilizing a hand held XRF instrument and
confirms the observations of Golden (1965). The reported occurrence
of potash minerals is at a depth of approximately 1,061 m below
surface.
For more information about the Alberta Potash Project, and the
results of the Company's work on the property to date, please see
the Technical Report on the Potash Potential of Grizzly
Discoveries Inc.'s Alberta Potash Project dated June 30, 2012
(filed August 28, 2013) available on SEDAR.
ABOUT GRIZZLY DISCOVERIES INC.
Grizzly is a diversified Canadian mineral exploration company
with its primary listing on the TSX Venture Exchange with 48.7
million shares issued, focused on developing significant Potash
assets in Alberta and its precious metals properties in
southeastern British Columbia. The Company holds, or has an
interest in: metallic and industrial mineral permits for potash
totaling more than 900,000 acres along the Alberta-Saskatchewan
border; over 235,000 acres of precious-base metal properties in
British Columbia; and more than 200,000 acres in properties which
host diamondiferous kimberlites in the Buffalo Head Hills and Birch
Mountains of Alberta.
The content of this news release and the Company's technical
disclosure has been reviewed and approved by Michael B. Dufresne,
M. Sc., P. Geol., who is the Qualified Person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects.
On behalf of the Board, Grizzly Discoveries Inc.
Brian Testo, President, (780) 693-2242
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Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
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