Horizonte Minerals Financial Results and Management's Discussion and Analysis for the Three Months Ended 31 March 2017
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - May 11, 2017) - Horizonte Minerals Plc, (TSX:HZM)(AIM:HZM)
('Horizonte' or 'the Company') the nickel development company focused in Brazil, announces that it has today
published its unaudited financial results for the three month period to 31 March 2017 and the Management Discussion and Analysis
for the same period. Both of the above have been posted on the Company's website www.horizonteminerals.com and are also available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About Horizonte Minerals:
Horizonte Minerals plc is an AIM and TSX-listed nickel development company focused in Brazil, which wholly owns the advanced
Araguaia nickel laterite project located to the south of the Carajas mineral district of northern Brazil. The Company is
developing Araguaia as the next major nickel mine in Brazil, with targeted production by 2019.
The Project has good infrastructure in place including rail, road, water and power.
Horizonte has a strong shareholder structure including Teck Resources Limited 17.9%, Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe)
Limited 14.11%, Richard Griffiths 13.8%, JP Morgan 8.98%, Hargreave Hale 6.84% and Glencore 6.4%.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Except for statements of historical fact relating to the Company, certain information contained in this press release
constitutes "forward-looking information" under Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not
limited to, statements with respect to the potential of the Company's current or future property mineral projects; the success of
exploration and mining activities; cost and timing of future exploration, production and development; the estimation of mineral
resources and reserves and the ability of the Company to achieve its goals in respect of growing its mineral resources; and the
realization of mineral resource and reserve estimates. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates",
"forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or
statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved".
Forward-looking information is based on the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions of management made in light
of its experience and its perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors that
management believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date that such statements are made, and are
inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of
activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking information, including but not limited to risks related to: exploration and mining risks, competition from
competitors with greater capital; the Company's lack of experience with respect to development-stage mining operations;
fluctuations in metal prices; uninsured risks; environmental and other regulatory requirements; exploration, mining and other
licences; the Company's future payment obligations; potential disputes with respect to the Company's title to, and the area of,
its mining concessions; the Company's dependence on its ability to obtain sufficient financing in the future; the Company's
dependence on its relationships with third parties; the Company's joint ventures; the potential of currency fluctuations and
political or economic instability in countries in which the Company operates; currency exchange fluctuations; the Company's
ability to manage its growth effectively; the trading market for the ordinary shares of the Company; uncertainty with respect to
the Company's plans to continue to develop its operations and new projects; the Company's dependence on key personnel; possible
conflicts of interest of directors and officers of the Company, and various risks associated with the legal and regulatory
framework within which the Company operates.
Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as
anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results
and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.