VANCOUVER, Jan. 30, 2018 /CNW/ - (TSX-V: BCK) – Blind
Creek Resources Ltd. ("Blind Creek" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the filing on SEDAR of a NI 43-101 Technical
Report (the "Engineer Gold Mine Technical Report") for the Company's 100% owned Engineer Gold Mine Property, situated 32
kilometres northwest of Atlin, B.C. The Technical Report, which includes a re-stated
Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate and is entitled "Engineer Gold Mine, British Columbia,
Canada, January 2018" was written by Darren O'Brien, P. Geo,
Michael Redfearn, P. Eng. and Dr. Simon Dominy, FAusIMM(CP),
FGS(CGeol), dated January 18, 2018. The Engineer Gold Mine Technical Report is also available for
download from the Company's website at www.blindcreekresources.com .
Engineer Gold Mine Property Spinout
The Engineer Gold Mine Technical Report provides basis for Blind Creek's recently announced intention to transfer its Engineer
Gold Mine Property to Engineer Gold Mines Ltd. ("Engineer"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blind Creek, subject to receipt of all
required regulatory approvals, for common shares of Engineer (the "Engineer Distribution Shares"). The Engineer Distribution
Shares will then be distributed to the common shareholders of Blind Creek, on a one Engineer Share for every 2 Blind Creek Shares
held on the Record Date, on the reduction of the stated capital of the Blind Creek common shares, all by way of a plan of
arrangement (the "Plan of Arrangement") under the Business Corporations Act (British
Columbia) (the "Arrangement"). Blind Creek and Engineer have entered into an arrangement agreement (the "Arrangement
Agreement") dated January 19, 2018 in connection with the Arrangement (which has been filed under
Blind Creek's profile on www.SEDAR.com.)
The Company believes that the Engineer Gold Mines Project has exploration potential that should be pursued separately. The
creation of Engineer and the distribution of the Engineer Distribution Shares to the Blind Creek common shareholders will allow
the Blind Creek shareholders to focus exclusively on the predominantly based metal properties which remain in Blind Creek after
the redistribution and the Engineer shareholders to focus on the Engineer Gold Mines Project. For further details on the
Engineer Gold Mine Technical Report and the Transaction, the reader is referred to the Blind Creek News Release dated
January 19, 2018.
A two-phase, $6.2 million, exploration and development program is recommended in the Engineer
Gold Mine Technical Report, with Phase 1 (at an estimated cost of $200,000) focusing on resource
expansion through surface exploration, finalizing metallurgy test-work, and detailed design and costing to rehabilitate the lower
levels of the mine. Phase 2 (at an estimated cost of $6.0 million, and contingent upon results of
Phase 1) would focus on surface exploration, exploration of 8 Level of the mine, and processing of a bulk sample from 6
Level.
About Blind Creek Resources Ltd.
Blind Creek is a Vancouver-based junior resource company focused on lead-zinc-silver project
acquisition, exploration and development in Yukon (Blende Property) and the Northwest Territories (AB Property). The Company's flagship property is the Blende Property in north-central
Yukon, the largest undeveloped carbonate-hosted Zinc-Lead-Silver deposit in Yukon. More recently the company has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the AB Property, a
mid-stage Mississippi Valley (MV-Type) Zinc-Lead exploration property in Northwest Territories
and purchased the Historic and fully-permitted Engineer Gold Mine, situated 32 km southwest of Atlin,
B.C.
For additional information please visit the company website www.blindcreekresources.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Mr. Brian P. Fowler,
P.Geo.
President
bfowler@blindcreekresources.com
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release contains certain forward looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, delays, and
uncertainties not under the control of Blind Creek Resources Ltd. which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of
Blind Creek Resources Ltd to be materially different from the results, performance or expectation implied by these forward
looking statements. By their nature, forward looking statements involve risk and uncertainties because they relate to events and
depend on factors that will or may occur in the future. Actual results may vary depending upon exploration activities, industry
production, commodity demand and pricing, currency exchange rates, and, but not limited to, general economic factors. Neither the
TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
SOURCE Blind Creek Resources Ltd.
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