VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Sept. 20, 2011) – Prophecy Platinum Corp. (“Prophecy Platinum” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:NKL)(OTCQX:PNIKF)(FRANKFURT:P94P) reports that as a result of a review by the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), it is issuing the following news release to clarify, retract, restate and update certain of its previously issued technical reports, investor relations presentations and disclosures on its website www.prophecyplat.com.
Updated Technical Report:
At the request of the BCSC, the Company has obtained a revised technical report concerning the Wellgreen Property from Todd McCracken, P.Geo, of Wardrop Engineering Inc., a TetraTech company, with an effective date of July 21, 2011 (the “Wardrop Report”), which contains additional information concerning comparisons of the current mineral resource estimate for the Wellgreen property to prior historical estimates.
Per section 14.2 of the Wardrop Report, the author notes that the fundamental difference between the 2008 WGM estimate (the “WGM Report”) and the estimate in the Wardrop Report is that the WGM Report concentrated on the resource material in close proximity to the semi-massive to massive nickel sulphide pods that had been exploited by Hudson Yukon, compared to the estimate in the Wardrop Report which targets a large tonnage open pit geological model. Adopting the new geological model and the inclusion of cobalt, gold, platinum and palladium to the NiEq formula, which was not incorporated in the NiEq value in the WGM Report, the Wardrop report demonstrated a marked increase in the resource estimate.
Other than section 14.2, the content of the Wardrop Report, has not been materially amended and the resource estimate announced on July 14, 2011 by the Company is unchanged. The revised report is available on the Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website.
Disclosure Review:
The Company’s website, presentations and certain interviews contained the following information:
The content of certain analyst report, third party statements and media articles regarding the Company is deemed as disclosure that the Company had adopted as its own by virtue of its making same available by reference on its website, triggering the application of securities rules and policies, including requirements of National Instrument 43-101 respecting standards of disclosure for mineral projects. The Company has since removed links to third party newsletters and reports, as well as third party interviews from its website and disassociates itself from disclosures by third parties, noting these are independent publications and such disclosures were not made on the Company’s behalf or at its request.
Documents and articles removed from the Company’s website and social media pages include:
While the Company dedicated significant internal resources to verify the information contained above, the disclosure to the public through the Company’s website, presentations and certain interviews was not in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”). The board of directors of the Company have since created a disclosure committee and adopted a corporate disclosure policy for the purposes of monitoring its ongoing public disclosure.
The Company wishes to further clarify information as follows:
Table 1. Wellgreen Indicated and Inferred Resource Totals. | |||||||||||||
NiEq% cutoff | Category | Zone | Tonnes | NiEq% | Pt (g/t) | Pd (g/t) | Au (g/t) | PGM+Au (g/t) | Ni (%) | Cu (%) | Co (%) | ||
0.400 | Indicated | East | 14,308,000 | 1.36 | 0.99 | 0.74 | 0.52 | 2.25 | 0.69 | 0.62 | 0.05 | ||
NiEq% cutoff | Category | Zone | Tonnes | NiEq% | Pt (g/t) | Pd (g/t) | Au (g/t) | PGM+Au (g/t) | Ni (%) | Cu (%) | Co (%) | ||
0.400 | Inferred | East | 219,327,000 | 0.76 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.26 | 1.25 | 0.39 | 0.34 | 0.03 | ||
0.400 | Inferred | West | 69,919,000 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 0.34 | 0.12 | 0.96 | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.02 | ||
Total inferred |
289,246,000 | 0.74 | 0.53 | 0.42 | 0.23 | 1.18 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.03 |
In those instances where the Company has retracted, revised, clarified or updated previous disclosure, the Company advises readers not to rely on such statements as they may continue to be found in the public domain.
The Company has engaged Wardrop Engineering Inc. to complete a preliminary economic assessment for the Wellgreen property, which it expects to receive in Q1 of 2012.
Danniel Oosterman, P. Geo., a consultant of the Company, is the Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 who has approved the technical content of this news release.
About Prophecy Platinum
Prophecy Platinum Corp. is a Canadian based Nickel PGM exploration company with projects in Canada, Argentina and Uruguay. Prophecy Platinum’s flagship Wellgreen PGM-Cu-Ni project is in Yukon Territory, Canada and the Lynn Lake project is located in Manitoba, Canada. Further information can be found at www.prophecyplat.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of Prophecy Platinum Corp.
John Lee, Chairman
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“the U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities law and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
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