Received by email:

File: 2017-02-21 - NR - Technical report filing - February 2017.DOCX

/
For Immediate Release
 (NEX: PRZ.H)
 
 February 21, 2017
Prize Mining Announces Filing of Technical Report on the Kena Project
Calgary, Alberta - (Marketwired) - PRIZE MINING CORPORATION ("Prize" or the "Company") (TSXV:PRR.H) announces that the
---> technical report entitled "Technical Report for the Kena Project, Nelson, BC", and dated January 16, 2017 with an eff
--->ective date of  January 7, 2017 prepared for Prize by Vivian Park, P. Geo., VPG Geosciences (the "Report") has been fi
--->led and is now available on Prize's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.  
199 Acquisition
Prize entered into a pre-acquisition agreement (the "Pre-acquisition Agreement") with 1994854 Alberta Ltd. ("199") pur
--->suant to which Prize has agreed to make an offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of 199 on a one-for-one shar
--->e exchange basis (the "199 Acquisition").  199 entered into option agreement with Apex Resources Inc. (TSXV: APX) ("Ap
--->ex") pursuant to which 199 has an option to earn an 80% interest in Apex's Kena and Daylight Gold-Copper Properties (r
--->eferred to above as the "Kena Project") located in the Nelson area of British Columbia, Canada by making annual cash a
--->nd share payments and completing $3,000,000 in Kena Project related exploration expenditures over four years (the "Opt
--->ion").  199 does not have any interests in any other mining assets.  Refer to Prize's news releases dated December 29,
---> 2016 and February 13, 2017 for additional information regarding the 199, the Option, the Kena Project, and the 199 Ac
--->quisition. 
Kena Project
The Kena Project covers approximately 8,000 hectares of mineral claims and has been assigned estimated resources of me
--->asured plus indicated of 25,280,000 t at 0.60 g/t Au (490,000 oz Au) and inferred of 90,440,000 t at 0.48 g/t Au (1,39
--->9,000 Au). The Kena Project is comprised of the Kena Gold, Gold Mountain and Copper King showings together with the hi
--->storic Euphrates and Gold Cup gold mines. The adjacent Daylight property is comprised of the historic Daylight, Starli
--->ght, Victoria and Great Eastern gold mines.  The Gold Mountain and Kena Gold Zones have been partially tested with 24,
--->000 metres of drilling in 158 diamond drill holes.  
Following the completion of the 199 Acquisition, Prize intends to advance the Kena Project toward exploitation, while 
--->considering the option to extract smaller tonnages of higher-grade material. Prize also expects to delineate additiona
--->l resources. Prize's approach is to evaluate all the information for the Kena, Project, and then move toward exploitat
--->ion in a staged, thoughtful manner. The following work is recommended in the Report. The total cost of the recommended
---> work is estimated to be $150,000.
1. Compilation and additional verification of historic data.
2. Preliminary cut-off grade and optimization parameters for a small high-grade operation, if appropriate.
3. Create a mineral resource model focused on higher-grade material, suitable for supporting an underground mining sco
--->ping study.
4. Plan a drilling program to improve the mineral resource estimate as needed, provide metallurgical samples, and deli
--->ver geotechnical and hydrogeological information, as appropriate.
5. Conduct a scoping study to determine the approximate economics of the project, with particular emphasis on a small-
--->tonnage, high-grade approach.
6. Build a conceptual mine plan.
7. Provide a high-level site layout.
8. Provide scoping-level OPEX and CAPEX estimates for a low-CAPEX, quick to payback solution.
9. Utilize a simple but adaptable economic model to determine economic results (IRR, NPV and payback period) and econo
--->mic sensitivities.
10. Identify challenges, opportunities.
11. Provide recommendations.
Positive results from this recommended work are anticipated to result in one or more further work programs, which woul
--->d likely include drilling, over the Kena Project.
The Financing
Prize will complete a private placement of securities for proceeds of $3.5 million concurrently with the completion of
---> the 199 Acquisition.  Details of the Financing are provided in Prize's news release of February 13, 2017.  The procee
--->ds of the Financing will be used to fund the $150,000 work program on the Kena Project set out above, to pursue asset 
--->acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.  See above for additional information regarding the initial work prog
--->ram to be conducted on the Kena Project.
About Prize
Prize is a Calgary based junior mining issuer with offices in Calgary, Alberta and is listed on the NEX board of the T
--->SX Venture Exchange. Prize is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mining properties.
William Dynes B.Sc. (Hons), P.Geo., a consulting geologist, is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43
--->-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, and has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical inform
--->ation in this news release.  For additional information regarding the Kena Project please refer to the Report, a copy 
--->of which is available on Prize's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
For further information, please contact Feisal Somji, Chief Executive Officer by telephone at 403.236.2222. 
Reader Advisory
Forward-Looking Statements.  This news release contains forward-looking statements. More particularly, this document c
--->ontains statements concerning the 199 Acquisition, the Financing, the Kena Project, more particularly, its estimated m
--->ineral resources, and the work program proposed for the Kena Project. . Forward-looking information is frequently char
--->acterized by words such as "plan", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "scheduled", "p
--->otential", or other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may", "should" or "could" occur.
The forward-looking statements are based on certain key expectations and assumptions made by Prize, including expectat
--->ions and assumptions concerning timing of receipt of required regulatory approvals and third party consents and the sa
--->tisfaction of other conditions to the completion of the transactions. Although Prize believes that the expectations an
--->d assumptions on which the forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on
---> the forward-looking statements because Prize can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Since forward-
--->looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertai
--->nties. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks. T
--->hese include, but are not limited to, risks that required regulatory and third party approvals and consents are not ob
--->tained on terms satisfactory to the parties within the timelines provided for and risks that other conditions to the c
--->ompletion of the transactions are not satisfied on the timelines set forth in this news release or at all.
The reader is cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although considered reasonable b
--->y the Company at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect and readers are cautioned not to place undue relia
--->nce on forward-looking information, which speaks only as of the date hereof. The Company does not undertake any obliga
--->tion to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking information contained herein to reflect events or circumstan
--->ces that occur after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required u
--->nder applicable securities laws. 
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any
---> sale of securities in the United States or in any province, state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation o
--->r sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under securities laws of any such province, state 
--->or jurisdiction.  The securities referenced herein may not be offered or sold in the United States except in transacti
--->on exempt from or not subject to the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended
--->, and applicable state securities laws.
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.