Nevada Copper Acquires Private Land & Completes Federal Land Acquisition

Nevada Copper Corp. (TSX:NCU) announced that it has received a deed of sale and completed its Federal Land Acquisition, acquiring 9,145 acres (14.3 square miles) of land from the City of Yerington.
As quoted in the press release:

 This parcel of land surrounds the Company’s current 1,538 acres (2.4 square miles) of private land and constitutes the majority of the 10,059 acres of Federal land acquired by the City from the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) in August 2015 (see August 21, 2015 News Release). Pursuant to the Company’s agreement with the City, deeding the land to Nevada Copper was the final step in the land acquisition process. The City retains 914 acres in the extreme northwestern area for public amenity purposes.
The Company now owns or controls 10,683 acres (16.7 square miles) of privately-owned land that encompasses 100% of the proposed 70,000 tons per day Pumpkin Hollow copper project development. The land is zoned “M1 Industrial” under City planning statutes, a zoning that allows for any proposed mine development. The Company controls all surface and mineral rights on the private lands, plus an additional 6,830 acres (10.7 square miles) of unpatented BLM mineral claims contiguous to the private land, for a total of 17,513 acres (27.4 square miles) of mineral rights.
Nevada Copper will be reviewing the additional exploration potential on the newly-acquired private land, particularly on northern and westerly extensions to the North open pit deposit. Federal permits for drilling are no longer required for any future exploration activity on this private held land.

Nevada Copper President & CEO, Giulio T. Bonifacio, stated:

Completion of the federal land conveyance and deeding of private land from the City to Nevada Copper is the final administrative step in a process that has led to the achievement of a fully-permitted, shovel ready project located entirely on private land. This represents an enormous project milestone: the result of contributions by many people led by the tireless efforts of Timothy M. Dyhr, Vice President, Environment and External Relations.
Pumpkin Hollow represents the only large, fully-permitted copper deposit in the Americas not currently owned by a major, located in an ideal location with existing infrastructure. This makes it a truly unique, valuable and scarce copper asset.

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