Avrupa Minerals to Produce Maiden Gold Resource Estimate for Slivovo, Kosovo

Avrupa Minerals (TSXV:AVU) announce that the Company has contracted Mr. Gary Giroux, of Vancouver, Canada to prepare an NI 43-101 compliant maiden resource estimate for the Slivovo gold JV Project in Kosovo.  The project is now operated by joint venture entity Peshter Mining JSC, in which Avrupa holds 25%.
As quoted in the press release:

Mr. Gary Giroux, M.Sc., P. Eng (B.C.), a consulting geological engineer employed by Giroux Consultants Ltd., is acting as the Qualified Person, as defined in NI 43-101, for the Slivovo mineralization inventory estimate.  He has over 40 years of experience in all stages of mineral exploration, development, and production.  Mr. Giroux specializes in computer applications in ore reserve estimation, and has consulted both nationally and internationally in this field.  He has authored many papers on geostatistics and ore reserve estimation, has practiced as a Geological Engineer since 1970, and has provided geostatistical services to the industry since 1976.  Both Mr. Giroux and Giroux Consultants Ltd. are independent of the Company under NI 43-101.
The maiden resource estimate will be part of a larger NI 43-101 compliant document prepared by a team led by Mr. Richard Buerger, Principal Geologist for the Mining Plus consulting engineering firm, based in Melbourne, Australia.  Mr. Buerger is a Qualified Geologist (with Honours), and has over 18 years of broad experience in the resources industry, including exploration, resource definition and estimation, grade control, reconciliation, resource/reserve audits, cost modeling, staff development, and mentoring.  He is a member of AIG and AusIMM.

Avrupa Minerals CEO and Director, Paul Kuhn,  stated:

Avrupa’s partner at Slivovo is now the operator of the project and has decided to advance the project with a prefeasibility study.  The resource estimate is an important step forward in the overall exploration process at Slivovo.  We wanted to make sure it was produced in compliance with the NI 43-101 standard in Canada, so it has taken extra time for completion.  We are pleased to have both Mr. Gary Giroux working on the estimate and Mr. Richard Buerger working on the overall Slivovo Project document.

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