VANCOUVER, Jan. 17, 2017 /CNW/ - Hannan Metals Limited ("Hannan" or the "Company") (TSX.V: HAN) is pleased to announce that Mr. Lars Dahlenborg has been appointed Vice President of Exploration.
Mr. Dahlenborg obtained his MSc geology from Lund University in Sweden and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists. He has over 10 years of global experience in exploration from Sweden, Finland and Peru. He began his career as an underground geologist at LKAB in Kiruna, Sweden. For the last ten years, he has worked as an exploration geologist in Sweden, Finland and Peru and has contributed significantly to the advancement on several recent discoveries such the Rompas-Rajapalot gold project in northern Finland and the Norra Karr HREE deposit in Southern Sweden, and most recently has been providing advisory services to the Company in regards to the initial work programs at Kilbricken.
Mr. Hudson, CEO and Chairman, states, "We wish to welcome Lars as the Company's new Vice President of Exploration. Lars will oversee the Company's exploration activities in Ireland. Having worked with Lars over the last 10 years, I know he will apply his typically rigorous and enthusiastic approach to exploration to expand our known zinc-lead-silver mineral systems in Ireland."
About Hannan Metals Limited (TSX.V:HAN)
Hannan Metals Limited has 100% ownership of the County Clare Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu project in Ireland, which consists of 9 prospecting licences for 32,223 hectares. The Kilbricken project, a new high-grade Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu discovery is the Company's flagship project. Better intersections, to date, include DH 46: 20.5m @ 7.5% Zn, 9.9% Pb, 0.07% Cu, 74.6g/t Ag, DH06: 21.3m @ 11% Zn, 4.8% Pb, 0.06% Cu, 94.4g/t Ag. The project is drilled over more than 1.5 kilometres and is ready to explore and expand within a 40 kilometre strike area. Mr. Michael Hudson, Hannan's CEO and Chairman, is a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure contained in this news release.
