Lucky Strike Retains Wardrop
Vancouver, Canada, December 06, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Lucky Strike Resources Ltd. (TSX.V-LKY), is pleased to announce the engagement of Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company (Wardrop), to provide technical services including a due diligence review, expansion of technical contents of previous reports by Independent Qualified Persons to conform to a National Instrument (NI) 43-101 compliant technical report (Report) on the Changyun coal project in Guizhou of China.
Wardrop has extensive experience in China, including recent work on coal projects in that country. They will begin providing their technical services in December 2010 as the Company undertakes a drill program. The focus is on verifying and possibly expanding the historic resource by infilling priority target areas and extending the target zones. Wardrop will review the technical work completed to-date immediately and will work jointly with Lucky Strike Resources’ advisors to outline the work program for 2011. The principal focus of the work program is to carry out sufficient drilling to complete the Report with an updated resource estimates and preliminary assessment.
Wardrop’s technical services will be provided from their Beijing and Vancouver offices. The following persons who will contribute to the Report are all Independent Qualified Persons under the definitions established by National Instrument 43-101:
Ron Hall, Vice President and Project Manager, B.Sc.(Hons), has over 30 years professional experience in the operation, management and design of metallurgical plants including base metal, diamond and gold operations. He has worked in mineral processing and pyrometallurgical operations in a number of countries including South Africa, Botswana, Canada, USA, Russia and China.
Greg Mosher, P.Geo., General Manager of Wardrop Beijing and Senior Geologist, has over 30 years of mining experience with projects located around the world, Most recently, Greg has operated extensively in Asia. His work has included co-operative efforts between geology and mining, metallurgical, chemical and civil engineering disciplines. Some of his consulting contracts have included technical and economic evaluation of mining operations and mineral properties, feasibility analyses, ore resources and reserve calculations, data synthesis, and management of geological programs including mapping geochemical and geophysical surveying and diamond drilling.
Wenchang Ni, P.Eng., Mining Engineer, has over 25 years extensive experience in detailed mine design, pre-feasibility study, feasibility study and due diligence. He is fluent in Chinese and English and has worked on previous and current Chinese projects. He has expertise in pit optimization, including considerable experience in regards to Coal, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, and Iron. His mining software expertise for pit optimization, mine design, mine planning and production schedule includes: Whittle™, GEM™ and MineSight®.
About Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company
Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company, is a multi-disciplined consulting and engineering firm that provides innovative solutions for the natural resource management, energy, and infrastructure markets globally. Wardrop currently has 1,200 employees who work collaboratively throughout its North American and overseas operations. Wardrop is part of Tetra Tech (NASDAQ: TTEK), a leading provider of consulting, engineering, program management, construction, and technical services. The combined companies have more than 12,000 employees worldwide and capabilities that span the entire project lifecycle.
About the Changyun Coal Project
Located within the Bijie coal fields, Guizhou Province, the Changyun coal mine covers an area of 2.0954 sq. km with valid mining permits for a 150,000 MTPY coal mining operation, which may be expanded to 300,000 - 500,000 MTPY. Local historical reports (non-compliant with NI 43-101) state that coal seams within the mine area are highly altered and would produce a low ash, low to medium sulphur (average 0.23%), and low-volatile (7-8% volatile matter) product, with high gross calorific value that ranges from 6400 to 7200 Kcal/kg. The thermal grade coal is suitable for power plant use. A ready market for production exists with the nearby power plants and other end users within Guizhou province.
In addition to the mine, Changyun has recently been provided with preferential rights to explore and develop a 20 sq. km of highly prospective exploration land surrounding the mine.
About Lucky Strike:
Lucky Strike Resources Ltd. is a Canada-based exploration stage company. The Company is engaged in the process of exploring and/or developing coal properties in Guizhou province in China. The Company also has property in Yreka, British Columbia, Canada. The Changyun coal project is a former past producing mine and is located some 25 km northeast of Bijie City in Guizhou province, approximately two hours north by air from Hong Kong. The permitted mine covers a total area of 2.0954 sq. km and is surrounded by approximately 20 sq. km of highly prospective exploration area, where available geological data supports the potential presence of significant coal resources of high quality Anthracite coal within the area. The local area has well established infrastructure for the Changyun project to resume production and coal buyers to pick up coal FOB at the mine site.
On behalf of Management
Lucky Strike Resources Ltd.
Dodge Li
Dodge Li, CEO & Director
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Wardrop has extensive experience in China, including recent work on coal projects in that country. They will begin providing their technical services in December 2010 as the Company undertakes a drill program. The focus is on verifying and possibly expanding the historic resource by infilling priority target areas and extending the target zones. Wardrop will review the technical work completed to-date immediately and will work jointly with Lucky Strike Resources’ advisors to outline the work program for 2011. The principal focus of the work program is to carry out sufficient drilling to complete the Report with an updated resource estimates and preliminary assessment.
Wardrop’s technical services will be provided from their Beijing and Vancouver offices. The following persons who will contribute to the Report are all Independent Qualified Persons under the definitions established by National Instrument 43-101:
Ron Hall, Vice President and Project Manager, B.Sc.(Hons), has over 30 years professional experience in the operation, management and design of metallurgical plants including base metal, diamond and gold operations. He has worked in mineral processing and pyrometallurgical operations in a number of countries including South Africa, Botswana, Canada, USA, Russia and China.
Greg Mosher, P.Geo., General Manager of Wardrop Beijing and Senior Geologist, has over 30 years of mining experience with projects located around the world, Most recently, Greg has operated extensively in Asia. His work has included co-operative efforts between geology and mining, metallurgical, chemical and civil engineering disciplines. Some of his consulting contracts have included technical and economic evaluation of mining operations and mineral properties, feasibility analyses, ore resources and reserve calculations, data synthesis, and management of geological programs including mapping geochemical and geophysical surveying and diamond drilling.
Wenchang Ni, P.Eng., Mining Engineer, has over 25 years extensive experience in detailed mine design, pre-feasibility study, feasibility study and due diligence. He is fluent in Chinese and English and has worked on previous and current Chinese projects. He has expertise in pit optimization, including considerable experience in regards to Coal, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, and Iron. His mining software expertise for pit optimization, mine design, mine planning and production schedule includes: Whittle™, GEM™ and MineSight®.
About Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company
Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company, is a multi-disciplined consulting and engineering firm that provides innovative solutions for the natural resource management, energy, and infrastructure markets globally. Wardrop currently has 1,200 employees who work collaboratively throughout its North American and overseas operations. Wardrop is part of Tetra Tech (NASDAQ: TTEK), a leading provider of consulting, engineering, program management, construction, and technical services. The combined companies have more than 12,000 employees worldwide and capabilities that span the entire project lifecycle.
About the Changyun Coal Project
Located within the Bijie coal fields, Guizhou Province, the Changyun coal mine covers an area of 2.0954 sq. km with valid mining permits for a 150,000 MTPY coal mining operation, which may be expanded to 300,000 - 500,000 MTPY. Local historical reports (non-compliant with NI 43-101) state that coal seams within the mine area are highly altered and would produce a low ash, low to medium sulphur (average 0.23%), and low-volatile (7-8% volatile matter) product, with high gross calorific value that ranges from 6400 to 7200 Kcal/kg. The thermal grade coal is suitable for power plant use. A ready market for production exists with the nearby power plants and other end users within Guizhou province.
In addition to the mine, Changyun has recently been provided with preferential rights to explore and develop a 20 sq. km of highly prospective exploration land surrounding the mine.
About Lucky Strike:
Lucky Strike Resources Ltd. is a Canada-based exploration stage company. The Company is engaged in the process of exploring and/or developing coal properties in Guizhou province in China. The Company also has property in Yreka, British Columbia, Canada. The Changyun coal project is a former past producing mine and is located some 25 km northeast of Bijie City in Guizhou province, approximately two hours north by air from Hong Kong. The permitted mine covers a total area of 2.0954 sq. km and is surrounded by approximately 20 sq. km of highly prospective exploration area, where available geological data supports the potential presence of significant coal resources of high quality Anthracite coal within the area. The local area has well established infrastructure for the Changyun project to resume production and coal buyers to pick up coal FOB at the mine site.
On behalf of Management
Lucky Strike Resources Ltd.
Dodge Li
Dodge Li, CEO & Director
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www.luckystrikeresources.com
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