The Northern Miner April 11 2016 Issue

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EASTMAIN RESOURCES PROXY BATTLE / 3

TIMMINS GOLD

CEO INTERVIEW / 13

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IDM advances Red Mountain in BC GOLDEN TRIANGLE

| ‘Richest area in Western Canada for gold’

BY SALMA TARIKH

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DM Mining’s (TSX: IDM) Red Mountain gold project in northwestern B.C. is “one of the few near-term development stories in Canada,” Robert McLeod, president and CEO, said in a March corporate presentation in Toronto. McLeod is a third-generation miner, born and raised in Stewart, 18 km west of Red Mountain. His grandfather, father Ian and uncle Don were all miners. Ian also spent 16 years as Stewart’s mayor, and Don built and operated mines. The first initial of their names make up IDM. The junior is completing economic studies and permitting at the highgrade, underground Red Mountain gold deposit, with a production decision expected in early 2017. “This is a story that means a lot to me,” McLeod, a geoscientist, told investors. “It’s been my dream to come back to this part of the world, with a meaningful project that can have a meaningful impact on the economy of my home region.” The 171 sq. km project is located in the Golden Triangle in Nisga’a See IDM / 2

IDM Mining’s Red Mountain gold project, east of Stewart, British Columbia.

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Denison and Friedland's GoviEx to combine African uranium assets TRANSITION

By Trish Saywell tsaywell@northernminer.com

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enison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) has taken the final step that will help it focus on its uranium assets in Canada’s Athabasca basin and in particular its flagship Wheeler River project. In a deal with GoviEx Uranium (CSE: GXU), the two companies will combine their African uranium assets and create an Africa-focused uranium-development company. GoviEx will get all of Denison’s African uranium assets — Mutanga in Zambia, Falea in Mali and Dome in Namibia — in exchange for 56.1 million shares, and another 22.4

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| Denison remains a Canadian-focused uranium junior

million in share purchase warrants. Upon closing, Denison will hold 25% of GoviEx’s outstanding shares or 28% of GoviEx’s shares on a fully diluted basis. Denison can also appoint one director to GoviEx’s board, as long as it has more than a 5% stake in the company. “It was an obvious transaction for both parties,” Daniel Major, GoviEx’s CEO, said in a telephone interview from London. “They wanted to focus on what they’re doing in Canada and we wanted to focus on Africa. We also wanted to see a diversification of our assets in Africa with quality assets.” When the transaction closes, GoviEx will control one of the largest uranium resource bases among publicly listed developers, with combined measured and in-

“IT WAS AN OBVIOUS TRANSACTION FOR BOTH PARTIES.” DANIEL MAJOR CEO, GOVIEX URANIUM

dicated resources of 124.3 million lb. U3O8 , plus another 73.1 million lb. U3O8 of inferred. In addition, Denison’s 100% owned Mutanga project in Zambia is permitted, while Denison’s wholly owned Falea uranium-silver-copper project is at an advanced exploration stage. Denison also holds a 90% stake in the Dome project in

Namibia. Rob Chang, a mining analyst who follows the uranium industry at Cantor Fitzgerald, describes the agreement as “a great move.” He said in an email to The Northern Miner that “Denison was getting zero value for those assets in the portfolio. Now both Wheeler and Africa can be advanced, with Denison benefitting from both.” David Sadowski, a mining analyst in the Vancouver office of Raymond James — GoviEx’s financial advisor — said in a research note that the disposition of Denison’s African assets “has been telegraphed by Denison for years,” and “should come as no surprise to investors.” See DENISON / 2

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