VANCOUVER, Canada, Feb. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cypress Development Corp. (TSX-V: CYP) (OTC Pink: CYDVD) (Frankfurt: C1Z) ("Cypress" or the "Company") announces it has now commenced a work program on its McKenzie Island gold project located in the heart of the Red Lake gold camp in northwestern Ontario. The 100% owned 4,700 acre McKenzie Island property is located west and adjacent to Goldcorp's Cochenour / Bruce Channel Gold Mine.
Cypress McKenzie Island Claims Map:
http://www.cypressdevelopmentcorp.com/s/Image.asp?i=maps/CYP-McKenzie-Claims-2015.jpg
The Company is processing all data from previous work programs on its Mackenzie Island property with the intent of developing drill targets for the 2015 exploration season. Cypress has contracted to have all of its property boundaries surveyed with a Global Positioning System (GPS) at this time.
The Mackenzie Island property abuts the Goldcorp Cochenour / Bruce Channel Gold Mine on its west boundary. It is anticipated that Goldcorp will begin production on its newly retooled Cochenour Mine project in the summer of 2015. The Bruce Channel gold deposit was purchased by Goldcorp in 2008 when it acquired Gold Eagle Mines in a transaction valued at $1.5 billion.
Gold Eagle had previously filed a NI 43-101 Technical Report title "Gold Mineralization Found in the Bruce Channel Zone and in the Western Discovery Zone, Gold Eagle Mine Property, Red Lake, Ontario" dated October 27, 2006 and prepared by William J. Lewis, B. Sc., P. Geo. The Western Discovery Zone lies immediately east and on strike of Cypress' McKenzie Island property and has an inferred resource estimate of 309,000 tonnes at 16.67 grams per tonne gold for 165,700 contained ounces. The known mineralization within the Western Discovery Zone is dominantly in a near-horizontal sheet geometry so exploration for the extension of that mineralized zone onto Cypress' claim would appear to be doable. Cypress intends to further explore the possible extension of this encouraging gold target onto the Company's ground.
Cypress has compiled data available on the north side of the Dome Stock and it is evident that a major geological contact exists between the greenstone host volcanics and the intrusive. This contact stretches three kilometers east to west across Mackenzie Island in the middle of Cypress' claim group.
The Company is in the planning stage for an exploration program for the summer of 2015.
Robert Marvin, P.Geo., CPG, Exploration Manager for Cypress Development Corp. is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has supervised both the project field work and the preparation of the technical information in this release.
About Cypress Development Corp.:
Cypress Development Corp. is a diversified precious and base metals exploration and development company with properties in Red Lake, Ontario, Canada, and in Nevada, U.S.A.
To find out more about Cypress Development Corp. (CYP.V), visit our website at www.cypressdevelopmentcorp.com.
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"Don Huston"
DONALD C. HUSTON
President
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Don Myers
Director
Cypress Development Corp.
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This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or developments that management of the Company expects, are forward-looking statements. Although management believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements, include market prices, exploration and development successes, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Please see the public filings of the Company at www.sedar.com for further information.
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