DENVER, COLORADO — (Marketwired) — 12/01/14 — Sandspring Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SSP) (the "Company" or "Sandspring") is pleased to announce that Mr. Robert Suttie has accepted appointment as the Company–s part-time Chief Financial Officer serving on a contractual basis.Mr. Suttie has more than sixteen years of experience, ten of which were in public accounting prior to his current association with the MSSI Accounting and Reporting Services, which is part of the Ma
DENVER, COLORADO — (Marketwired) — 11/11/13 — Sandspring Resources Ltd. ("Sandspring" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SSP) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a precious metals purchase agreement with Silver Wheaton Corp. ("Silver Wheaton") under which Silver Wheaton, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Silver Wheaton (Caymans) Ltd., will pay Sandspring upfront cash payments totaling US$148.5 million for 10% of the payable gold production from the
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 05/08/13 — Sandspring Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SSP) ("Sandspring" or the "Company") announces the adoption by its board of directors (the "Board") of amendments to its by-laws to add a provision that requires advance notice to the Company in circumstances where director nominations are made by shareholders of the Company, other than in connection with (i) the requisition of a shareholders- meeting, or (ii) a shareholder pr
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — (Marketwired) — 04/19/13 — Sandspring Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SSP) ("Sandspring" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Government of Guyana granting Sandspring the exclusive right to evaluate and develop a hydroelectric power plant on the Kurupung River, approximately 30 miles from its Toroparu Property.The terms of the five-year MOU contemplate that the hydro
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 04/09/13 — Sandspring Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SSP) ("Sandspring", or the "Company") is pleased to announce the completion of a robust and positive pre-feasibility study ("PFS") and initial mineral reserve estimate for its wholly-owned Toroparu Gold Project (the "Project") in the Republic of Guyana.The PFS goes beyond the strong economics outlined in the Updated Preliminary Economic Assessment completed by the Co
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 03/04/13 — Sandspring Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SSP) ("SSP" or the "Company") is pleased to announce further results from its 2012 geochemistry exploration program for the Upper Puruni Property (see figure 1).Results from regional and detailed saprolite geochemical sampling, regional litho-structural interpretations, and the discovery of the SE Zone gold resource (see PR May 31st, 2012) indicate that the gold and copper mineralization
DENVER, COLORADO — (Marketwire) — 02/19/13 — Sandspring Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SSP) (the "Company") announced on February 18, 2013, that the Company has granted to officers and directors 1,280,000 stock options to purchase common shares of the Company. The correct number of annual stock options granted to officers and directors was 1,405,000. The stock options are exercisable at $0.41 per share and will expire on 7 February, 2018. This stock option grant is subject to regula
DENVER, COLORADO — (Marketwire) — 02/18/13 — Sandspring Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SSP) (the "Company") announced that the Company has granted to officers and directors 1,280,000 stock options to purchase common shares of the Company. The stock options are exercisable at $0.41 per share and will expire on February 7, 2018. This stock option grant is subject to regulatory approval.Sandspring is a well-funded junior mining company currently exploring and developing the NI 43-101
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — (Marketwire) — 11/26/12 — Sandspring Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SSP) (Sandspring, or the "Company") is pleased to announce the completion of resource definition drilling at the Company-s Toroparu Gold Project in Guyana, South America. The Company also reports significant progress in the advancement of the Pre-feasibility Study (PFS) for Toroparu, which is expected to be completed in early 2013.Since the last resource update reported in January of 2012, Sands
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/08/12 — SANDSPRING RESOURCES LTD. (TSX VENTURE: SSP) ("Sandspring" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Environmental Permit for the development, construction and operation of a large-scale mine at its Toroparu Gold Property in Guyana S.A. has been issued by the Guyana Environmental Protection Agency. The issuance of the Environmental Permit is the culmination of an extensive multi-year baseline data collection followed b
