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BonTerra Extends Main Zone to West with 10 m of 9.3 g/t Au, and Discovers New South Zone with 3.0m of 20.7 g/t Au at its Gladiator Gold Project
Vancouver, BC – April 26, 2016: BonTerra Resources Inc. (TSX-V: BTR, US: BONXF, FSE: 9BR1) (the “Company” or “BonTerra”) is pleased to announce that it has received assays on an additional four (4) holes from its 2016 Exploration and Drill Program on its 100% owned Gladiator Gold Project located north of Val d’Or, Québec. To date, 11 of the 19 holes completed have been reported, with eight (8) holes remaining in the lab. All of the drill holes reported in this press release are located at or within 50 meters of the known western extents of the Gladiator deposits.
Nav Dhaliwal, President and CEO of BonTerra, commented: “Once again we are successful in not only extending the mineralization further to the west in the Main Zone, but we have discovered additional high-grade gold with an intersection of 20.7 g/t over 3.0 meters in the New Zone. Of note, the Main Zone intersected gold at the bottom of the deepest hole, clearly highlighting the strength and size of the Gladiator Gold Deposit.”
2016 Drilling Program Update and Highlights:
- New South Zone discovery intersects 3.0 m of 20.7 g/t Au in Hole BA-16-07 at westernmost limits of drilling to date;
- Intersection of 3.0 m of 3.0 g/t Au drilled in New South Zone in Hole BA-16-08;
- Extends Main Zone further to the west with intersection of 10.0 m of 9.3 g/t Au, including 3.0 m of 27.5 g/t Au, in Hole BA-16-10;
- Hole BA-16-10 extends mineralization down to 445.5 meters in deepest and westernmost hole drilled to date;
- 8,300 m drilled to date in 19 holes on the western extension of Gladiator Deposit;
- Visible gold was identified in 16 of the 19 holes;
- The Gladiator Deposits are now outlined to the west by an additional 200 m long by 450 m deep, where 23 new drill holes (2015 and 2016) have extended the main deposits and discovered 3 new parallel zones.
- New drill information demonstrates that three zones (Footwall, Main and Intrusive) continue along strike, while three new zones (North Shear 1, North Shear 2 and South) have been identified both to the north and south of the previously known zones.
Dale Ginn, Vice President of Exploration of BonTerra, added: “We continue to build a very solid, consistent high-grade gold deposit that is demonstrating continuity in multiple zones. I would like to thank our Québec-based exploration team for their hard work and excellent technical management of the 2015 and 2016 exploration program to date.”
Upcoming Program and Next Steps
The western extension of the Gladiator Deposit was targeted based on interpretation of recent geophysical programs and extension of known data from the existing Gladiator zones. With the ice drilling program now complete for the winter season, the project will now focus for the month of April on gathering and compiling information from the new core as received to date and pending. The 30-day window is allowing time for a full interpretation of the initial 19 holes and complete a detailed report of the winter campaign. Upon completion, BonTerra’s technical team will define, target and prepare the next drilling campaign and summer surface work. This program is expected to continue with drilling the main zones, follow up on the recent discoveries, apply drilling in order to extend the deposits to the east, and to follow up on targets identified on the Coliseum Property to the west.
See below a summary for all drill results reported to date from 2015 and 2016 including the most recent results from BA-16-07, BA-16-08, BA-16-10 and BA-16-11:
| Hole | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Grade (g/t Au) | Zone |
| BA-15-01A | 62.5 | 66.0 | 3.5 | 9.1 | Footwall |
| 210.6 | 217.2 | 6.6 | 14.0 | Main | |
| Including | 215.9 | 216.7 | 0.8 | 104.5 | Main |
| BA-15-02 | 107.6 | 110.2 | 2.6 | 4.7 | Footwall |
| 224.3 | 225.2 | 0.9 | 7.6 | Gabbro | |
| 320.5 | 476.0 | 155.5 | 0.5 | Intrusive | |
| 476.0 | 483.7 | 7.7 | 7.2 | Main | |
| BA-15-03 | 187.0 | 188.5 | 1.5 | 4.3 | Footwall |
| 200.0 | 204.0 | 4.0 | 1.3 | Gabbro | |
| 219.0 | 220.0 | 1.0 | 3.8 | Gabbro | |
| 339.0 | 379.0 | 40.0 | 0.4 | Intrusive | |
| 392.8 | 397.0 | 4.2 | 1.6 | Intrusive | |
| 479.0 | 499.4 | 20.4 | 0.9 | Intrusive | |
| BA-15-04 | 224.0 | 235.4 | 11.4 | 1.5 | Main |
| Including | 234.1 | 235.4 | 1.3 | 8.0 | Main |
| BA-16-01 | 126.0 | 127.0 | 1.0 | 5.2 | Footwall |
| 240.0 | 378.0 | 138.0 | 0.4 | Intrusive | |
| Including | 299.0 | 302.4 | 3.4 | 1.7 | Main |
| Including | 353.8 | 357.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | Main |
| BA-16-02 | 11.0 | 55.0 | 44.0 | 0.4 | New (North Shear 2) |
| 79.0 | 137.0 | 58.0 | 2.5 | New (North Shear 1) | |
| Including | 79.0 | 95.0 | 16.0 | 6.1 | New (North Shear 1) |
| Including | 79.0 | 84.0 | 5.0 | 15.3 | New (North Shear 1) |
| 92.5 | 95.0 | 2.5 | 7.5 | New (North Shear 1) | |
| 103.0 | 145.0 | 42.0 | 1.0 | Local Shear | |
| BA-16-03 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | Footwall |
| Including | 4.0 | 6.9 | 2.9 | 13.5 | Footwall |
| BA-16-04 | 64.0 | 70.0 | 6.0 | 10.4 | Main |
| BA-16-05 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | Main |
| 184.0 | 186.0 | 2.0 | 12.7 | Main | |
| 290.7 | 294.0 | 3.3 | 29.0 | New (South) | |
| BA-16-06 | 20.8 | 30.0 | 9.2 | 2.1 | Footwall |
| 336.0 | 337.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | Intrusive | |
| 416.0 | 420.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | Main | |
| BA-16-07 | 142.6 | 147.0 | 4.4 | 8.0 | Main |
| Including | 144.2 | 147.0 | 2.8 | 11.9 | Main |
| 155.0 | 156.0 | 1.0 | 14.9 | Main | |
| 378.0 | 381.0 | 3.0 | 20.7 | New South | |
| BA-16-08 | 245.0 | 332.8 | 87.8 | 0.31 | Intrusive |
| 368.0 | 371.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | New South | |
| BA-16-09 | 21.7 | 27.4 | 5.7 | 24.3 | Main |
| 110.1 | 111.2 | 1.1 | 41.7 | Main | |
| 364.0 | 369.0 | 5.0 | 1.8 | New (South) | |
| BA-16-10 | 318.0 | 328.0 | 10.0 | 9.3 | Main |
| Including | 321.0 | 324.0 | 3.0 | 27.5 | Main |
| 438.0 | 445.5 | 7.5 | 1.1 | New South | |
| BA-16-11 | 35.0 | 36.7 | 1.7 | 13.6 | Main |
| 40.9 | 44.0 | 3.1 | 4.6 | Main | |
| 187.4 | 187.9 | 0.5 | 24.4 | New South |
*Stated lengths are core width as drilled, true widths have not yet been determined.
BonTerra Resources Quick Facts:
- 7,563-hectare (Gladiator Project) in the Urban-Barry Camp in Québec containing:
- Using a 4 g/t Au cut-off grade, the project currently contains an inferred resource of 905,000 tonnes, grading 9.37 g/t Au for 273,000 ounces of gold. Of note, ~90% of the worlds operating mines have an average gold grade less than 8 g/t. Mineral Resource Estimate and technical report filed July 27, 2012, Snowden Mining Consultants.
- 2016 Exploration Program underway – up to 25,000 meters utilizing minimum of two drill rigs at its 100% owned Gladiator Gold Project to expand current gold resource.
- 2,165-hectare (Larder Property) in the Cadillac-Larder Break camp in Ontario (refer to March 17, 2016 news release highlighting historical gold resource).
Dale Ginn, P.Geo. has approved the information contained in this release. Mr. Ginn is a Director and Vice-President of Exploration for BonTerra and is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
Nav Dhaliwal, President & CEO
BonTerra Resources Inc.
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