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Fjordland increases planned Dillard drilling to 4,500 m

2014-08-21 09:39 ET - News Release

Mr. Tom Schroeter reports

FJORDLAND AND SUMAC INCREASE DRILLING TO 4,500 METRES AT DILLARD, SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Fjordland Exploration Inc. and Sumac Mines Ltd., a subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. of Japan, have increased the planned diamond drilling program for 2014 to 4,500 metres from the originally planned 2,500 metres for the Dillard porphyry copper-gold project located between Merritt and Princeton in Southern British Columbia. To the middle of August, 2,070 metres of trenching were completed at Dillard East, and over 2,500 metres of drilling were completed at Dillard West. The additional drilling will test anomalous zones at Dillard East.

At Dillard West, six holes totalling in excess of 2,500 metres were completed. They targeted areas peripheral to the known mineralization. Copper was noted in all holes; assays are pending. The holes ranged in depth from 451 metres to 523 metres, except for one that was lost in bad ground at 87 metres. The Dillard West target, measuring approximately 1,400 metres by 1,200 metres, includes coincident induced polarization (IP) chargeability and copper-in-soil and gold-in-soil anomalies. Chalcopyrite, pyrite and minor bornite mineralization occurs within altered Nicola group andesitic rocks and coeval intrusive dioritic rocks.

At Dillard East, 2,070 metres of trenching in 10 trenches were completed on the North, Middle and South areas of coincident soil geochemical and induced polarization anomalies. Assays have been received or eight of the 10 trenches; all of the trenches are anomalous in copper plus or minus gold plus or minus silver. Two targets, one in the Middle area and one in the South area, have been selected for initial follow-up drilling. Chalcopyrite, pyrite and trace bornite occur in fractures, in quartz veinlets, and as disseminations in dioritic and andesitic rocks. The entire area tested was only a small portion of the 2,000-metre-by-1,500-metre target; several other areas with coincident copper and gold soil anomalies remain to be tested.

Tom Schroeter, president and chief executive officer of Fjordland, stated: "We are very pleased with the decision to increase the drilling metreage, including testing of the Middle and South areas. Once all assays are received, a comprehensive compilation and plan for future work will take place."

Further information about the Dillard property and the Aspen Grove copper-gold camp is available on Fjordland's website.

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