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Bonterra Resources Inc (3)
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Bonterra plans 81,000 m of drilling in winter

2019-11-05 10:27 ET - News Release

Mr. Greg Gibson reports

BONTERRA PROVIDES CORPORATE UPDATE

Bonterra Resources Inc. has released an update on its recently completed activities and on its exploration plans moving into the winter season.

Bonterra has been active on several fronts during the past four months with exploration activities being carried out throughout the company's 350-square-kilometre property package.

The services of Prospectair Geosurveys Inc. were retained to conduct a high-resolution airborne magnetic survey over a large portion of the company's landholdings. Over 6,700 line kilometres were flown at a 50-metre line spacing. Approximately 3,400 line kilometres were flown over the complete Bachelor property and approximately 3,300 line kilometres were flown over selected parts of the Urban-Barry property, including the Duke option property (Osisko Mining Inc.) and the Barry property, which includes the Barry deposit.

Overburden Drilling Management Ltd. (ODM) conducted a till geochemistry program over the Barry block of the Urban-Barry property with 233 samples being taken. The objective of the till geochemistry program, as part of a multidisciplinary exploration approach, is to vector into undiscovered mineralization covered by glacial till. A till geochemistry program planned for the Duke option property has been deferred due to the onset of winter.

Comprehensive regional-scale GIS-based compilations for both the Bachelor and Urban-Barry properties have been completed and are in progress. Historical induced polarization (IP) surveys have been included in the compilation. A great deal of interpretation and modelling work of historical drilling, not included in current resources, at the Bart, Moss and Two Lions targets has also been undertaken to facilitate future exploration and drill planning.

Bonterra has placed a great deal of emphasis on geological and geophysical interpretation and modelling of the Gladiator, Barry and Moroy deposits to support future resource conversion and expansion drilling and to develop templates for property-wide targeting.

The company's winter drill program will focus on established deposit trends and in proximal geological environments for resource expansion. It will also follow up on selected historical drill intercepts and surface showings prioritized from summer fieldwork and continuing data compilation and interpretation. The company currently has two helicopter-supported drills working on the Saint Cyr target located less than 10 kilometres east-northeast of Gladiator and has an additional two underground drills at Moroy. The fall and winter drill program will target approximately 81,000 metres of drilling, weather permitting, on the following projects:

  • Gladiator deposit infill;
  • Saint Cyr and area exploration (Gladiator expansion);
  • Duke option property;
  • Barry deposit infill;
  • Barry deposit expansion;
  • Barry regional exploration (Barry-Bart-Moss trend);
  • Moroy deposit area surface;
  • Moroy deposit area underground.

The company is planning updates to all (Gladiator, Barry and Moroy) geological models. Timing is dependent on the length of the winter drill program which is driven by the timing of freeze-up and thaw.

Permitting for the Bachelor-Moroy mill and tailings expansion is continuing and on schedule. Gladiator underground exploration permitting is on schedule for Q2 2020 completion. A great deal of work has been completed on administration and financial management and reporting since the merger with Metanor and change of management and changing Bonterra's financial year-end from May 31 to Dec. 31, will better align the company's reporting with that of its peers. The Sandstorm Stream has been satisfied and is now behind the company. Burdensome leases and contracts have been eliminated and or renegotiated. This administrative and accounting work continues and will be continuing into Q1 2020. Bonterra remains well financed, leading into the winter exploration season.

Greg Gibson, chief executive officer of Bonterra, stated: "I can appreciate the level of frustration caused by the lack of news over the summer months; however, I can ensure that there has been an immense amount of work completed in an effort to better position the company going forward. Bonterra has a large and expanding project base that will help grow the company well into the future, as well as providing important project diversity. We obviously have our three main projects, being Gladiator, Barry and Moroy, where we are committed to their growth and development. But we have other highly prospective target areas within our land package that warrant our explorative attention. This being said, we will entertain several options in an effort to unlock the potential value that these targets may offer, including partnerships or joint ventures. Our exploration team, led by Jamie Lavigne, has been able to demonstrate where the company can benefit significantly by introducing target generation to our already well-established exploration model."

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