Bonterra Drilling Program Underway, First Hole Completed, Awaiting Assays
Vancouver, BC / TheNewswire / October 28, 2015: BonTerra Resources Inc. (TSX-V: BTR) (the "Company" or "Bonterra") is pleased to report that drilling has commenced at the Company's Gladiator gold project located in the Abitbi Subprovince, north of Val d'Or, Quebec.
Phase 1 drilling is targeting plunge and strike extensions the Company's newly-discovered Gladiator Zone located on the Spartacus Trend within the West Arena Property. The first hole targeting the zone at approximately 200 meters below surface has been completed and logged, with samples prioritized and sent for assay at the ALS (Chemex) laboratory in Val d'Or.
The Spartacus Trend has been identified by the Company's geologists as a northeast trending shear zone primarily within mafic volcanic units that host local intrusions of syenite and gabbro. Gold mineralization is predominantly contained within quartz-carbonate veining and associated alteration related to shearing, faults, folds and other typical structural controls. To date, the deposit has been drilled over a 500-meter strike length from surface and consists of a number of parallel, anastomosing and intersecting steeply dipping shear zones. Two additional parallel trends have been identified by geophysical signature and limited drilling, namely the Crixus to the north and the Gannicus to the south, each trend is separated by approximately 500 meters. The Coliseum Property is situated immediately to the west along strike from the Spartacus and Crixus trends. The Barry Deposit and open pit are located along strike immediately to the west of the Coliseum Property.
Qualified Person
Dale Ginn, P.Geo. has approved the information contained in this release. Mr. Ginn is a Director and Technical Advisor for the project and is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
Drill core is split, with half sent for assay at ALS Canada Ltd. located in Val d'Or, Quebec. The other half is secured and retained on site. A program of blank and standard insertion into the sample stream is also conducted. The samples are processed using fire assay with an aa finish, gravimetrics are performed on samples with assays of 10 g/t or higher.
About BonTerra Resources
BonTerra is a debt-free, Canadian gold exploration company based in Vancouver, BC, with just over 34 million shares outstanding. The Company recently completed a financing for over $2,500,000 pursuant to which Oban Mining Corp. became its largest shareholder at 19% holdings (see news release dated July 7, 2015). The Company continues to expand its inferred gold resource (calculated in accordance with NI 43-101 standards) on its West Arena Property, part of the world famous Abitibi Greenstone Belt in mining-friendly Quebec. BonTerra's Gladiator Project is in the Urban-Barry Greenstone Belt and is comprised of three properties: West Arena, East Arena, and Coliseum Properties. The Gladiator Project is located approximately 170 km northeast of Val-d'Or in the Urban, Barry and Bailly townships in Quebec, south of the Windfall Lake gold deposit, and southeast of the Bachelor and Barry gold deposits.
For further information, please contact Nav Dhaliwal, President, at nav@bonterraresources.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"Nav Dhaliwal"
Nav Dhaliwal, President
604.678-5308
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