Canarc Announces Phase 1 Drill Program at Corral Canyon Gold Project, Nevada

VANCOUVER, October 15, 2019 - Canarc Resource Corp. (TSX:CCM)(OTCQB:CRCUF)(FSE:CAN) announces that a Phase 1, four hole, 1,375 meter core drilling program has commenced at its Corral Canyon project, Nevada. Corral Canyon is located 115 km north of Winnemucca and 70 km north of the past-producing, high-grade Sleeper gold mine (1.7 million ounces (oz) past production, 3.1 million oz resource) in northwestern Nevada.

Scott Eldridge, Canarc's CEO, stated: "We are excited to commence our maiden drill program at Corral Canyon, reflecting our refined corporate strategy to focus on exploring for new discoveries. The project's low sulfidation epithermal type of gold mineralization, its geological characteristics and location are considered very prospective."

"The drill program will test two of four targets identified to date for both broad, shallow, lower grade disseminated gold mineralization as well as narrower, deeper, high-grade "bonanza" type veins. Prior exploration focused largely on one area of shallow, low grade disseminated gold mineralization whereas Canarc's main focus is to test the potential for high grade feeder veins."

As outlined in the Company's news release on September 30th, 2019, four priority drill targets have been identified on the property. For this first phase of drilling, two of these targets, the NW and SW Targets, will be tested with two core holes each at lengths ranging from about 225 to 450 m for an expected total of about 1,375 m (view target map).

The SW Target comprises a new area of gold-silver mineralization discovered by Canarc this summer that extends the gold system to the south by at least 500 m. Surface sample results include 0 .735 g/t Au over 2 m in rock chips and 114 ppb Au in soils along the basalt/rhyolite contact similar to the NW Target 2 km to the north. Canarc plans to drill below the surface geochemical anomalies coincident with a prominent high-chargeability zone defined by a historical gradient-array IP survey. The two holes will test the basalt/rhyolite contact down dip and also test for steeply dipping faults that could host high-grade mineralization.

At the NW Target, Canarc plans to test the continuation of known stratiform mineralization to depth and along strike as well as test for high-grade gold at deeper levels within two faults that could host high-grade mineralization. The NW Target was the focus of historic exploration drilling which identified extensive, low-grade, disseminated gold within a sulfidic silicified zone and quartz-vein stockwork following a basalt/rhyolite contact. Local high-grade quartz veins were also intersected. This stratiform style of mineralization is up to 40 m thick and includes intersections of 0.36 gpt Au over 42.7 m including 0.54 gpt over 16.8 m. The high-grade mineralization includes 14.9 gpt Au over 1.5 m within 2.64 gpt Au over 10.7 m.

About Corral Canyon

The Company owns 92 mining claims covering 730 hectares that were acquired by staking in late 2018 and have no underlying royalties. The project covers a significant, volcanic-hosted, low sulfidation epithermal gold system of Middle Miocene age that is at least 2.8 km long. Corral Canyon is geologically similar to other high grade deposits of this type in the northwestern Great Basin of Nevada, including Sleeper, Midas, Fire Creek, Hollister, Rawhide, Mule Canyon and Buckhorn. The project lies along the north-northwest trending Western Nevada rift that, to the south, includes the geologically-similar Sleeper, Sandman and Goldbanks deposits.

Qualified Person

Dr. Jacob Margolis is a qualified person, as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and has approved the technical information in this news release. Dr. Margolis is engaged as a consultant to Canarc Resource Corp. as Vice President of Exploration.

"Scott Eldridge"
Scott Eldridge, Chief Executive Officer

Canarc Resource Corp.

About Canarc - Canarc Resource Corp. is a growth-oriented gold exploration company focused on generating superior shareholder returns by discovering, exploring and developing strategic gold deposits in North America. The Company is currently advancing two core assets, each with substantial gold resources, and has initiated a high impact exploration strategy to acquire and explore new properties that have district-scale gold discovery potential. Canarc shares trade on the TSX: CCM and the OTCQB: CRCUF.

For More Information - Please contact:

Scott Eldridge, CEO
Toll Free: 1-877-684-9700 Tel: (604) 685-9700 Cell: (604) 722-5381
Email: scott@canarc.net Website: www.canarc.net

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SOURCE: Canarc Resource Corp.