Concordia Defines Broad Zones of Near-Surface Gold Mineralization Including 35 Meters at 1.87 g/t at Surface In Burkina Faso Trenching Program

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/05/12 -- Concordia Resource Corp. (TSX VENTURE: CCN) ('Concordia' or 'the Company') is pleased to report positive results from excavator trenching at its 100% owned Kerboule Project in northern Burkina Faso, with on-going drilling to define an initial resource.

Highlights from Concordia's recently-completed trenching program at the Kerboule South area include 35 meters averaging 1.87 g/t Au, including 14 meters at 3.12 g/t Au (trench AT11-001); and 44 meters at 0.9 g/t Au, including 22 metres at 1.57 g/t Au (trench AT11-002A). A seven meter intersection of 0.73 g/t Au, including three metres at 1.43 g/t, has been sampled in trench AT11-010 in the Kerboule North area, a distance of approximately two kilometres. In particular, the results have shown that gold mineralization continues well beyond high-grade vein controls and into the surrounding host rock.

The trenching was designed to identify extensions to zones of known gold mineralization outlined in last year's drilling program. This year's work has identified further mineralisation at surface along the Kerboule trend, and provides additional evidence for extensive, wide, disseminated gold mineralisation over a strike of at least four kilometers.

As a follow up to the trenching program, Concordia has commenced a core and RC drilling program. The Company has to date completed 3,420 meters of core drilling (7 holes) and 6,849 meters of RC drilling (47 holes) as part of a definition process to generate of an initial NI 43-101 resource as well as following up on new zones identified by the trenching and auger sampling.

The core drilling was designed specifically to step out from historic holes that included 50 meters (from 0 to 50 meters depth) at 1.69 g/t Au and 46 meters (from 1 to 47 meters) at 1.73 g/t Au with an interval of 7 meters at 7.94 g/t Au. A number of the historical drill holes ended in mineralization. RC drilling is on-going, with an additional 10,000 meters planned in the current program, and a further 10,000 meters planned for a second phase during Q2 2012. The Company has also completed approximately 23,000 meters of auger sampling throughout the 400 km2 Arae/Gassel-Manere licenses as part of the regional target generative program.

The exploration program has been designed to investigate the extent of mineralization within the Birimian greenstone volcano-sedimentary sequences on the Company's licenses, and more specifically, extensions of the Inata shear zone, a regional north-northeast trending structure that hosts the nearby 3.46 million ounce Inata gold deposit. It is estimated that Birimian greenstones are host to approximately 7 million ounces of gold production per year throughout West Africa.

A total of 3.8 line kilometers of trenching have been completed; results have been received for 12 out of 14 trenches excavated during this program (588 out of 3,821 samples). Significant results from the trenching program to date are shown below.

                                       From         To   Interval         Au
Trench                                  (m)        (m)        (m)      (g/t)
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AT11-001                                 54        150         96       0.77
                Including                                      35       1.87
                Including                                      14       3.12
AT11-002A                                60         67          7       0.45
                                         84        128         44       0.90
                Including                                      22       1.57
                                        141        143          2       0.76
AT11-007                                185        186          1       3.09
AT11-010                                  6         13          7       0.73
                Including                                       3       1.43
AT11-011                                 78         81          3       0.47
                                        115        119          4       0.39
AT11-012                                 67         70          3       0.47
GT11-003                                 74         83          9       0.30
                Including                                       2       0.58
                                        131        132          1       1.78
                                        145        200         55       0.43
                Including                                       2       3.39
                                                                8       0.71
GT11-006A                                54         56          2       0.44
                                         80         87          7       1.12
                                        122        123          1       9.94
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Notes:  Cut-off for intersections is 0.2 g/t. No top-cut has been applied
        Horizontal channel sampling was carried out at approximately 1m from
        the base of the trench. Samples were assayed using Bottle Roll
        analysis.

To view Figure 1: Map showing the positions of the trenches and artisanal workings in the southern part of the Arae/Gassel-Manere licenses, please visit the following link:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/771802.pdf

Concordia Chairman and CEO, Edward Flood, stated, 'Initial results support our assessment that the Kerboule Project has extensive upside potential as demonstrated by the widespread nature and continuity of the gold mineralization identified to date. These results confirm our initial valuation and acquisition of Swala Resources as well as demonstrating the potential for further discoveries in Burkina Faso.'


KERBOULE PROPERTY DETAILS

The property covers 400 km2 of which approximately 80 % has been mapped and sampled with numerous additional targets identified for follow-up work. The trenches confirm a favorable NNE structural vein control with numerous folds and offsets, similar to that found at the Inata Mine, successfully operated by Avocet Mining approximately 20 kilometers south of Concordia's current drilling program. Concordia has 100% ownership of the Kerboule property, subject to a 3% NSR, which can be reduced to 1.5% with the payment of US$1.5 million.


QUALIFIED PERSON

Mr. Barry Bayly, is a member of the South African Council for National Scientific Professionals (SACNSP), South Africa and is a qualified person in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ('NI 43-101'). He is responsible for the exploration program in the Arae and Gassel-Manere licenses. He has verified the data disclosed in this news release. The trench samples were submitted to the Bigs Global Laboratory in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso for preparation and assaying using the bottle-roll 'leachwell' flame-AAS technique. In order to ensure the Quality Control of the samples 4% of the samples were Standards, 3% were Blanks and 3% Duplicates. These were inserted at regular intervals to ensure a constant control of the quality of the sample results. Mr. Bayly is the chief operating officer of Swala and is therefore not independent within the meaning of NI 43-101.


ABOUT CONCORDIA

Concordia is a well-financed junior exploration company with an emphasis on developing mineral deposits in Africa and South America. Concordia has an extensive exploration portfolio in the resource-endowed regions of Burkina Faso, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (the 'DRC') and Zimbabwe, with a land package in Africa totalling over 12,400 km2. In addition, Concordia has acquired an option to purchase 100% of the historic La Providencia silver mine located in the Puna of northwestern Argentina and has also acquired an option to purchase the 14,000 ha Cerro Amarillo-Cajon Grande copper-gold-molybdenum property located in the Malargue District of Argentina. The company has an experienced management team and board of directors with extensive expertise across the globe.


On behalf of the Board of Concordia Resource Corp.

R. Edward Flood
Chairman



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