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Belo Sun Awards Process Plant Turnkey Contract to Flsmidth FOR the Volta Grande GOLD Project

Metallurgy & Processing

BELO SUN AWARDS PROCESS PLANT TURNKEY CONTRACT

TO FLSMIDTH FOR THE VOLTA GRANDE GOLD PROJECT

Toronto, Ontario

February 21, 2017

Belo Sun Mining Corp. (“Belo Sun” or the “Company”) (TSX: BSX) has awarded a contract to FLSmidth, a

leading technology and equipment supply company, for the first phase of a turnkey Engineering,

Procurement and Construction (EPC) of the Volta Grande Gold Project . The contract includes the

completion of basic engineering, selection of construction contractors and the execution planning of the

process facility construction.

Peter Tagliamonte, President and CEO of Belo Sun, commented, “We are very pleased to partner with a

leading international mining technology and equipment supply company with a successful and proven

track-record in Brazil. We believe that their extensive in-country experience, particularly in Para State, will

complement our own project development and mining teams as we prepare to begin construction at Volta

Grande.”

Subsequent EPC phases will include the supply, procurement and delivery of the equipment, and the

initiation of construction of the process facilities at the Volta Grande Gold Project site. The estimated

value contained in all phases of the contract is approximately US$100 millio n (exclusive of taxes and

duties).

As announced on February 2, 2017, Belo Sun received the “Licenca de Instalacao” (“LI” or “Construction

Licence”) for the Volta Grande Gold Project from t he Brazilian State Government of Pará under the

environmental authority, SEMAS (“Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente e Sustentabilidade do Pará” or

“Para State Secretary of Environment and Sustainability”).

About FLSmidth

FLSmidth is the market -leading supplier of productivity solutions to the global mining and cement

industries. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, and with offices in more than 50 countries, FLSmidth

is listed on NASDAQ OMX Nordic Copenhagen. FLSmidth delivers engineering, equipment an d service

solutions to customers worldwide. Read more on www.flsmidth.com.

About Belo Sun Mining

Belo Sun Mining Corp. is a Canadian-based mining company with a portfolio of gold-focused properties in

Brazil. The Company is currently focused on the d evelopment of its 100% -owned Vo lta Grande Gold

Project. Belo Sun trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “BSX”. For more information,

please visit www.belosun.com or contact Investor Relations at +1 (416) 309-2137.

Caution regarding forward-looking information:

This press release contains "forward looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian

securities legislation. Forward looking information includes, without limitation, statements regarding the

next steps for the property, timetable for development, production forecast, infrastructure projections,

progress in development of mineral properties and the future financial or operating performance of the

Company. Generally, forward loo king information can be identified by the use of forward -looking

terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled",

"estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of

such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might"

or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". The Company has based its production forecasts on the results

of the feasibility study (please see the related technical report available on www.sedar.com or the

Company’s website for details on the underlying assumptions and parameters ). Forward-looking

information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the

actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different

from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including, but not limited to: general

business, economic, competitive, geopolitical and social uncertainties; the actual results of current

exploration activities; other risks of the mining industry and the risks described in the annual information

form of the Company. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause

actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other

factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that

such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from

those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward

looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except

in accordance with applicable securities laws.