Bonterra Intersects 6.4 g/t Au over 1.5 m, Including 18.9 g/t Au over 0.5 m at Moss
2872 Sullivan Road, Suite 2
Val‐d’Or, Quebec
Office: (819) 825‐8678
Bonterra Intersects 6.4 g/t Au over 1.5 m, Including 18.9 g/t Au over 0.5 m
at Moss
Val-d’Or, QC – January 5, 2022 – Bonterra Resources Inc. (TSX-V: BTR, OTCQX: BONXF,
FSE: 9BR2) (“Bonterra” or the “ Company”) is pleased to provide new exploration results from the
regional drilling campaign on th e Moss property. The recent dr illing results at Moss confirm the
existence of high-grade gold mineralized veining in hole UB-21-15, which returned 6.4 g/t Au over 1.5
metres (“m”), including 18.9 g/t Au over 0.5 m.
Highlights:
6.4 g/t Au over 1.5 m, including 18.9 g/t Au over 0.9 m in hole UB-21-15
6.5 g/t Au over 1.5 m in hole UB-21-16
Pascal Hamelin, CEO commented: “These new high-grade exploration drilling results at Moss are very
encouraging. Moss is an important regional target that was fir st drill tested by the Company in 2016.
The discovery hole BE-16-09 retu rned 9.2 g/t Au over 2.2 m and 70.9 g/t Au over 2.6 m (see press
release by a predecessor Company {Metanor Resources Inc.} dated October 31, 2016). Importantly,
Moss is open along strike and at depth and situated between the Company’s Barry deposit and the
neighboring Windfall deposit. We currently plan to continue dr ill testing the Moss target area in the
coming year.”
The recent exploration drilling targeted the expansion of existing gold mineralization interpreted to trend
northeast from some key historic high grade intersections in the Moss Center and Moss East areas. Moss
historic values include 15.2 g/t Au over 1.3 m, 70.9 g/t Au over 2.6 m, and 102.2 g/t Au over 0.2 m (see
SIGEOM document GM 70866 – MNRQ). Mineralization at Moss consis ts of a system sub-parallel
mineralized veins trending northeast identified along a span of approximately three kilometres (“ km”)
and remains open along strike and at depth.
Bonterra has drilled sixteen hol es representing a total of 6,99 0 m at the Moss since September 2021.
Partial results from twelve drill holes have been received thus far. Results from the remaining four holes
are pending (See Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 and Table 1).
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Figure 1 – Urban-Barry Regional Geology
Figure 2 – Moss Drill Hole Location Map
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Moss is centered on the northeast trending Mazeres fault along which several gold deposits and gold
showings are spatially associated including the Barry and Windf all deposits. The Moss property is
dominated by massive to pillowed basaltic to andesitic rocks wi th minor felsic volcanic rocks and
tuffaceous horizons across the central and southeastern property area with local gabbroic to dioritic and
felsic intrusions. Mineralizati on at Moss consists of a system of sub-parallel, shear hosted quartz-
carbonate-chlorite veining and st ockworks with minor sulfides w hich include pyrite, pyrrhotite,
sphalerite and gold trending northeast and identified along a span of approximately three kms.
The Moss mineralized trend is subdivided into three areas: Moss West, Moss Center and Moss East.
(See Figure 2)
Figure 3 – Moss East Cross-Section UB-21-15
Figure 4 – Moss East Cross-Section UB-21-17
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Figure 5 – Moss Cross-Section UB-21-16
Figure 6 – Moss Cross-Section UB-21-10
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Table 1: Significant mineralized intersections from drilling on the Moss Property
Hole ID From (m) To (m) Length (m) Grade (g/t Au) Target
UB-20-09 Anomalous values
UB-21-10 217.5 218.6 1.1 0.7 Moss center
325.9 326.5 0.6 1.3 Moss center
464.0 465.0 1.0 2.8 Moss center
UB-21-11 496.3 497.5 1.2 1.0 Moss center
UB-21-12 Anomalous values
UB-21-13 Anomalous values
UB-21-14 285.0 285.7 0.7 0.5 Moss center
UB-21-15 482.0 484.0 2.0 0.6 Moss center
487.5 488.8 1.3 0.6 Moss center
492.5 494.0 1.5 6.4 Moss center
including 492.5 493.0 0.5 18.9 Moss center
505.1 505.6 0.5 0.7 Moss center
510.0 510.5 0.5 0.7 Moss center
UB-21-16 196.5 198.0 1.5 6.5 Moss center
486.5 487.5 1.0 1.8 Moss center
491.7 492.2 0.5 0.8 Moss center
544.6 545.6 1.0 0.7 Moss center
551.0 551.5 0.5 0.8 Moss center
565.3 565.8 0.5 0.8 Moss center
587.5 591.5 4.0 0.5 Moss center
598.0 598.5 0.5 0.5 Moss center
619.5 620.0 0.5 0.6 Moss center
UB-21-17 19.6 20.6 1.0 0.6 Moss east
99.0 101.1 2.1 1.2 Moss east
including 99.0 99.5 0.5 4.0 Moss east
158.0 159 1.0 0.5 Moss east
204.3 205.0 0.7 2.0 Moss east
249.5 250.0 0.5 0.5 Moss east
256.0 257.0 1.0 0.7 Moss east
269.0 271.5 2.5 2.8 Moss east
including 270.3 271.5 1.2 5.6 Moss east
UB-21-18 Anomalous values
UB-21-19 Results pending
UB-21-20 Results pending
UB-21-21 Results pending
UB-21-22 Results pending
UB-21-23 No significant values
UB-21-23A No significant values
Notes:
1) The meterage represents the length of the drilled lengths.
2) True widths are estimated to be greater than 75% of the drill intersection length.
3) The mineralized intervals shown above use a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off grade.
4) Gold results obtained between 0.1 and 0.5 g/t Au are represented as anomalous values.
5) Gold results obtained below <0.1 g/t Au are represented as no significant values.
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Quality Control and Reporting Protocols
The Moss drill core gold analyses are performed at the Company’s Bachelor Mine analytical laboratory
(the “Laboratory”) and at Activation Laboratories Ltd. (“Actlabs”). The Company employs a rigorous
QA-QC analysis program that meets industry standards. The analyses are carried out by fire assay (A.A.)
with atomic absorption finish. Blanks, duplicates, and certified reference standards are inserted into the
sample stream to monitor the Laboratory’s performance. The Company's QA-QC program requires that
at least 10% of samples be analyzed by an independent laboratory. These verification samples are sent
to ALS Minerals laboratory facility located in Val-d'Or, Quebec. The verifications show a high degree
of correlation with the Laboratory’s results.
Qualified Person
Boris Artinian, P.Geo., Chief Geologist of the Company oversees all exploration activities on the Moss
property. Mr. Artinian is a quali fied person as defined by Nat ional Instrument 43-101 (“NI-43-101”).
Marc Ducharme, P.Geo. and Bonterra’s Exploration Manager, has compiled and approved the information
contained in this press release. Mr. Ducharme is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
About Bonterra Resources Inc.
Bonterra is a Canadian gold exploration company with a large portfolio of advanced exploration assets
anchored by a central milling facility in Quebec, Canada. The Company has four main assets, Gladiator,
Barry, Moroy, and Bachelor that collectively have a total of 1. 24 million ounces in Measured and
Indicated categories, and 1.78 million ounces in Inferred category. Importantly, the Company owns the
only permitted and operational gold mill in the region that is currently estimated at 75% through the
permitting process to expand from 800 to 2,400 tonnes-per-day. Bonterra is focused on graduating from
advanced exploration to a development company over the next 18- 24 months to deliver shareholder
value.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Pascal Hamelin, President & CEO
2872 Sullivan Road, Suite 2, Val d’Or, Quebec J9P 0B9
819-825-8678 | Website: www.btrgold.com
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