Cerro Cascaron Drill Permitting Underway
CERRO CASCARON DRILL PERMITTING UNDERWAY
Vancouver, British Columbia, Decemb er 14, 2017 Harvest Gold Corporation (TSX.V:HVG)
(“Harvest Gold” or the “ Company”) is pleased to announce that the permitting process to
conduct a 3,000 m diamond drilling exploration program at the high-grade Cerro Cascaron gold-
silver project in Mexico is underway. The drill program is anticipated to include up to 30 holes
from 50 to 300 metres in length and will require approximately 45-60 days to complete.
The Cerro Cascaron project covers 69 square kilometr es in a historic Colonial-era mining district
in the prolific Sierra Madre Occidental (“SMO”) precious metals belt of western Chihuahua State.
Harvest Gold has the right to ear n up to an 80% interest in Cerro Cascaron from Evrim Resources
Corp. (“Evrim”) (TSX.V:EVM) by incurring certain exploration expenditures, making cash and
share payments and delivering a 43-101 compliant feasibility study.
Harvest Gold’s President and CEO Rick Mark states: “Recently a meeting of the Harvest
Gold/Evrim Resources geological team was held in Vancouver. Priority drill targets were selected
in both the main Cascaron gold vein field a nd the silver-rich Cascarita prospect. With the
knowledge gained from the fall 2017 Phase 1 explora tion program, which included rock and soil
sampling results, geologic mapping and adit sampling results, we have a high level of confidence
in our targeting and are looking forward to having these high priority targ ets tested. Our Joint
Venture partner expects the drill permitting process to be complete by the end of January.”
Cerro Cascaron Phase 1 Exploration Highlights
• Soil sampling defined 1.8-kilometre-long go ld – rich vein corridor extending north
and east of the Julieta and Serpiente Do rada veins and includes a sample that
assayed 1.38 grams per tonne (g/t) and is a high priority target for drill testing
• Soil sampling extended all veins by 600 to 1,800 metres in strike length
• Mapping following soil sampling defined new veins (El Salto and El Tascate) within
the Cascaron vein field with a total of 16 veins now identified in the vein field
• Sampling of adits at the Cascarita silver/ polymetallic showing returned five channel
sample cuts with widths of 1.4 to 3.3 metres that grade between 231 and 542 g/t silver
equivalent*
• Six sub-parallel veins were defined over an area of 300 metres x 900 metres in silver
rich Cascarita area
About the Cerro Cascaron Project
HARVEST GOLD CORP.
Suite 804 – 750 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T7
T: (604) 682-2928
F: (604) 685-6905
W: www.harvestgoldcorp.com
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The Cerro Cascaron property hosts a low to inte rmediate sulphidation ep ithermal gold bearing
system and includes a high-grade gold vein field measuring approximately 18 square kilometres in
area on the eastern third of the property. Veining has been mapped on a cliff face for over 900
vertical metres, with classic textural evid ence of multiple phases of hydrothermal boiling
accompanying the highest gold grades. These boiling zones have been established in the upper 380
metres of the vein field. Beneath the boiling zones, silver- and base metal-rich veins and breccias
provide additional exploration targets.
Cerro Cascaron’s setting and mineralization is sim ilar to many epithermal deposits in the Sierra
Madre Occidental, including Fresnillo PLC's La Cienega Mine in Durango, Goldcorp’s past
producing El Sauzal gold mine and further south, First Majestic’s San Mar tin de Bolanos silver
mine in Jalisco State. The property is approxima tely 55 kilometres southeast of Goldcorp Inc.’s
past-producing El Sauzal gold mine and is on e of the few unexplored and undrilled opportunities
in the region.
Readers should refer to Evrim’s press releases dated June 8 and August 17, 2016 and Harvest Gold
press releases dated June 8 and 15 and Octobe r 5 and 18 and November 27, 2017 for a full
description of previous exploration results.
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Mr. Warren Bates, P. Geo (APGO#0211), the Company’s Director of Property Investigation, is the
Qualified Person for this press release for the pu rposes of National Instrument 43-101, and has
reviewed and approved the technical information herein.
Evrim Resources has advised that their quality c ontrol procedure is as follows: Samples were
delivered to ALS Global in Hermosillo, Sonora for sample preparation and to the ALS laboratory
in North Vancouver for analysis. The Hermos illo facility has ISO 9001:2008 certification while
the North Vancouver facility has ISO/IE 17025:20 05 certification. Blank soil samples were
inserted into the sample sequence at a frequency of one per 40 samples. Samples were assayed for
gold by 30 gram fire assay and multi-element analysis by aqua regia and ICP analysis.
About Harvest Gold
Harvest Gold is a gold-focused mineral explor ation company with an experienced board of
directors and management whose collective ge ological and financing experience exceeds 200
years. Harvest also holds three fully registered mineral concessions on properties in the Republic
of Suriname: the Goliat-Tibiti, Gonini River and Oelemari concessions.
About Evrim Resources
Evrim Resources is a mineral exploration compa ny whose goal is to participate in significant
exploration discoveries supported by a sustainable business model. The Company is well financed,
has a diverse range of quality projects and a data base in Mexico and portions of the southwestern
United States. The existing projects, and generati on of quality exploration targets and ideas, are
advanced through option and joint venture agreements with industry partners to create shareholder
value. Evrim’s business plan also includes royalty creation utiliz ing the Company’s exploration
expertise and existing projects.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Rick Mark
President and CEO
Harvest Gold Corporation
For more information please contact:
Rick Mark or Jan Urata
@ 604.682.2928 or [email protected]
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