Vior Announces Commencement of Summer Drill Program at Foothills Project, Quebec

VIOR ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF SUMMER DRILL PROGRAM AT

FOOTHILLS PROJECT, QUEBEC

QUEBEC, CANADA, July 12, 2019 – SOCIÉTÉ D’EXPLORATION MINIÈRE VIOR INC. ("Vior"), (TSX-

Venture: VIO, FRANKFURT: VL51) – is pleased to announce that it has commenced the Summer

2019 drill program at its Foothills rutile project located near the town of Saint -Urbain, Quebec,

a historic iron-titanium mining camp located approximately 100 kilometers east of Quebec City.

The project covers approximately 320 km2 and is held by Vior. Iluka Exploration (Canada) Ltd.

(“Iluka”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Iluka Resources Limited (ASX:ILU), one of the largest

producers of high-grade titanium dioxide products of rutile and synthetic rutile, is fully funding

all work for this exploration and drill program.

Vior is undertaking exploration for large scale hard rock rutile deposits on their 100% held

claims. A helicopter-supported diamond drilling program has begun and will loo k to test 11 first

priority airborne gravity and magnetic targets associated with key geological anomalies mapped

during recent surface prospecting. The plan is to initially complete 16 holes totalling

approximately 3,400 meters over the next 6 weeks. Dril l core will be logged on the site and

analysed at the IOS Services Géoscientifique s facilities in Saguenay, Quebec, over the next 3

months.

Figure – Rutile-bearing ilmenite block train and airborne magnetic background on Foothills.

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The technical content disclosed in this press release was reviewed and approved by Mr. Marc

L'Heureux, P.Geo., who is the Company's Qualified Person as per NI 43-101.

About Vior

Vior is a junior mining exploration company based in Quebec whose corporate strategy is to

generate, explore, and develop high quality projects in proven and favourable mining

jurisdictions in North America. Through the years, Vior’s management and technical team have

demonstrated their ability to discover several gold deposits and many high -quality mineral

prospects.

For further information, please contact:

Mark Fedosiewich Marc L’Heureux

President and CEO Vice-president, Exploration

Tel.: 613-898-5052 Tel.: 450-646-1790

[email protected] [email protected]

Website: www.vior.ca

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