Vior Provides Exploration Update at Belleterre GOLD Project
VIOR PROVIDES EXPLORATION UPDATE AT
BELLETERRE GOLD PROJECT
MONTREAL
,
May 15, 2025
/CNW/ - VIOR INC. ("Vior" or the "Corporation") (TSXV: VIO) (OTCQB:
VIORF) (FRA: VL51) is pleased to provide an update on exploration activities at its Belleterre Gold
Project in
Quebec's
Belleterre Greenstone Belt. This includes results of its ongoing +60,000-metre
drill program designed to test vertical and lateral extension of the historic
Belleterre
gold mine and
regional targets.
The ongoing drilling step-out program successfully intersected narrow high-grade gold mineralization,
below the past producing Belleterre Mine, with results of
4.76 g/t Au over 2.6 metres including
21.9 g/t Au over 0.5 metres,
27.5 g/t Au over 0.5 metres
, and
11.6 g/t Au over 0.3 metres
.
In addition, drill hole BV25-130, located 450 meters east of the Aubelle deposit, tested the Porc-
épic, Schoolhouse, and
Belleterre
5W vein showings that historically returned high grade gold values.
This hole, located near the major Gainsmore Fault, intersected 0.39 g/t Au over 11.6 meters. The
mineralization, hosted in a fine-grained iron formation unit interlayered with silicified Tuff and chert
horizons with significant (up to 80%) smoky quartz veining, consists of 1-10% pyrite and pyrrhotite
as blebs or stringers.
The results from BV25-130 suggest the potential for a new style of gold mineralization at
Belleterre
associated with strongly mineralized tuffaceous and sedimentary units. A follow-up drill hole
completed above BV25-130 has intersected similar geology and mineralization, with assay results
pending.
The corporation is prioritizing its intensive drilling program in the second half of 2025, deploying four
drills to further explore the significant potential for gold mineralization associated with major ductile
deformation zones. A key focus will be the Lac Guillet shear zones, a substantial 250-meter-wide
deformation corridor extending for over 3,000 meters, south of the Belleterre Mine corridor. This
extensive ductile deformation zone is recognized as a critical structural control for gold
mineralization, hosting several promising gold showings. Notably, grab samples from these
showings, previously reported by Vior on
January 28, 2022
, include:
Lac Expanse:
77.2 g/t Au and 39.6 g/t Au
Village Vein:
62.2 g/t Au
Jolette Vein
:
121.28 g/t Au and 53.2 g/t Au
City Vein:
175 g/t Au
Vior President and Chief Executive Officer
Mathieu Savard
commented "To date, 144 holes were
completed for 63,500 meters at
Belleterre
. As we transition our drilling campaign towards regional
and brownfield targets for the second half of the year, we will aim to delineate high-grade gold
zones within additionnal structurally controlled systems such as Lac Guillet shear zones. Vior is
expecting to submit the drill permit authorizations in the coming days. Meanwhile, as we keep our
focus at exploring for a significant discovery in the
Belleterre
district, we are also evaluating different
possibilities to add a project to our portfolio. "
Gold Mineralization Style at
Belleterre
and Aubelle
The gold mineralization at Belleterre Vein #12 is characterized by intervals of brecciated basalt and
quartz porphyry, often showing potassic alteration and smoky quartz veins and carbonate-quartz
veinlets. Pyrite and pyrrhotite are common, typically present in concentrations ranging from trace
amounts to 10%. Visible gold ("VG") has been observed in several intervals.
The gold mineralization at Aubelle consists of two primary vein styles. The first vein style occurs in a
strongly schistose basalt altered by chlorite, biotite, carbonate, and quartz, often brecciated and
intruded by quartz veins containing 3-20% pyrite-pyrrhotite with trace sphalerite and chalcopyrite.
The second vein style is quartz veins injected into chloritized gabbro or potassic altered felsic
intrusive, with 3-5% pyrite, 3% chalcopyrite, 1% sphalerite, and 1% galena.
Maps showing hole locations and full analytical results are available at
www.vior.ca
.
Hole
Number
Interval
From (m)
Interval
To (m)
Interval
Width (m)
Au (g/t)
uncut
Zone
BV24-063
226.1
226.7
0.6
7.34
BT Vein #12
BV25-073
316.7
317.0
0.3
11.6
BT Vein #12
BV25-073
358.2
358.7
0.5
5.22
BT Vein #12
BV25-076
252.7
253.2
0.5
5.01
BT North Vein
BV25-085
321.1
321.6
0.5
27.5
BT Vein#12 East
BV25-088
435.1
437.7
2.6
4.76
BT Vein#12 East
Including
436.2
436.7
0.5
21.9
BT Vein#12 East
BV25-094
206.3
220.0
13.7
0.72
Paquin - East
BV25-104
212.6
214.1
1.5
7.84
BT Vein#12 Central
BV25-126
317.9
318.5
0.6
9.96
Conway East
BV25-130
453.2
464.8
11.6
0.39
Gainsmore East
Table
1
– Drill Core Assay Results
Drill Hole
Number
Azimuth (°)
Dip (°)
Drill Hole
Length (m)
UTM
Easting
UTM
Northing
BV24-063
165
-65
548.7
675730
5254334
BV25-073
160
-65
549
675377
5254331
BV25-076
350
-55
633.96
675377
5254331
BV25-085
160
-65
548.74
675567
5254378
BV25-088
160
65
558.23
675663
5254404
BV25-094
175
-65
285.14
673526
5253882
BV25-104
170
-69
599.75
675551
5254259
BV25-126
180
-45
800.79
672616
5253241
BV25-130
175
65
845.94
673315
5252709
Table
2
– Drill Hole Collar Locations
Quality Control
True widths are estimated at 65-80% of the reported core length intervals. Assays are uncut except
where indicated. All NQ core assays reported were obtained by either 1-kg screen fire assay or
standard 50 gram fire-assaying-AA finish or gravimetric finish at ALS Laboratories in
Val d'Or
,
Québec or
Sudbury, Ontario
. The 1-kg screen assay method is used when samples contain coarse
gold intervals. Selected samples are also analyzed for multi-elements using an Aqua Regia-ICP-AES
method at ALS Laboratories. Drill program design, Quality Assurance/Quality Control ("QA/QC"),
and interpretation of results is performed by qualified persons employing a QA/QC program
consistent with NI 43-101 and industry best practices. Standards and blanks are included with every
20 samples to adhere to strict QA/QC guidelines and protocols by the Corporation and the lab.
Qualified Person
The technical content disclosed in this press release was reviewed and approved by
Pascal Simard
,
Vice-President Exploration at Vior, Qualified Person as per NI 43-101.
About Vior Inc.
Vior is a junior mineral exploration corporation based in the province of
Quebec, Canada
, whose
corporate strategy is to generate, explore, and develop high-quality mineral projects in the proven
and favourable mining jurisdiction of
Quebec
. Through the years, Vior's management and technical
teams have demonstrated their ability to discover several gold deposits and many high-quality
mineral projects.
Vior is rapidly advancing its flagship Belleterre Gold Project which is a promising district-scale
project that includes
Quebec's
past-producing high-grade
Belleterre
gold mine. Vior has conducted
extensive surface and compilation exploration at the Belleterre Gold Project and is currently
executing on a 100,000 metre drill program.
www.vior.ca
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Belleterre
project, the expected positive exploration results, the timing of the
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availability of the required funds to continue with the exploration program, and the approval from
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exploration expenditures, the possibility that future exploration results will not be consistent with the
Corporation's expectations, general business and economic conditions, changes in world gold
markets, sufficient labour and equipment being available, changes in laws and permitting
requirements, unanticipated weather changes, title disputes and claims, environmental risks, the
refusal by the MRNF to approve the request for abandonment of the two mining concessions held
by the Corporation, as well as those risks identified in the Corporation's Management's Discussion
and Analysis for the fiscal year ended
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, and those risks set out in the Corporation's
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Figure 1: Plan view Map of Belleterre Mine Trend Area (CNW Group/Vior Inc.)
Figure 2: Long Section, looking North, of Belleterre Mine Trend (CNW Group/Vior Inc.)
Figure 3: Plan View Map of Belleterre Major deformation zones (CNW Group/Vior Inc.)
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