VIOR REPORTS NEW HIGH-GRADE GOLD DISCOVERY AT LAC GUILLET AREA Exploration Drilling Returns High-Grade: 97.9 g/t Au over 1.5 Metres
VIOR REPORTS NEW HIGH-GRADE GOLD
DISCOVERY AT LAC GUILLET AREA
Exploration Drilling Returns High-Grade: 97.9 g/t Au over 1.5 Metres
MONTREAL
,
July 9, 2025
/CNW/ -
VIOR INC.
("Vior" or the "Corporation") (TSXV: VIO) (OTCQB:
VIORF) (FRA: VL51) is pleased to announce that a significant new high-grade gold discovery has
been made south of the past-producing
Belleterre
gold mine from its flagship Belleterre Project in
the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of
Quebec
. The newly received results also include a new
mineralized zone at depth in the Hoskin Zone located north of the former
Belleterre
mine.
Mathieu Savard
, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vior, commented:
"These high-grade
results arrive just in time as we're expecting to start our second phase of drilling in the coming
weeks. This new discovery at the Lac Guillet shear zone confirms the merits of this high potential
area where close to 20,000 meters of systematic drilling is planned during the second half of the
year
"
.
New High-Grade Gold Discovery at Lac Guillet Deformation Zone
Drillhole
BV25-141
, collared along the Lac Guillet Deformation Zone, intersected:
97.9 g/t Au over 1.5 metres
(at approximately 100 metres vertical depth)
This interval is located on strike with the QFP-A surface gold showing, approximately 100 metres to
the east, originally identified by Vior in 2022 and 2 km south of the former Belleterre Mine. The
mineralization is hosted in brecciated volcanic rocks with moderate silicification alteration,
accompanied by trace to 0.5% pyrite and pyrrhotite. The result highlights the gold-bearing potential
on the north margin of the Lac Guillet corridor, a 250-metre-wide ductile deformation zone with
limited historic drilling. Follow-up work is planned to test for lateral and vertical continuity of this
zone.
New Gold Zone Discovered at Hoskin Zone
Drillhole BV25-143, targeting the Hoskin Zone, intersected a previously untested gold-bearing
interval at approximately 400 metres vertical depth, returning:
3.0 g/t Au over 4.3 metres, including 10.6 g/t Au over 1.0 metre
The mineralization is hosted in
Smokey Grey
quartz veins within a biotite-altered mafic volcanic unit,
with trace to 3% blebby pyrite and clusters of chalcopyrite and sphalerite. This zone remains open in
all directions and demonstrates the potential for depth extension within the Hoskin structural corridor.
These new zones are located within a North-East striking deformation structure, reinforcing the
importance of structural control in the development of high-grade gold systems at
Belleterre
.
Maps showing hole locations and full analytical results are available at
www.vior.ca
Table 1 – Drill Core Assay Results
Drill Hole
Number
Interval
From (m)
Interval
To (m)
Interval
Width (m)
Au (g/t)
uncut
Zone
BV25-141
118.5
120.0
1.5
97.9
Lac Guillet Shear - QFP-A
BV25-143
476.0
480.3
4.3
3.0
Hoskin
Including
478.3
479.3
1.0
10.6
Hoskin
Table
2
– Drill Hole Collar Locations
Drill Hole
Number
Azimuth (°)
Dip (°)
Drill Hole
Length (m)
UTM
Easting
UTM
Northing
BV25-141
180
-70
258.1
674954
5251964
BV25-143
300
-50
492.1
675464
5254694
Advancing Toward Phase 2 Drill Program
With the completion of this first phase of drilling anticipated in the coming weeks, Vior has now
drilled over 69,000 metres across the
Belleterre
district since 2021. The Corporation is preparing to
commence its second phase of drilling, which will prioritize follow-up at both Lac Guillet and Hoskin,
in addition to testing several high-potential regional and brownfield targets. In the past few weeks
Vior received part of its drill permit authorizations and plans to ramp up its drilling activities back to
four rigs by the beginning of August.
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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facts, that address activities, events or developments that the Corporation believes, expects or
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Belleterre
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availability of the required funds to continue with the exploration program, and the approval from
the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts ("MRNF") for the request for abandonment
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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
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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 map of the Belleterre Project (CNW Group/Vior Inc.)
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