Velocity Announces Expansion of East Zone Discovery at Rozino Gold Project, Southeast Bulgaria
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NR-18-01 January 11, 2018
Velocity Announces Expansion of East Zone Discovery
at Rozino Gold Project, Southeast Bulgaria
Drill Hole RDD-040; 144.7m @ 1.52g/t gold including 24.0m @ 4.05 g/t gold
Mineralization Remains Open for Expansion
Vancouver, British Columbia – Velocity Minerals Ltd . ( TSXV: VLC) (“ Velocity” or the “ Company”)
announces that it has received assay results for diamond drill hole RDD -040, which returned 144.7m
grading 1.52g/t gold including 24.0m grading 4.05 g/t gold , at the new East Zone , Rozino gold project .
Mineralization in drill hole RDD -040 is intersected from surface and is the thickest continuous drill
intersection averaging greater than 1.0g/t gold ever returned from the property. The East Zone remains
open for expansion with results pending from three additional step-outs. Assays from 17 drill holes were
returned over the past month and results have expanded the ex tent of near -surface mineralization at
both East Zone and North Zone (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Velocity drilling to date at the Rozino project. Drill holes are shown on a soil geochemistry backdrop.
Approximate limits for areas known as Main, North and East Zone are also shown.
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“The most recently completed drilling at Rozino has stepped beyond Main Zone, seeking to define
additional zones of n ear-surface mineralization at North Zone and East Zone ,” stated Keith Henderson,
Velocity’s President & CEO. “Exploration at East Zone has been particularly successful with hole RDD-040
intersecting continuous high-grade gold mineralization from surface over a 144-meter drill intersection.”
Mr. Henderson continued, “Since closing the acquisition of Bulgarian assets in late July 2017, Velocity has
rapidly advanced the project and based on positive results added a second rig in October to complete
more than 7,000m in total. Our stated aim has been to define potentially open-pittable epithermal gold
mineralization and the program has clearly met that objective.”
East Zone
Drill hole RDD -040 is the first follow -up to th e East Zone discovery, collaring approximately 50m to the
southeast of discovery hole RDD-008, and intersected 144.7m grading 1.52g/t gold from surface (Figure
2). As with all mineralization at Rozino, thick mineralized intersections are defined by relatively consistent
mineralization rather than by narrow zones of very high -grade material. This trend is apparent in RDD -
040 where mineralization is continuous, with only 9 samples exceeding 5g/t and the peak assay is 14.05g/t
gold (Figure 4).
RDD-008 was Velocity’s first drill hole within East Zone (Figure 1), which intersected 41.7m from surface
grading 0.86g/t gold and an additional 33.9m from 112.8m grading 0.79g/t gold. The original target was
defined by a strong soil geochemical anomaly which extends over a 150m x 150m area. The zone remains
open for expansion with results pending from three additional step-outs.
Figure 2: Section showing drill intersection from drill hole RDD-040 located in East Zone.
North Zone
At North Zone, drill hole RDD -035 intersected 14.5m grading 1.54g/t gold from surface and from 22.3m
an additional 10.0m grading 0.87g/t gold (Figure 3) . Drill hole RDD -039 located 1 50m southeast of
Velocity’s first drill hole at North Zone (RDD-007, 22.4m grading 0.8g/t gold) returned a 10.2m intersect
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from 3.3m grading 1.20g/t gold, including 3.1m grading 2.89g/t gold and the zone remains open for
expansion.
Figure 3: Section showing drill intersections from drill holes RDD-032 to RDD-035 located in North Zone.
Figure 4: Assay bar chart showing continuity of mineralization in drill hole RDD -040. The current exploration
model has not had sufficient drill testing to be able to determine true thickness of mineralization.
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Drill Results Update on Web Site
Updated drill plans and cross sections have been uploaded to the Velocity web site together with a f ull
table of gold intersections.
Quality Assurance / Quality Control
The work program at Rozino was designed and is supervised by Stuart A. Mills, CGeol, the Company's Vice-
President Exploration, who is responsible for all aspects of the work, including the quality control/quality
assurance program. On-site personnel at the project rigorously collect and track samples which are then
security sealed and shipped to ALS Global laboratory in Romania. Samples used for the results described
herein are prepared and analyzed by fire assay using a 30 -gram charge in compliance with industry
standards. Field duplicate samples, blanks and independent controlled reference material (standards) are
added to every batch. Drill intersections in this news release are calculated using a 0.2 g/t gold trigger, a
minimum 0.5 g/t gold composite, and a maximum of 3 meters consecutive waste.
Qualified Person
The technical content of this release has been approved for disclosure by Stuart A. Mills, BSc, MSc, CGeol,
a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43 -101 and the Company’s Vice President
Exploration. Mr. Mills is not independent of the Company.
About Velocity Minerals Ltd.
Velocity is a gold exploration and development company focused on eastern Europe. Th e Company’s
management and board includes mining industry professionals with over 100 years of combined
experience spanning Europe, Asia, and the Americas as employees of major mining companies as well as
founders and senior executives of junior to mid-tier public companies. The team's experience includes all
aspects of mineral exploration, resource definition, feasibility, finance, mine construction and mine
operation as well as a track record in managing publicly listed companies.
The Company’s portfolio of advanced gold exploration assets is currently in Bulgaria, which is a member
of the European Union (2007) and an attractive destination for mining investment. The country’s mining
law was established in 1999 and updated in 2011. Mining royalties are low and compare favourably with
more established mining countries like Canada, Peru and Chile. Bulgaria also boasts a corporate tax rate
of only 10% and the country’s education system has yielded a good availability of experienced mining
professionals in a favourable cost environment. Foreign mining companies are successfully operating in
Bulgaria.
Local knowledge and experience are essential components of mining investment in a foreign jurisdiction.
Velocity Minerals has entered into a number of opt ion agreements with Gorubso Kardzhali A.D.
("Gorubso'), an established and respected mining company in Bulgaria. Gorubso operates the
underground Chala Gold Mine (2006) and the Kardzhali Carbon In Leach (CIL) processing plant (2011),
which produces gold dore. Gorubso is the first and only company in Bulgaria to have secured a permit for
cyanide-related processing of gold ores. Velocity’s management has a long -standing relationship with
Gorubso as well as significant previous experience in Bulgaria and elsewhere in the region.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
"Keith Henderson"
President & CEO
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For further information, please contact: Keith Henderson
Phone: +1-604-484-1233
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.velocityminerals.com
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