Rockhaven Resources Ltd. announced that crews have mobilized and the 2022 exploration program has begun at its 100%-owned and road accessible Klaza project, located in the Dawson Range Gold Belt of southern Yukon, Canada. The fully funded program will utilize two diamond drills to complete approximately 10,000m of drilling. This drill program will advance the Klaza project towards Pre-feasibility by completing key objectives that include: Resource definition infill drilling (9,000m in 44 holes) to convert more of the inferred mineral resources into indicated mineral resources; Discovery focused exploration drilling (1,000m in 5 holes) at high-grade gold-silver epithermal targets which include the Rusk and Western BRX Extension targets; Additional, non-drilling target evaluations at the Rusk East, Dade, Bear and Sked prospects; and Continued studies related to metallurgy, engineering and baseline permitting.

Infill drilling of the Klaza Deposit will focus on upgrading inferred resources into indicated resources. Based on the most recent mineral resource estimate published in 2018, 60% of the total mineral resources at Klaza are classified as indicated and 40% as inferred. A total of 6,000m of infill drilling in 31 holes was completed in 2021 and a further 9,000m in 44 holes are planned for 2022 work.

This drilling, combined with further geotechnical, metallurgical and baseline environmental monitoring will continue to support the Pre-feasibility study that is expected to be completed in 2023. Exploration drilling is planned at the Rusk and the Western BRX Extension targets. Mineralization at the Rusk Target was discovered by a fence of drill holes in 2020, which spanned a new vein complex located approximately 3km south of the Klaza Deposit.

The discovery holes were followed up by ten drill holes in 2021, tracing mineralization in the core of the target over a strike length of 300m. Work in 2022 at this target will further assess the on-strike potential of the main structures.