Sokoman Minerals Corp. reported that two of the first three holes of the winter drill program at the 552 Zone have intersected quartz veins with visible gold. All three holes (MH-24-578 to 580), drilled on the same section from the same setup, encountered the 552 structure, with the deepest hole, MH-24-580 cutting a 2.0 m zone that included two 0.30 m to 0.50 m intervals, with up to 30 specks of fine (sub-millimetre) visible gold.

All assays are pending. The three-hole section lies 30 m to the west of MH-23-574 that cut 2.10 m of 5.0 g/t Au with 12 specks of sub-millimetre visible gold noted. The winter diamond drilling program is planned for 2,000 m to 2,500 m of HQ drill core focusing on a 150-m strike-length to a depth of 125 m (vertically) of the 552 Zone.

Drilling has defined a continuous, roughly northwest trending, two- to five-metre-wide zone of locally vuggy (epizonal), quartz veining/quartz breccia, with 2%-3% disseminated arsenopyrite, sphalerite, boulangerite and chalcopyrite, in variably sheared to undeformed sedimentary units located approximately 400 m to the east of the main Eastern Trend mineralization, and 100 m southeast of the 253 Zone. It is thought that the 253 Zone which was drilled assuming an east-west orientation, could be a more northerly, subparallel to parallel zone to 552. Additional drilling to the north undercutting the 552 Zone will test this possibility, as well as extend the 552 Zone to depth.

Drilling is also planned to test the upper portion of the Footwall Splay where gaps exist in the geological model linking the zone to surface. The Footwall Splay has returned some of the highest grades on the property including MH-20-115 (4.60 m grading 47.20 g/t Au from 64.0 m downhole), and MH-21-163 (5.10 m grading 30.83 g/t Au from 45.0 m downhole). QA/QC.

Samples, including duplicates, blanks, and standards, are submitted to Eastern Analytical Ltd. in Springdale, Newfoundland for gold analysis. Eastern Analytical Ltd. is an accredited assay lab that conforms to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. All core samples are saw cut by Sokoman personnel with one-half submitted for assay and one-half retained for reference.

Samples are delivered in sealed bags directly to the lab by Sokoman personnel. Samples with visible gold are submitted for total pulp metallics and gravimetric finish. All other samples are analyzed by standard fire-assay methods.

Total pulp metallic analysis includes the whole sample being crushed to -10 mesh; and then pulverized to 95% -150 mesh. The total sample is weighed and screened to 150 mesh; the +150 mesh fraction is fire-assayed for Au, and a 30 g subsample of the -150 mesh fraction is Fire-assayed for Au; with a calculated weighted average of total Au in the sample reported as well. One blank and one industry-approved standard for every twenty samples submitted is included in the sample stream.

Random duplicates of selected samples are analyzed in addition to the in-house standard and duplicate policies of Eastern Analytical Ltd. All reported assays are uncut.