Vanstar Mining Resources Inc. announced that fire bans in the area of the Nelligan joint venture project have been lifted and that drilling has resumed with two drills on the property. A 10,000 metres drill program is planned on Nelligan for 2023. Drill results from the first 3,381 metres were announced on July 5, 2023, demonstrating that mineralization extends to the east of the Nelligan deposit.

A minimum of 5,000 metres is planned to focus on infill and extension drilling in the central and western parts of the Nelligan deposit. One drill will begin on the main resource area while the second drill will focus on the western extension. Approximately 1,500 metres of exploration drilling is also planned to continue to evaluate other targets located elsewhere on the property.

In addition, an MMI soil survey is also planned for this summer to support future exploration targeting. The Nelligan Gold project (on a 100% basis) hosts Indicated Mineral Resources of 2.0 million ounces grading 0.84 g/t and Inferred Mineral Resources containing 3.6 million ounces of gold grading 0.87 g/t Au.