Mar 22, 2016
| Vancouver, British Columbia: Calibre Mining Corp. (TSX-V: CXB) (the "Company" or "Calibre") is pleased to provide an update as the Company and Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX.CG) ("Centerra") continue to advance the La Luz Project, Borosi Concessions, Northeast Nicaragua. Centerra can earn a 70% Interest in the La Luz Project by investing $7.0 million in exploration on the property before December 31, 2019. Highlights
2015/2016 Diamond Drilling The recently completed drilling program consisted of 1421 metres in five drill holes on the Cerro Aeropuerto Deposit. Drilling is designed to test the continuity and orientation of the previously identified primary gold-bearing structures. The drilling tested the mineralization over approximately 250 metres of strike length and between 175 and 275 metres below surface. Additional drilling on other targets has been budgeted for later in 2016. New results have been received for the remaining three diamond drill holes completed at Cerro Aeropuerto during the current program and mineralized intervals;
Geologic interpretation of drill holes to date has identified a gold-bearing hornblende diorite porphyry body bounded by shear zones containing serpentinized basic to ultrabasic rock and calcareous metasediments. The strongest mineralization is located near the serpentinite-diorite contacts where sulphide bearing quartz-carbonate veins and silicified hydrothermal breccias correlate well with high grade gold values. Q1 2016 Exploration In addition to the historic trend highlighted by the La Luz Deposit and the Cerro Aeropuerto resource the results from the Project-wide La Luz soil grid shows two principal gold anomalous trends, the Cerro Coyol - El Tiburon Trend and the San Pablo Trend. The largest is the 3.8 km x 0.5 - 1.0 km northwest-southeast trending Cerro Coyol - El Tiburon trend which in addition to the multi-element soil anomaly contains several areas of artisanal workings as well as anomalous rock samples from float and bedrock, see News Release dated February 11, 2016. Zonge Geophysics has completed 25 line kilometres of Dipole-Dipole Induced Polarization ("D-D IP Survey") and 137 line kilometres of ground magnetic surveys. D-D IP Survey data for the Cerro El Coyol-Tiburon trend shows a number of chargeability and resistivity highs coincident with the gold anomalous soil samples. The D-D IP Survey data from the Cerro Aeropuerto and Cerro Potosi targets show a correlation between the gold zones and chargeability highs and "breaks" in resistivity where the contours are closely spaced (high rate of change). On-Going Work Program The current exploration and fieldwork is concentrated on an extensive trenching program targeting geological, geochemical, and geophysical anomalies generated by the work to date. The results of the trenching program will be used to prioritize drill targets which will be tested by additional drilling to be completed in 2016. The technical content in this news release was read and approved by Gregory Smith, P.Geo, President and CEO of the Company who is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. Centerra Gold Option - La Luz Project Calibre's most recent mid-tier gold producer partner, Centerra Gold, signed an option agreement in September 2015 to earn 70% in the 12 km2 (1200 ha) La Luz Project by spending $7 million by December 31 2019. The La Luz Project is located in the south-west portion of the Borosi Concessions and contains the past producing open pit and underground La Luz Mine that produced 17.1 million tonnes of ore grading 4.14 g/t gold (2.3 million ozs gold) as well as, one kilometre south, the NI43-101 compliant Inferred Resource at the Cerro Aeropuerto gold-silver deposit which hosts 707,750 ozs gold and 3.1 million ozs silver in 6.05M tonnes grading 3.64 g/t Au and 16.16 g/t Ag at a cut off of 0.6 g/t (see Calibre News Release dated February 28, 2011).
About Calibre Mining Corp. Calibre controls a 100% interest in over 580 km2 of mineral concessions in the Mining Triangle of Northeast Nicaragua. Additionally the Company has an option agreement with IAMGOLD covering 176 km2 of concessions, an option agreement with Centerra Gold on 12 km2, joint venture exploration programs underway with B2Gold Corp. on 66 km2 of concessions which includes the Primavera gold-copper porphyry discovery and the Minnesota Gold Zone, and a joint venture on the 33.6 km2 Rosita gold-copper-silver project with Rosita Mining Corporation. Major shareholders of Calibre include gold producer B2Gold Corp, Pierre Lassonde and Management. Calibre Mining Corp. "Greg Smith" Greg Smith, P.Geo. President and CEO For further information contact: Ryan King 604 628-1012 www.calibremining.com Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "expects" or does not expect", "is expected", anticipates" or "does not anticipate" "plans", "estimates" or "intends" or stating that certain actions, events or results " may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to materially differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Safe Harbor Statement under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for the statements of historical fact contained herein, the information presented constitutes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements including but not limited to those with respect to the price of gold, potential mineralization, reserve and resource determination, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievement of Atlas to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements |