Category: Silver / Gold

Osisko Intersects 2.85 g/t Au Over 110 Metres at Odyssey North

MONTREAL, QUEBEC - Apr 23, 2014 - Osisko Mining Corporation ("Osisko") (OSK.TO)(EWX.F) is pleased to announce the results of its first drill intersection into the Odyssey North target, located at depth approximately 700 metres east of Jeffrey Zone along the Cadillac-Larder Lake Fault (CLLF), and approximately 4.5 kilometres from the Canadian Malartic mill complex.

Odyssey consists of two zones ("North Odyssey" and "South Odyssey"), located at vertical depths of 400 to 1,000 metres on the north and south margins (respectively) of a 200-300 metre wide, south-dipping porphyry intrusion that is similar to the Canadian Malartic porphyry. The following table summarizes results of the extension to drill hole ODY11-2404, the first Osisko hole to test the Odyssey North target:

             
Hole No. Zone From
(m)
To
(m)
Length
(m)
Au g/t
(cut)*
Au g/t
(uncut)
             
ODY11-2404 South** 928.0 935.5 7.5 6.97 7.19
And Center 1096.5 1104.3 7.8 2.25 2.25
And North 1223.0 1333.2 110.2 2.85 3.66
And -- 1411.0 1412.0 1.0 15.0 105.0
             
ODY14-2481 -- 219.6 223.2 3.6 10.9 12.80
And South 387.0 403.0 16.0 1.74 1.74
And South 471.0 503.0 32.0 1.85 1.85
And South 531.5 540.5 9.0 4.14 4.14
And South 549.0 562.5 13.5 1.42 1.42
             

* upper cut set at 15 g/t Au

** previously reported in April 2, 2014 press release

The center of this significant intersection of 110.2 metres at 2.85 g/t Au cut the Odyssey North zone at a true depth of approximately 1150 metres and indicates a true with of 70 metres. It is located 290 below historical hole EM90-23A (51.8 m averaging 1.83 g/t Au) and 130 m below and 140 m east of historical hole EM90-21 (70.1 m averaging 2.12 g/t Au). Data from these three holes and historic holes indicate a tabular body dipping 70 degrees south with a true average width of 20 to 70 metres. ODY11-2404 also intersected a 0.5 metre-wide, visible gold-bearing sheared gabbro beyond the north porphyry contact that assayed 105 g/t Au (uncut) over one metre. This auriferous shear constitutes a new discovery whose extent is presently unknown.

DDH ODY14-2481 intersected the South Odyssey zone orthogonally to previously reported holes. The first intersection (3.3 metres averaging 10.9 g/t Au) is separate (above the porphyry) and is also hosted by sheared gabbro. All other intersections are within partly silicified grey porphyry and suggest a more sporadic distribution of mineralization within an irregularly shaped body of unknown orientation. Four drills are currently active on the Odyssey zones with the objective to define the overall size and geometry of both zones to vertical depths of approximately 1,300 metres.

Historical assays reported above are believed to be reliable but no details of analytical nor QA-QC procedures are available. All Osisko core assays reported above were obtained by standard 50 g fire assaying-AA finish or gravimetric finish on split NQ core from ALS Minerals laboratories in Val d'Or, Quebec, an ISO/IEC guideline 17025-accredited facility. Reported drill core weighted averages were calculated using a minimum of 1.0 g/t Au over successive intervals with maximum contiguous internal dilution length of 5 metres. All high assays were capped at 15 g/t Au. Lost core intervals, constituting less than 0.5% of reported intervals within mineralized intersections, were all less than one metre long and incorporated as the average grade of adjacent intervals above and below in all length-weighted calculations. Osisko follows strict QA-QC protocol measures in keeping with industry standards and regulatory reporting requirements. Mr. Robert Wares, D.Sc., P. Geo., Senior Vice President Exploration and Resource Development for Osisko, is the Qualified Person who has reviewed this news release and is responsible for the technical information reported herein, including verification of the data disclosed

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Osisko Mining Corporation operates the Canadian Malartic Gold Mine in Malartic, Québec and is pursuing exploration and resource definition on a number of properties, notably in Ontario and Mexico.

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