Category: Silver / Gold

Atlantic Gold Reports Resource Drilling Results From the Cochrane Hill Gold Deposit and Completion of Phase One Drilling

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 2, 2017) -
 
Highlights Include: 11m @ 3.41 g/t From 144m, 27m @ 3.34 g/t From 102m
30m @ 2.61 From 139m and 21m @ 2.99 g/t From 86m
Step-Out Holes: 5m @ 2.80 g/t From 38m and 6m @ 4.04 g/t From 108m
 
Atlantic Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AGB) ("Atlantic" or the "Company") is pleased to report assay results received from an additional forty-one holes of the resource definition diamond drilling program being undertaken at its Cochrane Hill Gold Project in Nova Scotia, Canada and completion of phase one of the drill program. With 12,888 m in 89 holes having been drilled to the end of 2016 and all assay results received for the first phase of the program the second phase will commence in February 2017. The second phase drilling will focus on infilling the 400m gap between the completed step out drill holes and the previous drilling and extending the mineralization further west from 2775E. The objective of this diamond drilling program is to bring the resources at the Company's Cochrane Hill deposit to measured and indicated status and thereby adding to the existing life of mine plan at MRC.
Drilling Results:
 
These additional results continue to define a fairly discrete, tabular, 70° north-dipping zone of continuous disseminated mineralization having a true width of approximately 25m. New assay results from holes CH-16-111 (5m @ 2.80g/t from 38m) and CH-16-117 (6m @ 4.04g/t from 108m and 3m @ 8.03g/t from 170m) on previously reported step-out section (2775E) 400m west of most of the previously reported drilling enhance this shallower-than-expected position and direct potential for western extension. Mineralization also remains open at depth, notwithstanding economic parameters yet to be appropriately applied at the completion of this drilling campaign, and to a modest extent to the east from shallow intersections.

The accompanying cross section and drill progress plan can be viewed here:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/Cochrane_Hill_Drill_Plan_Map_and_Sections.pdf

Results subsequent to those previously released are tabulated below. Previous results can be found here: Dec 6, 2016Jan 3, 2017, and Jan 25, 2017.

Hole id   Northing   Easting   Dip   Az.   Depth
(m)
  Significant Intervals
(≥0.5g/t Au and up to 3m internal dilution)
  From
(m)
  To
(m)
  Width
(m)
  Grade
(g/t Au)
CH-16-084   3400   3120   -45   171   134   78   87   9   1.31
and                       103   108   5   1.24
and                       120   123   3   6.45**
CH-16-092   3450   3031   -45   171   31   3   4   1   6.34
and                       12   17   5   0.71
CH-16-094   3125   3130   -70   171   212   91   95   4   1.54**
and                       99   103   4   1.36**
and                       126   130   4   1.12
and                       134   153   19   1.47
and                       173   180   7   1.99
CH-16-095   3025   3080   -60   171   98   51   75   24   0.79
and                       82   84   2   4.22
CH-16-096   3125   3110   -70   171   182   101   131   30   0.82
and                       142   145   3   2.06
CH-16-097   3025   3130   -75   171   221   139   141   2   1.84
and                       159   160   1   3.27
and                       172   177   5   3.12**
CH-16-098   3125   3110   -60   171   160   48   49   1   3.75**
and                       84   104   20   1.24
and                       121   126   5   1.75
and                       130   131   1   5.49**
CH-16-099   3025   3130   -60   171   170   80   81   1   3.00
and                       107   114   7   0.78
and                       120   136   16   0.99
CH-16-100   3125   3070   -60   171   101   34   36   2   2.56
and                       43   60   17   1.89
CH-16-101   3050   3090   -60   171   91*   63   69   6   3.26
and                       76   90   14   1.57
CH-16-102   3100   3140   -70   171   212   144   155   11   3.41
(incl.                       151   152   1   28.4
and                       159   170   11   0.73
and                       175   190   15   1.31
and                       194   195   1   24.8**
CH-16-103   3075   3140   -70   171   212   116   124   8   0.70
and                       149   156   7   1.72
and                       163   176   13   2.54
(incl.                       163   164   1   22.4)
and                       180   181   1   302
and                       191   198   7   1.56**
CH-16-104   3100   3110   -60   171   149   86   107   21   2.99
(incl.                       91   92   1   49.0)
and                       111   118   7   1.19
and                       129   132   3   1.50**
CH-16-105   3075   3140   -60   171   182   99   101   2   3.34
and                       118   151   33   1.76
and                       155   166   11   2.49**
(incl.                       165   166   1   20.5**
CH-16-106   3100   3070   -58   171   98   27   41   14   1.62
and                       52   58   6   0.79
CH-16-107   3075   3100   -60   171   143   51   52   1   25.9
and                       75   80   5   1.26
and                       84   100   16   8.8
(incl.                       98   99   1   122.5)
and                       111   114   3   28.2
(incl.                       113   114   1   72.9)
CH-16-108   3000   3140   -70   171   203   134   142   8   2.77
and                       149   152   3   5.19
and                       178   183   5   0.57
CH-16-109   3050   3180   -60   171   245   127   128   1   7.94
and                       172   179   7   0.68
and                       183   204   21   0.85
CH-16-110   2975   3200   -60   171   251   216   218   2   29.6
(incl.                       216   217   1   58.6)
CH-16-111   2775   3070   -60   171   95   38   43   5   2.80
CH-16-113   2975   3180   -60   171   233   181   191   10   1.18
and                       196   205   9   3.40
CH-16-116   2975   3160   -60   171   212   136   146   10   1.16
and                       169   170   1   3.79
CH-16-117   2775   3150   -60   171   200   108   114   6   4.04
and                       120   121   1   9.41
and                       170   173   3   8.03**
(incl.                       171   172   1   22.8**)
CH-16-118   2975   3140   -60   171   182   82   83   1   17.6**
and                       131   134   3   2.24
and                       145   156   11   0.55
CH-16-119   3050   3160   -60   171   212   126   128   2   1.65**
and                       147   166   19   0.71
and                       172   185   13   2.41
CH-16-120   2975   3120   -60   171   161   74   75   1   4.69**
and                       88   104   16   0.43
and                       112   117   5   0.92
CH-16-121   3048   3135   -60   171   191   118   149   31   1.64
CH-16-122   3050   3110   -60   171   152   30   31   1   15.45**
and                       41   42   1   4.10**
and                       86   124   38   1.74
CH-16-123   3475   3090   -45   171   110   55   73   18   1.20**
CH-16-124   3000   3100   -60   171   131               NSA
CH-16-125   3325   3052   -45   171   56   10   23   13   1.63**
                        37   38   1   3.26**
                        42   43   1   13.25
CH-16-126   3248   3160   -60   171   215   126   127   1   201
and                       139   169   30   2.61
(incl.                       168   169   1   26.5)
CH-16-127   3000   3120   -60   171   161   89   95   6   0.63
and                       105   107   2   3.47
CH-16-128   3075   3120   -60   171   164   68   79   11   0.91
and                       91   97   6   1.36
and                       102   129   27   3.34
(incl.                       114   115   1   27.6)
and                       134   135   1   67.8
and                       145   148   3   1.40**
CH-16-129   3177   3170   -60   171   242   154   164   10   2.02
and                       169   179   10   1.36
and                       188   189   1   4.75
and                       208   209   1   3.10
CH-16-130   3100   3125   -60   171   161   110   112   2   2.24
and                       118   126   8   0.81
and                       134   138   4   30.4
(incl.                       134   135   1   111.5)
CH-16-131   3125   3090   -60   171   140   60   84   24   1.65
and                       94   98   4   2.78
and                       103   110   7   9.78
(incl.                       108   109   1   29.5)
(incl. also                       109   110   1   27.0)
CH-16-132   3175   3130   -60   171   185   92   99   7   0.84
and                       104   132   28   1.48
and                       147   150   3   2.34
and                       158   159   1   4.39**
CH-16-133   3150   3097   -60   171   131   57   61   4   0.80
and                       65   90   25   1.35
and                       107   109   2   1.70
CH-16-134   3150   3116   -60   171   161   87   110   23   1.26
and                       133   143   10   0.90**
CH-16-135   3150   3055   -60   171   86   13   41   28   2.45
(incl.                       31   32   1   27.7)
and                       61   62   1   3.02
CH-16-136   3150   3035   -60   171   50   1.65   14   12.35   1.02
                        36   37   1   4.01
                    12,888                
*Hole abandoned in underground workings
**Wholly or partly includes 50g fire assay on pulverised whole-sample (to be screen fire assayed).
NSA: No significant assays.

The current resource estimate for Cochrane Hill is tabulated below:

  Category   Tonnes (millions)   Grade (g/t) Au   Contained Au (oz.)
COCHRANE HILL
  Indicated Resource   4.5   1.8   251,000
  Inferred Resource   5.6   1.6   298,000
Resources that are not reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability

The Mineral Resource estimate for Cochrane Hill is quoted at a cut-off grade of 0.5g/t. It has an effective date of August 1, 2014 and was prepared as part of a technical report in accordance with NI 43-101 by Mr. Neil Schofield, a principal of FSSI (Australia) Pty Ltd, released on August 14, 2014 on SEDAR.

Elsewhere, at the Company's Fifteen Mile Stream Gold Project, 62 holes for 5600m have now been completed. The Plenty prospect, which is located 300m south of Fifteen Mile Stream recently released results from eight holes for 944m please see the news release here. High grade intercepts hosted in both the argillites and quartz veins were reported at the Plenty prospect and additional drilling is scheduled to fully assess the potential to establish a mineral resource at Plenty.

Results and updates from these drilling programs will be reported progressively.

Technical Disclosure

All core drilled is assayed. All assays are conducted on 1m whole-sampled pulverized samples of sawn, half NQ core and, where mineralization is expected, assayed by total sample screen fire assay with 2x fines fire assays, and insertion of standards and blind blanks. In the hangingwall and footwall of expected mineralization samples are assayed by 50g charge fire assay with any mineralized samples (generally >0.5g/t), and adjacent samples as appropriate, returned for screen fire assay. Sample preparation and assaying is conducted at the Sudbury and Vancouver laboratories of ALS Canada Ltd, an entity having no other relationship with the Company. Core recovery is estimated for each metre and averages >98%. Standards and blanks assay results are acceptable.

True width of the mineralization is approximately 80% of the down-hole width.

The individual drill hole assay results underlying the mineralized intersections listed in the table above have been verified by detailed checking against the original assays sheets. The lengths and average grades of each intersection have also been checked against the drill hole assay logs.

Wally Bucknell, Director of Exploration to the Company and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.

Further updates will be provided in due course.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Steven Dean, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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.

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Atlantic Gold Corporation
Maryse Belanger
COO
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