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CLIENT FEATURE: LABRADOR GOLD $LAB.ca – District Scale Discovery Potential in Hopedale and Ashuanipi $RIO.ca $WHM.ca $SIC.ca $NXS.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:30 PM on Sunday, May 26th, 2019
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  • Labrador Gold is aggressively pursuing the under-explored gold potential of Labrador.
  • 2 large, seperate, under-explored land packages that demonstrate potential for district scale gold discoveries.
  • Two successful gold explorers lead the way in the Labrador gold rush: Shawn Ryan and Roger Moss.
  • 2 Key Exploration Properties: Hopedale and Ashuanipi – 2019 Exploration commences Q3/19

Hopedale:

The Hopedale property covers much of the Hunt River and Florence Lake greenstone belts that stretch over 80 km. The belts are typical of greenstone belts around the world but have been under-explored by comparison. Initial work by Labrador Gold during 2017 show gold anomalies in soils and lake sediments over a 3 kilometre section of the northern portion of the Florence Lake greenstone belt in the vicinity of the known Thurber Dog gold showing where grab samples assayed up to 7.8g/t gold. In addition, anomalous gold in soil and lake sediment samples occur over approximately 40 kilometres along the southern section of the greenstone belt (see news release dated January 25th 2018 for more details). Labrador Gold now controls approximately 57km strike length of the Florence Lake Greenstone Belt.

Ashuanipi

The Ashuanipi gold project is located just 35 km from the historical iron ore mining community of Schefferville, which is linked by rail to the port of Sept Iles, Quebec in the south. The claim blocks cover large lake sediment gold anomalies that, with the exception of local prospecting, have not seen a systematic modern day exploration program. Results of the 2017 reconnaissance exploration program following up the lake sediment anomalies show gold anomalies in soils and lake sediments over a 15 kilometre long by 2 to 6 kilometre wide north-south trend and over a 14 kilometre long by 2 to 4 kilometre wide east-west trend. The anomalies appear to be broadly associated with magnetic highs and do not show any correlation with specific rock types on a regional scale (see news release dated January 18th 2018). This suggests a possible structural control on the localization of the gold anomalies

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LABRADOR GOLD $LAB.ca – On the Path to Discovery in Labrador $RIO.ca $WHM.ca $SIC.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:02 AM on Monday, April 22nd, 2019
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  • Two field programs in Labrador over 2 seasons 26,000 soil samples, 1,547 lake sediment samples and 728 rock samples over area that covered 1,701 square kilometres,
  • Narrowed exploration focus to the two most prospective properties having identified regional scale gold anomalies on both
  • Ashuanipi: anomalies identified a 15 kilometre long by 2 to 6 kilometre wide north-south trend and a second 14 kilometre long by 2 to 4 kilometre wide east-west trend.
  • Hopedale project successfully identified gold mineralization over a three km segment of the northern Florence Lake greenstone belt known as Thurber Dog.
  • Gold anomalies also occurred along the entire 40km length of the southern Florence Lake greenstone belt.
  • Summer 2019 – Evaluate multiple compelling targets and undertake the first drilling for gold on either property.

March 28, 2019

It has been less than two years since I met Shawn Ryan and launched Labrador Gold and yet we have accomplished so much in that short time. We raised over $5 million, and in the process attracted investors such as Mr. Rob McEwen, Chairman and Chief Owner of McEwen Mining Inc., Plethora Precious Metals Fund, RyanWood principals Shawn Ryan and Cathy Wood, as well as friends and associates of management. We completed two field programs in Labrador, taking over 26,000 soil samples, 1,547 lake sediment samples and 728 rock samples. Following the first program we narrowed our focus to the two most prospective properties having identified regional scale gold anomalies on both. This year we will evaluate multiple compelling targets and undertake the first drilling to be carried out for gold on either property.

Both Shawn and I started in the mining industry when companies still did grassroots, reconnaissance scale exploration as a matter of course. We routinely used stream sediment sampling, soil sampling, till sampling and prospecting over large properties to continuously narrow down the search to the most prospective areas. Done correctly, it is an unbiased means of rapidly assessing the exploration potential of a region and it works. Shawn used soil sampling as the primary means for discovering gold deposits in the Yukon that add up to over 7.5 million ounces. I was part of team that used soil sampling to find the Navachab gold deposit in Namibia, which still had resources of 3.9 million ounces in 2014 following 15 years of production. Based on these successes it made sense to apply the same method to the Labrador properties.

Labrador Gold is the first company to take such a systematic approach to gold exploration in Labrador. Shawn used publicly available data, including mineral occurrences and assays of lake sediments, soil samples, and rock samples to stake three properties that covered 1,701 square kilometres, an area just smaller than the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. We started narrowing the area down in 2017 with regional scale soil and lake sediment sampling and limited prospecting. The results were encouraging.

Two of the properties, Hopedale and Ashuanipi, showed significant gold anomalies in both soils and lake sediments with values up to 2.1g/t in the soil samples. At Ashuanipi the anomalies identified a 15 kilometre long by 2 to 6 kilometre wide north-south trend and a second 14 kilometre long by 2 to 4 kilometre wide east-west trend. The anomalies are broadly associated with magnetic highs and do not show any correlation with specific rock types suggesting a structural control on the localization of the gold anomalies. As a result of the successful program we added claims to the northern claim block in both Labrador and Quebec to cover potential extensions of the anomalies.

Gold in soil anomalies at the Hopedale project successfully picked up known gold mineralization over a three km segment of the northern Florence Lake greenstone belt known as Thurber Dog indicating that the technique works in Labrador. What was particularly exciting was that gold anomalies also occurred along the entire 40km length of the southern Florence Lake greenstone belt. This belt has many characteristics of greenstone belts elsewhere in the world including major crustal scale structures, greenschist facies metamorphism, the presence of felsic porphyries and granitic intrusions and similar volcanic rocks. In terms of size, it is intermediate between the Kirkland Lake and Timmins gold camps of Ontario. Such greenstone belts are prolific hosts of gold elsewhere in the world. As such, and based on our results so far, it is quite possible that future exploration may result in the discovery of one or more gold deposits at Florence Lake. In terms of exploration maturity, Florence Lake is at the stage the Timmins camp was over a hundred years ago.

Encouraged by the success of our 2017 field work, we planned a follow up program of detailed soil sampling on grids with lines spaced at 100 metres and sample intervals of 25 metres along the lines. This would allow better resolution of potential gold mineralization highlighted by the samples. At Ashuanipi, we took 7,475 soil samples on 18 grids across the Ashuanipi north claim block and along 61 reconnaissance soil lines over the claims staked in 2018. Results of analyses showed significant gold anomalies in all but two of the 18 grids and confirmed the 15km north-south anomalous trend with values up to 8,970 ppb Au (8.97g/t) and 67 samples containing more than 100 ppb (0.1g/t) Au. These results suggest a robust mineralized system that is regional in extent with elevated values indicating potential sites of near surface gold mineralization.

At Hopedale, we took more than 10,000 soil samples on 12 grids along the length of the Florence Lake greenstone belt covering anomalous gold-in-soil targets with favorable geology and structure. Results showed 34 samples with values greater than 100 ppb (0.1g/t) Au, with five of these samples grading greater than 1,000 ppb (1g/t) Au. Elevated gold values were found in samples from all 12 grids. The highest concentrations of samples with anomalous gold are found in the Thurber Dog, Jasmine and Misery grids. The anomalies extend along strike for 5km at Thurber Dog and 1.8km at Misery. Rock samples collected during mapping and prospecting showed 80 samples with values greater than 0.1 g/t gold including 17 samples that assayed greater than 1 g/t gold with a high of 11.4 g/t gold in a select grab sample from a quartz vein with pyrite and arsenopyrite mineralization.

Our first two field seasons using systematic sampling to narrow down areas of potential gold mineralization have been a success. Three areas were identified for further follow up on each of the Hopedale and Ashuanipi properties. Compilation and interpretation of all data including new aeromagnetic data, will refine these areas to ensure efficient, targeted assessment of their potential in the field. Initial follow up will include detailed mapping and rock sampling of each area. Once we receive the assays we expect to begin a drilling program on the most prospective targets in late summer.

The significant decline in discovery rates worldwide over the past decade calls for a more disciplined approach to exploration with longer term thinking. We have embraced this idea with our work in Labrador over the past two years and with the support of our shareholders have made big strides towards discovery. Based on our results to date I have a feeling that the 2019 field season will be an exciting one. I hope you will join us for the ride.

Maps and images from the Hopedale and Ashuanipi properties can be found at: https://www.labradorgold.com/projects/

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Roger Moss

President and CEO

Labrador Gold Corp.

416-704-8291



CLIENT FEATURE: Labrador Gold’s Shaw Ryan Targeting the Under Explored Gold Potential of the Province $MOZ.ca $SIC.ca $GR.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:24 PM on Tuesday, December 4th, 2018

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    • Led by Shawn Ryan, who’s prospecting and soil geochemistry work led to the discovery of  White Gold, Coffee, and QV projects for a total of 7.5M ounces Au
    • White Gold’s geochemical sampling program led to successful drill program
    • Exploration has already outlined district scale soil anomalies on two projects in Labrador
    • Hopedale property contains the Florence Lake greenstone belt and the Hunt River, both of which are under-explored for gold
    • Florence Lake greenstone belt has a 40 KM strike length and includes Thurber Dog
    •  Preliminary soil geochemical results show arsenic anomalies in several areas
    • Arsenic is a pathfinder element when exploring for gold

 

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$LAB.ca Labrador Gold Announces New Gold Anomalies at its Hopedale Project $WHM.ca $SIC.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:03 AM on Friday, November 2nd, 2018

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  • Detailed gold exploration results from the Florence Lake Greenstone Belt (FLGB)
  • Florence Lake Greenstone Belt is a 57 kilometre strike length of stratigraphy prospective for gold
  • Analyses received to date, primarily on two of the larger grids, Misery and Jasmine-Shirley, show significant gold anomalies
  • Gold in soil samples from the 5.7km by 2km grid covering the Misery carbonate alteration zone indicate four distinct soil anomalies.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Labrador Gold Corp. (TSX-V:LAB) (“Labrador Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce initial results from the first phase of detailed gold exploration in the Florence Lake greenstone belt (FLGB). The company controls a 57 kilometre strike length of stratigraphy prospective for gold in the belt. The exploration program at Florence Lake followed up on successful results of 2017 and included detailed soil sampling, geological mapping, rock sampling and prospecting along the length of the belt.

A total of 11,213 soil samples were taken on 12 grids at a 100m line spacing and 25m sample spacing across the FLGB. Results of 5,511 analyses received to date, primarily on two of the larger grids, Misery and Jasmine-Shirley, show significant gold anomalies typically associated with geological contacts. Analyses range from below detection limit, <0.25 parts per billion (ppb) to 2.22g/t Au, with 19 samples containing more than 0.1g/t Au. In addition, 551 samples greater than the 90th percentile are considered anomalous and require detailed follow up.

Gold in soil samples from the 5.7km by 2km grid covering the Misery carbonate alteration zone indicate four distinct soil anomalies with the two largest measuring 1,300m by 150 m and 750m by 100m, with nine samples containing more than 0.1g/t Au and ranging from 0.1 to 2.1g/t Au in the soil. Anomalies occur at the contact with ultramafic rock and felsic/mafic volcanic rocks and at the contact between ultramafic rocks and felsic intrusive rocks, both common sites of gold mineralization in greenstone belts.

Similarly, gold anomalies over the 2.6km by 0.6km Jasmine-Shirley soil grid occur along the contact between ultramafic rocks and sedimentary rocks (800m by 120m) and in a fold nose in the ultramafic rocks (400m by 250m) with values up to 0.36g/t Au in the soil. The Jasmine-Shirley grid also shows a strong arsenic soil anomaly associated with massive arsenopyrite mineralization with an along strike trend over 1km and highlights of between 0.1 and 1% As in the soil (see figures at www.labradorgold.com/Hopedale).

‘Results received for Misery and Jasmine-Shirley show specific gold targets, typical of greenstone hosted gold mineralization elsewhere in the world, defined by the detailed soil sampling on both grids, said Roger Moss, President and Chief Executive Officer of Labrador Gold. “Soil sampling is working to focus us on the highest potential mineralized areas of the belt and we will follow up these anomalies with detailed mapping, rock sampling and drilling during the next field season.”

“This summer’s program did exactly what we wanted it to do, identify and pin down the anomalous gold trend on a 25m scale,” added Shawn Ryan, Technical Advisor to Labrador Gold. “The intensity and strength of the targets, both in terms of size of the Misery anomaly and its location right along the contact of the felsic / ultramafic unit, indicates that we truly have a new mineralized system. Three other targets in the area all seem to be following the same pattern with anomalous gold seen along the contacts of either the felsic or mafic units with ultramafic rocks. These areas will be the focus of detailed mapping next season to identify high quality drill targets.”

All samples were dried in the field before being shipped to the Bureau Veritas preparation laboratory in Timmins, Ontario, with analyses completed at the Vancouver laboratory. Samples were analyzed for gold and another 36 elements by ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry) following an aqua regia digestion. The company routinely submits blanks, field duplicates and certified reference standards with batches of samples to monitor the quality of the analyses.

Roger Moss, PhD., P.Geo., is the qualified person responsible for all technical information in this release.

The company gratefully acknowledges the Newfoundland and Labrador Ministry of Natural Resources’ Junior Exploration Assistance (JEA) Program for its financial support for exploration of the Hopedale property.

About Labrador Gold:

Labrador Gold is a Canadian based mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and exploration of prospective gold projects in the Americas. In 2017 Labrador Gold signed a Letter of Intent under which the Company has the option to acquire 100% of the 896 square kilometre (km2) Ashuanipi property in northwest Labrador and the Hopedale (458 km2) property in eastern Labrador.

The Hopedale property covers much of the Hunt River and Florence Lake greenstone belts that stretch over 80 km. The belts are typical of greenstone belts around the world but have been underexplored by comparison. Initial work by Labrador Gold during 2017 show gold anomalies in soils and lake sediments over a 3 kilometre section of the northern portion of the Florence Lake greenstone belt in the vicinity of the known Thurber Dog gold showing where grab samples assayed up to 7.8g/t gold. In addition, anomalous gold in soil and lake sediment samples occur over approximately 40 kilometres along the southern section of the greenstone belt (see news release dated January 25th 2018 for more details). Labrador Gold now controls approximately 57km strike length of the Florence Lake Greenstone Belt.

The Ashuanipi gold project is located just 35 km from the historical iron ore mining community of Schefferville, which is linked by rail to the port of Sept Iles, Quebec in the south. The claim blocks cover large lake sediment gold anomalies that, with the exception of local prospecting, have not seen a systematic modern day exploration program. Results of the 2017 reconnaissance exploration program following up the lake sediment anomalies show gold anomalies in soils and lake sediments over a 15 kilometre long by 2 to 6 kilometre wide north-south trend and over a 14 kilometre long by 2 to 4 kilometre wide east-west trend. The anomalies appear to be broadly associated with magnetic highs and do not show any correlation with specific rock types on a regional scale (see news release dated January 18th 2018). This suggests a possible structural control on the localization of the gold anomalies. Historical work 30 km north on the Quebec side led to gold intersections of up to 2.23 grams per tonne (g/t) Au over 19.55 metres (not true width) (Source: IOS Services Geoscientifiques, 2012, Exploration and geological reconnaissance work in the Goodwood River Area, Sheffor Project, Summer Field Season 2011). Gold in both areas appears to be associated with similar rock types.

The Company has 51,592,552 common shares issued and outstanding and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol LAB.

For more information please contact:

Roger Moss, President and CEO      Tel: 416-704-8291

CLIENT FEATURE: Labrador Gold’s Shaw Ryan Targeting the Under Explored Gold Potential of the Province

Posted by AGORACOM at 7:30 AM on Thursday, November 1st, 2018

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    • Led by Shawn Ryan, who’s prospecting and soil geochemistry work led to the discovery of  White Gold, Coffee, and QV projects for a total of 7.5M ounces Au
    • White Gold’s geochemical sampling program led to successful drill program
    • Exploration has already outlined district scale soil anomalies on two projects in Labrador
    • Hopedale property contains the Florence Lake greenstone belt and the Hunt River, both of which are under-explored for gold
    • Florence Lake greenstone belt has a 40 KM strike length
    •  Ppreliminary soil geochemical results show arsenic anomalies in several areas
    • Arsenic is a pathfinder element when exploring for gold

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