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BGMZF Intersects 12.43 G/t Au Over 7.20 Metres at Valley Zone
by @newswire on June 6, 2017
New Veining Corridor Discovered at Depth

TORONTO, June 6, 2017 /CNW/ - Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (TSXV: BGM) (the "Company" or "Barkerville") is pleased to announce additional drilling results from the ongoing 130,000 metre Phase II Island Mountain exploration drilling program at the Company's flagship Cariboo Gold Project. The Company is currently exploring and delineating the Valley Zone with four drill rigs. Detailed drilling results, a drill hole location plan map, vertical section and longitudinal section are presented at the end of this release.

Drilling Highlights:

CM-17-015: 25.21 g/t Au over 2.00 metres
CM-17-015: 33.40 g/t Au over 1.50 metres
CM-17-018: 12.58 g/t Au over 5.50 metres
CM-17-023: 10.94 g/t Au over 7.85 metres
CM-17-023: 12.43 g/t Au over 7.20 metres
CM-17-023: 5.22 g/t Au over 19.55 metres
CM-17-024: 7.20 g/t Au over 9.05 metres

* The geometry and hence true width of the mineralized zones cannot be assuredly concluded at this time and as such, core lengths are reported.
New Mineralized Corridors Discovered at Depth in Valley Zone

Deeper drilling at the Valley Zone, which has not been explored circa 1960 has again yielded new, previously unidentified veining corridors. Drillhole CM-17-023 intersected three separate veining occurrences grading 10.94 g/t Au over 7.85 metres, 12.43 g/t Au over 7.20 metres and 5.22 g/t Au over 19.55 metres at respective depths of 270 metres, 310 metres and 375 metres vertically below surface. On the same vertical section and located 50 metres above CM-17-023, drillhole CM-17-018 intersected 5.46 g/t Au over 5.20 metres, 12.58 g/t Au over 5.50 metres and 11.57 g/t Au over 2.00 metres and indicates a positive correlation with respect to continuity. CM-17-018 also intersected 13.92 g/t Au over 2.00 metres followed by 8.16 g/t Au over 4.00 metres in another new separate corridor 55 metres northwest of the former. These new corridors are open for expansion in all directions.

"The drill results in the Valley Zone continue to reaffirm our geological understanding of the Caribou Gold Project", commented Matt Filgate, Senior Project Geologist. "We are beginning to see continuity between the Island Mountain and Cow Mountain areas through both shallow and deep drill intercepts, which is allowing us to better target areas of potential mineralization."

About the Phase II Program

The 130,000 metre 2017 Phase II exploratory and delineation drill program on Island Mountain is intended to determine the extent of the vein systems that were historically never explored, and is aimed at discovering new vein systems and sulphide replacement bodies that will ultimately inform a maiden resource at Island Mountain. Four drill rigs are currently delineating additional mineralization below the former Aurum and Cariboo Gold Quartz Mines which have never been explored since mining operations ceased circa 1960.

Qualified Persons

Exploration activities at the Cariboo Gold Project are administered on site by the Company's Exploration Manager, Maggie Layman, P.Geo. As per National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, Paul Geddes, P.Geo. Vice President Exploration, is the Qualified Person for the Company and has prepared, validated and approved the technical and scientific content of this news release. The Company strictly adheres to CIM Best Practices Guidelines in conducting, documenting, and reporting its exploration activities on the Cariboo Gold Project.

Quality Assurance – Quality Control

Once received from the drill and processed, all drill core samples are sawn in half, labelled and bagged. The remaining drill core is subsequently stored on site at the Company's secure facility in Wells, BC. Numbered security tags are applied to lab shipments for chain of custody requirements. The Company inserts quality control (QC) samples at regular intervals in the sample stream, including blanks and reference materials with all sample shipments to monitor laboratory performance. The QAQC program was designed and approved by Lynda Bloom, P.Geo. of Analytical Solutions Ltd., and is overseen by the Company's Qualified Person, Paul Geddes, P.Geo, Vice President Exploration.

Drill core samples are submitted to ALS Geochemistry's analytical facility in North Vancouver, British Columbia for preparation and analysis. The ALS facility is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard for gold assays and all analytical methods include quality control materials at set frequencies with established data acceptance criteria. The entire sample is crushed and 250 grams is pulverized. Analysis for gold is by 50g fire assay fusion with atomic absorption (AAS) finish with a lower limit of 0.01 ppm and upper limit of 100 ppm. Samples with gold assays greater than 100 ppm are re-analyzed using a 1,000g screen metallic fire assay. A selected number of samples are also analyzed using a 48 multi-elemental geochemical package by a 4-acid digestion, followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS).

About Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.

The Company is focused on developing its extensive land package located in the historical Cariboo Mining District of central British Columbia. Barkerville's mineral tenures cover 2,110 square kilometres along a strike length of 67 kilometres which includes several past producing hard rock mines of the historic Barkerville Gold Mining Camp near the town of Wells, British Columbia. The QR Project, located approximately 110 kilometres by highway and all weather road from Wells was acquired by Barkerville in 2010 and boasts a fully permitted 900 tonne/day gold milling and tailings facility. Test mining of the Bonanza Ledge open pit was completed in March of 2015 with 91,489 tonnes of material milled producing 25,464 ounces of gold. The Company has completed several drilling and exploration programs over the past 20 years and has compiled this data with all historical information in order develop geologic models which are assisting management in defining new deposits in the Cariboo Gold Project. An extensive drill program is currently underway with the goal of delineating additional high grade gold mineralization.

Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange ('TSXV') nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. This news release contains forward-looking information which is not comprised of historical facts. Forward-looking information involves risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, the Company's objectives, goals or future plans, statements regarding exploration results and exploration plans. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, capital and operating costs varying significantly from estimates, the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project approvals, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in the development of projects and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry, and those risks set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.

Table 1: Length weighted gold composites for Valley Zone drillholes:



HOLE-ID
FROM (M)
TO (M)
CORE LENGTH (M)
AU (G/T)
AREA
CM-17-015
84.00
86.00
2.00
25.21
VALLEY
INCLUDING
84.50
86.00
1.50
33.40
VALLEY
CM-17-015
245.60
246.15
0.55
19.10
VALLEY
CM-17-015
279.70
280.60
0.90
10.15
VALLEY
CM-17-016



ABANDONED
VALLEY
CM-17-017
85.65
86.15
0.50
16.50
VALLEY
CM-17-018
313.00
313.50
0.50
7.24
VALLEY
CM-17-018
327.00
328.00
1.00
59.20
VALLEY
CM-17-018
460.30
460.90
0.60
12.60
VALLEY
CM-17-018
467.30
472.50
5.20
5.46
VALLEY
INCLUDING
467.30
467.80
0.50
7.88
VALLEY
AND
470.90
471.70
0.80
7.53
VALLEY
AND
471.70
472.50
0.80
21.60
VALLEY
CM-17-018
480.00
485.50
5.50
12.58
VALLEY
INCLUDING
480.00
480.50
0.50
21.50
VALLEY
AND
480.50
481.00
0.50
18.25
VALLEY
AND
481.00
481.60
0.60
60.30
VALLEY
AND
484.50
485.00
0.50
17.15
VALLEY
CM-17-018
491.00
493.00
2.00
11.57
VALLEY
INCLUDING
491.00
492.00
1.00
6.53
VALLEY
AND
492.00
493.00
1.00
16.60
VALLEY
CM-17-018
509.40
510.00
0.60
10.10
VALLEY
CM-17-018
543.00
545.00
2.00
13.92
VALLEY
CM-17-018
559.00
563.00
4.00
8.16
VALLEY
INCLUDING
559.00
559.50
0.50
18.20
VALLEY
AND
560.00
560.50
0.50
29.70
VALLEY
AND
562.50
563.00
0.50
8.02
VALLEY
CM-17-019



ABANDONED

CM-17-020



ABANDONED

CM-17-021



ASSAYS PENDING
VALLEY
CM-17-022
38.00
38.50
0.50
23.60
VALLEY
CM-17-023
125.85
126.35
0.50
68.50
VALLEY
CM-17-023
322.80
324.00
1.20
11.70
VALLEY
CM-17-023
369.05
376.90
7.85
10.94
VALLEY
INCLUDING
373.70
374.45
0.75
9.34
VALLEY
AND
374.95
375.65
0.70
77.60
VALLEY
AND
376.40
376.90
0.50
37.80
VALLEY
CM-17-023
417.80
425.00
7.20
12.43
VALLEY
INCLUDING
422.50
423.15
0.65
7.68
VALLEY
AND
423.15
423.65
0.50
158.00
VALLEY
CM-17-023
443.80
444.30
0.50
11.75
VALLEY
CM-17-023
483.90
484.50
0.60
15.35
VALLEY
CM-17-023
485.50
486.00
0.50
21.80
VALLEY
CM-17-023
493.50
494.00
0.50
12.65
VALLEY
CM-17-023
499.20
518.75
19.55
5.22
VALLEY
INCLUDING
499.20
499.70
0.50
28.80
VALLEY
AND
501.55
502.15
0.60
61.70
VALLEY
AND
509.30
510.15
0.85
14.80
VALLEY
AND
513.30
513.95
0.65
29.30
VALLEY
AND
518.25
518.75
0.50
17.90
VALLEY
CM-17-024
117.30
118.00
0.70
7.18
VALLEY
CM-17-024
167.75
176.80
9.05
7.20
VALLEY
INCLUDING
170.85
171.35
0.50
101.00
VALLEY
AND
173.00
173.80
0.80
8.66
VALLEY
CM-17-024
324.80
325.30
0.50
8.77
VALLEY
CM-17-024
571.00
571.65
0.65
32.30
VALLEY
CM-17-025



ASSAYS PENDING
VALLEY
CM-17-026
212.50
213.00
0.50
7.41
VALLEY
CM-17-026
252.85
253.60
0.75
21.70
VALLEY
CM-17-026
275.20
276.10
0.90
7.08
VALLEY
CM-17-026
324.70
325.50
0.80
17.00
VALLEY
CM-17-026
344.25
350.00
5.75
8.36
VALLEY
INCLUDING
344.25
345.00
0.75
19.50
VALLEY
AND
345.00
345.60
0.60
25.80
VALLEY
AND
345.60
346.20
0.60
9.50
VALLEY
AND
349.35
350.00
0.65
13.50
VALLEY
CM-17-026
354.55
355.40
0.85
7.86
VALLEY
CM-17-026
380.15
380.95
0.80
13.30
VALLEY
CM-17-026
509.00
510.30
1.30
11.50
VALLEY
CM-17-028
162.55
164.70
2.15
17.61
VALLEY
INCLUDING
163.55
164.20
0.65
16.05
VALLEY
AND
164.20
164.70
0.50
13.80
VALLEY
CM-17-028-1
178.90
179.50
0.60
5.94
VALLEY
CM-17-028-1
197.25
198.15
0.90
5.44
VALLEY
CM-17-028-2
255.80
256.45
0.65
20.90
VALLEY
CM-17-028-2
260.70
261.20
0.50
48.80
VALLEY
CM-17-028-2
261.85
263.00
1.15
21.40
VALLEY
CM-17-028-2
271.30
271.80
0.50
16.80
VALLEY
CM-17-028-2
271.80
272.30
0.50
19.40
VALLEY
CM-17-028-2
274.35
275.05
0.70
7.55
VALLEY

* True widths cannot be accurately determined from the information available therefore core lengths are reported. Rock not recovered by drilling was assigned zero grade. Top cuts have not been applied to high grade assays. MC = Mosquito Creek, SHAFT = Shaft Zone, VALLEY = Valley Zone.


Table 2: Drillhole Collar Orientations:

HOLE-ID
AZIMUTH
DIP
CM-17-015
311.20
-61.10
CM-17-017
309.20
-41.10
CM-17-018
307.50
-42.70
CM-17-022
312.00
-57.90
CM-17-023
306.50
-45.20
CM-17-024
308.40
-44.40
CM-17-026
310.00
-45.00
CM-17-028
310.00
-45.00
CM-17-028-1
310.00
-45.00
CM-17-028-2
310.00
-45.00


Island Mountain Drillhole Location Map (CNW Group/Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.)

Valley Zone Vertical Section (CNW Group/Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.)

Island Mountain Vertical Longitudinal Section (CNW Group/Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.)

SOURCE Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.


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