Nevsun Resources Ltd (NSU)

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Nevsun Reports Further Exceptional Drill Results from the Lower Zone Copper-Gold Porphyry at Timok - Initial Resource Expected by Mid-2018

Vancouver, BC – Nevsun Resources Ltd. (TSX:NSU) (NYSE American:NSU) ("Nevsun" or the "Company") is pleased to announce new assay results from the recently completed $20 million exploration drill program of the Lower Zone at the Timok copper-gold project ("Timok Project") in Serbia.

Highlights

- 1.00% Cu and 0.20g/t Au (1.14% Cu equivalent) over 556.8 meters starting at 1,310 meters in TC170177
Including 1.45% Cu, 0.32g/t Au (1.67% Cu equivalent) over 177.0 meters
- 0.91% Cu and 0.18g/t Au (1.04% Cu equivalent) over 558.0 meters starting at 1,366 meters in TC170187
Including 1.00% Cu, 0.19g/t Au (1.13% Cu equivalent) over 309 meters
- 0.97% Cu and 0.14g/t Au (1.07% Cu equivalent) over 390.0 meters starting at 1,106 meters in TC170181
Including 1.35% Cu, 0.22g/t Au (1.50% Cu equivalent) over 117 meters; and also
- 1.06% Cu and 0.21g/t Au (1.21% Cu equivalent) over 312.0 meters starting at 1,583 meters in TC170181
Including 1.47% Cu, 0.32g/t Au (1.69% Cu equivalent) over 165 meters
- 1.32% Cu and 0.17g/t Au (1.44% Cu equivalent) over 174.0 meters starting at 1,411 meters in TC170185
Including 1.87% Cu, 0.23g/t Au (2.03% Cu equivalent) over 108 meters
Cu equivalent calculated as 1g/t Au = 0.7% Cu
Intersections estimated to be approximately 50-95% of true width


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http://www.nevsun.com/news/2018/march26/