Battle North Gold Reports Initial Drilling Results At The Pen Zone

TORONTO - Battle North Gold Corp. reported initial assay results from the confirmatory drilling program at the Peninsula zone (Pen Zone), a mineralized target area located within 550 meters (m) of the F2 Gold Zone and related existing underground infrastructure at the Company's Bateman Gold Project in Red Lake, Ontario.

The Pen Zone is one of the three high-priority targets just north of the Project, along with the CARZ and Island zones (collectively referred to by Battle North as the "String of Pearls"). The Company has encountered high-grade mineralization in the String of Pearls from historical drilling and is focussed on advancing exploration of the String of Pearls as potential sources of incremental mill feed. This year, the Company has completed approximately 2,100 meters (m) of a 2,700 m drilling program at the Pen Zone. Battle North has conducted drilling from the 244 m Level exploration drift of the Project, targeting the high-titanium basaltic units ("High-Ti Basalt Units") which are the main host rock of gold mineralization in this zone. The information gathered from the 2020 Pen Zone drilling program is expected to further advance the Company's understanding of the lithological and structural controls on the gold mineralization in the zone.

Historical drilling at the Pen Zone demonstrated high-grade mineralization and initial assay results from the current drilling program appear to confirm those historical results. Current modeling of the Pen Zone High-Ti Basalt Units has this zone potentially extending at depth, which warrants further exploration drilling.