3,000-Metre Diamond Drilling Program Moves Ahead 

VANCOUVER, BC - Sona Resources Corp. reported that the exploration program it announced on July 29, 2010, is well under way.

A 3,000-metre surface diamond drilling program commenced in early August, and 15 holes totalling 2,339 metres have been completed to date. Assay results for the first few holes are already coming back from the laboratory; the Company will release them once they're compiled. Earlier this summer, the access road into the Elizabeth Gold Property was improved to allow for the exploration camp upgrade. A new trailer camp for the planned underground exploration program, scheduled to commence this fall, has been sourced. "We're pleased with the progress of the work program to date," says John P. Thompson P.Eng., Sona's president and CEO. "We have a skilled and motivated crew, and the weather has been very co-operative." The planned underground program will consist of a new portal into the Southwest Vein zone drifting, with raises along the ore zone, along with 4,500 metres of underground diamond drilling. This work is designed to increase confidence in the gold resource at the Elizabeth project, and to move it from the Inferred category to the Measured and Indicated categories. To permit sampling on the West Vein beneath its eastern surface expression - known as the "Jewelry Box" - underground timber supports are being replaced in the Upper Portal. Surface trenching is under way on the northeastern extension of the West Vein, in the Jewelry Box area. Sona is also doing surface sampling at the outcrops of other known or recently exposed veins. Since its inception in 1990, Sona has engaged in exploration activities at its mineral properties in Canada and the United States, as well as small-scale gold production at its flagship property, the 100 percent owned Blackdome Gold Mine, in south-central British Columbia. At Blackdome, the indicated mineral resources are estimated to be 144,500 tonnes, grading 11.29g Au/t and containing 52,600 ounces of gold, and the inferred resource is estimated to be 90,600 tonnes, grading 8.79g Au/t. At its 100 percent owned Elizabeth Gold Property, 30 kilometres south of the Blackdome Gold Mine, Sona has outlined an inferred gold resource of 522,900 tonnes, grading 12.3g Au/t and containing 206,100 ounces of gold. The company's address is Suite 802, 1166 Alberni Street,Vancouver BC V6E 3Z3, 604.684.6677, fax: 604.684.6678,