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December 20 2016 / TheNewswire / Aurora, Ontario- Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V: TOE) ("Tri Origin" or the "Company") has completed field activities at its portfolio of gold exploration projects in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Ontario. Work includes diamond drilling at its 50%-owned South Abitibi project, geophysical surveying and excavating at its 100%-owned North Abitibi project and geophysical surveying at its 100%-owned Detour West project.
A program of diamond drilling has been completed at the South Abitibi project in the Cobalt-Temagami region of Ontario. The program was conducted on behalf of an Alliance entered into between Tri Origin and Sumac Mines Ltd. ("Sumac") a subsidiary of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. ("Sumitomo") to explore for gold and base metals in the southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt. The program consisted of 3,540 metres of drilling in 7 holes. Sampling has been completed and final assay results are pending. The program will be reported on in more detail upon receipt of final results and review by Sumac and Tri Origin.
A program of approximately 17 line kilometres of deep-looking induced polarization geophysical surveying and excavating was completed at the North Abitibi gold property located 150 kilometres north of Kirkland Lake and approximately 40 kilometres west of the Casa Berardi gold mine in Quebec now being operated by Hecla Mining Corporation. Both the Spade Lake and Road Gold Zones were investigated by the IP survey and geophysical anomalies interpreted to extend to at least 400 metres in depth were detected at both zones and are open. The Spade Lake Zone has been traced by drilling for over 3 kilometres in strike length but has only been drilled to depths between 100 and 200 metres below surface. The detection of deep IP anomalies at Spade Lake has strengthen management's belief that there is opportunity for improvement of both thickness and grade of the zone at depth
IP results at the Road Gold Zone are equally promising. IP anomalies have now traced the Zone for more than 600 metres in strike length. The Zone was previously known to extend for at least 300 metres in length from 3 historic diamond drill holes with assays including up to 17.8 g/t of gold across 1.6 metres at a depth of 212 metres down hole at the east part of the zone to a small surface exposure previously excavated by Tri Origin at the west extent of the zone which returned values of up to 43 grams of gold per tonne in grab samples.
Excavating during the current program extended the surface exposure of the Road Zone for an additional 80 metres to the west. Snow fall during the completion of the program limited the ability to conduct detailed mapping and sampling however preliminary assay values from grab samples include 3.77 and 1.58 grams of gold per tonne.
Results from this work will be used to plan a program of diamond drilling to further evaluate the Spade Lake and Road Gold Zones. Shareholders will be informed of the details of upcoming work programs prior to their commencement.
At Detour West, located 180 kilometres northeast of Timmins, Ontario and 20 kilometres west of the Detour Lake Gold Mine a detailed review of airborne magnetic and electromagnetic data from the "VTEM" survey completed during September (Tri Origin News Release September 22, 2016 has been completed. The geophysical data review resulted in more accurate definition of the key areas defining the westward extension of the Detour and Lower Detour "deformation zones" and rock units which are coincident with the Detour Lake Gold Mine and Lower Detour discovery 20 kilometres to the east. The geophysical review also helped map the relative thickness and conductive nature of the overburden covering the property which was previously poorly understood. In order to assist with planning a future ground program site visits and a preliminary induced polarization test survey were conducted during late November. Results from the test IP survey were positive and indicate that overburden cover will not hinder geophysical surveying and delineation of drill targets. Planning for a detailed follow-up program across this unexplored area will now be completed.
For further information, please refer to the Company's website www.triorigin.com or SEDAR www.sedar.com or contact:
Dr. Robert Valliant, President
Tri Origin Exploration Ltd.
Tel: (905) 727-1779
E-mail: invest@triorigin.com
Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. is publicly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol TOE. Tri Origin is a leading Canadian exploration company with gold and base metal projects in Canada.
Gold analyses were conducted by SGS Canada Inc. of Lakefield, Ontario using SGS fire assay-atomic absorption method GE_FAA313 with a detection limit of 5 ppb of gold.
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