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February 08, 2017: Redstar Gold Corp. (TSX.V: RGC, OTCQB: RGCTF, FRA: RGG) ("Redstar" or the "Company") is pleased to announce, based on the successful expansion of the mineralized zone along trend and at depth achieved in the 2016 Fall Exploration Program, its 2017 Resource Development and Exploration Program at the Unga Gold Project.
"Commencing in April 2017, our busiest exploration season to-date will begin at the Unga Gold Project. During the 2016 Exploration Program, the Company completed various reconnaissance exploration exercises across the Shumagin and Apollo-Sitka Trends, which included mapping, geochemical soil sampling, surface rock sampling, a 1,505-meter drill program at the Shumagin Zone, and the initiation of an updated internal geological model of the Unga Gold Project. Redstar's President & CEO, Peter A. Ball, stated, "Based on the results and success from 2016, Redstar increased the drilled strike length of the Shumagin Gold Zone from approximately 300m to approximately 950m, and is now well-financed, excited, prepared and focused to execute a multi-million-dollar expansive exploration program to highlight the potential of the multiple gold zones with the Unga Gold Project, commencing firstly with the Shumagin Gold Zone."
Detailed Review of the 2017 Exploration and Resource Development Program:
Geological Highlights of the Shumagin Gold Zone and Trend
The 100% controlled Unga Gold Project is an intermediate-sulfidation epithermal district located along the Alaskan Peninsula on adjacent Unga and Popof Islands, approximately 950 km southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The 240-km2 property contains numerous volcanic-hosted, structurally-controlled and disseminated gold-silver mineral occurrences localized along at least two (2) regional structures (Shumagin Trend and Apollo-Sitka trends), each measuring approximately 9km long. High-grade gold zones drilled or identified at surface occur within dilation zones along the regional and/or subsidiary structures and are the main exploration target-type for the project. The Shumagin Gold Zone is only one of several noteworthy gold-silver structures found on Redstar's Unga Gold Project and is a high-priority exploration target.
Jesse C. Grady, MSc, CPG-11592, is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. Mr. Grady has prepared and approved the technical information contained within this release.
Redstar is well-financed junior exploration company, with a very strong institutional shareholder base, no debt, and is focused on high grade gold exploration and advancing its high-grade Unga Gold Project in Alaska. The 100% controlled Unga Gold Project is an intermediate sulfidation epithermal high grade gold project on a district scale, with the property encompassing approximately 240 km2, and containing multiple high grade gold zones drilled or identified at surface. The former Apollo-Sitka gold mine, located on the southern Apollo-Sitka Trend, was Alaska's first underground gold mine and the site of historic high-grade (~10 g/t Au) gold production. The Unga Gold Project has extensive infrastructure with daily flights from Anchorage landing on a one mile long paved airstrip and a deep-water port on neighboring Popof Island, and a moderate climate noting it resides at the 57-degree latitude and next to the ocean. In addition, Redstar owns approximately 26.6% of NV Gold Corp. (TSXV: NVX). Redstar also owns 30% of the Newman Todd Gold Project, in Red Lake, Ontario, Canada.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Peter A. Ball, President and CEO
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