Bowmore Exploration begins phase 1 drilling at La Scie

Mar 25, 2014

BOWMORE STARTS DRILL PROGRAM AT LA SCIE

Bowmore Explorations Ltd. has obtained all necessary permits and licences for its phase-one drill program on the La Scie gold property, located on the eastern extremity of the Baie Verte peninsula in Newfoundland. The objective of the phase-one 1,500-metre diamond drill program will be to: (1) test the three gold zones (Burton, Isaiah and Jonah) that have thus far been identified on the property (see news release dated Nov. 26, 2013); (2) test the broad zone of high-purity silica averaging 99.4 per cent silicon dioxide following the summer/fall 2013 regional rock-sampling program (see news release dated Jan. 16, 2014). The high-purity silica zone is part of an east-west-trending, 2,500-metre-long silicified zone and is exposed on surface with a minimum length of 290 metres by 3.5 metres to 15 metres in apparent width.

Further to the discovery of the high-purity silica zone, the company conducted detailed analytical tests to determine impurity levels within the silica. Trace element analyses were performed on the seven grab samples taken from this zone, producing excellent results as shown in the attached table.

                            SILICA IMPURITY LEVELS

Analysis                  Fe          Ca          Ti           P           B
                          (%)         (%)         (%)       (ppm)       (ppm)

Max                     0.05        0.02       0.001       0.001          10
Min                            less than   less than   less than   less than
                       0.001        0.01       0.001       0.001          10

Paul Dumas, president and chief executive officer of Bowmore Exploration, stated: “We are very pleased to see the drill program at our La Scie gold property under way. We have three excellent gold targets to drill, as well as the high-grade silica zone, which has returned exceptional values to date. All of these targets present great potential for the discovery of a significant deposit of either gold or high-purity silica, a valuable industrial mineral.”

Samples reported in the attached table were sent for analysis at ALS Minerals laboratory in Vancouver, B.C. (accreditation ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 17025), by using a 0.5-gram subsample from the pulps of the previous samples, crushed and pulverized to 70 microns by tungsten pulverizer. The samples were digested with aqua regia and analyzed by ICP-AES and ICP-MS methods (inductively couples plasma-atomic emission spectrometry). For quality assurance/quality control protocols, ALS Minerals inserted one duplicate, one blank and two standards to compare and ensure accuracy of the results.

Jean-Marie Pronovost, PGeo, chief geologist for Bowmore, is the qualified person who has reviewed this news release and is responsible for the technical information reported herein.

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