Filo Mining Corporation announced that the 2016/2017 drill program at the Filo del Sol project is now underway. Two reverse circulation (RC) drills are currently active and a third rig is expected to be added in late January. The focus of the program is on the oxidized portion of the system and on evaluating its potential to be processed by heap leaching. A total of 8,000 metres of drilling in 35 holes is planned, however the actual totals may change depending on results and drilling productivity. To date, approximately 2,000 metres of drilling in 7 holes has been completed. The planned drill program includes resource infill holes, step-out holes, and exploration holes which will test three high-quality exploration targets within 2 km of the deposit. It is anticipated that drilling will continue until the end of March. Step-out holes are planned both north and south of the current resource, which remains open in both directions. Exploration holes will test targets which could yield new discoveries within the large alteration system that surrounds the current resource footprint. Three target areas will be tested; Filo North, Filo South and Cerro Vicuna. Filo North lies between 1 and 2 km north of the deposit in an area thought to host a potential feeder zone to the Filo del Sol deposit. Evidence for a potential feeder zone is provided by surface geochemistry, geophysics and detailed studies of the zonation of alteration minerals. The Filo South target lies 1,000 metres south of the deposit. Surface mapping and sampling in this area has defined a northwesterly-trending gold +/- copper bearing zone of strong silicification, quartz stockwork and breccia with minimum dimensions of 1,000 metres along strike by 200 metres wide. Wide-spaced historical drilling did not test this zone, however, surface trenching across it in 2016 returned 114 metres of 0.85% copper and 0.35 g/t gold.