MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. announced further results from the diamond drill program completed last fall at its SJP property, 40 kilometres east of Sudbury, Ontario. Hole SM-19-008 intersected 3.6 g/t gold over 6 metres, including 21.5 g/t over 0.8 metres, testing the down-dip continuity of the gold zones of the North Pit area. Hole SM-19-012 intersected 4.0 g/t over 9 metres, including 9.1 g/t gold and 0.02% cobalt over 0.9 metres, testing the northern extension of the Scadding Mine. The results from the upper chlorite zone in hole SM-19-012 in which visible gold was observed, are still pending. Hole SM-19-008 successfully extended at depth gold mineralization in the Bristol and Monaco structures in the North Pit area: 3.6 g/t gold over 6 metres, including 21.5 g/t gold over 0.8 metres in the Monaco Structure. Hole SM-19-012 successfully extended mineralization north of the Scadding Mine: 4.0 g/t gold over 9.4 metres, including 9.1 g/t gold and 0.02% cobalt over 0.9 metres; Results for a chlorite zone intersected between 48.6 and 55.3 metres, in which visible gold was observed, remain pending; Hole SM-19-012 was stopped near the upper contact of the Bristol breccia as the significance and geological characteristics of that breccia zone were not known when the hole was drilled. Drilling in the North Pit area: Hole SM-19-008 was testing the Bristol and Monaco structures respectively 70 metres and 75 metres down-dip of SM-19-005 and SM-19-004. SM-19-008 successfully intersected incipient gold-cobalt in the Bristol Structure and high-grade gold mineralization in the Monaco Structure, proving the down-dip continuity of the structures and of mineralization. MacDonald’s 2019 drilling has now confirmed that high-grade gold mineralization in the Bristol and Monaco structures in the North Pit area is present over a lateral extension of 125 metres, down-dip over 150 metres and remains open in every direction. Drilling near the Scadding Mine: Hole SM-19-012 was testing the northern extension of the mineralized structures mined in the Scadding underground mine. Although the results from the upper chlorite zone are still pending, hole SM-19-012 successfully indicated that high-grade gold mineralization extends north of the Scadding Mine, that stacked mineralized structures exist near the Scadding Mine and that additional drilling is likely to continue to expand the footprint of mineralization north of the Scadding underground mine. Hole SM-19-012 was terminated near the upper contact of the Bristol breccia and intersected low grade gold mineralization in the contact zone (0.25 g/t gold over 3 metres, 0.25 g/t gold over 1.09 metres), indicating that gold mineralization persists in the Bristol breccia 80 metres north of SM-19-009. First phase of the 2020 Drilling Program: Following the very positive results obtained in the North Pit area, the first phase of MacDonald’s drilling in 2020 will target drilling gaps and the lateral and down-dip extensions of the Monaco and Bristol structures in the North pit area to quantify the size and grade of the zones of high-grade gold mineralization. Although there are many historic holes in the North Pit area, MacDonald’s 2019 drilling has shown that the historic drilling results are unreliable – the historic drilling intersections cannot be precisely located and many historic holes were drilled in orientations that significantly minimized the probabilities of intersecting mineralization. Drilling using systematic azimuth and spacing is necessary to adequately define the geometry, continuity and size of the zones of high-grade gold mineralization in the Bristol and Monaco structures in the North Pit area.