Rupert Resources Ltd. announced assay results from an additional 26 surface diamond holes 3,528 meters drilled into the large, open Karoliina zone that was discovered prior to mine's closing in May 2014. The permitted Pahtavaara gold mine is located in Northern Finland in the emerging Central Lapland Greenstone Belt. In 2016, the company drilled 12,293 meters from surface and 3,209 meters from underground, balancing the requirements for production infill drilling and exploration. The results of additional holes from the 8,951 meters of drilling will be released in the next few weeks as assays are received and interpreted. This round of drilling advanced the 500,000 tone Karoliina zone and importantly, indicated the emergence of a thick plunge zone parallel to previously mined deposits and in close proximity to the Karoliina development. This drilling program of the Karoliina zone has been carried out as per recommendations by Micon International, the prior mine owner's geological consultant, who estimated two holes in a 30 meters search radius were required to delineate resources into the indicated mineral resources category. The 2016 infill holes have been drilled by Rupert at approximately 25 meters centers, which is significantly less than the 40 meters centers on average used by previous operators. Initial observations suggest that this 2016 drilling appears to have been successful in converting approximately 75% of the previously defined inferred mineral resource area to indicated mineral resources. Of the 26 holes drilled from surface, 19 intersected mineralization and have confirmed continuity of the zone over a strike of 400 meters and a vertical dimension of 75 meters to 100 meters. The positive results remain open to the west and east and at depth with potential extended 75 meters below the latest drilling by the previously reported hole 116001 (1.71 g/t Au over 8 meters). Results from the 2016 campaign testing to the west and this deeper mineralization (9 holes totaling 1,796 meters) are expected in the next few weeks and the continuity of this zone will be tested further in 2017.