Seta Vein Extended And Identification Of New Kamitake Vein Zone With Drilling Results At Kato Gold Project

VANCOUVER - BeMetals Corp. reported on its ongoing diamond drilling program at the Kato Gold Project in Hokkaido, Japan. Due to the continued success of the program, BeMetals plans to increase the size of its initial drilling campaign to 2,000 meters and will continue releasing more assay results in the coming months.

John Wilton, President and CEO of BeMetals stated, "We are pleased with these assay results from drill hole KT22-12 at our Kato Project on Hokkaido in Japan. This hole provides an approximate 100 meter extension to the strike length of the Seta Vein as intersected in the recently reported KT22-11 hole. These results demonstrate good continuity and scale potential of the Seta Vein as we continue our drilling program.

In addition to expanding the Seta Vein, KT22-12 has also intersected what is interpreted as the upper section of a newly recognized vein zone named the Kamitake Vein. This vein is only some 40 meters from the Seta Vein and future drill targeting will be planned to test Kamitake's potential grade, depth and strike extension. Both the Seta and Kamitake zones exhibit vein textures and other mineralogical features which are hallmarks of other typical epithermal gold deposits. The results to date from drilling at Kato have motivated the Company to expand its current phase of drilling by approximately 500 meters to further test the scope, scale, and controls of this significant gold system."

This year, BeMetals plans to complete, a now expanded, approximately 2,000 meter drill program at the Kato Gold Project. The Company expects to continue to improve drilling progress with modifications to the hole designs and techniques that should provide constant geological exploration data and assay results.