Scorpio Discovers Gold Mineralization At Physik

VANCOUVER - Scorpio Gold Corporation reported the discovery of gold mineralization at the Physik target, at its 70% owned Mineral Ridge project, located in Nevada.

The Physik target is situated approximately 300 meters southwest of the producing Mary LC pit. This is an entirely new target area on the Mineral Ridge property discovered by Scorpio Gold's exploration team using a combination of remote sensing, geophysics and structural interpretation.

Initial drill testing of the Physik target over a 200 meter strike length has intersected significant mineralization in 7 of 9 holes, with drill hole MR141107 returning 31.79 g/t gold over 4.57 meters within 15 meters of surface. The mineralization is interpreted to lie along a northwest trend, which is the predominant structural trend common to all of the significant deposits on the property. Scorpio Gold's management considers the results from this early stage of drilling to be highly encouraging. Follow-up drilling is planned in 2015 to determine if there is potential to define a mineral resource in this area.

Peter J Hawley, CEO commented, "The Physik discovery is a major achievement of our exploration team and represents the first blind discovery at Mineral Ridge. Unlike all of the previously known deposits and exploration targets on the property, there is no surface expression of gold mineralization in the Physik area. This discovery is a result of remote sensing techniques and sound geological interpretation. It supports what we've always believed about Mineral Ridge, that there is excellent potential to discover new mineralization property wide."

In 2013, the Company commissioned an 810 line-km heli-borne VTEM plus time domain survey over the Mineral Ridge property. Multiple targets were generated, including a circular annular magnetic anomaly in the area now known as the Physik target. The anomaly measures 680 meters by 740 meters in diameter and is interpreted as possible annular intrusion (ring dyke) with a magnetic high surrounding a central low signature. The Physik anomaly is readily identifiable in the TMI and RTP magnetic data sets in addition to the 1st vertical derivative magnetic data. A NW-SW trending fault is interpreted to lie along on the east edge of the anomaly. Interpretation of the possible ring dyke and fault structure is supported by an Aster multi-spectral satellite imagery survey undertaken in 2010.

Mineralization intersected to date lies within the central low area of the magnetic anomaly. The Company is currently waiting on a Mag 3-Dimensional inversion of the geophysical data, the results from which may provide discrete targeting of magnetic bodies, or the general magnetic framework (geometry) of the overall zone. Compilation of all data will direct planning of the 2015 exploration program at the Physik target.