VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, December 9, 2016 – Millrock Resources Inc. (TSX-V: MRO) (“Millrock”) announces that it has completed an initial drilling program at its Los Chinos gold project in Sonora State, Mexico. The project is the subject of a previously-announced option to joint venture agreement with Centerra Gold Inc. (“Centerra”). Under the option agreement, Centerra can earn a 70% interest by funding US$5.0 million in exploration expenditures over a five year period. Millrock manages the exploration work in close consultation with Centerra.
The drilling program consisted of ten holes totaling 1,990 meters. Three target areas were tested; the El Camino zone, La Tinaja prospect, and Pitalla zone. Anomalous surface geochemical values detected at surface with induced polarization anomalies were targeted. The induced polarization anomalies were explained by fault structures with oxidized sulfide minerals. Weakly anomalous gold assay results were encountered in two of the drill holes, but no significantly mineralized intervals were drilled.