VVC-NR-17Aug2018-SamalayucaDrilling corrected

TORONTO, Aug. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VVC Exploration Corporation (“VVC” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:VVC) today announced assay results from 6 additional diamond drill holes (DDH) from the ongoing drilling program at its Samalayuca Copper Property (the “Property”) in northern Chihuahua State, Mexico.  A total of eleven DDH’s have now been completed in the Gloria Extension Zone (GEZ).  The results from five of these holes (SC17-22, SC17-23, SC18-24, SC18-25 and SC18-26) have previously been reported.  All eleven DDH’s which tested the zone intersected significant copper mineralization as detailed in the table below.