Galway Metals Undertakes Clarence Stream Maiden Pit Constrained Resource to Unlock Potential of Near-Surface, High-Grade Gold Mineralization

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 31, 2017) - Galway Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GWM) (the "Company" or "Galway") is pleased to announce that it has contracted SRK Consulting (U.S.), Inc. to undertake a new NI 43-101 resource estimate for the Clarence Stream gold property located in south-western New Brunswick, Canada. On August 3, 2016, the Company announced that it had secured an Option Agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the property. The new resource will include-for the first time-a pit constrained component that will apply a much lower cutoff grade more suitable to open pit mining scenarios compared with the previous 3.0 g/t Au global cutoff grade that is more suitable for underground mining. Successful shallow drilling, both in the South and North Zones, has provided Galway with confidence that a significant portion of the deposits may be able to be included in a pit constrained resource, and the Company believes that the lowering of the cutoff grade for these pit constrained resources will result in an increase in contained ounces.

Robert Hinchcliffe, President and CEO of Galway Metals, said, "Galway is pleased to proceed with a new resource, taking into account, for the first time, a pit constrained scenario in order to unlock the true potential of the deposit. Our current efforts are to expand both near surface and underground mineralization."

On January 12, 2017 and February 1, 2017, Galway released drill results from the South Zone which encountered wide, high-grade, very near surface mineralization.

  • 4.6 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (Au) over 30.0 metres (m), including 8.9 g/t Au over 14.0 m (that includes 28.0g/t over 1.0m, 20.7g/t over 1.0m, and 32.1g/t over 1.0m) in CS 16-343 from 33.0 m to 63.0 m

  • 4.3 g/t Au over 23.0 m, including 5.6 g/t Au over 16.0 m (that includes 21.4g/t over 1.0m, and 13.6g/t over 2.0m) in CS 16-344 from 28.0 m to 51.0 m

  • 4.6 g/t Au over 24.0 m, including 9.6 g/t Au over 8.0 m in CS 16-345 starting at a vertical depth of 12 m,

  • 10.0 g/t Au over 31.0 m, including 24.2 g/t Au over 12.0 m in CS 16-346 starting at a vertical depth of 10 m,

  • 7.9 g/t Au over 18.0 m, including 30.1 g/t Au over 4.0 m in CS 16-347 starting at a vertical depth of 16 m, and

  • 10.1 g/t Au over 13.0 m, including 24.9 g/t Au over 5.0 m in CS 16-348 starting at a vertical depth of 115 m.

Clarence Stream hosts Indicated Resources of 182,000 ounces of gold at 6.9 g/t (241,000 oz at 9.1 g/t uncut), plus Inferred Resources of 250,000 oz at 6.3 g/t (313,000 oz at 8.0 g/t uncut) (see NI 43-101 resource, prepared by Roscoe Postle Associates (RPA), October 3, 2016 press release and criteria below). To date, all gold resources were prepared using a 3.0 g/t lower cutoff grade, which implies underground mining scenarios. The use of a much lower cutoff that would be more appropriate for open pit mining is expected to bring more ounces into the global resource. True widths, drill hole locations and orientations, and tables of results can be found in the three press releases noted herein. They can also be found in Table 1 on the Company's website at www.galwaymetalsinc.com.