TMAC's Hope Bay Path to Production Continues on Track and on Budget

TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - May 12, 2016) - TMAC Resources Inc. (TMR.TO) ("TMAC" or the "Company") filed its Condensed Interim Financial Statements and Management's Discussion & Analysis ("MD&A") for the period ended March 31, 2016, which documents can be found on the Company's website at www.tmacresources.com or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The highlights provided below are derived from these documents and should be read in conjunction with them.

Dr. Catharine Farrow, Chief Executive Officer of TMAC, stated, "We are pleased with our progress to advance the Hope Bay Project to production late in 2016. During the first quarter, we made excellent progress on the underground development at Doris and on our ore stockpile, completed foundation work required in advance of Mill Building erection, and continued our work with Gekko Systems of Australia to execute on the procurement, fabrication and factory testing of the Processing Plant for shipment and installation during the second half of 2016. We remain on track and on budget for both initiating the commissioning of the processing plant and the stockpiling of over 100,000 tonnes of high-grade (approximately 15 g/t) ore we plan to mine by the end of 2016."

FIRST QUARTER 2016 HIGHLIGHTS

Hope Bay Project

  • Mining and mine development productivity and ore production were on target. Mining and mine development continued in the first quarter of 2016 with 58,100 tonnes of the planned 59,200 tonnes having been mined. Productivity averaged 0.4 metres per man-shift, exceeding the estimates of metres per man-shift published in the May 28, 2015 Prefeasibility Study (the "PFS"). Ore production was 12,800 tonnes at an estimated 13.3 grams of gold per tonne.

  • Taking into account ore mined in late 2015 and ore mined by the previous operator, based on the PFS estimates for the material mined, the stockpile is estimated to contain 34,000 tonnes of ore at a grade of 13.6 grams of gold per tonne, or 14,900 ounces of gold of which 14,000 ounces of gold are recoverable at the estimated recovery rate of 94%.

  • Manufacture of the processing plant (the "Processing Plant") by Gekko Systems Pty of Ballarat, Australia for delivery in 2016 was 84% complete at March 31, 2016, and is on budget and on schedule for delivery in the 2016 sealift.

  • Construction of the building that will house the Processing Plant (the "Mill Building") progressed with the foundations for the main walls and reclaim walls being completed. The Mill Building steel is on site and erection commenced in late April 2016.

  • As part of the Nunavut Impact Review Board ("NIRB") and Nunavut Water Board regulatory review process of the application to amend the Doris permits, including the Doris Project Certificate and the Nunavut Water Board Doris Water License (the "Doris Permit Amendments"), TMAC received technical comments from various Federal and Territorial government agencies and the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (collectively the "Reviewing Parties"). Responses to these comments were completed by TMAC and filed. A public hearing was held under the NIRB process with the Reviewing Parties and the general public from April 12 to 14, 2016. All outstanding issues were resolved, the file was closed and TMAC now awaits NIRB's recommendation to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada ("INAC"). Once the NIRB process is completed, the Nunavut Water Board final review process will commence and includes a public hearing and approval from the Minister of INAC.