SUPERIOR GOLD EXTENDS HIGH-GRADE MINERALIZATION IN A FAVOURABLE LOCATION TO THE CURRENT PORTAL AT PLUTONIC

TORONTO, May 31, 2022 /CNW/ - Superior Gold Inc. ("Superior Gold" or the "Company") (TSXV: SGI) (OTCQX: SUPGF) is pleased to announce additional high-grade drill results from its ongoing underground diamond drill program at its 100%-owned Plutonic Gold mine in Western Australia. 

Plutonic is a world-class Archean lode-style gold mineralized system that has produced close to six million ounces of gold over 32 years of continuous operation and encompasses a Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 1.92 million ounces together with an Inferred Mineral Resource of 3.97 million ounces (December 2021 Mineral Resource and Reserve).  The Company's continuous exploration effort underpins a commitment to reserve and resource growth.

Results are provided for 57 underground exploration drill holes, drilled from October 2021 to March 2022, for a total of  7,397 metres of drilling.  Drilling was focused on extending and infilling known mineralization in the Indian Access area, located between the existing Caribbean and Indian mining areas at Plutonic.  The Indian Access mining area is under-explored and remains open along strike and both up and down dip as it is yet to be fully drill tested. The Indian Access mining area increased in priority following a reinterpretation of mineralization controls particularly given its proximity to existing infrastructure and the surface. This area of interest represents a footprint of approximately 500 metres by 300 metres as a possible future new mining front in an area that has limited historical mining as seen in Figure 2. Drilling results from this statement were not included in the recent Mineral Resource estimates, however, it is the Company's intention to reflect these results in the planning for the 2022 mine plan as well as future iterations of the mine plans pending results from the resource model updates.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Drill hole UDD25437 intersected 58.9 g/t gold over 2.7 metres including 0.7 metre at 204.7 g/t gold
• Drill hole UDD25332 intersected 17.6 g/t gold over 7.7 metres including 0.7metre at 23.6 g/t gold and 26.7 g/t gold over 1.8 metres including 1.0 metre 51.7 g/t gold
• Drill hole UDD25073 intersected 20.5 g/t gold over 5.1 metres including 1.0 metre at 98.8 g/t gold
• Drill hole UDD24898 intersected 12.1 g/t gold over 6.5 metres including 1.0 metre at 58.6 g/t gold
• Drill hole UDD25076 intersected 10.2 g/t gold over 6.9 metres including 0.8 metre at 36.9 g/t gold
• Drill hole UDD25079 intersected 20.9 g/t gold over 3.0 metres including 1.0 metre at 34.7 g/t gold

The results announced today expand the Caribbean and Indian zones, directly adjacent to existing underground infrastructure, which should require minimal capital to develop. The location of this drilling is shown in Figures 1 to 5 below. The intersections are shown in Table 1 below.  Reported intersections are over a minimum downhole length of 0.30 metres (~0.20 metres true width).

Chris Jordaan, President and CEO of Superior Gold stated: "These excellent drill results continue to support the Company's strategy of re-interpreting and re-evaluating historical areas of Plutonic to support future production with new mining fronts and reducing our reliance on remnant mining areas.

These results announced today give us further confidence that high-grade extensions of the Plutonic orebody can be systematically targeted.  Results such as hole UDD25437 which intersected 58.9 g/t gold over 2.7 metres, and hole UDD25332 which intersected 17.6 g/t gold over metres indicate that significant mineralization can still be discovered. These drilling results have 26 intercepts containing over 20-gram meters (downhole intersection times Gold value uncut) and 64 intercepts containing over 4.5-gram metres on a total of 57 holes. The high drill success rate from this project area reflects the effectiveness and accuracy of the reinterpretation and remodelling approach currently applied. Our investment in re-interpreting historical data, with this recent success as an example, will further assist our strategy to extend Plutonic's mine life. The close proximity to the adit and the ease of access to this area is a favourable location for the current portal at the Plutonic Mine.

INDIAN ACCESS

The Indian Access intercepts such as 58.9 g/t gold over 2.7 metres in hole UDD25437, 17.6 g/t gold over 7.7 metres in hole UDD25332, 20.5 g/t gold over 5.1 metres in hole UDD25073, and many more significant intercepts demonstrates great potential in an under-explored area of the mine. These targets have been identified through careful re-interpretation of late crosscutting dykes and earlier Northwest faults. The grade intercepts are down dip extensions of known mineralization and also include a "new" zone approximately 100 metres from existing mining infrastructure. These high-grade zones are interpreted to coincide with a similar northwest control on stacked lodes that extend throughout the entire mine from the surface through to the Baltic Extension area.

Table 1: Highlights of Drill Results from Indian Access area 

Drill Hole #	Easting (Mine Grid)	Northing (Mine Grid)	Drill hole collar RL (Mine Grid)	Dip (degrees)	Azimuth (degrees, Mine Grid)	End of hole depth (m)	Downhole From (m)	Downhole To (m)	Downhole Intersection (m)	Au (gpt) uncut	Est True Thickness
UDD24890	4675	11435	1307	-3	218	137	47.8	50.8	3.0	1.9	2.1
							88.9	89.4	0.6	16.9	0.4
UDD24891	4675	11435	1307	6	222	161	No Significant Intercept
UDD24892	4674	11436	1307	0	229	156	97.2	98.2	1.0	8.4	0.7
							131.3	133.2	1.9	3.9	1.3
							140.7	143.7	3.0	13.5	2.1
UDD24893	4672	11436	1307	-14	245	173	No Significant Intercept
UDD24894	4520	11276	1215	-1	334	160	No Significant Intercept
UDD24895	4520	11276	1216	0	340	144	No Significant Intercept
UDD24896	4520	11276	1215	4	342	129	113.2	113.7	0.5	17.3	0.4
UDD24897	4533	11287	1217	-13	345	224	No Significant Intercept
UDD24898	4595	11345	1229	-14	282	33	4.6	11.1	6.5	12.1	4.6
							Including		1.0	58.6	0.7
UDD24899	4599	11337	1229	-4	199	219	106.9	112.0	5.1	2.2	3.6
							184.2	187.0	2.8	7.4	2.0
							209.7	210.6	0.9	20.1	0.6
UDD24900	4599	11336	1229	-9	228	228	115.0	121.2	6.2	3.2	4.3
UDD25052	4514	11261	1213	1	168	160	1.0	3.0	2.0	3.1	1.4
							35.0	37.0	2.0	4.9	1.4
							102.3	104.9	2.6	12.5	1.8
UDD25053	4512	11261	1213	-11	192	84	44.8	45.2	0.4	19.2	0.3
							50.7	56.0	5.3	7.0	3.7
							Including		0.5	33.7	0.4
							66.8	68.2	1.4	20.0	1.0
							75.6	76.6	1.0	12.4	0.7
UDD25054	4512	11261	1213	-3	195	81	88.0	90.0	2.0	4.3	1.4
UDD25055	4512	11261	1213	-16	202	80	No Significant Intercept
UDD25056	4511	11261	1213	-5	208	90	43.0	43.9	0.9	5.7	0.6
							49.9	52.0	2.1	15.5	1.5
UDD25057	4511	11260	1213	2	212	73	100.0	103.0	3.0	18.2	2.1
							Including		1.0	38.9	0.7
							106.0	107.7	1.7	6.3	1.2
UDD25073	4740	11281	1336	-7	301	113	46.8	48.7	1.9	5.0	1.3
							111.9	117.0	5.1	20.5	3.6
							Including		1.0	98.8	0.7
							133.5	136.2	2.7	7.5	1.9
							149.6	150.6	1.0	16.0	0.7
UDD25074	4740	11281	1335	-14	302	119	78.5	89.8	11.3	5.3	7.9
							105.3	109.3	4.0	7.9	2.8
							141.8	144.2	2.4	2.6	1.7
UDD25075	4740	11281	1336	-3	292	73	No Significant Intercept
UDD25076	4740	11281	1336	-4	286	102	3.1	10.0	6.9	10.2	4.8
							Including		0.8	36.9	0.6
UDD25077	4738	11279	1335	-37	267	81	1.2	3.1	1.9	30.4	1.3
							Including		0.5	58.8	0.4
UDD25078	4739	11279	1336	-6	259	108	3.6	9.7	6.1	2.8	4.3
							33.9	38.4	4.5	3.6	3.2
							41.0	44.1	3.1	11.9	2.2
							61.5	70.4	8.9	4.6	6.2
							98.0	99.0	1.0	24.8	0.7
UDD25079	4739	11277	1336	-12	235	92	0.0	3.0	3.0	20.9	2.1
							Including		1.0	34.7	0.7
							8.0	10.4	2.4	2.6	1.7
UDD25080	4739	11277	1336	-4	236	89	0.0	2.7	2.7	13.3	1.9
UDD25081	4741	11276	1334	-37	229	63	No Significant Intercept
UDD25082	4743	11275	1334	-50	206	47	No Significant Intercept
UDD25083	4741	11276	1335	-5	229	53	No Significant Intercept
UDD25084	4743	11275	1335	4	197	36	0.0	2.3	2.3	2.9	1.6
UDD25183	4300	11150	1256	-69	65	70	42.4	43.9	1.5	14.0	1.0
UDD25184	4300	11150	1256	-53	85	75	No Significant Intercept
UDD25185	4300	11150	1256	-25	90	75	No Significant Intercept
UDD25186	4318	11127	1256	-56	200	101	10.8	12.6	1.8	6.1	1.3
							21.0	22.1	1.1	11.3	0.8
UDD25187	4319	11127	1256	-75	315	100	24.4	26.6	2.2	3.9	1.5
							36.8	37.5	0.7	20.4	0.5
UDD25329	4393	11684	1255	-56	257	190	142.4	147.6	5.2	3.0	3.6
UDD25330	4393	11684	1255	-57	246	210	130.7	132.8	2.1	7.1	1.5
							Including		1.0	31.8	0.4
							152.1	153.1	1.0	7.8	0.7
UDD25331	4393	11683	1255	-64	232	180	No Significant Intercept
UDD25332	4394	11682	1255	-49	214	150	110.8	118.5	7.7	17.6	5.4
							Including		0.7	23.6
							124.2	126.0	1.8	26.7	1.3
							Including		1.0	51.7
UDD25333	4394	11682	1255	-46	201	240	No Significant Intercept
UDD25334	4394	11682	1255	-60	201	215	No Significant Intercept
UDD25335	4409	11681	1255	-52	189	205	No Significant Intercept
UDD25336	4409	11682	1255	-65	183	170	No Significant Intercept
UDD25337	4409	11681	1255	-72	180	185	159.4	160.9	1.5	17.6	1.1
UDD25338	4440	11678	1254	-29	188	245	No Significant Intercept
UDD25338A	4439	11678	1255	-23	188	245	218.9	220.1	1.2	15.3	0.8
UDD25433	4584	11335	1228	-22	280	54	No Significant Intercept
UDD25434	4598	11337	1229	4	203	105	113.1	114.8	1.7	5.2	1.2
UDD25435	4514	11261	1213	-8	175	69	46.6	49.2	2.6	2.5	1.8
UDD25436	4514	11261	1213	-21	191	99	No Significant Intercept
UDD25437	4604	11346	1232	52	96	99	87.3	90.4	3.1	15.1	2.2
							111.0	113.7	2.7	58.9	1.9
							Including		0.7	204.7	0.5
UDD25438	4592	11343	1232	39	302	99	No Significant Intercept
UDD25439	4598	11337	1229	-17	196	156	148.1	153.6	5.5	5.9	3.9
							Including		1.0	23.2
UDD25440	4598	11337	1229	-1	205	150	No Significant Intercept
UDD25441	4554	11304	1222	14	307	84	46.6	48.2	1.7	6.8	1.2
UDD25442	4606	11357	1229	-56	320	36	No Significant Intercept
UDD25443	4604	11346	1233	48	72	90	82.7	83.3	0.6	13.5	0.4
							89.0	92.3	3.3	3.9
							105.7	109.3	3.6	2.4
UDD25444	4514	11261	1214	6	170	81	1.0	2.0	1.0	9.7	0.7

Mineral Resource and Technical Report

The technical report supporting the mineral resources identified in this press release is entitled, "2020 Mineral Resource and Reserve Estimate for the Plutonic Gold Operations Including Main Open Cut Pit Area", is dated December 30, 2020, is effective December 31, 2019, and is available under Superior Gold's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website at www.superior-gold.com.

Qualified Person

The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Ettienne Du Plessis, who is a "qualified person" as defined by NI 43-101. Mr. Du Plessis is not independent of the Company within the meaning of NI 43-101.

Quality Control Protocols

Drilling is completed with NQ2 core diameter (50.7 mm) and samples are from whole core. Gold results were determined by Aurum Laboratories (Perth) and/or Plutonic laboratory using fire assay fusion. Standards, blanks, and duplicates are included in approximately every 20 samples for Quality Assurance/Quality Control purposes by the Company as well as the laboratory.

About Superior Gold

Superior Gold is a Canadian based gold producer that owns 100% of the Plutonic Gold Operations located in Western Australia. The Plutonic Gold Operations include the Plutonic underground gold mine and central mill, numerous open-pit projects including the Plutonic Main Pit push-back project, the Hermes open pit projects, and an interest in the Bryah Basin joint venture. Superior Gold is focused on expanding production at the Plutonic Gold Operations and building an intermediate gold producer with superior returns for shareholders.

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