Sona Assays 397.0g Au/t from Grab Sample of the Linda Vein at Its Mineral Creek Gold Property

Sona Resources Corp. ("the Company" or "Sona") (TSX VENTURE:SYS) (FRANKFURT:QS7)
is pleased to report results from its initial geological reconnaissance and
sampling program at the Mineral Creek Gold Project, near Port Alberni, British
Columbia. The program was conducted on October 7, 2013, as part of a data
verification program in compliance with NI 43-101. It consisted of an
independent data verification duplicate sampling of the historical gold and
silver mineralization from previous project drilling on the Ember and Linda
Veins, with ten samples from a wide range of gold and silver assay values. Four
rock samples were taken directly off the Ember and Linda Vein outcrop, which is
exposed along an access road.


"The initial results from Mineral Creek look promising," says John Thompson,
Sona's President and CEO. "We can now confirm the presence of high-grade gold
mineralization on this early-stage property. Now we need to further compile data
and establish high-priority targets for a well-focused drilling campaign."


Historical and data verification results are shown in the tables below for both
the outcrop grab and drill core re-sampling. (Note: all sample numbers begin
with E5388.)


Surface Outcrop Grab Sampling

Four samples of outcropping altered vein were taken within a large historical
soil anomaly encompassing the area of the Ember and Linda Veins. These were
tested at depth by previous operators in both the 2006 and 2009 drill programs. 




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            Outcrop Grab Sampling Results - Ember and Linda Veins           
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                    Easting Northing Elevation      g Au/t     g Au/t g Ag/t
Sample ID  Vein ID (metres) (metres)  (metres) Gravimetric  Metallics    AAS
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5388979      Ember   379107  5448768      1011         195        299   54.6
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5388980      Linda   379068  5448882      1020        49.5       40.8   8.97
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5388981      Linda   379068  5448882      1018         397        372   58.3
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5388982      Linda   379067  5448880      1018       0.103       0.36   0.56
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Samples 980 to 982 tested the outcrop of the Linda Vein, which strikes
approximately 037 degrees and dips northwest at 80 degrees. Sample 980 returned
assay values of 49.5g Au/t with gravimetric finish ("GRAV") and 40.8g Au/t
metallic assay ("MET"), indicating a high concentration of coarse gold. Silver
assayed at 8.97g Ag/t, with a true width of 82 centimetres. Sample 981 tested
the Linda Vein over a 72-centimetre true width some 1.5 metres stratigraphically
lower than sample 980. It also returned the highest gold value in the sampling,
397.0g Au/t (GRAV) and 372.0g Au/t (MET), and silver values of 58.3g Ag/t.
Sample 982 tested the footwall alteration zone against the previous sample, and
returned values of 0.103g Au/t and 0.56g Ag/t (ICP-MS).


Sample 979 tested the Ember Vein and returned assay values of 195.0g Au/t
(GRAV), and 299.0g Au/t (MET) by metallic screen, with a silver value of 54.6g
Ag/t. No directional information was available for the Ember Vein at this site.


Drill Core Sampling

The wooden drill core boxes from the 2006 Linda and 2009 Ember drill programs
were stacked and stored in the open on a third-party property. The Linda Vein
core boxes were in an advanced state of decomposition, rendering sampling of
specific intervals difficult. The Ember Vein core boxes, which contained
high-grade assays, had been extracted from the pallets, were not replaced, and
appear to have been exposed to the elements for some time. As a result, very
little of the original high-grade Ember and Linda Vein core samples remained,
and re-sampling of certain core intervals within the original sample boundaries
proved impossible. 




                          Drill Core Assay Results                          
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                                                                  Historical
Hole                  Sample        From          To    Interval      Values
ID                        ID      metres      metres      metres      g Au/t
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BTT L-17              209473        38.9        39.1         0.2       229.7
                      209483        39.1        39.7         0.6         4.6
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BTT L-14               19669        21.3        21.8         0.5       212.0
                       19670        21.8        22.1         0.3         0.4
                       19671        22.1        22.4         0.3        25.0
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BTT -L28               19686        43.3        43.5         0.2         0.6
                       19687        43.5        44.0         0.5        32.9
                       19688        44.0        44.8         0.8         1.0
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BTT-L3                209038        13.5        13.9         0.4       292.0
                      209039        13.9        14.8         0.9         0.1
                      209040        14.8        15.7         0.9         1.5
                      209041        15.7        16.2         0.5         9.2
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BTT L-25               19642        38.4        38.7         0.3         0.9
                       19643        38.7        39.7         1.0         8.5
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BTT L-56              248406        31.8        32.8         1.0         9.9
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BTT L-58              248442        26.0        26.4         0.4         0.4
                      248443        26.4        26.8         0.4       998.0
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MCC-E06               750119        98.8        99.1         0.3        23.8
                      750120        99.1       100.0         0.9         0.1
                      750121       100.0       100.6         0.6         0.4
                      750122       100.6       100.8         0.2       200.0
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MCC-E60                 5517        89.4        90.2         0.9        78.3
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                          Drill Core Assay Results                          
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                  Historical                                                
Hole                  Values        Sona      g Au/t      g Au/t      g Ag/t
ID                    g Ag/t   Sample ID      FA/AAS   Metallics  ICP/ICP-MS
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BTT L-17                50.4                                                
                  less than                                               
                         0.4     5388965        27.8         NSS         3.5
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BTT L-14                 0.6                                                
                         0.3     5388966         0.3         0.0         1.1
                        40.0                                                
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BTT -L28                 0.5                                                
                         6.6     5388967        78.7         NSS        14.3
                         0.7                                                
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BTT-L3                  78.4                                                
                  less than                                               
                         0.2     5388968        0.03        0.04         0.3
                         0.6     5388969         0.8         0.7         0.4
                         1.2                                                
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BTT L-25                 0.5     5388970         0.6         0.7         0.4
                         3.5     5388971         2.4         NSS         2.4
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BTT L-56                 3.9     5388972         7.9         6.7         2.5
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BTT L-58                 0.4     5388973         6.6         3.4         0.9
                       261.0     5388974         9.0        10.7         2.4
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MCC-E06                  4.0     5388975         8.1         NSS         3.8
                         0.2     5388976         0.1         0.2         0.2
                         0.2     5388977        66.6        77.5        16.8
                        79.6                                                
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MCC-E60                 11.1     5388978         0.6         0.7         2.2
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(i)NSS = Not sufficient sample                                              



Linda Vein

Sample 965 tested two contiguous samples from Hole L-17. Sample 209473 returned
assay values of 229.7g Au/t and 50.4g Ag/t over 0.2 metres, in a quartz-calcite
vein with 57 grains of visible gold up to 2.0 millimetres across. Footwall
sample 209483 returned values of 4.64g Au/t over 0.7 metres with silver values
too small to detect. 


Sample 966 tested three contiguous samples from Hole L-14 that defined a
gold-bearing quartz vein and vein breccias in the original sample. Assaying
returned values of 212.0g Au/t over 60 centimetres, with 44 grains of visible
gold of up to 2.0 millimetres across noted in the logs. New sampling returned
trace values of gold and silver, not surprising since the interval rubble left
in the core box had been thoroughly picked through by previous workers. 


Sample 967 tested three contiguous samples from Hole L-28 that defined a zone of
quartz-carbonate veining with up to 5% fine-grained pyrite over 1.4 metres.
Original weighted average values from the three samples returned 32.8g Au/t and
6.6g Ag/t from the central 0.5-metre sample, with slightly anomalous values in
the hanging wall and footwall samples. Sona results returned 78.7g Au/t (GRAV)
and 14.3g Ag/t over a comparable interval, but with insufficient sample for a
metallics assay. 


Sample 968 tested a quartz vein breccia with visible gold within a faulted
interval in Hole L-3 that originally ran 292.0g Au/t and 78.4g Ag/t over 40
centimetres. Sona sampling returned no significant values in gold or silver.
Sample 969 tested the two footwall samples, which ran to 9.2g Au/t and 1.2g
Ag/t. Sona sampling did not return comparable values in gold or silver. The lack
of comparable values in both of these assays is attributed to insufficient core
remaining within the original box. 


Samples 970 and 971 tested two intervals in a strong quartz-carbonate vein with
visible gold in Hole L-25. As seen from the table above, Sona sampling of the
first interval returned comparable results. The second interval was not
confirmed numerically, but it confirmed the presence of gold above background
values, with the original value of 8.49g Au/t duplicated with a value of 2.38g
Au/t.


Sample 972 tested a 30-centimetre quartz vein and vein breccia interval in Hole
L-56. Original values of 9.85g Au/t and 3.9g Ag/t were confirmed with values of
6.71g Au/t (MET), 7.92g Au/t (GRAV) and 2.48g Ag/t. 


The last two Linda Vein core samples, 973 and 974, tested a very well
mineralized zone and hanging wall of Hole L-58. The first data verification
sample returned assays of 6.55g Au/t (GRAV) and 3.43g Au/t (MET), versus a
historical value of 0.37g Au/t. There was little difference in silver values,
with 0.4g Ag/t historically versus 0.94g Ag/t in Sona sampling. 


The second sample did not confirm the historical value of 989.0g Au/t, with new
samples returning 9.0g Au/t in (FA/AAS) and 10.7g Au/t (MET). The drill log
describes the interval as a 3.0-centimetre quartz vein breccia with visible gold
to 1.2 millimetres, with a 20-centimetre interval of alteration but no quartz
veins, followed by a 3.0-centimetre clayey gouge zone with 10% arsenopyrite and
pyrite. There was no remaining quartz-carbonate to take for the Sona data
verification, which predominantly contained the more massive internal section of
20 centimetres of weakly silificied basalt. 


Ember Vein 

Samples 975 to 977 tested four original samples from MCC-E06, which are
described as quartz-arsenopyrite-pyrite veins containing up to 20% combined
arsenopyrite and pyrite, with no visible gold described and values ranging up to
200.0g Au/t over 15 centimetres. Because of the lack of rock left in the box,
only three data verification samples were obtained for the same interval. The
weighted average of the four original samples is 19.3g Au/t and 6.3g Ag/t; the
comparable Sona weighted average value of three samples covering the same
interval was 6.41g Au/t and 1.95g Ag/t. 


Sample 978 tested an eight-centimetre quartz vein and a 15-centimetre zone of
quartz-sulphide micro-veinlets in Hole MCC-E60, carrying 78.3g Au/t and 11.1g
Ag/t. Data verification sampling did not confirm these values. 


Sample Preparation

After drying, crushing and homogenization, samples were split into three
fractions. One fraction was fire assayed with atomic absorption spectroscopy
finish ("FA/AAS"). Samples with values greater than 10.0g Au/t were re-assayed
by gravimetric finish ("GRAV"). One fraction was screened for metallics ("MET")
before being fire assayed in a separate split. One fraction was assayed for
50-element geochemical background by digestion in aqua regia and analysis with
ICP/ICP-MS finish ("ICP-MS"). Samples were taken by an independent geoscientist,
transported as checked baggage, and delivered by same to Agat Laboratories of
Mississauga, Ontario. 


Additional studies are ongoing to determine, based in part on these sample
results, the best and most economic way to determine the true potential of the
Mineral Creek Gold Property and to establish high-priority drill targets. 


Mineral Creek is an early-stage exploration project, and the Company does not
consider it to be material. The content of this news release has been reviewed
by John P. Thompson, a Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101, with the
ability and authority to verify the authenticity and validity of the data
herein.


About Sona Resources Corp. 

Sona is a junior gold resource company based in Vancouver, with a focus on
bringing its Blackdome-Elizabeth Gold Project into full commercial production.
Since its inception in 1990, Sona has engaged in a wide range of mineral
exploration activities in Canada, Mexico and the United States, as well as
small-scale gold production.


Sona owns a 100 percent interest in the former Blackdome Gold Mine in
south-central British Columbia, 250 kilometres north of Vancouver; and the
Elizabeth Gold Deposit Property, 30 kilometres south of Blackdome. At Blackdome,
the mineral resources are estimated to be 144,500 tonnes, grading 11.29g Au/t
and containing 52,500 oz. gold, indicated; and 90,600 tonnes, grading 8.79g Au/t
and containing 25,900 oz. gold, inferred (news release dated May 4, 2010). At
Elizabeth, Sona has outlined an inferred gold resource of 523,000 tonnes,
grading 12.26g Au/t and containing 206,100 oz. gold (news release dated June 8,
2009). 


Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated
economic viability. 


Sona aims to bring the fully permitted Blackdome mill back into production at an
initial rate of 200 tonnes per day, with feed from the formerly producing
Blackdome Gold Mine. 


On July 15, 2013, Sona announced the acquisition of the highly prospective
Mineral Creek Gold-Silver Project near Port Alberni, British Columbia.


Sona also holds a 100 percent interest in the Montgolfier Project in Quebec, 40
kilometres east of the multimillion-ounce Casa Berardi Mine gold deposit.


On behalf of the Board,

Nick Ferris, Executive Chairman

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