Pretium President Bob Quartermain on BC gold assays of 36.78 g/t over 5.5m

Pretium Resources Inc TSX:PVG announced drill results from the West and Valley of the Kings zones of its Brucejack project in northern BC. Highlights include

1.95 g/t gold over 115.5 metres

1.24 g/t gold over 56 metres

1.14 g/t gold over 79 metres

1.29 g/t gold over 30.1 metres

1.03 g/t gold over 48 metres

45.1 g/t gold and 31 g/t silver over 1.5 metres

36.78 g/t gold and 261.9 g/t silver over 5.5 metres

(including uncut 13,600 g/t gold and 6,910 g/t silver over 0.6 metres)

73.7 g/t gold and 70.2 g/t silver over 1 metre

14.8 g/t gold over 7.5 metres (including 59.5 g/t gold over 1.5 metres)

9.3 g/t gold and 73.2 g/t silver over 23.5 metres

(including uncut 6,110 g/t gold and 2,220 g/t silver over 0.7 metres)

9.69 g/t gold over 10.5 metres (including 63.1 g/t gold over 1.5 metres)

2.53 g/t gold and 29.5 g/t silver over 209.2 metres

(including uncut 395 g/t gold and 435 g/t silver over 0.7 metres)

1.21 g/t gold over 125.2 metres

1.09 g/t gold over 101 metres

The Brucejack project has an NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate of 8.18 million ounces gold and 116.2 million ounces silver in the measured and indicated categories, and 12.56 million ounces gold and 151.2 million ounces silver inferred.

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