On 15 January, 2018, Oro Verde Limited announced a number of very encouraging high gold results from the first group of 14 of a total of 40 trenches excavated in the Phase 3 surface trenching and sampling campaign, completed in December 2017 at the Topacio Gold Project in south- eastern Nicaragua. Results from the next group of 13 trenches build on and complement those results. Better results for the second group of 13 of a total of 40 trenches (no's 030 ­ 042) excavated in Phase 3. High grade gold results reported from a further 13 surface sampling trenches at Topacio Best gold results within broader zones of gold mineralisation include: 1.0m at 16.6 g/t Au (Lone Star Vein); 1.35m at 7.27 g/t Au (Lone Star Vein); 1.1m at 7.18 g/t Au (Mico Central Vein); 1.25m at 7.48 g/t Au (Mico Central Vein); and 1.0m at 9.41 g/t Au (Chicago Vein). Phase 3 diamond core drilling on track to commence in January, 2018.