Midnight Sun Mining Corp. announced results of recently completed core drilling on the Mitu and Dumbwa Central areas of its optioned Solwezi copper-cobalt-nickel-gold properties in northwest Zambia. The drill program consisted of 1,916.9 meters of HQ/NQ core drilled in 15 holes and 2,581.5 meters in 95 shallow Air Core drill holes. Significant mineralization was reported in numerous holes including: 1.03% copper, 0.139% cobalt, 0.041% nickel and 63 ppb gold (1.933% copper equivalent) over 11.0 meters (9.4 estimated true width) in hole MDD-16-09. 1.22% copper, 0.094% cobalt and 0.048% nickel and 129 ppb gold (1.863% copper equivalent) over 8.0 meters estimated true width in hole MDD-16-01. 0.49% copper, 0.028% cobalt and 0.047% nickel (0.743% copper equivalent) over 30.3 meters estimated true width and 0.497% copper, 0.021% cobalt and 0.029% nickel (0.675% copper equivalent) over an estimated 9.0 meters in hole MDD-16-06. 0.82% copper, 0.029% cobalt and 0.051% nickel (1.251% copper equivalent) over 32.9 meters (28.0 meters estimated true width) in hole MDD 16-11. 1.02% copper, 0.033% cobalt and 0.059% nickel (1.332% copper equivalent) over an estimated true width of 13.5 meters in hole MAC-16-01. 0.80% copper, 0.050% cobalt and 0.089% nickel (1.256% copper equivalent) over an estimated true width of 9 meters in hole MAC-16-02. The Mitu area was targeted for drilling as a potential location of ore shale type base metal mineralization based on evidence from geochemical and geological surveys conducted by the company and previous operators between 2010 and 2015. Ore shale mineralization is the dominant form of copper, cobalt and nickel deposition in the Zambia-Congo Copperbelt, the single copper production area in the world. Mineralization is associated with shale units which form chemical and physical "traps" for base metals at or near the favourable contact between the Upper and Lower Roan units. This contact zone along the western flank of the Solwezi Dome extends for over 17 kilometers on the company's License areas. The 12-hole diamond drill program covered an area of 300 meters on strike direction and 400 meters of down dip extent. All holes encountered shale units with base metal sulfide mineralization at maximum vertical depths to 184 meters. This mineralization is overlain by a mantle of weathered overburden averaging approximately 38 meters in depth, hosting copper, cobalt and nickel in oxide form.