Red Pine Exploration Inc. announced new results from its confirmation drilling in the higher-grade zones of the Surluga Deposit and from the drilling on the Minto Mine South Project. With the recent high-grade gold discoveries in the Jubilee Shear, including 5.28 g/t gold over 14.55 metres (true width) in SD-17-173 (January 22, 2018) and 4.99 g/t gold over 17.6 metres (true width) in SD-18-228 (October 23, 2018), Red Pine’s infill drilling results continue to support the potential for a higher-grade underground resource accessible using the existing underground infrastructures of the Surluga Mine. Drilling highlights: Intersection of high-grade gold in the current resource footprint of the Surluga Deposit: - Hole SD-18-234 contains 32.16 g/t gold over 2.91 metres (true width); Hole SD-18-231 contains 3.17 g/t gold over 6.23 metres (true width) including 6.51 g/t gold over 1.87 metres (true width). Discovery of high-grade quartz veins in the Minto Stockwork: - Hole SD-18-189 contains two high-grade quartz veins with 16.47 g/t gold over 1 metre and 14.11 g/t gold over 1.1 metres. Infill and confirmation drilling in the Jubilee Shear Zone: Red Pine’s 2018 diamond drill program, from July to December 2018, targeted strategic areas in the Surluga Deposit where recent geological modelling suggested that high-grade mineralization could be discovered. Drilling results received to date support the potential for the Surluga Deposit to host a higher-grade gold resource, accessible using the underground developments of the Surluga Mine. Gold assays results for 23 holes completed in the Surluga Deposit are still pending. The Company remains on track to deliver an updated resource estimation for the Surluga Deposit in early second quarter of 2019. Drill core samples were transported in security-sealed bags for analyses to Activation Laboratories Ltd. in Ancaster, Ontario. Individual samples are labeled, placed in plastic sample bags and sealed. Groups of samples are then placed into durable rice bags and then shipped. The remaining coarse reject portions of the samples remain in storage if further work or verification is needed. Red Pine has implemented a quality-control program to comply with best practices in the sampling and analysis of drill core. As part of its QA/QC program, Red Pine inserts external gold standards (low to high grade) and blanks every 20 samples in addition to random standards, blanks, and duplicates.