Darwin Announces Completion of Initial Drill Program at Peru Suriloma Epithermal Gold Project

Darwin Resources Corp.: Dr. Graham Carman, President & CEO, announces that the Company has completed its initial diamond drill program at the Suriloma epithermal gold project, Department of La Libertad, Peru. Suriloma is located in a prolific gold belt in Peru, 30km along strike from Barrick's Lagunas Norte mine and 50km from Rio Alto's La Arena mine.

Darwin has completed 1,603 metres of diamond drilling in 11 holes, from 9 separate drill platforms. Progress by the two drill rigs working concurrently was better than expected, hence the program was completed earlier than planned and under budget. The objective of the drill program was to test beneath outcrops of oxide epithermal gold mineralization at the La Puerta and Inmaculada target areas. The average vertical depth of the holes drilled was approximately 120 metres.

Geological logging, cutting and sampling of the drill core is now in progress. Once cut, drill samples are being transported to a commercial laboratory in Lima for gold and pathfinder analyses.