Creso Exploration Inc. announces the award of a 5000 meter drilling program on the Shining Tree properties that will start this week including deepening by a further 300 m the Minto Hole #2 (18.2 g/t Au over 65.7 meters from 49.3 m to 115 m and 4.61 g/t Au over 79.6 meters from 132.4 m to 212 m – see) in order to do more down-hole geophysics and better delineate the gold bearing zone. Concurrently, Creso will initiate a detailed helicopter survey at 30m line spacing that will focus primarily on the Minto, Matona, Tyranite and Duggan Zones to outline known gold mineralization areas.

Creso has signed two airborne geophysical contracts with Terraquest Ltd both of which will start in July. The helicopter survey which will include Single Sensor High Resolution Aero-magnetics, Radiometrics and XDS/VLF-EM systems is based on 1779 line kilometers to be flown at low altitude with a 30m line spacing. The fix-wing aircraft will survey the entire eastern half of the Shining Tree properties covering large areas of the Tyrrell, Knight and Milner Townships survey and will include High Resolution Aero-magnetics, Horizontal Gradiometer, Radiometrics and XDS/VLF-EM systems over 5853 line kilometers at a 100m line spacing.

The combination of these two surveys is particularly well adapted to the Shining Tree Area where contrasts in hydrothermal alteration, mineralized volcanic and intrusive rocks, and complex structural features are common. Radiometric surveys will aid in delineating potassium enriched alteration zones commonly associated with gold mineralization in the area.