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Fosterville South Intersects 11m at 31.34 g/t Gold Including 4m at 80.05 g/t Gold During Initial Drilling at the Reedy Creek Goldfield Within Providence Project
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

  -- Highlights:
  -- 11m at 31.34 g/t Gold including 4m at 80.05 g/t Gold in Drill Hole RWR13
  -- this drilling program is the first modern exploration conducted in the
     Reedy Creek Goldfield, which is part of the Providence Project
  -- the intercept was drilled into a significant geochemical anomaly within 
     one of two ridge targets that are the focus of this initial drilling 
     at Reedy Creek

Fosterville South Exploration Ltd. ("Fosterville South") or (the "Company") 
(TSXV: FSX) (OTCQX: FSXLF) (Germany: 4TU) is pleased to report that initial 
drilling at the Reedy Creek goldfield within the Providence Project in 
Victoria, Australia has returned high-grade gold assays during reconnaissance 
reverse circulation drilling of a previously undrilled geochemical anomaly 
located within one of two ridge targets recently identified by the Company.

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Fosterville South is conducting the first modern exploration of the Reedy Creek 
Goldfield, which has included various geochemical sampling programs in 
preparation of drilling that has now commenced. These assays reported today in 
Drill Hole RWR13 (11m at 31.34 g/t Gold including 4m at 80.05 g/t Gold) are 
from an area of the goldfield that has been the subject of no historic 
drilling. The gold mineralisation intersected in the drilling is present as a 
zone of significant quartz veining with fine grained disseminated stibnite and 
pyrite. The strike and dip of the mineralised intercept is not yet known, and 
further drilling is planned in the coming weeks.

The Fosterville South drill program at Reedy Creek has been underway for the 
past three weeks and commenced after the team negotiated and then signed 7 
separate access agreements, while garnering strong community support for this 
exploration effort.  All this planned drilling is on private properties, which 
facilitates a streamlined drill program process once agreements are in place.

The initial 25 drill-hole program will total approximately 2,250 metres and is 
initially focussed on two ridge targets with extensive geochemical anomalies 
established by Fosterville South fieldwork together with associated various 
historic workings. In preparation of drilling, a sampling program was 
completed, which returned multiple high-grade assay results (see Fosterville 
South News Release dated July 29, 2021 for details).

The Reedy Creek goldfield, which forms part of the Providence Project (see 
Figure 2), occurs in the Melbourne zone and has a history of gold production 
from epizonal quartz veins, despite no drilling within the central goldfield 
apart from two vertical drill holes completed in the mid-1890s. While there has 
been no modern exploration at Reedy Creek, historical gold production reported 
at Reedy Creek is 43,489 tons for 39,223 ounces at 26.8 grams per tonne gold.

Drill Results and Intercepts:

HoleID                 RWR13          includes
East                   335122
North                  5873520
Azimuth (deg.)         220
Dip (deg.)             -55
From (m)               68             includes
To (m)                 79             74
Downhole Interval (m)  11             4
Au g/t                 31.34          80.05
Cut-off Au g/t         0.5            40

The 11m intercept uses a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off grade and carry a maximum 2m of 
internal waste, while the higher-grade included intercept of 4m uses a 40 g/t 
Au cut-off grade and no internal waste parameter. True widths are not known. 
Additional drilling is required to determine true widths. The assays are not 
capped. Coordinates are Australian projection MGA94 zone 55.

Chief Operating Officer and Director, Rex Motton states, "To have a lengthy 
intercept of high-grade gold at the start of our first reconnaissance drill 
program at the Reedy Creek goldfield is very exciting for our seasoned 
technical team. As we see it, the Providence Project has excellent potential 
for various high-grade gold deposits.  Our results from drilling into recently 
developed geochemical anomalies at Reedy Creek is excellent early evidence of 
the potential of the Providence Project. We look forward to further follow up 
drilling of these geochemical targets as well as of old gold workings present 
within the project in the coming months." 

Quality Assurance / Quality Control

All assays were subject to quality control measures appropriate for 
reconnaissance rock chip sampling with duplicates, blanks and commercially 
available standards with the expected results from the samples submitted. All 
assays were conducted by Onsite Laboratory Services Ltd (ISO: 9001), located in 
Bendigo, Victoria, using fire assay techniques with a 50g charge and ICP or AAS 
finish. The quality control results are consistent.

About Fosterville South Exploration Ltd.

Fosterville South began with two, 100% owned, high-grade gold projects called 
the Lauriston and Golden Mountain Projects, and has since acquired a large area 
of granted and application tenements containing further epizonal 
(low-temperature) high-grade gold mineralisation called the Providence Project 
and a large group of recently consolidated license tenement applications called 
the Walhalla Belt Project, which contain a variety of epizonal and intrusion 
related style gold mineralisation, all in the state of Victoria, Australia. The 
Fosterville South land package, assembled over a multi-year period, notably 
includes a 600 sq. km property immediately to the south of and within the same 
geological framework that hosts Kirkland Lake Gold's Fosterville epizonal gold 
tenements. Additionally, Fosterville South has gold-focused projects called the 
Moormbool and Beechworth, which are also located in the state of Victoria, 
Australia. Moormbool project has epizonal style gold mineralisation and 
Beechworth has mesozonal and intrusion relation gold mineralisation.

All of Fosterville South's properties, with the possible exception of 
Moormbool, have had historical gold production from hard rock sources despite 
limited modern exploration and drilling.

Qualified Person

The technical content of this news release has been reviewed, verified and 
approved by Rex Motton, AusIMM (CP), COO and Director of Fosterville South, a 
qualified person as defined by NI 43-101.  Historical records were verified by 
reviewing annual and quarterly reports from government records by the Qualified 
Person.

On behalf of the Company
Rex Motton
Chief Operating Officer and Director

Forward-Looking Statements

Information set forth in this news release contains forward-looking statements 
that are based on assumptions as of the date of this news release. These 
statements reflect management's current estimates, beliefs, intentions and 
expectations. They are not guarantees of future performance. Fosterville South 
cautions that all forward looking statements are inherently uncertain and that 
actual performance may be affected by many material factors, many of which are 
beyond their respective control. Such factors include, among other things: 
risks and uncertainties relating to Fosterville South's limited operating 
history, its exploration and development activities on the Lauriston, Golden 
Mountain, Providence and Beechworth Properties and the need to comply with 
environmental and governmental regulations.  Accordingly, actual and future 
events, conditions and results may differ materially from the estimates, 
beliefs, intentions and expectations expressed or implied in the 
forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities 
legislation, Fosterville South does not undertake to publicly update or revise 
forward-looking information.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term 
is defined in the policies of the Exchange) accepts responsibility for the 
adequacy or accuracy of this release.

CONTACT : Adam Ross, Investor Relations, Direct : (604) 229-9445, Toll Free: 
1(833) 923-3334, Email: info@fostervillesouth.com

Source - Fosterville South Exploration Ltd.