VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd (“Mountain Boy” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: MTB; Frankfurt: M9U) announces it has been provided results from drilling of the Water Pump zone on the Red Cliff property, as received from its joint venture partner Decade Resources Ltd. Mountain Boy holds a 35-per-cent interest in the project.

Decade has received the final assays for the first 23 holes drilled during the 2018 field season. These 2018 holes were drilled to test the extensions of the 2017 drilling on the Waterpump zone. Highlights of assay results for this drilling are shown in the following table:

DDH No. From To Core Length Gold g/t
MON-18-1 103.96 105.70 1.74 9.87
and 126.83 131.40 4.57 3.22
MON-18-3 111.59 115.24 3.66 1.82
MON-18-4 128.05 128.51 0.46 18.60
MON-18-5 139.33 142.38 3.05 1.95
and 145.43 148.05 2.62 1.80
and 160.47 161.89 1.22 1.48
MON-18-11 127.59 130.43 2.84 4.71
and 146.65 151.22 4.88 11.10
MON-18-12 135.52 136.28 0.76 3.94
and 140.34 144.88 4.54 12.11
MON-18-13 121.34 124.39 3.05 1.75
and 131.80 132.32 0.52 8.04
MON-18-17 147.71 148.32 0.61 5.08
MON-18-18 148.48 150.06 1.59 3.38
and 171.80 178.05 6.25 2.48
and 180.67 181.67 1.0 7.79
MON-18-20 157.26 158.35 1.10 2.68
and 159.76 160.67 0.91 1.01
and 163.72 166.77 3.05 2.05
and 169.62 172.67 3.05 3.72
MON-18-22 142.38 146.65 4.26 1.64
MON-18-23 110.27 110.73 0.46 4.52
and 120.73 127.90 7.2 6.3

Results of the 2018 drilling gives further confirmation that a strong gold bearing system is present within the Red Cliff property.

Drilling has now completed 48 drill holes, 37 south of Lydden Creek (Waterpump zone) and 11 north of Lydden Creek (Montrose zone). Drilling is continuing on the Red Cliff property and further assay results will be released when received.

Ed Kruchkowski, P. Geo., a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101, is in charge of the exploration programs on behalf of the Company and is responsible for the contents of this release.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/Attachm...c12310a687

About Mountain Boy Resources Ltd. Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. is a Canadian based mineral exploration company with a property portfolio of gold and silver projects within the Stewart region in the very prolific Golden Triangle region of British Columbia. It owns 20% of the Silver Coin project, a gold-silver-base metals project that has a NI43-101 compliant resource estimate, 35% of the Red Cliff gold-silver project, 100% of the high-grade MB Silver project and 100% of the BA and Surprise Creek VMS copper-lead-zinc-silver projects. For a complete listing of the Company assets and developments, visit the Company website at www.mountainboyminerals.ca .  

On behalf of the Board of Directors:

Lawrence Roulston President & CEO (604) 914-2142

For further information, contact:    Nancy Curry VP Corporate Development                                               (604) 220-2971                    

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