Maple Gold Mines Ltd. to report complete gold (‘Au') assay results from the first phase of deep drilling at the Telbel Mine area of the Joutel Gold Project located in Québec, Canada, which is held by a 50/50 joint venture between the Company and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited. The JV completed a total of 7,343 metres (‘m') in three master drill holes and four wedge drill holes, with TB-22-001 and TB-22-003 testing the modeled down-plunge extension of gold mineralization beneath the historical Telbel workings. TB-22-002 was a step-out to test the southeast continuity of the Eagle-Telbel system.

The results from the initial Telbel deep drill program support the strike and depth continuity of the Eagle-Telbel Mine Horizon beyond the current limits of drilling and provide additional support for the presence of multiple mineralized horizons. As encountered elsewhere within the Eagle-Telbel system, the main mineralized horizons appear to be closely associated with a key lithostructural contact zone between the felsic to intermediate volcanic and pyroclastic rocks of the Joutel-Raymond Grp. and the sedimentary rocks of the Harricana Grp; multiple subparallel zones have also been identified through drilling and 3D modeling.

Historical data and recent drilling both point to potential depth extensions of the Telbel deposit along a steep southeasterly plunge. A daughter (wedge) hole of less than 500 m will be considered to test this target concept during the next phase of drilling. Hole TB-22-002W1 ended approximately 1,000 m to the SE of TB-22-003W2.

Multiple sulfide zones occur over this interval, and additional sulfide zones extend to the southeast of the first indicating the system is still open in that direction. There appears to be a spatial association between the southern contact of a microgabbro unit and the main zone of gold mineralization. The microgabbro can also be locally mineralized and where it is, there is a clear association between deformation, alteration and gold content.

Thus, the Company's working mineralization model includes not only stratigraphic, but also structural controls. Deep drilling at Telbel included holes that were oriented north-south and south-north, which provides full coverage of the entire stratigraphy in this area. Next steps to support follow-up targeting and drilling at Telbel will include: Assessment of multi-element assays to allow better characterization of rock types and define pathfinder zonation (in progress); Detailed review of downhole EM results for TB-23-001 and -002 and their respective wedges, and completion of the downhole EM survey for TB-22-003 and TB-23-003W2 (pending) to allow determination of continuity for sulfide zones; Surface mapping of the intersection between the Harricana and Joutel Deformation Zones east of TB-22-002A (in preparation); and Develop and refine follow-up proposed wedge drill holes for next phase of drilling.

The Company implements strict Quality Assurance (‘QA') and Quality Control (‘QC') protocols at Telbl covering the planning and placing of drill holes in the field; drilling and retrieving the NQ-sized drill core; drill hole surveying; core transport; core logging by qualified personnel; sampling and bagging of core for analysis; transport of core from site to the Val d'Or, Québec ALS laboratory; sample preparation for assaying; and analysis, recording and final statistical vetting of results. Check assays for gold will be done on a sample subset at AGAT laboratory in Val d'Or.