Midland Exploration Inc. announced the start of a drilling campaign on the Patris gold property (the ?Property?), currently 100% owned by Midland and located approximately 30 kilometres northeast of the city of Rouyn-Noranda in Quebec. A campaign of three (3) drill holes for 1,650 m will begin in July with a drill in the Belleaux area where mineralized felsic intrusions were discovered in the eastern part of the Patris property. These weak to moderate intermediate to felsic intrusions are weakly to moderately altered in sericite-carbonate-hematite are commonly present less than 830 m from the La Pause Fault in the Kewagama sedimentary rocks.

This seems to indicate that the La Pause Fault has primary control on the magmatic activity of the region. These intrusions are also mineralized with up to 10% pyrite and contain several quartz veins and veinlets. Last winter, 90 holes were completed (2,075.4 m) on public lands using sonic drilling to recover till and bedrock samples to increase the quality and understanding of the data.

The final analysis results are currently pending. In addition to the drilling work, detailed mapping will be carried out on the areas of interest generated by the IP survey. Field mapping of IP anomalies in the Belleaux area did not identify the source of the high chargeability.

The intrusion sector will also be revisited to better understand the density and orientation of the veins. Prospecting and mapping will be carried out in the northern sector of the property (Lac Caste Basin). Pursuant to the option transaction signed with a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation, Barrick has the right to acquire up to a 75% interest in the Property in consideration for cash payments totaling CAD 1,017,500 and exploration work totaling CAD 16,575,000, over an eight-year period.

Barrick is the operator of the work carried out under the Transaction.