Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd.'s announced that the Lightning Creek Mining ("LCM") has begun it's hydraulic grouting operations for Omineca's Wingdam underground Paleoplacer project located in the Cariboo Mining District, British Columbia. Grout holes above the crosscut working space are currently being drilled to be followed by a grout curtain hydraulically pumped into place, a setting up period and testing after which the first mining operations will begin. Updates will be provided as the inaugural grout crosscut program progresses. The mining method will involve a series of crosscuts and drifts running the length of the underground paleochannel starting downstream from the first crosscut bulk sample completed in 2012. Stage 1 will take the series of crosscuts and drifts downstream for the first 300 meters. The Company has mapped through sampling, historic drilling, and 3D seismic, 2.4 kilometers of potentially placer gold bearing paleochannel both upstream and downstream of the successful 2012 crosscut. Omineca has an additional 14 kilometers of claims along the Lightning Creek valley which will be explored for the potential continuation of the gold-bearing paleochannel through drilling and 3D seismic programs. The 2012 bulk sample was extracted from a 2.4m x 2.4m x 23m crosscut and yielded 173.4 troy ounces (5.4 kilograms) of placer gold using freeze mining technology to stabilize the ground. In the same way as the operations from 2012, the placer gold will be recovered by gravity separation methods. The material excavated from the bedrock sill of the paleochannel (gravel, sand, and silt) will be processed using water with a trommel and wash plant located underground.