Imperial Mining Group Ltd. announced the start of its 2019 winter drilling program on the Carheil Copper-Zinc Project in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec. The $1.0 million program operated by SOQUEM, will involve a minimum of 3,500 meters of diamond drilling to test high potential copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) and gold (Au) targets on the new B26 basemetal horizon, south of the past-producing Selbaie Mine (historical production 53.0 Mt @ 1.9% Zn, 1.0% Cu, 40.7 g/t Ag 0.6 g/t Au). The program will test previously-defined Ore Vision™ 3-D induced polarization (3D-IP) anomalies (see Imperial Press Release, April 18, 2018) interpreted to represent SOQUEM’s "B26" Cu-Zn-Ag-Au deposit horizon (SOQUEM 43-101 mineral resource 2018 - Indicated Resource of 6.97Mt @ 1.32% Cu, 1.80% Zn, 43.0 g/t Ag and 0.60 g/t Au and an Inferred Resource of 4.41Mt @ 2.03% Cu, 0.22% Zn, 9.0 g/t Ag and 1.07 g/t Au) as well as to further evaluate known historical base metal mineralized drill intersections on the property. The Project is located in Brouillan and Carheil townships, 5 km southwest of the past-producing Selbaie Mine. The property consists of 113 contiguous claims covering approximately 53.7 km2. Imperial holds a 100% interest in the Project that is now subject to an option agreement entered into in 2017 where SOQUEM can earn a 50% interest in the Project by carrying out exploration work totaling $3,750,000 over 4 years. On completion of their 2019 exploration intentions, SOQUEM will have incurred a total of $1.75 million in exploration expenditures on the property. SOQUEM will complete a 3,500 m diamond drilling program to test two areas on Imperial's property that straddle the western extension of SOQUEM’s "B26" base metal deposit. The first target area is located at the northwest end of the property to test Ore Vision™ 3D-IP geophysical targets. The survey identified numerous geophysical anomalies at the western part of the Carheil property believed related to gold and copper-zinc mineralization requiring further evaluation. Diamond drilling will test high-chargeability and locally coincident low-resistivity anomalies on the western continuation of the “B26” basemetal horizon. Previous diamond drilling in this area identified favourable geology and strong basemetal-style alteration. A second area, the Puiseaux Target, is located at the northeast end of the property. Historical diamond drilling on adjacent claims returned strongly basemetal mineralized intersections related to favourable geology and strong alteration. The diamond drill program will commence at the end of this month and is expected to be completed by mid-March. Spektra Drilling of Val d’Or, Québec, is the contractor for the drill program. Samples collected from drilling will be submitted to SGS Canada Inc. of Val d'Or, Québec for geochemical analysis upon completion of the program.